Custom boutique PC builder Maingear has sent us more than one excessive-end desktop structures within the ultimate year. The Maingear F131 turned into pitted against the Puget Deluge Mini and the Acer Predator in our sub-$2,000 gaming laptop roundup of 2010. Then late final 12 months we had a look at their Shift Gaming PC, a lovely no holds barred $7,000+ triple SLI overclocked monster that any hardware enthusiast would like to very own.

Today we are able to be looking on the notebook equal of the above mentioned Shift desktop machine, known as the Titan 17. Considered a computing device substitute via Maingear, the Titan 17 is their maximum powerful pocket book thus far. With measurements of 16.five” (w) x 11.three” (d) x 2.2-2.4” (h) and a weight of 12.1 pounds, the Titan 17 isn’t a device you want to haul around on a normal basis like you will an ultraportable or netbook.

Our assessment gadget consists of several improvements, beginning with an Intel Core i7-990X Extreme Edition processor, a hexa-center computer CPU running at 3.46 GHz. Other superb hardware includes a 17.three” LED-backlit show walking at 1920 x 1080, Nvidia GeForce GTX 485M graphics playing cards, 6GB of Kingston DDR3-1333 reminiscence, a 120GB Intel 510 strong country drive, a 750GB Western Digital 7200 RPM tough force, a Blu-ray optical power, Bigfoot Killer Wireless-N Ultimate network adapter and integrated Bluetooth technology, all walking beneath Windows 7 Home Premium sixty four-bit. Maingear additionally furnished us with a MadCatz Cyborg r.a.T. 5 adjustable gaming mouse, bringing the grand total as configured to $five,400.

As you may see, the Titan 17 isn't your average oversized laptop. The system is primarily based at the Clevo x7200 platform that a handful of other boutique PC producers like Sager and Origin also distribute. That way you will be tough pressed to discover many systems that examine to the Titan if they're no longer primarily based on the identical Clevo platform.

As is commonplace for Maingear, our Titan 17 become observed through a machine binder whole with a Maingear mouse pad and t-blouse in conjunction with all the machine discs and documentation furnished with every element. The binder additionally carries specific user manuals for plenty Maingear systems in addition to a complete first-class manipulate tick list, double-checked and signed through the people responsible for overseeing your system.