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even if your hands end up getting a bit bloodied in the process cheating is what I call it but I suppose I can take a quick look at the build that they sent since it is from their special edition r1 line and it does have a rise in 7 1800 X CPU and 2 GTX 1080s and sli with a green Razer theme and a nicely done custom liquid cooling loop now to be honest I had no idea they were sending a custom water-cooled system I was expecting something that was a little bit more off-the-shelf but given the size and weight of the shipment I should have probably been tipped off manger does a really nice job with their packing though and you'll get a massive outer box with extra padding for the qisas retail box that's inside you'll also find accessories here which for me included a nice main gear t-shirt a corsair bag with all the extra cables from the sleeved power supply cable kit that they used an external slim DVD burner strangely enough but ok I guess and a dossier which held relevant accessories such as screws and SATA cables a Kingston USB Drive loaded up with a Windows recovery image which is very nice to have a main gear mousepad a remote for the RGB LEDs inside and documentation but the very new PC user friendly with a simple yet detailed QuickStart guide and a QA sheet showing all the steps and checks that your main gear tech went through when building and setting up the system my builder was Sean thanks Shawn good job inside the bigger box is your actual case box and NZXT h 440 razer edition in this case lol even I could tell the shipment got bounced around a bit everything inside was pretty much just fine main gear uses form-fitted foam that's inside the system itself during shipping that keeps stuff safe and there is a warning message on the side panel when you first take it off that tells you to remove all that stuff inside so the system unpacked and safety foam removed I can finally check out the build and oh my god is it a pretty one core components again are the AMD risin 7 1800 x8 core CPU and 2 GTX 1080s from nvidia and sli with a main gear high bandwidth sli bridge I like the contrast with the silver finish on the MSI X 370 X power gaming titanium motherboard provides the memory is a couple Kingston HyperX fury ddr4 8 gig sticks so 16 gigs tolerated for 2666 speed and for storage there is a samsung 960 pro 512 gig and vmin dot to SSD and a 2 terabyte Seagate notebook hard drive the power supply is a corsair ax 860 i with the sleeved cable kit and the case again is the envy XD h 440 razer edition with green under glow and glowing razor and main gear logos on the front and PSU cover respectively water cooling is handled with components from ek bits power and cool ek handles to cpu with the supremacy evil a m4 edition CPU block GPUs with full cover clear acrylic blocks and chrome finish reflective back plates that really looks nice with the MSI motherboard in there and then the DDC X res combo pumping reservoir sits towards the front of the case and it contains most of the loops green dyed liquid from a coolant main here went with bits powers excellent soft tubing compression fittings throughout the build and they also throw in a couple quick disconnect fittings from coolants at the GPU Assembly's Inlet and outlet which should be pretty helpful for a future disassembly or maintenance I also like that there's a ton of room above the reservoir to access it for recently loop or topping it off rounding out the loop we have two three hundred sixty millimeter radiators at the top and the front with air flow provided by seven thermal takes green LED hundred and twenty millimeter fans build quality throughout the system is superb cable management is expert level looks very clean and even though this was rough handled in shipping the loop completely topped off and leak-free thank goodness that's her performance I would expect it to be pretty nice given this hardware configuration in the cooling so here's some test numbers for you guys enjoy as for noise even under full load this system remains very quiet and that is one of the bonuses of water cooling here's a test now if I had a critique of this r1 special-edition system from manger it is definitely going to be the cost everything costs more than you would pay it retail when you buy a system like this for instance you could select the 1700 X when parting out the system 1700 X retail cost 399 if you upgrade to an 1800 X though using their configurator it should cost 100 bucks more they'll charge you a hundred fifty bucks more that is the up charge when configuring your system and those examples exist throughout all the different selections you might choose when upgrading to better parts I tried to configure this exact build that I have here on main gears website but I couldn't choose all the exact components that I actually used in this system so even though I only choose the single chose a single GT X 1080 and I did choose hardline to be notice that it's soft tubing but the price they issued me was five thousand five hundred and twenty nine dollars I parted out a built on PC part picker with pretty much the same components even a CPU liquid cooler and a full Windows license granted it was not a full custom water cooling loop so bear that in mind but the cost there was about two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars any way you slice it your going to be paying a lot more for the full boutique experience a smoke level as well but just aesthetically the system is very much tied to the Green theme meaning that the RGB strip that they put back here only really works when it's set to complimentary colors which is basically green or the sort of greenish yellow that I have selected right here basically there weren't many options finally I would have liked to see some out-of-the-box overclocking even with this awesome cooling loop in place the GPUs and CPU are still running it stuck unless you go in those settings yourself pros are there of course though for instance you're going to get lifetime angelic service labor and phone support with any manger system that you buy and that is definitely a big value especially for anyone who's not familiar with building or setting up their own system you also get a one-year comprehensive warranty on the system itself and you can extend that to two or three years by paying an extra hundred bucks a year you also get the entire system delivered to you built and ready to go and that is saying something as well the amount of labor that would go into a build like this is definitely worth some money so that's something to consider ultimately though I'm sure there's lots of you guys out there who watch my channel who would never buy a system like this simply because you know how to put it together yourself that said there's also tons of people who want to get into PC gaming who are interested in high-end builds who just aren't that into building the system themselves and it's great to have an option like this for folks who can afford it and for folks who want the peace of mind of having the warranty as well as the service available for main gear then they are a very reputable company excellent track record very positive reviews and I'm confident that as long as you're willing to pay the price for it you would be happy if you happen to buy a main gear system all that said I'd like to hear you guys feedback of what you think about a boutique system versus building yourself obviously there might be pros and cons that I left out here so leave me those comments down in the comment section below it's thumbs up button if you enjoyed this video and stay tuned for more videos of course coming very soon on pulse hardware thanks again for watching guys we'll see you next time