Corsair Vengeance i8300 (CS-9060020-NA) vs Maingear Retro98 Alpha (Retro98α)

The Corsair Vengeance i8300 (CS-9060020-NA) ($7,500, 96/100 gaming score) goes head-to-head with the Maingear Retro98 Alpha (Retro98α) ($9,799, 97/100). On raw performance, the Maingear Retro98 Alpha (Retro98α) leads, scoring 97 versus 96. For the money, the Corsair Vengeance i8300 (CS-9060020-NA) is the better value at $7,500, delivering more performance per dollar than the Maingear Retro98 Alpha (Retro98α).

Corsair

Corsair Vengeance i8300 (CS-9060020-NA)

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Maingear

Maingear Retro98 Alpha (Retro98α)

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Corsair Vengeance i8300 (CS-9060020-NA)Maingear Retro98 Alpha (Retro98α)

Price$7,500$9,799▲

Gaming Score96/10097/100▲

Productivity Score90/10096/100▲

Content Creation Score95/10097/100▲

CPUintel core ultra 9 285kamd ryzen 9 9950x3d

GPUnvidia rtx 5090nvidia rtx 5090

RAM64GB (2x32GB) DDR564GB (2x32GB) DDR5 6000 (Kingston FURY Beast)

Storage6TB NVMe SSD (2TB + 4TB)4TB Gen4 NVMe SSD (Kingston FURY Renegade)

PSU1200W 80+ Gold Fully Modular—

CaseCorsair Vengeance 5000T RGB Mid TowerSilverStone FLP02 (beige tower)

CoolerCorsair iCUE LINK TITAN RX 360mm Liquid CoolerCustom open loop liquid cooling (dual radiators)

MotherboardZ890 chipset—

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