CyberPowerPC Zeus Lightning ZL9950X RTX5090 vs Maingear Retro98 Alpha (Retro98α)

The CyberPowerPC Zeus Lightning ZL9950X RTX5090 ($3,799, 97/100 gaming score) goes head-to-head with the Maingear Retro98 Alpha (Retro98α) ($9,799, 97/100). Both systems score identically on raw gaming performance. For the money, the CyberPowerPC Zeus Lightning ZL9950X RTX5090 is the better value at $3,799, delivering more performance per dollar than the Maingear Retro98 Alpha (Retro98α).

CyberPowerPC

CyberPowerPC Zeus Lightning ZL9950X RTX5090

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Maingear

Maingear Retro98 Alpha (Retro98α)

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CyberPowerPC Zeus Lightning ZL9950X RTX5090Maingear Retro98 Alpha (Retro98α)

Price$3,799$9,799▲

Gaming Score97/10097/100

Productivity Score94/10096/100▲

Content Creation Score93/10097/100▲

CPUamd ryzen 9 9950xamd ryzen 9 9950x3d

GPUnvidia rtx 5090nvidia rtx 5090

RAMcorsair vengeance ddr5 6400 64gb64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 6000 (Kingston FURY Beast)

Storagesamsung 9100 pro 2tb4TB Gen4 NVMe SSD (Kingston FURY Renegade)

PSUseasonic prime tx 1000—

Casefractal design define 7SilverStone FLP02 (beige tower)

Coolercorsair icue h150i elite capellixCustom open loop liquid cooling (dual radiators)

Motherboardmsi meg x870e ace—

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