Maingear Retro98 Alpha (Retro98α) vs NZXT Player Three Prime

The Maingear Retro98 Alpha (Retro98α) ($9,799, 97/100 gaming score) goes head-to-head with the NZXT Player Three Prime ($6,099, 97/100). Both systems score identically on raw gaming performance. For the money, the NZXT Player Three Prime is the better value at $6,099, delivering more performance per dollar than the Maingear Retro98 Alpha (Retro98α).

Maingear

Maingear Retro98 Alpha (Retro98α)

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NZXT

NZXT Player Three Prime

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Maingear Retro98 Alpha (Retro98α)NZXT Player Three Prime

Price$9,799▲$6,099

Gaming Score97/10097/100

Productivity Score96/100▲95/100

Content Creation Score97/10097/100

CPUamd ryzen 9 9950x3damd ryzen 9 9950x3d

GPUnvidia rtx 5090nvidia rtx 5090

RAM64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 6000 (Kingston FURY Beast)64GB DDR5 (2x32GB)

Storage4TB Gen4 NVMe SSD (Kingston FURY Renegade)4TB NVMe M.2 SSD

PSU—1000W 80+ Gold ATX 3.1

CaseSilverStone FLP02 (beige tower)NZXT H9 Flow (2025)

CoolerCustom open loop liquid cooling (dual radiators)NZXT Kraken Elite 360 RGB V2 (360mm AIO)

Motherboard—B850 ATX

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