Maingear debuts overclocked 17-inch 3D laptop

Posted on Wednesday, May 18 2011 @ 21:10 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Maingear announced the eX-L17 3D, a new 17" 3D-enabled laptop with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M and an Intel Core i7 2920XM clocked up to 4.8GHz.
MAINGEAR, an award-winning PC builder offering custom desktops, notebooks, workstations and media centers, adds the most powerful 17-inch 3D notebook solution to their notebook offering. PC gamers will be able to harness desktop-like power wherever they go and enjoy 3D gaming wherever they go.

The MAINGEAR's eX-L 17 3D not only offers pc gaming pleasure with built-in NVIDIA 3D Vision that offers an a more immersive gaming experience, this system also offers 2nd gen Intel® Sandy Bridge Core i7 2920XM processor overclocked from 2.5GHz up to 4.8Ghz so now you don’t need to compromise speed for mobility. The powerful 17-inch desktop also sports the most powerful mobile NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX485M graphics with 2GB of GDDR5 memory delivering the ultimate performance and functionality by taking advantage of DirectX 11 and offers incredible framerates allowing pc gamers to access the highest resolutions possible, maximize in-game settings, and enable enhanced image quality features like anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering.

The eX-L 17 3D features a 120Hz 3D-enabled LED back-lit display complete with a built in emitter and a pair of Nvidia 3D glasses, 2 hard drive bays with up to 600GB SSD and integrated Bigfoot Networks Killer™ Wireless-N for high speed wireless online gaming. To keep your system safe, the eX-L 17 3D also offers fingerprint biometrics security to keep unwanted eyes off of all that 3D goodness. Not only is this system going to give you the ultimate mobile 3D enabled PC gaming experience, you will look good doing it with five different MAINGEAR M.A.R.C. laser engravings to choose from that offer a clean and elegant design.

"Offering a 3D enabled notebook is a great option for our customers, but offering the eX-L 17 3D that is 3D enabled and overclocked up to 4.8GHz with Intel’s mobile Sand Bridge processors and NVIDIA’s GTX 485M is even better." said Wallace Santos, CEO and Founder of MAINGEAR. "We are constantly pushing the boundaries and leading the way in luxury computing and the eX-L 17 3D is a testament to that commitment."

Technical Specification:
  • Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 485M with 2GB
  • Display: 17.3" (16:9) 120Hz 3D-enabled Full HD (1920x1080) LED-Backlit Display with Matte Finish screen and Nvidia 3D vision Glasses
  • Processor: Up to Intel® Core™ i7-2920XM Processor Extreme Edition, 8MB L3 Cache Overclocked up to 4.8Ghz
  • Memory: Up to Patriot 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 - 1600Mhz
  • Optical Drive: Up to 2X Blu-ray reader/8x Multi Combo (BD-R, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
  • Hard Drive: Up to two 600GB Solid State Drives, 500GB Hybrid SSDs, or 750GB 7200RPM SATA 2.5 drives
  • Network Adapter: Bigfoot Networks Killer™ Wireless-N
  • Audio: HDMI Out; Optical Digital Out, up to 7.1 HD Audio with THX TruStudio support Media Card Reader: Built in 7-in-1 Media Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/MS/MS Pro/MS Duo/SD/Mini-SD)
  • Operating System: Genuine Windows® 7 Home, Professional or Ultimate 64-Bit
  • Battery: 8-cell Removable Li-Polymer Lithium-Ion
  • I/O Ports: 1 HDMI out, 1 DVI-I out, 2 USB 3.0, 2 USB 2.0, 1 eSATA, 1 IEEE-1394 Fire Wire, 1 S/PDIF out, 1 RJ-45 LAN, 1 RJ-11
  • Dimensions: (W)16.22" x (H)1.75" x (D)10.87" – 8.6LB with battery
  • Price: Starts at $2,659 well-equipped

    All of MAINGEAR products are supported with lifetime labor and phone support with one to three year hardware warranty.


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    Thomas De Maesschalck

    Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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