For this review, I downloaded the latest Intel Arc driver (31.0.101.4644 from mid-August) and installed through both the Intel Arc control panel and manually, too. It all comes down to the Intel Arc drivers themselves which haven't exactly played nice with the build in the weeks that I've been testing the PC. This is particularly evidenced by Hitman 3 and Metro Exodus Enhanced going well beyond 100 fps in both target resolutions it's certainly no slouch as far as frame rates goes in theory, but there's one major problem holding the machine back in this respect. Game optimization is a big part of that, however, the raw numbers are still more than playable even in demanding titles. The Maingear MG-1 | Intel Arc A750 gaming PC doesn't do a horrible job in either 1080p or 1440p most of the time. Instead, this one caps out at just 3,500 MB/s which barely hits the cap of what Gen 3.0 M.2 NVMe drives could do over five years ago. While many top-end Gen 4 drives utilize DRAM and advanced controllers such as the tried-and-true Phison E18 controller. You can find this capacity drive for $30, with 1TB retailing for $43, and it's very much a case of getting what you pay for. That's because this machine is rocking a pretty middling dual-channel kit of the 16GB T-Force Delta RGB DDR4 clocked at 3600 MHz (which now retails for just $40) and the Solidigm P41 512GB, the non-plus variant, which is far from one of the best SSDs you can slot into your PC's Gen 4.0 M.2 port. Unfortunately, the same thing cannot be said for the choice of RAM nor the SSD inside of the Maingear MG-1 | Intel Arc A750 build. ![]() The company clearly didn't cheap out on cooling here, and it's all the better for it. Fortunately, this build uses the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Air Cooler, which would certainly give some of the best CPU air coolers a run for their money. ![]() ![]() Ultimately, with these specs, air cooling is the way to go, and there's a more-than-adequate amount of space inside the case for effective cooling, with plenty of vents in the case itself. That's considering the TDP of the Intel Arc A750 of 225W and the CPU's base power of 65W.
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