The fake Mac Pro PC is real.

I got scammed by the Dune Pro, but this isn't that.

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[kawaii-sosu]

McPrue owner is Chinese guy who has his own factory to make those cases. They also make other SFF cases with grater pattern

[Lemonhandle]

"what is even a mcprue" 😂truer words have never been spoken

[Quicko-xq]

1K USD for a glorified cheese grater is wild

[Pytte]

I guess they are just machining the parts themselves, which means the price reflects on the machine time + working hours.. = expensive.. They probably can't lower that much, unless they mass produce.

[NGGJamieNyan]

I seriously appreciate how you are willing to not drag out a video, you could easily pad this out to be 10-15 minutes but with 0 actual added value or content

[little_fluffy_clouds]

I bought the SFF version of this (Apollo S) and it’s a fantastic product. If money is no object and you like the design and you want high build quality, this ticks all the boxes. People who say the price is high need to realise making that 3D pattern in aluminium isn’t cheap.

[Victicat]

typo in the description.. "I got *the* scammed by the Dune Pro, but this isn't that."

[ouykcuf]

I've been following the dune case for awhile, and will admit, loved watching it crash and burn in discord. I been following mcprue for a long while afterwords, since he was recommended in the dunes discord, after it crashed and burned. The price is egregious for sure, but its supposedly referred to as a "boutique" product made by a small team. They've come up with a few various form factors over the past few years. Im glad someone decided to make a video on it.

[swiftusa]

Really happy with my Apollo L from McPrue. The case quality is excellent, and it handles my liquid-cooled 4090 with the ASUS ProArt perfectly. I 3D-printed a front panel for the fans to improve airflow, which worked well. The McPrue Discord has also been a great resource for build tips and connecting with other owners. Overall, a solid experience with both the product and the community. Happy to share the 3d print.

[TomasPiliponis]

This investigative journalism style intro was very well crafted. Kudos!

[KeeseToast]

I 100% agree with your take here. Wish there would be some more premium options for atx-cases around the 300$ mark. I bought the Fractal North and love the look of it, but I would've happily spent double or triple the price for some higher quality materials.

[eduardsklyanin]

Fun fact about the shot in 0:17 you can see a zenith extreme alpha motherboard with a gen 1 asus rog ryujin aio. While that cooler does technically support socket tr4 it prevents you from installing ram dimms in the 2 slots closest to the socket, especially on that board . It's why I have a spare gen 1 and had to move to a gen 2 ryujin aio.

[anubischeats]

I came from a year old video of yours about Seilicon Lottery. Apparently you had 360 subs back then as per the comments. Now to see that you have over a million subscribers, is amazing. Nice growth. Congrats and keep growing.

[Noah-Lach]

This genuinely looks like a solid PC case. Excellent airflow through the front panel (as we already know from the real Mac Pro) and bottom-mounted intakes for air0cooled GPUs. We need more manufactures designing and building cases at this level.

[pogzie]

Thats an epic rug pull:
1.) Market to people
2.) Give to YouTube creators
3.) Shout the crowdfunding page
4.) Disappear

Not sure if indigogo has early adopter protection. But damn it was an epic scam.

[cartergullickson]

I’ve had a PC build with this McPrue case for over a year and I love it specifically for 2 reasons.

1. Almost every PC case looks the same to me anymore, except Fractal. But even then, their cases are fairly common. This is unique in the PC case market, with the only case matching up with its minimalist design is the Mac Pro itself.

2. I wanted a PC that was upgradable. I considered buying an Intel Mac Pro and using it with Windows, but ultimately it’s stuck on an older version of Xeon. You’re stuck on that architecture forever.

[nowthendanny]

McPrue is legit. I bought both the Apollo L and the Apollo R (The server rack version) and I love both of them. Everything about the experience, from the build quality, shipping through to the discord support and community is premium tier. I will never need or want another case again, it has it all. I was surprised it took so long for a reviewer to pick them up!

[JellyLancelot]

IMO Fractal probably have the best industrial design and positioning right now to do something like this. Imagine what they could do with a bigger form factor, but using the same methodology of the Fractal Terra. They have the formula down, aluminium and wood construction, good airflow and temperatures, reasonably priced, etc.

[kevomeister]

Nah.. I was expecting for you to review their ITX case, not their biggest one. 😂

[NShaft]

I love that you got scammed, then saw the same product years later and bought it just to see if this was also a scam. Legend.