Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Corsair, a longstanding and esteemed manufacturer in the PC components industry, initially built its reputation on memory-related products. However, nearly two decades ago, Corsair began diversifying its product line. This expansion started cautiously, with a limited number of products, but quickly proved to be highly successful, propelling Corsair into the industry powerhouse it is today. One of Corsair's most triumphant product categories is all-in-one (AIO) liquid coolers. This success is particularly notable given that their initial foray into liquid cooling in 2003 did not meet expectations. However, Corsair didn’t throw in the towel. Undeterred, they re-entered the market years later, leveraging the growing popularity of user-friendly, maintenance-free AIO designs. This gamble paid off handsomely, as AIO coolers are now one of Corsair’s flagship product lines...
LEPA Releases 1700W MaxPlatinum Power Supply, EU Only
In the major PC component spaces, there comes a time when a product stack fits nicely with what needs to be done. In the GPU area, we have had...
16 by Ian Cutress on 3/19/2014
NZXT Kraken G10 Review: Liquid Cooling for Your GPU
Liquid-cooling is nothing new in the world of computers; enthusiasts first started creating custom water cooling setups back in the 80486 era, and even prior to that some mainframes...
61 by E. Fylladitakis on 3/11/2014
MSI Launches the Nightblade Gaming Barebones, a mini-ITX with OC
Traditional PC component manufacturers are moving into other areas of interest. For MSI that means devices such as tablets and notebooks, as well as moving forward with their traditional...
30 by Ian Cutress on 3/6/2014
Seasonic S12G 650W Power Supply Review
It has been 16 months since our last power supply review, but the long wait is finally over. We have a new PSU and cases editor, and this is...
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How We Test PSUs - 2014
After a lengthy hiatus, we're back with a new PSU and case reviewer. As we kick off our revised power supply testing and reviews, we wanted to cover the...
49 by E. Fylladitakis on 2/28/2014
Red Harbinger tests the Cryptocurrency Chassis Market: The DopaMINE
With the ups and downs of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Litecoin and Dogecoin now part of the zeitgeist; notable trends are starting to happen. The software is being probed...
27 by Ian Cutress on 2/19/2014
Lian Li Launches the PC-A51 ATX Mid-Tower Reverse Air-Flow Chassis
It seems that the further down the chain of PC components, the more companies there are to produce the hardware. For desktop PCs we have two main CPU...
20 by Ian Cutress on 2/14/2014
Nanoxia Deep Silence 6 Review
We've reviewed a few of Nanoxia's cases already, and they've done well overall. Today we're looking at their latest and grandest creation, the Deep Silence 6. As the name...
26 by E. Fylladitakis on 2/13/2014
Closed Loop AIO Liquid Coolers: 14-way Mega Roundup Review
There was a time when liquid-cooling a computer chip was considered to be "extreme", something you'd only see hardcore enthusiasts or overclockers doing. It took a lot of work...
140 by E. Fylladitakis on 2/12/2014
GIGABYTE Launches BRIX Gaming: AMD A8-5557M and R9 M275X
GIGABYTE’s push on the BRIX has been with so much gusto it is hard to keep up with all the possible models coming to market and ones they are...
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In Win: Tempered Glass Cases, PSUs, and NUC
In Win perhaps isn’t one of the most well-known of case manufacturers, but they’ve been around for a while and they have some decent budget cases. They’re looking to...
2 by Jarred Walton on 1/21/2014
Corsair Obsidian 250D Case Review
Corsair is a name familiar to any computer enthusiasts, and the company today offers numerous products: computer cases, power supply units, air and liquid CPU coolers, solid-state drives, and...
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Rosewill Cases, Keyboards, and More at CES
Rosewill is one of those manufacturers that seems to dabble in just about everything. We mostly know them for their cases, power supplies, keyboards, and mice, but there’s plenty...
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LEPA @ CES: PSUs, Cases, and Accessories
LEPA is basically an offshoot of Enermax, created by Ecomaster – the US distributor for Enermax PSUs (or at least that’s how I understand it). They were sharing a...
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Enermax at CES: PSUs, Cases, and Cooling
Walk into Enermax’s CES suite and the first thing to greet you is a wall of quietly humming fans with blue LEDs, with a custom controller cycling through patterns...
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OriginPC: New Genesis and Millennium Systems (and More)
OriginPC is a boutique PC system integrator with a twist: they ship their systems in gigantic wooden crates designed to kill reviewers like Dustin (RIP). The past couple of...
6 by Jarred Walton on 1/9/2014
ASRock M8 Barebones Review: My Steam Box
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or so the saying goes. Most development in home computers veers towards the ultra large (high impact gaming machines for...
78 by Ian Cutress on 1/2/2014
Lian Li Launches the PC-Q33: Another Hinge Chassis, but mini-ITX
It seems that this is a week of Lian Li press releases – first up was the PC-V358 micro-ATX case that uses hinges to make accessing the components easier...
43 by Ian Cutress on 12/20/2013
Lian Li Release PC-V358 Chassis for Micro-ATX Builds
A lot of shiny cases come out of Lian Li, best known for their use of aluminum with an element of style. Chassis like the mini-ITX based TU-200...
30 by Ian Cutress on 12/18/2013
Seasonic to Power Hashfast Bitcoin Mining Equipment
Seasonic and HashFast Technologies announced that they have signed an agreement for Seasonic to produce power supplies for HashFast’s Bitcoin mining systems. Seasonic is one of the oldest and most...
30 by E. Fylladitakis on 10/25/2013
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