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PC News, Hardware, Software
HYTE Teams Up With SQUARE ENIX for a Limited‑Edition FINAL FANTASY XIV Y70 Case
HYTE’s limited‑edition FINAL FANTASY XIV Y70 case, featuring panoramic character art and a serialized “Warrior…
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PC News, Hardware, Software
Thermaltake Retro Series Brings Classic PC Style Back
Thermaltake just dropped something fun — the new Retro Series, a pair of cases that…
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PC Cases / Accessories
Is the In Win Prism Worth It? Full Review, Airflow Test
Bottom line: the In Win Prism is just a killer case. It looks insane on…
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PC News, Hardware, Software
G.SKILL DDR5 Memory Kits Confirmed as Intel XMP 3.0 ‘Ready’ for Intel Core Ultra 200S Plus Series Processors
G.SKILL announced that its existing and new DDR5 memory kits have gained Intel Extreme Memory…
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PC News, Hardware, Software
BIOSTAR INTRODUCES THE BITWL-IHT MINI INDUSTRIAL MOTHERBOARD
BIOSTAR introduces the new BITWL-IHT, a Thin Mini-ITX industrial motherboard engineered to deliver stable and scalable performance for modern intelligent infrastructure. Built to smoothly run with the Intel® Alder Lake-N,…
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PC News, Hardware, Software
New Case by Antec and Noctua the Antec Flux Pro Noctua Edition PC Case
PC case specialist Antec and Austrian quiet cooling expert Noctua have teamed up to create a custom, further refined Noctua Edition of Antec’s award-winning Flux Pro chassis. Upgrading the Flux…
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PC News, Hardware, Software
Kingston New Next-gen XTS-AES 256-bit Hardware- Encrypted USB Drive
Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., announced the launch of the next-generation IronKey™ Locker+ 50 G2 (LP50 G2) hardware-encrypted USB flash drive. The drive…
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PC News, Hardware, Software
The Audio Ecosystem Powering a New Era: Elgato Unveils Wave Next
Elgato, a brand of CORSAIR, has announced Wave Next, the company’s next generation of audio products and the most significant evolution of the Wave platform since its debut in 2020.…
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PC News, Hardware, Software
Phanteks Drops the New 360M25‑LCD AIO
Phanteks is pushing into the large‑screen AIO arena with the new 360M25‑LCD, a 360mm liquid cooler built for high‑end Intel and AMD systems. This thing doesn’t just cool — it…
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PC News, Hardware, Software
CORSAIR Adds Two New Limited‑Edition Cases to the FRAME 4000D Lineup
CORSAIR is expanding its FRAME 4000D series with two limited‑edition models: Nova and Galaxy. Both cases use a new color‑shift paint finish that changes tone depending on how the light…
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PC News, Hardware, Software
AMD Rolls Out New Ryzen Chipset Driver 8.01.20.513
AMD has pushed out a fresh update for its Ryzen™ chipset drivers, landing at version 8.01.20.513, and it’s mainly focused on tightening things up under the hood. While this isn’t…
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PC News, Hardware, Software
NZXT H2 Flow Mini‑ITX Case, C850 SFX PSU & H2 Mini PC — Compact High‑Performance SFF Gaming Gear
If you’re looking to build a powerful small form factor PC, NZXT’s latest lineup delivers everything you need for a compact, high‑performance setup. The new H2 Flow Mini‑ITX case and…
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Graphics Card Reviews
Aorus GeForce RTX 2080 Xtreme Waterforce Review
We recently reviewed the Gigabytes flagship Z390 motherboard with a full-cover monoblock, the Z390 AORUS Xtreme Waterforce. A monoblock covers the CPU, power delivery, and PCH of the motherboard, but…
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DDR Memory Reviews
Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR4 Memory Review
When it comes to memory, Corsair is often sought after. Their memory products are some of the best performing memory modules in the business. Then, there’s the Dominator line up.…
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Storage Devices
ADATA XPG SX6000 PRO 512GB Review
With prices on NVMe drives in a declining state, consumers really have a wide variety of NVMe SSDs to choose from. The hardest part about buying a new SSD is…
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Storage Devices
Patriot Viper VPN100 PCIe M.2 SSD Review
Before keyboards, mice and other accessories, Patriot was a flash memory based company. It originally started with RAM and then started to release USB flash drives and eventually started producing…
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Network Hardware
EnGenius ESR530 Dual Pack Home Mesh Network Review
Mesh-based home networking has been around for a while now and there is a big competition that is happening between manufacturers to take the lead in the market. Some of…
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PC Gaming Accessories
Viewsonic XG240R 1080p, 144 Hz Monitor Review
In today’s ever-growing field of technology, graphics cards allow even modern triple-A games to run at exceedingly high frame rates and resolutions. Likewise, monitors now allow for up to 240Hz…
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Modder Spotlight
Modder Spotlight: Dave Alcock
Dave Alcock aka Davido Labido describes himself as a “simple” man but looking at his body of work, he is more of a “Renaissance man”, busy with modding, reviewing and…
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PC Case Modding How To
Keyboard Mods
Tired of your old bland looking beige keyboard? If you answered yes, and don't have the money to rush out and buy a keyboard that matches your mod color scheme,…
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Lessons of Painting a PC Case
Harsh Lessons of Paint: Undoing with Mineral Spirits
The astute reader may notice that my HLOP articles carry a theme: paint is hard. People (especially me) make mistakes. Imagine you botch a spray paint job; is the piece…
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Featured Case Mods / Modders
Boydster 1932 Hot Rod PC Case Mod
Not everyone can afford to build and own a 1932 Hot Rod but most of us dream of it. We would do whatever possible to can make a dream like…
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Modder Spotlight
Interview with BSMODS the winners of the NVIDIA MOD24 Contest
If you are like most of us that are into computer case modding you probably spent a good amount of time watching the MOD24 event that was put on by…
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PC Case Modding News and Events
MICLE “Proud of Blood” Custom Engine Case
Spearheaded by Chinese modder Wei Zheng of AI Mask, the MICLE “Proud of Blood” project is a limited edition run of 99 cases that feature a unique motor-bike engine design.…