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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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CPU Reviews
AMD Ryzen R7 2700x & Ryzen R5 2600x CPU Review
Last June AMD delivered on its promise to deliver an AMD CPU that performed better than ever before and Ryzen was born using AMD’s Zen architecture. Just short of a…
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CPU Cooler
Enermax Liqtech TR4 280 AIO Video Review
When Threadripper hit the streets, there was quite a bit of concern as to how you would cool such a large chip, especially since AMD’s solution was to adopt a…
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Motherboard Reviews
Gigabyte Z370N WIFI Review
Every enthusiast loves building their own PCs. I’m sure most of our readers have their own, custom built PC. Most of which are either mid or full-tower PCs. However, over…
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Network Hardware
CUK AC1300 Dual Band USB Adapter Review
Upgrading your wireless connectivity should not be hard. If you have an older laptop that only supports 2.4Ghz connectivity then you know the pain with slow downloads and streaming. Let’s…
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CPU Cooler
Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 Review
Noctua’s new NH-L9A-AM4 low-profile heatsink was built specifically for AMD’s AM4 socket and will cool up to a 65W CPU or APU. This diminutive little cooler has just a…
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Graphics Card Reviews
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition
It was way back in August of 2017 that I first got my hands on AMD’s flagship, in the form of the limited edition Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid…
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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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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.…
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Featured Case Mods / Modders
Project: HAVOK Case Mod
Here is a nice clean case mod that is in our forums. This case mod started off life as a plain Jane black case, but with a few passes some…
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Case Modding Tools
Introduction to Computer Power Supply Sleeving Tools
For those of you that want to take your case mod to the next level you will need to make sure that you wiring is the best it can be.…
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PC Case Modding News and Events
US Case Modding Championship at 2015 QuakeCon
For the fourth year Modders-Inc brings the thrilling world of computer case modding to the largest LAN in the United States. But this year will be something new and exciting as…
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Custom Computer Hardware Test Bench : by AmericanFreak
I had made the “Rescue PC” custom pc to make it easier to travel to other peoples homes but this time I wanted something for my house. This hardware test…