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PC News, Hardware, Software
LIAN LI DK‑07 WOOD — A Motorized Walnut Desk That Doubles as a Full PC Case
LIAN LI is leveling up the desk‑PC concept again with the DK‑07 WOOD, a motorized…
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PC News, Hardware, Software
be quiet! Unveils Dark Rock Pro 6 & Dark Rock 6
be quiet! is rolling out the next generation of its flagship air coolers, and both…
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PC News, Hardware, Software
World’s First Infinity Mirror Gaming Memory by XPG
XPG Unveils NOVAKEY DDR5 — A New Look, a New Identity, and a Wild Infinity‑Mirror…
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PC News, Hardware, Software
NEW LIAN LI VECTOR V150 INF PC CASE
LIAN LI announced the VECTOR V150 INF, a compact mATX chassis featuring a tempered-glass infinity-mirror…
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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 of Light” plate. Pre‑orders are now live.
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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 basically take the old‑school beige PC vibe we grew up with and give it a…
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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 Profile (Intel XMP) 3.0 overclock readiness to support the new Intel® Core™ Ultra 200S Plus…
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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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CPU Cooler
Silverstone Argon AR06 CPU Cooler Review: Prioritizing Silence
The Silverstone Argon series of heatsinks comprise of value-minded CPU air cooling solutions available in tower-style or heatpiped low-profile models. Of the three that use a low-profle design, the Argon…
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PC Gaming Headphones / Audio
Kingston HyperX Cloud Revolver Headset Review
The Kingston HyperX Cloud Revolver is the latest headset in Kingston’s product family. Kingston’s gaming headset line up has grown to four different models which feature both 3.5mm and USB…
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Keyboards
Azio MGK 1 RGB Mechanical Keyboard Review: Less Is More
Mechanical keyboards have been around since we started using keyboards as input devices for the PC. Early (1970’s era) mechanical keyboards were heavy and loud which eventually led manufactures…
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PC Gaming Accessories
DXRacer King Series (OH/KX28/NB) PC Gaming Chair Review
The DXRacer “King Series” is a chair catering to the larger PC gamer in the audience. The body ergonomics of persons outside of the 80th percentile of body size type…
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CPU Reviews
AMD FX 8350 CPU with Wraith Cooler Review: Stock Cooling Gets an Upgrade
Rumours of the AMD FX processor’s death has been greatly exaggerated. Five years old and still going — ancient by typical CPU-age metrics but have newfound relevance with the rise…
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CPU Cooler
CRYORIG H7 CPU Cooler Review: Worry-free Compatibility
Figuring out which component is compatible with which electronically is hard enough as it is for casual system builders that the last thing one needs is to find out that…
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Featured Case Mods / Modders
Star Wars Case Mods
What could be better than having a computer case that looks like something from the Star Wars universe, pretty much nothing. Star Wars is a fan favorite for many reasons…
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PC Case Modding News and Events
Custom Gaming Room by Team Nerdy Ninja from the Vanilla Ice Project
In case you missed this episode (Season 5, Episode 13) of The Vanilla Ice Project, the previous Modder Spotlight feature Team Nerdy Ninjas (Richard Surroz and Travis Jank) showed off…
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QuakeCon
Modder’s Tools: Planning for LAN-ing
LAN parties are a lot of fun, especially if you’re showing off your latest case mod. This fun comes at a cost however, and the experience can be pretty harsh on both…
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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
World’s Top Case Modders Go Head to Head at the 2015 Thermaltake CaseMOD Invitational
Thermaltake, an industry leader in computer chassis, thermal solutions, and power supply units, presents the biggest international modding event of the year, the 2015 Thermaltake Case MOD Invitational, taking place…
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QuakeCon
QuakeCon 2014 | July 17-20, 2014 @ Hilton Anatole, Dallas, TX
QuakeCon is returning for its 19th year, North America’s largest BYOC LAN party returns to the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, TX — taking place Thursday, July 17th – Sunday, July…