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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…
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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 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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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 Gaming Headphones / Audio
ThermalTake Cronos Go Gaming Headset Review
As time moves forward, it seems there is a cycle in the size of devices and their accessories. First they get smaller and smaller and then for some reason, we…
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PC Cases / Accessories
Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Galaxy Silver Edition Review
It seems that the minimalist design is starting to become more and more popular these days. There are still a few companies out there that make what we call pre-modded…
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PC Cases / Accessories
SilverStone Kublai KL05-W Case Review
What is the first item you shop for when you’re building your PC? Is it your motherboard, GPU, or is it the case? When I am looking at building a…
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PC Water Cooling
Monsoon Modular Reservoir System (MMRS) Review
Of the all the reservoir types available in the market, the tube res has always been preferred mainly due to its large visibility and ease of installation. However, for the…
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CPU Cooler
Be Quiet! Shadow Rock LP CPU Cooler Review: When Less is More
Be Quiet! has been one of Europe’s best kept secrets for almost a decade now despite winning PC Games Hardware’s “Manufacturer of the Year” award repeatedly. A company known for…
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PC Cases / Accessories
Bitfenix Alchemy 2.0 Magnetic LED Strip Review: Modding Made Even Easier
With case modders featured in commercials by companies such as Intel and even showcased in TV shows worldwide, the hobby has officially hit mainstream acceptance. The term “modding” in itself…
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PC Case Modding How To
How to Make a Power Supply Jumper
This trick is nothing new, but it is a much elegant approach than the classic, “Jam a paper clip into the green line and ground line to jolt the PSU!”…
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Case Modding Tools
Basic Tools for Case Modding
Before you can even start making your case mod you need to have some tools and some knowledge on what they are and what they do. You don’t need to…
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Case Modding Tools
Modder’s Tools: Big Praise for Tiny Bags
The more modding work you do, the more clutter you begin to accumulate. Small items like fasteners, fittings, plugs, etc. can be quickly lost or forgotten if not properly stored.…
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Featured Case Mods / Modders
Star Wars Old Republic Case Mods
Everyone, in one form or another, likes Star Wars. Whether it be the movies, animated series or the games. So when Case Modder Boddaker announced that he was creating some…
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CES
CES 2014 Case Modders and Builders of the Show
CES 2014 Case Modders and Builders of the Show What I’m presenting to you since I’m not at the show is pics and details I could scrounge up. They are…
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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…