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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…
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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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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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CPU Cooler
Phanteks PH-TC12LS CPU Cooler Review: Low-Profile, High Value
Placed in confined spaces, a compact cooler has to rise to the occasion. Although hopefully not too much as height restrictions also apply. This is why the C-type heatpipe design…
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PC Mouse
EVGA Torq X5 Mouse Review: Ambidextrous Design Done Right
EVGA is in the business of providing gaming solutions in the form of video cards and motherboards so it should not come as a surprise when they decided to branch…
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CPU Cooler
Phanteks PH-TC14S Dual-Tower Review: Conflict-free CPU Cooling?
CPU Coolers come in various shapes and sizes but these variants are not all done purely for performance reasons. For instance, since memory manufacturers continue to use unnecessarily tall heat…
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Graphics Card Reviews
Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290x 8GB Tri-X Video Card Review
Sapphire has long been AMD’s leading partner in the GPU arena. With the growing popularity of 1440, 2K and 4K gaming, manufacturers have been taking “liberties” with the GPUs such…
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PC Gaming Headphones / Audio
GIGABYTE Force H3X Gaming Headset Review
Don’t you hate that when you are camping with a sniper rifle and all of the sudden some one sneaks up behind you and puts a knife through your head?…
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PC Cases / Accessories
Origin Genesis PC Chassis Review – Part 1
At CES 2013, we were pulled aside during one of our meetings and asked if we had seen the new Origin PC case. At that time, we had not. We…
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Modders Inc Recognition
Modding Article in Computer Power User (CPU) Magazine
Here is an excerpt from the beginning of the article. Dremel Dreams Make Your Chassis A Masterpiece You’ve been bitten by the modding bug and have finished your first modded…
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Modders Inc Recognition
Lupine by Tech-Daddy
A modded case does not have to be flashy to capture your attention. Lupine has a lot of features that you don't notice at first glance, but the more you…
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PC Case Modding News and Events
BATTLEMODS X PUBG – Case Mod Tour Comes To Asia
Cooler Master, Nvidia GeForce Garage, MSI, APACER, Dremel and CableMod join forces to introduce the BATTLEMODS Asia Tour; the first ever PLAYERUKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUND Modding Contest that spans across Australia, Thailand,…
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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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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…