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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…
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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…
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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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PC News, Hardware, Software
Levelplay New Combat Liquid HUD and Combat Liquid SE AIO CPU Coolers Press Release
Combat Liquid HUD features an integrated digital display with real-time CPU monitoring, while Combat Liquid SE delivers streamlined high-performance liquid cooling for modern PC builds
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PC News, Hardware, Software
One Controller to Rule Them All: CORSAIR COMMANDER DUO
For PC builders and tech enthusiasts, a clean and organized rig is a point of pride. But managing multiple fans and lighting systems can turn a dream build into a…
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PC Case Fan
Noctua Redux Fan Series Review
A fleet of new fans from Noctua have recently been introduced abandoning the familiar warm brown and flesh tones for colder gray bodies, not to capitalize on the current…
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PC Cases / Accessories
NZXT Phantom 240 Mid-tower Case Review
As creative and as revolutionary as NZXT’s cases may have been, they have all been surprisingly affordable especially compared to other feature-rich cases. The original Phantom case introduced back in…
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Graphics Card Reviews
MSI R9 280X Gaming 3G GPU Review
Graphics cards are what make a gamers world go-round. High levels of detail and great frame rates are crucial in their world. What good is having great frame rates if…
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CPU Reviews
AMD FX-8370 and FX-8370E Processors Review
In the sweet science of boxing, fighters are segregated in groups by weight class. This distinction makes sense to keep the fights interesting and more importantly fair. Often time however,…
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PC Hardware Reviews
Plextor PX-G256M6e 256 GB M.2 SSD Review
Just a little while ago I had the pleasure of reviewing one of MSI’s Z97 motherboards. With the release of the Z97 chipset came M.2 slots and M.2 SSDs. If…
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PC Gaming Accessories
Genius F-1000 Gaming Arcade Stick Review
Before the advent of online gaming and even before home gaming systems delivered cutting edge graphics to the living room, multiplayer was largely the domain of the video arcade. For…
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Lessons of Painting a PC Case
Harsh Lessons of Paint: Confounding Caps
It can be hard to find the perfect spray paint for your case, and confounding caps certainly don’t help. For example, look at this comparison of a Rust-oleum lid next to a…
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Case Modding Tools
Gumball Case – Part 2 – The Value of Someone Else’s Tools
In order to build my gumball case, I had to replace its old acrylic panels with shorter, unscratched panels. Acrylic can be very difficult to cut properly, requiring precise scoring…
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Featured Case Mods / Modders
Artx38’s BitFenix Prodigy “Mirror” Case Mod
Artx38’s BitFenix Prodigy “Mirror” Case Mod System: BitFenix Prodigy Midnight BlackEVGA Z77 Stinger, Intel Z77 (111-IB-E692-KR)WiFi/WiDi 300MBPS/BLUETH4 920119 GigabyteEVGA GeForce GTX 670 (02G-P4-2762-KR)Intel® Core™ i5-3570K ProcessorKingston HyperX 8GB (2 x…
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QuakeCon
CyberPunk interview with Modders-Inc
Modders-Inc was pretty busy this year with interviews and coverage at the 2014 QuakeCon. Cyberpunk is one of our long time interviews and this year I was able to get…
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Americanfreak
Lucid Dream Case Mod
To do something different I thought a behind the scene look at the photo shoot would be cool. CPU Magazine was kind enough to set up a photo shoot with…
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How To PC Case Mod Tips and Tutorials
Water Cooling Your PC: Making of an Eye Candy Part 2: CPU Water Block Installation
In my previous article I talked about my adventure in building a custom rig. What I have done so far is addressed how to install the water block onto the…