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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 Cooler
Raijintek Pallas Low-Profile CPU Cooler Review
The key to a happy life is managing expectations. While logic dictates to expect the worst so that every positive outcome is a surprise and every negative is dismissed as…
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PC Cases / Accessories
Enermax iVektor Computer Case Review
Finding the right case is like looking for a new car. You will be using it on a daily basis and it has to help your get to where you…
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PC Cases / Accessories
Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini-ITX Case Review
The Coolermaster Elite 110 is a small chassis with a big heart. It has the ability to be many things, but are they the things that you are wanting from…
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Motherboard Reviews
MSI A88X-G45 Gaming Motherboard Review
Rencently, AMD released the Kaveri APU to the masses. The Kaveri APU requires a new socket, the FM2+ and along with a new socket comes a new chipset the AMD…
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PC Gaming Headphones / Audio
Sentey Vibros Gaming Headset
Sound. Sound influences almost everything we experience. From the sound of a gentle wind, a babbling brook or an AK-47 being fired in your direction. Sound has a lot to…
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CPU Cooler
Noctua NH-D15 Dual-Tower CPU Cooler Review
Within enthusiast CPU-cooling circles, a tale of two towers is told that rivals the Tolkien legend. It has tamed heat over the years not through magic but through science. Six…
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PC Case Modding
QuakeCon 2018 Staff vs. Staff Modding Contest: Case #4
After a few years of attending QuakeCon, I decided that 2018 would be my chance to participate in our Staff vs. Staff contest. This internal contest is meant to be…
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PC Case Modding News and Events
PDXLAN 28 CPU Magazine Case Mod Contest Winners
A lot of modding talent is concentrated in the Pacific-Northwest and PDXLAN is where many of them showcase their work every so often. In the latest CPU Magazine sponsored case…
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Modders Inc Recognition
Modders-Inc at the Cooler Master Suite at CES 2010
Modders-Inc’s own Dewayne Carel (a.k.a “Americafreak”) created a case for Cooler Master to display at their suite for the 2010 CES in Las Vegas.What he wanted to do with the…
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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
Phinix Cube Case Mod by phinix
Scratch Built mods are personal my favorite. Cube shaped scratch built are my double plus favorite!! Who doesn’t love cubed mods? Well this Mod by Phinix was two…
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The Awesomeness that was Quakecon 2012
Quakecon 2012 looks to be a pivotal point in our timeline folks… read on to find out about the excitement and the fun that was Quakecon 2012!!! Quakecon – an…