Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Taiwan, Sunon (aka Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.), stands out as a prominent global producer of fans, blowers, and thermal management systems. The company has made a name for itself in the fan industry with a comprehensive product line that includes DC brushless fans, micro blowers, CPU coolers, and various other cooling technologies. They are one of the oldest and most renowned fan manufacturers on the world – and not just for PC applications, but for just about anything in need of something smaller than a ceiling fan, spanning from IT to automotive and industrial sectors. Within the PC space, the company is best known for its proprietary MagLev (Magnetic Levitation) technology, which uses magnetic forces to levitate...
AMD Launches new Coolers and 65W Kaveri APUs: the A10-7860K and A6-7470K
Over the past two years we’ve reviewed almost every AMD Kaveri desktop processor to have been released – the A10-7850K, the A8-7600, the A10-7800, the A8-7650K, the A4-7400K, the...
18 by Ian Cutress on 2/2/2016
CES 2016: Cooler Master’s MasterWatt Connected Digital PSU Almost Ready
As one gets older, or designs PCs for certain users in mind, how much power is being consumed is a key metric. The easiest piece of equipment to use...
4 by Ian Cutress on 1/15/2016
CES 2016: Deepcool’s Genome is a Water Cooling Equipped Case with a Helix Reservoir
We’ve dealt with closed loop liquid coolers for computer processors for the best part of five years now, and there are users different sides of the fence regarding their...
11 by Ian Cutress on 1/13/2016
The Rosewill Quark Series Power Supply Review (750W, 850W, 1000W, 1200W)
Today we are having a look at the Quark PSU series from Rosewill. Rosewill is a North American manufacturer, most commonly known as being Newegg's in-house brand. Rosewill is...
34 by E. Fylladitakis on 1/13/2016
CES 2016: Deepcool’s Gamer Storm brand Exhibits Water Cooling for a Power Supply
Typically the water cooling scene in PC building focuses on two main areas – the processor and the graphics card, with memory or the motherboard being a distant third...
21 by Ian Cutress on 1/12/2016
CES 2016: be quiet! Doubles Revenue in 2015
One of my first meetings of the week here at CES 2016 is with be quiet!, a German based company that focuses on silent cooling, power supplies, and now...
5 by Ian Cutress on 1/5/2016
The EKWB EK-XLC Predator 240 Liquid Cooler Review
Today we are having a look at the EK-XLC Predator 240, the first AIO liquid cooling solution from EKWB. EKWB is a company that specializes in and is known...
36 by E. Fylladitakis on 12/15/2015
The Corsair SP (Static Pressure), AF (High Airflow) 120/140mm Fan Review
Both the selection and the testing of a fan can be a rather complicated matter. Even if someone knows the exact performance curve of a fan and can make...
92 by E. Fylladitakis on 11/25/2015
The Corsair H80i GT and H100i GTX AIO Coolers Review
Today we are having a look at the upgraded 120 mm AIO liquid coolers from Corsair, the single slot H80i GT and the dual slot H100i GTX. Both come...
47 by E. Fylladitakis on 11/16/2015
The Cougar QBX Mini ITX Case Review
Cougar originates from Germany and originally specialized in advanced computer peripherals. During the past few months we have looked at several of their high end peripherals and mice. The...
42 by E. Fylladitakis on 11/13/2015
The Andyson N500 Titanium PSU Review: High Efficiency For The Common PC
80Plus Titanium certified PSUs are very rare and most are high output units that are not meant for normal PCs. Andyson is making a surprise move with the release...
46 by E. Fylladitakis on 10/8/2015
The Corsair RM1000x and RM1000i 1000W Power Supply Review
Just over a year and a half ago we had our first encounter with Corsair's RM PSU series. The company upgraded their highly successful quiet PSU series and split...
47 by E. Fylladitakis on 9/30/2015
HDPLEX Unveils 2nd Generation H5 Passive PC Chassis
The advent of CPUs with low TDPs (but having enough power to handle HTPC duties) has resulted in passive HTPCs becoming more and more popular. There are a number...
16 by Ganesh T S on 9/15/2015
The Streacom F12C Aluminum Desktop Case Review
Very few companies design high performance desktop cases and, to the dismay of HTPC enthusiasts, such releases are infrequent. Due to the limited volume, the design of a mechanically...
45 by E. Fylladitakis on 9/14/2015
The Cooler Master MasterCase 5 Review
Modular computer cases are not a new concept but attempts to produce actual retail products are very rare. Cooler Master is making a very bold move towards that direction...
32 by E. Fylladitakis on 8/27/2015
The SilverStone SX600-G SFX PSU Review
With the recent strong penetration of computers into the living room and other applications that often require small form factor cases, the demand for quality SFX PSUs is slowly...
20 by E. Fylladitakis on 8/21/2015
The Cyonic AU-550x PSU Review
In this review, we are getting acquainted with a new PSU manufacturer, Cyonic. The newly founded brand offers just six units at this time, three of which are modular...
30 by E. Fylladitakis on 8/17/2015
The Rosewill Hive 850W PSU Review
Most of our US and Canada based readers are likely familiar with Rosewill. The company started as a subsidiary of Newegg and they were initially focused on producing simple...
24 by E. Fylladitakis on 7/28/2015
The NZXT S340 Case Review
Today we are having a look at the NZXT S340, a metallic compact "ODD-Free" tower case designed for home and gaming PCs. Despite the 90% metal design and the...
48 by E. Fylladitakis on 7/13/2015
The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 33 - Computex 2015
AnandTech Podcast #33 - Along with CES in Vegas in January, one of the two biggest PC hardware shows in the world is held every year is Computex in...
10 by Ian Cutress on 7/8/2015
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