Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Typical CPU coolers do the job for standard heat management but often fall short when it comes to quiet operation and peak cooling effectiveness. This gap pushes enthusiasts and PC builders towards specialized aftermarket solutions designed for their unique demands. The premium aftermarket cooling niche is fiercely competitive, with brands vying to offer top-notch thermal management solutions. Today we're shining a light on DeepCool's AK620 Digital cooler, a notable entry in the high-end CPU cooler arena. At first blush, the AK620 Digital stands out from the crowd mostly for its integrated LCD screen. Yet aesthetics aside, underneath the snappy screen is a tower cooler that was first and foremost engineered to exceed the cooling needs of the most powerful mainstream CPUs. And it's a big...
BitFenix announces the Prodigy M case - a Prodigy for mATX
One of my most used cases of last year is the Bitfenix Prodigy (my family own three between us), and Dustin gave it an Editor's Choice award back in...
36 by Ian Cutress on 8/14/2013Phanteks Enthoo Primo Case Review
Work in this industry for long enough, and the word "innovation" will grate like glass in your eardrums. Every so often, though, a case comes along that merits it...
42 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/10/2013Rosewill Throne Case Review
Rosewill returns with a case that they claim is bigger and badder than our in house favorite, the Thor v2 and priced to compete with their own super tower...
31 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/2/2013Cases and CPU Cooling Now Live in Bench
A few of you have asked for it, and I certainly wanted it, and now it's here: all of our case testing data with the current set of testbeds...
11 by Dustin Sklavos on 7/29/2013Enermax Releases New Adjustable Speed Fans
Some time ago we did a roundup of radiator fans and found that the Enermax Magma turned in remarkably impressive thermal performance for its acoustics. I'd heard rumblings here...
7 by Dustin Sklavos on 7/28/2013BitFenix Ronin Case Review
While cases north of $100 tend to offer the best performance and features, $99 and under is a place where vendors can aggressively innovate and differentiate between one another...
31 by Dustin Sklavos on 7/22/2013NZXT Phantom 530 Case Review
With the 530 model, NZXT continues to fill out their product line with a Phantom for every season and price tag. But is the 530 the Phantom they and...
20 by Dustin Sklavos on 7/18/2013Corsair Carbide Air 540 Case Review
Corsair's cases have been defined by excellent ease of assembly, solid watercooling support...and middling air cooling performance. The Air 540 is a completely different beast, though, and it looks...
39 by Dustin Sklavos on 7/3/2013SilverStone Raven RV04 Case Review
A string of delays have kept the most radical entry in SilverStone's already unconventional Raven series from making its debut, and even now it's only materializing in limited quantities...
27 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/20/2013Computex 2013: Rosewill
On the Rosewill stand for 2013 we were shown a few interesting cases, plus a competitor to the Corsair AX1200i. The main case I particularly liked was the new Rosewill...
20 by Ian Cutress on 6/4/2013Thermaltake Water 3.0 Closed Loop Cooler Roundup
Closed loop coolers are only growing in popularity in the industry, and this month we have all three models of Thermaltake's latest revision in for testing.
18 by Dustin Sklavos on 5/31/2013Lian Li PC-TU100 Mini-ITX Case Review
A year and a half ago, we reviewed Lian Li's PC-TU200, a decent but flawed portable enclosure. Has Lian Li improved on that design with the PC-TU100?
23 by Dustin Sklavos on 5/29/2013PC-Q30: A New Curved Mini-ITX Chassis from Lian Li with an Acrylic Window
For many users who have gone to a large LAN event, taking stock of all the crazy PC builds is part of the experience. Some users modify the...
19 by Ian Cutress on 5/14/2013Sea Sonic and Corsair Power Supplies Certified for Haswell
The Haswell launch gets just a little more complicated each day, with the latest wrinkle being that standard ATX power supplies that conform to the ATX 2.3 standard may...
23 by Dustin Sklavos on 5/14/2013NZXT H630 Silent Case Review
It's been a little while since NZXT produced the popular but flawed H2 silent enclosure. The new H630 is radically different; does it make up the difference?
28 by Dustin Sklavos on 5/14/2013SilverStone Sugo SG08 Mini-ITX Case Review
Continuing our series of reviews of smaller enclosures, we take a look at one of the smallest of all: SilverStone's impressively diminutive Sugo SG08 Mini-ITX case.
51 by Dustin Sklavos on 5/13/2013Cooler Master Seidon 240M and 12 More Coolers: The Retest and Mega-Roundup
There's no right way to describe it; we're testing the Cooler Master Seidon 240M along with two new Noctua coolers in a new testbed. Alongside ten of our industry's...
62 by Dustin Sklavos on 4/26/2013Corsair Obsidian 350D Case Review
Corsair's Obsidian 350D is the company's first micro-ATX case, and it's a heck of an entrance.
66 by Dustin Sklavos on 4/25/2013Fractal Design Define Mini Case Review
Good micro-ATX enclosures have actually been frighteningly rare of late; manufacturers seem to be going big or going home, and only letting either beefy XL-ATX cases or diminutive mini-ITX...
57 by Dustin Sklavos on 4/22/2013Corsair Obsidian 900D Case Review: Think Big, That's Only HALF as Large
An enclosure built from the ground up for custom liquid cooling loops is actually a fairly rarefied thing. Why wouldn't it be? Building a custom loop is expensive and...
65 by Dustin Sklavos on 4/16/2013