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Cooler Master’s presence at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, is a significant one this year. Aside from showing off much of its gear, including the company’s highly acclaimed Storm product line, Cooler Master has unveiled the long-awaited successor to its Cosmos S chassis: The mid-tower Cosmos SE makes its debut in Cologne. Moreover,…..

mATX systems these days are becoming  just as full-featured as their full-sized ATX kin, so naturally PC builders are taking advantage of the smaller PCB footprint afforded by the smaller motherboards. Interestingly, PC chassis builders seem to be a little slower in adopting the trend towards smaller systems. Lian Li, however, has…..

EVGA has introduced the newest addition to its power supply unit line-up: the SuperNOVA 1000 P2, which has quite a few things going for it, including: 1000W power output @ up to +50°C 80 PLUS Platinum efficiency certification (which means it will deliver up to 92% efficiency at loads up to 50%) Superior…..

Are you a fan of cooling efficiency, bling, and especially the two combined? If so, COUGAR’s CFD Dual-X LED fans are worth checking out. Ideally spec’d as fans to line the interior of your chassis, only part of the CFD series’ goal is to keep things cool. The other half is to make your PC stand out, both with its bright LEDs and aggressive design.

The Australian Financial Review ran a speculative yet hugely compelling story a couple of days ago, claiming that a couple of leading Silicon Valley experts believe the NSA (US’ National Security Agency) may have a hardware-level backdoor engineered into the products sold by two of the biggest semiconductor manufacturers around, AMD and Intel.…..

Cooler Master has this week introduced its newest gaming-oriented headset, the CM Storm Pulse-R. Pulse-R is hailed by the company as “the first modular headset that allows gamers to represent and brand their team in the growing e-Sports world,” while also “providing powerful sound to keep gamers immersed in the action.“ Perhaps…..

When Cooler Master introduced its QuickFire Rapid last year, it seemed like it was a near-perfect mech. The only thing that let it down in some people’s eyes was the lack of a numpad, but now, a couple of years later, the company has addressed that with its latest offering, the QuickFire XT. Join us as we put it through its paces.

As someone who has long scoffed at the notion that Sony’s Gran Turismo series is a genuine racing simulator, a story that ran on Jalopnik made me sit up and pay close attention. According to the site, a team composed of Gran Turismo experts took third in the Pro-Am class, as well…..

Cooler Master has just revealed an evolution to one of its CPU air coolers: The V8 GTS is here, now sporting HVC (Horizontal Vapor Chamber) Technology. Vapor Chambers have long been used in GPU cooling, but thus far Cooler Master is the only CPU air cooling manufacturer to use this type of…..

Cooler Master has announced the introduction of the Pitch, the brand’s very first in-ear gaming headset. Yes, headset. Evidently, Cooler Master wants to do things right when it comes to the Pitch’s sound output. It is fitted with 10mm drivers because they were “the largest we could fit into in-ear headphones, delivering crystal…..

F1 gaming fans, rejoice! Codemasters has announced the next installment to its annual series of Formula 1-based racing titles:  F1 2013 breaks out of the garage and races to the store shelves this fall. The newest game in Codemasters’ F1 series promises to be the biggest yet.  Not only will it present the…..

Spire announced the introduction of its newest PC chassis, the PowerCube 702. The PowerCube 702 is a mini-ITX enclosure, perfect for the burgeoning market of small yet powerful systems in that miniscule form factor. Spire itself describes its newest baby as “cool looking and contemporary” as well as “small but bold,” and…..

Following a template established by two of its greatest rivals, MSI has joined ASUS and GIGABYTE in the PC peripherals market with its CK Series mechanical keyboard. Like GIGABYTE’s Osmium, it features Cherry MX Red switches. Unlike the Osmium, it’s priced to move at $69.99. But what’s it like to live with one? Let’s find out.

In our review of CM’s Sentinel Advance II gaming mouse last year, we found it to be a feature-filled product that was also comfortable to use, but it fell short of earning our wholehearted recommendation. This time around, we’ve got the SA II’s direct replacement, Havoc. Will the new kid on the block surpass its predecessor?

Cooler Master’s Storm gaming-centric brand just might have the industry’s largest family of mechanical keyboards. Well, add one more model to the mix, because the company just launched its newest: the CM Storm QuickFire XT. The QuickFire XT joins the QuickFire Rapid, QuickFire Pro, QuickFire TK, QuickFire Stealth, and Trigger. So what…..

Thermaltake’s Tt eSPORTS gaming brand has introduced its two newest products, the VOLOS Gaming Mouse and the CRONOS Gaming Headset. The VOLOS is, as the company calls it, “specifically made for MOBA/MMORPG gamers.” Supporting that claim are a frankly stupefying fourteen fully-configurable buttons on the mouse. Each button can also function as…..

Cooler Master has announced that its newest gaming mouse, CM Storm Havoc, is now available. Just judging by its feature set, the Havoc is clearly a gaming-oriented product. Said to have been designed “with extreme precision in mind,” it features an Avago 9800 laser sensor capable of resolutions from 100 DPI up…..

I don’t know about you, but when I think of electric cars, I think of weaksauce hybrid electric autos such as the Toyota Prius, or the ridiculously expensive Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) Tesla Roadster ($109,000 back in 2010). You could say that electric cars, even ones with sporty pretensions like the Tesla…..

Fractal Design has debuted two new PC chassis at Computex in Taiwan: The Arc XL and Arc Mini R2. The Arc XL, as the name implies, is a full-tower chassis. It caters to both air- and water-cooling setups, according to Fractal. Capable of internally-mounting multiple thick 240mm/slim 360mm radiators as well as…..

NZXT’s Phantom series of PC chassis was introduced in 2010 to generally rave reviews. Encompassing four distinct models (the original Phantom, the smaller 410, the larger Ultra Tower 630, and the even larger Ultra+ Tower 820), the series featured distinctive aesthetics, good cooling performance, and great value across different price points. As…..