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Choice is a good thing, right? You can choose what colour you want to paint a room, what colour popsicle you would like, and now you can even choose the colour of your CPU cooler… provided it’s either black or white. Enermax has announced the addition of two new coolers in the…..

When a manufacturer hits a trade show, it usually brings it’s biggest and baddest offerings. In the case of Rosewill, these offerings span nearly the entire spectrum! We’ll do our best to try and cover as much as possible, but there’s a lot. Capstone & Tachyon PSUs Starting with power supplies, Rosewill…..

If you’ve ever needed to take your system on the road, you know how much of a pain it can be. Moving the system, let alone finding room for it in a packed car can be a daunting task. It’s for this reason that more and more people are jumping ship and…..

It’s been said in many of our past case reviews that choice is never a bad thing and it’s the consumers who benefit from market competition. Poised to throw its hat into the computer chassis ring is X2 Products, a company that I admit I haven’t heard of until now even though…..

GELID Solutions, a company long known for it’s aftermarket GPU coolers, fans, and other cooling related bits and pieces, has announced the release of its Rev. 2 GX-7 CPU cooler. Like the original GX-7, this 159mm tall tower-style cooler has 7 nickel plated heatpipes, two of which are stacked on top of the…..

Contrary to what some folks think, most of us here at Techgage have day jobs so we don’t have to live in our parent’s basement eating ramen while we tinker with our tech. This news item is a little late thanks to said day job, but it’s one that’s truly better late than never.…..

If you don’t know who Cooler Master is, you must have been living under a rock for the past 20 years. What you might not know is that the chassis giant (one of the many hats the company wears) has announced the release of the N-Series line up. Available in small, medium…..

To many enthusiasts, fan controllers have as much to do with balancing cooling performance and noise as they do with style, which is why California-based NZXT announced yesterday the release of the Sentry Mix 2. The look of this 6 channel fan controller was inspired by the sliders found on mixing units…..

We’ve just put the finishing touches on a revamped CPU cooler testing machine, and of course, we were anxious to talk about it. Our last machine admittedly didn’t generate as much heat as we’d like, making benchmarking the latest high-end coolers a bit silly. We think you’ll like the updates.

More and more people are using webcams to connect with others either for business or pleasure, so it only stands to reason that we should see more low-cost offerings that don’t skimp on features. Come along as we take a look at Genius’ $30 WideCam 320, which aims to cover these points, while offering users a look at the “bigger picture”.

Where desktops are concerned, some may consider bigger to be better, but sometimes, there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a simple, classy-looking PC that you can barely hear. Helping to make that scenario a reality is Fractal Design, with its sound-dampened mid-tower Define R4. Let’s check it out.

We looked at the Thermaltake Chaser MK-I well over a year ago and it impressed us enough to walk away with an Editor’s Choice Award. Well, here we are today with CES 2013 in full swing and with it, an announcement from Thermaltake showing off the next generation of the Chaser series.…..

While writing an upcoming review I started to think about our current case testing system. When we decided upon it, we wanted a system that was flexible enough to fit into most cases, without compromising the components being used. For example, a micro-ATX motherboard allows us to test not only full-tower and…..

In 2010, Thermaltake and BMW DesignworksUSA worked together to bring us the inspired, unique and famously expensive Level 10 chassis. The duo have now branched their partnership out to peripherals, with the first product out of the gate being the Level 10 M gaming mouse. Let’s find out if looks will help you kill.

Corsair has long been offering some of the most attractive all-in-one liquid cooling options on the market with its Hydra series, but it’s been a while since the entry-level models have seen much of an update. That changed late last month, though, with the release of the brand-new H55 and revamped H60. Let’s check them out.

Remember when micro-ATX motherboards were considered low-end, feature-less boards that provided only what was needed and little else? So do I, but thankfully the times, they are a-changin’ and mATX users want cases with smaller footprints that can also support high-end components like GPUs and power supplies. Enter the Cooler Master HAF…..

Cooler Master’s original Scout brought a lot to the table when it was released in 2009, and for all it did right, it came highly recommended by us. Will we be left just as impressed with its sequel, the “Scout 2”? On the surface, this LAN-inspired chassis looks the part and its feature-set proves sufficient, so let’s find out.

Corsair’s Obsidian line of cases have long been regarded as being some of the best for their aesthetic design, effective cooling, and overall potential. The 550D changes the formula up a little bit, though, putting a huge focus on quiet computing. Let’s check it out and see how it compares to its direct competitors.

ROCCAT may not sound like a familiar name to you, but in time, that could change. The company has been in the European market for a number of years, and has just broken into the US scene earlier this year. To get a good idea of what the company has to offer, we’re taking a look at its Kone[+] gaming mouse and Isku gaming keyboard.

From cases to cooling, NZXT has something for everyone – and for every budget. With this review, we’re taking a look at the company’s Switch 810 full-tower chassis, designed for those who want solid design, big space, effective cooling, and can appreciate other smaller features not often seen on the competition’s products.