Water Cooling
While the all-in-one CPU cooler industry is dominated, at least in mindshare, by flagship coolers from the industry’s biggest brands, the market segment overall has grown over the years to cover a much larger gamut of users. From flagship coolers to sub-$100 specials, effective AIO coolers have become available and affordable for most mid-range and higher builds. Thanks in part to some intensive competition in this space, we’ve seen several vendors bring down even 360mm coolers to the sub-$100 market in an effort to get in an edge over their competitors, and a sale in the process. Looking at an opportunity to grow their own customer base, even the normally premium-focused AlphaCool has opted to get into this action with their Core Ocean lineup of...
Enermax Unveils LiqTech TR4 II LCS: A 500W TDP Threadripper 2 Cooler
Enermax on Monday introduced its new LiqTech TR4 II closed-loop liquid cooling systems, which are designed for use with AMD’s latest Ryzen Threadripper 2 processors. Just like its predecessor...
9 by Anton Shilov on 8/13/2018Lian Li PC-O11 Air Mid-Tower Chassis: Loads of Airflow and Radiator Capacity
The new Lian Li PC-O11 Air is an update to the PC-O11 series to allow more airflow through the chassis. The PC-011 Air has five locations for air intake...
14 by Joe Shields on 7/12/2018Alphacool Eisblock GPX: A Waterblock with Vertical and Horizontal Connectors
One of the unexpected discoveries on the showfloor at Computex this year was a waterblock from Alphacool. As part of the Eis (‘Ice’) family, the Eisblock GPX is a...
12 by Ian Cutress on 6/25/2018Behind GIGABYTE’s Fish Tank Oil System: A New Take on Liquid Cooling
One of the more interesting designs out of the computer industry recently has been GIGABYTE’s fish tank PC build. The concept is similar to a simple mineral oil or...
25 by Ian Cutress on 6/14/2018Cooler Master Releases MasterCase H500M
Cooler Master has launched a new case in the MasterCase H500M. The latest addition sits on top of their H-series lineup and seemingly based off of the H500P with...
6 by Joe Shields on 5/31/2018When Size Matters: Corsair Launches Obsidian 1000D Super-Tower Case
A few days ago, Corsair announced the launch of its most ambitious and largest case yet with the new Obsidian 1000D Super-Tower PC Case. Just as its name implies...
16 by Joe Shields on 5/15/2018EKWB Releases New Hard Tubing Series Watercooling Kits
EKWB has offered enthusiasts water cooling parts and complete kits for years now. The kits are intended to simplify custom water cooling in what can be a complicated matter...
12 by Joe Shields on 5/10/2018Corsair Releases Value-Priced Carbide SPEC-05 Mid-Tower Case
Corsair announced the release of a new case in the Carbide series, which they've named the SPEC-05 Mid-Tower Gaming Case. The $50 chassis adds to Corsair's SPEC value segment...
10 by Joe Shields on 5/8/2018Bykski Announces Real-Time Temperature Monitoring Fittings for Watercooling
Bykski has unveiled two new real-time temperature sensor monitors, both featuring LCD displays capable of displaying real-time temperature information on its screen to the users. The Bykski B-TME-SE-AL and...
16 by Joe Shields on 4/27/2018EKWB Releases Its First X470 Series Monoblock for ASUS ROG Strix X470-F Gaming
With the release of the new X470 based chipset for the 2nd Generation AMD Ryzen CPUs, board partners have brought to market new motherboards designed to support AMD's new...
4 by Joe Shields on 4/25/2018More Glass: New FSP CMT330 and CMT520 Gaming PC Cases
FSP has announced two new mid-tower cases: the FSP CMT330 and the FSP CMT520. The two new cases feature FSP’s “halo cover” mirrored floor plate which sits on top...
6 by Joe Shields on 3/14/2018Cooler Master Announces availability of New H500P Mesh White Mid-Tower Case
At CES this year, Cooler Master made a slew of announcements from keyboards, power supplies, air and AIO CPU coolers, to a lot of cases. One of the cases...
5 by Joe Shields on 2/28/2018EVGA Releases CLC120 CL11 AIO CPU Cooler: Simple and Affordable
EVGA is no stranger to the CLC and AIO cooling market with numerous products already on the market from 120mm to 280mm CLC's currently available. The new offering in...
15 by Joe Shields on 2/27/2018EKWB Releases Full Cover GPU Water Block for Titan V
EKWB is releasing water blocks for NVIDIA’s flagship GPU offering in the Volta-powered GeForce Titan V. The Titan V, released in December 2017, isn’t pegged to be a gaming...
6 by Joe Shields on 2/26/2018Maingear Displays New F131 Desktop with new ‘Apex’ Integrated Cooling
LAS VEGAS, NV — Maingear hit the CES 2018 floor armed with its new flagship F131 desktop gaming PC that has been redesigned from the ground up to the...
8 by Joe Shields on 1/11/2018In Win at CES 2018: New E-ATX 915 Chassis with USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C
LAS VEGAS, NV — Premium chassis manufacturer In Win have showcased a brand new E-ATX offering at their booth at CES 2018, the new 915 full tower. The new...
3 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/10/2018Riotoro at CES 2018: New Full-Tower and Mid-Tower Cases, new Enigma G2 Power Supply
LAS VEGAS, NV — Riotoro has announced a couple of new products to add to their existing chassis and product lines with the Prism RGB Full-Tower Case, the CR488...
64 by Joe Shields on 1/9/2018Digital Storm at CES: Project SPARK Mini-PC Announced with GTX 1080 and i7-8700K
LAS VEGAS, NV — This year at CES, Digital Storm, a US-based boutique custom PC maker, has unveiled Project SPARK, its smallest enthusiast-class PC to date. According to Digital...
6 by Joe Shields on 1/9/2018EKWB Announces EK-MLC Phoenix AIO: Modular and Expandable Liquid Cooling Family
This week EKWB has taken the wraps off of a new lineup of pre-filled products for liquid cooling, which the company is naming the MLC Phoenix family. The Phoenix...
10 by Joe Shields on 11/29/2017FSP Releases CMT510 Mid-Tower Chassis: Tempered Glass and RGB Aplenty
FSP released a new mid-tower case adding to its CMT line, the CMT510. The CMT510 features three panels made of tempered glass designed to show off the system inside...
11 by Joe Shields on 11/16/2017