Cases/Cooling/PSUs
With the highly integrated nature of PCs these days, the Mini-ITX form-factor has become a very viable option for high-performance gaming system. With plenty of motherboards available for both AMD and Intel's latest platforms, equipping an ITX system with a CPU is easy enough. But the small size of the form factor means that housing an ultra-wide flagship-level graphics card remains an issue. For this year's Computex trade show, Antec was showing off their solution to the problem of giant video cards: the Performance 1M case, a Mini-ITX case with a separate chamber just for a large video card. Antec's Performance 1M is a dual-chamber Mini-ITX chassis that splits off the video card from the rest of the system. The primary chamber houses a Mini-ITX...
Computex 2004: Cases and Cooling - A Look at What's to Come
Computex 2004 brought with it many innovative products including new graphics technologies and upcoming processors. There have also been many advances in cases and cooling technologies, which were showcased...
10 by Purav Sanghani on 6/26/2004Super Flower X-Mask: Mild-Mannered or Superhero?
Super Flower slaps a Spiderman-like theme on this gaming chassis. Will a superhero look bring about superhero characteristics? Take a look at how the X-Mask performs against its foes...
21 by Purav Sanghani on 5/20/2004Lian Li's PC-V1000: A Case Exclusive
It's always exciting to see a case manufacturer do something different with their designs. Take a look at how Lian Li has changed the standard layout of the ATX...
32 by Purav Sanghani on 4/29/2004Opus Technologies' Titanium MT-200 Mid-tower Chassis
The MT-200 from Opus Technologies is a carbon copy of Thermaltake's VM3000 as far as its internal design goes. Take a look at our analysis of this titanium-shelled chassis...
10 by Purav Sanghani on 4/23/2004NZXT Guardian
We have seen many cases that have been taken to the extremes of modding and the Guardian is no exception. Take a look at our review of this gaming...
10 by Purav Sanghani on 4/5/2004Case and Cooling Spring 2004: Upcoming Products
Each spring we see dozens of new products for case and cooling. We haven't had an update on power supplies or heatsink fans for a while, so here...
22 by Kristopher Kubicki on 4/3/2004Ahanix Black Knight X195
We put the Ahanix Black Knight to the test. Take a look at how it performed in our benchmarks.
8 by Purav Sanghani on 3/29/2004Lian Li's PC-6070 Aluminum Case
Lian Li's PC-6070 improves on its PC-6xxx series with sound-dampening foam and many other features.
19 by Purav Sanghani on 3/25/2004SilverStone Nimiz Temjin III
SilverStone Technology, one of the newest competitors in the case market, introduces yet another mid-tower design in their line of desktop cases. We take this aluminum behemoth apart and...
11 by Purav Sanghani on 3/16/2004Thermaltake's Xaser III Skull Series - A Case For the Tough Guy
Thermaltake has done it again, improving on the original design of the Xaser III. The VM3000A is redesigned and packed with an onslaught of new features. Take a look...
15 by Purav Sanghani on 3/11/2004Balanced Technology eXtended (BTX) Form Factor - The Future of Cases & Motherboards
Known previously as the "Big Water" form factor, Intel has finalized and branded the next-generation case/motherboard form factor specification and it's called BTX. Learn everything you wanted to...
99 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/18/2003Kingwin KT-424 Aluminum Case
Kingwin produced an incredibly successful high-end case several months ago. Today, we look at their mid-range case, which actually packs more features and performance than their high-end counterpart.
18 by Kristopher Kubicki on 8/18/20032003 Power Supply Roundup Part II: Better Faster Cheaper
Several months ago, we published our first power supply roundup. With a little more experience we took our second stab at the power supply industry, with over 18 units...
70 by Kristopher Kubicki on 7/31/2003ClearPC, C3 and BeanTech: The Clear Chassis Comparison
Acrylic PC cases have gained popularity over recent months. Fortunately, we were able to get our hands on some of the more mainstream clear enclosures. Its time...
0 by Kristopher Kubicki on 3/15/2003Xaser III Aluminum: ThermalTake drops Chenming
ThermalTake completely redesigned their Xaser II series cases with their newest Aluminum chassis revision. No longer do they rely on the Chenming chassis platform, but a new and...
1 by Kristopher Kubicki on 2/20/20034-Way Power Supply Shootout: Vantec, Enermax, ThermalTake, Antec
2002 brought us several new power supplies each with a competitive edge. Today we take a look at a few of these units in our first installment of...
6 by Kristopher Kubicki on 1/17/2003Cooler Master ATC-201A: High performance Aluminum
Cooler Master's ATC-201A has been getting a lot of publicity because of its high performance design. We take a look at why it performs so well and where...
1 by Kristopher Kubicki on 1/11/2003Ahanix dBox: Standardizing LCD Case Controls
Ahanix devoted a lot of resources into their latest case, the dBox. Attempting to become the first case that comes standard with an LCD control panel, the dBox...
1 by Kristopher Kubicki on 1/9/2003PC-9300 Aluminum: Lian Li Enters the Small Form Factor Race
As Shuttle reigns primarily uncontested in the small form factor market, Lian Li follows suit with Cooler Master and jumps headlong into the small form factor market.
0 by Kristopher Kubicki on 12/2/2002Comdex 2002 - New Meaning To The 'Cold Show'
Many are calling this the last and probably most uninteresting Comdex ever, but the cooling and case companies beg to differ. Get ready for an indepth analysis of...
2 by Kristopher Kubicki on 11/21/2002
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