Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Just over 18 months ago, Intel launched their significantly revised ATX v3.0 power supply standard, and with it, the 600 Watt-capable 12VHPWR cable to power video cards and other high-drain add-in cards. The release of the standard came with a lot of fanfare and excitement – the industry was preparing for a future where even flagship video cards could go back to being powered by a single cable – but shortly after, things became exciting again for all the wrong reasons. The new 12VHPWR connector proved to be less forgiving of poor connections between cables and devices than envisioned. With hundreds of watts flowing through the relatively small pins – and critically, insufficient means to detect a poor connection – a bad connection could result...
Lian Li's PC-A05FN: Alternative Thinking at a $99 Price Point
If you're willing to shell out the money for them, there are a lot of interesting alternative enclosure designs on the market. Companies like SilverStone, Thermaltake, and Lian Li...
65 by Dustin Sklavos on 12/7/2011
Antec Responds to Buyer Concerns, Offering P280 and Eleven Hundred Buyers USB 3.0 to 2.0 Internal Adapter
In an e-mail announcement, Antec has decided that buyers of their latest cases who don't have USB 3.0 built-in to their rigs shouldn't lose the use of two USB...
23 by Jason Inofuentes on 12/6/2011
NZXT Phantom 410: The Boutique Favorite Goes On a Diet
If you browse custom builds across different boutiques, you'll find NZXT's name comes up an awful lot. One of their enclosures, in particular, tends to see a lot of...
15 by Dustin Sklavos on 12/2/2011
The Antec Giveaways: Part 1
Earlier today Dustin reviewed Antec's new P280 chassis, but now we've got two of these cases to give away to a couple of lucky readers. In our review, Dustin...
2029 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/15/2011
Antec P280 Review: When Enthusiasts Are Engineers
Antec's existing Performance One series, peaking with the P183 and P190, has become a standard for silent, high performance computing. These enclosures have been extremely popular from the word...
164 by Dustin Sklavos on 11/15/2011
Fractal Design Define R3: A Fan Favorite Keeps the Noise Down
One of the perks of this job is getting to see some up-and-comers get championed by our readership and then turn around and find out what the fuss is...
84 by Dustin Sklavos on 11/11/2011
Corsair Hydro Series: H60, H80 and H100 Reviewed
Closed-loop liquid CPU cooling solutions are gaining popularity as more and more vendors are carrying their own variation. We've even seen both Intel and AMD announce the inclusion of...
91 by Jared Bell on 11/7/2011
Lian Li PC-TU200: On the Road With Lian Li
More and more lately, mini-ITX boards are becoming very feature rich and users are needing fewer expansion cards in their desktop systems. Where once upon a time we'd need...
53 by Dustin Sklavos on 10/31/2011
Antec HCP-750 80 Plus Gold
We tested the Antec HCP 1200W a while back, and now Antec is following up with their 750W model, which should be equally efficient (80 Plus Gold Certification). In...
35 by Martin Kaffei on 10/26/2011
Corsair Carbide 500R: A Corsair in Every Home
Corsair seems to have completed their case lineup with their latest addition, the Carbide 500R. Though currently made available in black, this enthusiast-geared enclosure was originally advertised in its...
26 by Dustin Sklavos on 10/25/2011
SilverStone Strider Plus - 500W Modular Power
SilverStone is a well known brand for high-quality (and expensive) cases. Beyond that they offer a large selection of power supplies. They have SFX-PSUs for HTPCs, redundant PSUs for...
24 by Martin Kaffei on 10/10/2011
Fractal Design Arc Midi: The Mid Tower You've Been Waiting For?
The more enclosures we get in, the more amazed I am at just how competitive the market is for $99 cases. That market is made only more competitive by...
52 by Dustin Sklavos on 10/7/2011
BitFenix Merc Alpha: Just How Much Can $39 Buy?
While we've had a chance to check out a few cases in the $200+ club and the majority of the enclosures we've tested have floated around the $99 price...
35 by Dustin Sklavos on 10/5/2011
Lian Li's PC-V353: Lighter Than Air
We've been wanting to get Lian Li enclosures in house for review for a while now, and we're pleased to report we finally have a contender on hand (with...
57 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/28/2011
Antec Solo II Review: Sonata Evolved
When we reviewed Antec's Sonata IV recently, we found it left a lot to be desired. Antec had updated their Sonata design, but barely, and the enclosure as a...
59 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/6/2011
Corsair Carbide 400R: Succeeding in Reverse
Corsair started their enclosure business from the top of the market and worked their way down. Their first case was an expensive black monolith, the Obsidian 800D, popular for...
21 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/3/2011
NZXT Tempest 410 Elite: Jack of All Trades
The last time we checked out an NZXT enclosure, we saw in their H2 a lot of fantastic ideas done in by a single poor design choice. NZXT's engineers...
14 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/1/2011
Rosewill Thor v2: The God of Cooling and Silence?
Most enthusiasts are familiar with Rosewill as a brand of inexpensive parts of decent quality. They've had enclosures on the market for ages, but those cases are almost always...
35 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/24/2011
SilverStone Fortress FT02: True Classics Never Go Out of Style
Ever since we reviewed the SilverStone Raven RV03, a lot of you have chimed in about their Fortress FT02 enclosure, with more than one even proclaiming it the best...
59 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/15/2011
SilverStone Temjin TJ08-E: Fat Case in a Little Coat
While vendors have been all too happy to send us larger enclosures (and we've been all too happy to receive them), our coverage of Mini-ITX and Micro-ATX cases has...
47 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/4/2011
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