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- Latest NZXT case is big on cooling, cable management
Is that gigantic Corsair case we reviewed earlier this week a little too rich for your blood? If so, you may want to check out NZXT's new king-sized Tempest EVO enclosure, which has some of the same features but a much more affordable $99.99 suggested retail price. The Tempest...
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Last by holto243 at 5:08 AM on 11/19/09 -
Corsair's Obsidian Series 800D enclosure
The black behemoth
A number of premium cases are vying for the honor of housing your next high-powered machine, including Corsair's enclosure debut, the 800D. We've taken a close look at this monstrous tower's performance and its unique, innovative features to see whether the Obsidian measures up.
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Last by Valhalla926 at 8:07 AM on 11/20/09 -
Corsair's H50 all-in-one CPU water cooler
A good way to get your feet wet
Corsair has developed a new Hydro Series H50 CPU water cooler, and we've put the factory-sealed, all-in-one unit through the wringer against some of its direct rivals. Keep reading to see if it hoses the competition, or if we can come up with any more bad puns.
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Last by Freon at 10:23 AM on 09/24/09 - NZXT launches touch-screen fan controller
Who needs dials and switches when you can have a cool touch-screen instead? That's probably what the folks at NZXT were thinking when they came up with the Sentry 2, a "full system fan controller with an advanced touch screen interface." The Sentry 2 is already available for $34.99 before...
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Last by blubje at 1:50 PM on 08/13/09 -
nMedia's HTPC 2000B enclosure
A good-looking HTPC case for only a hundred Washingtons
A home theater PC needs an attractive enclosure, and nMedia offers a rather affordable one in the HTPC 2000B. Looks aren't everything, though, so we've tested the 2000B to see where it shines and where it fumbles.
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Last by ludi at 11:27 AM on 08/11/09 - Lian Li unveils two king-size PC enclosures
We've seen a handful of affordable enthusiast cases debut lately, but nobody's forgetting about the high end. Lian Li, for one, has just announced a pair of enclosures with a plethora of enthusiast-friendly features, like a tool-less design, ample internal capacity, and mounting points for two power supplies. The...
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Last by MadManOriginal at 10:31 PM on 08/06/09 - Enermax Staray has fancy LED fans, motherboard stand-offs
Speaking of affordable gaming cases, Enermax has just launched a new mid-tower enclosure with beefy cooling, a tool-free design, shiny colored lights, and a relatively modest price tag. The Staray includes Enermax's new 120-mm Apollish fans, which have magnetic "Twister" bearings and are adorned with 15 LEDs each. The...
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Last by Dr_b_ at 9:03 AM on 07/26/09 - NZXT intros $60 gaming enclosure
Value is the name of the game these days, and that holds true even for enthusiast hardware. Case in point: NZXT has introduced the M59, a "gaming chassis" that delivers a surprising number of features for its $59.99 price tag. The M59 has a flipped internal layout with the power supply...
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Last by Freon at 8:29 PM on 07/24/09 - A compact, fast, and quiet PC for the kitchen
If you've read our summer system guide, you might enjoy hearing the story of how our very cool Pocket Swiss Army Knife config came to be. Those of you who have been around here for a while will know that my affinity for small form-factor systems like Shuttle's XPC...
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Last by grantmeaname at 11:12 AM on 06/30/09 -
Battle of the elements: air vs. water CPU cooler showdown
How much performance do you really get for your cooling buck?
Water cooling is typically complicated and expensive, but you can now buy factory-sealed, all-in-one kits for little more than a high-end air cooler. Join us to see how CoolIT's Domino ALC water cooler stacks up against more traditional air towers from Noctua and Kingwin.
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Last by Tamale at 12:26 PM on 06/21/09 - We get a peek inside Thermaltake's Level 10 case
COMPUTEX — Our initial description of Thermaltake's Level 10 may not have been the most flattering. While it does look a little like a school lunch tray, the BMW-designed PC enclosure has more in common with a sports car engine cover or some sort of sci-fi skyscraper. And at Computex...
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Last by Rakhmaninov3 at 4:26 AM on 06/11/09 - Big, expensive Corsair case has hot-swap drive bays
COMPUTEX — Corsair is getting into enthusiast enclosures, and it's not starting small. We stopped by the firm's meeting room in the Grand Hyatt hotel today and got to see the Obsidian Series 800D, a $299 steel-and-aluminum chassis with a sleek, black brushed metal finish and plenty of enthusiast-friendly perks.
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Last by flying hippo at 9:20 AM on 06/15/09 - Cooler Master announces Lynnfield-compatible cooler
Mainstream Core i7 derivatives must not be that far off, because Cooler Master has just announced a new heatsink with "first-ever full compatability [sic] with Intel LGA 1156 and previous socket types." Intel's Core i7 processors fit in an...
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Last by FireGryphon at 12:27 AM on 05/12/09 - New Thermaltake enclosure looks like lunch tray
We recently reviewed a Lian Li enclosure with sideways optical drive bays, but this latest specimen is clearly much further up on the weirdness scale. As TR gerbils recently noted in our forums, Thermaltake has been displaying a strange compartmentalized case at CeBit this week. Both Expreview...
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Last by MadManOriginal at 9:59 PM on 03/08/09 - Lian Li introduces a Mini-ITX case
If you're building a Mini-ITX system, chances are cost-cutting sits pretty high on your list of priorities. However, Lian Li has announced a new case for folks who think small-form-factor systems deserve some love, too—in the form of relatively expensive aluminum enclosures with a surprising number of enthusiast-friendly features. Lian...
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Last by Bensam123 at 12:28 PM on 02/16/09 - Lian Li fashions a new mid-tower enclosure
Although Lian Li gets a lot of press for its more exotic cases—from the "twisted" TYR PC-X500 to the Linksys-like PC-888—the company also produces more utilitarian enclosures. The freshly announced PC-A06F seems to fit in that category, because it has a shrunken mid-tower form factor and a...
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Last by Voldenuit at 3:01 PM on 02/06/09 -
Lian Li's TYR PC-X500 Enclosure
A new twist on the tower ATX case
Lian Li normally sticks to the fundamentals, but its new TYR series offers not only partitioned cooling zones, but also a novel drive bay arrangement. So what happens when the original aluminum masters try something completely new? Read on to find out.
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Last by rika13 at 4:49 PM on 11/17/09 - Antec shrinks Skeleton for Mini-ITX
CES — Antec shrunk its open-air Skeleton enclosure just in time for CES, unveiling a new model designed for Mini-ITX motherboards. The Mini Skeleton-65 is essentially a smaller version of the original, and it's easily the cutest thing we saw at the show. Cooling is provided by a...
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Last by MadManOriginal at 4:39 PM on 01/12/09
