Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.

• MSI Announces X99 and Z170 Carbon Edition Motherboards with Mystic Light
• ViewSonic Launches New Series of High Performance Gaming Monitors
• Corsair Introduces Three New Mid-Tower Cases: The Spec-Alpha, 400C, and 400Q
• Cooler Master MasterCase Maker 5 – MasterAir Maker 8 and MasterWatt Maker 1200
• ENERMAX Announces the Ostrog Advance Chassis
• Swiftech Launches Drive X2, Drive X2 Prestige AIO Liquid Coolers
• Creative Unleashes The X-Fi Sonic Carrier
• Patriot Releases the Hellfire M.2 and PCIe AIC into the World of SSDs
• Logitech Launches G502 Proteus Spectrum Gaming Mouse
• Linksys Introduces The Largest Portfolio Of MU-MIMO Home Networking Solutions
• Team Group Announces Dark Pro DDR4 Memory
• Velocity Micro Releases All-in-One PC with a Curved 34” Display
• Linksys And DD-WRT Announce Support For The Latest WRT Routers
• ZOTAC Reveals a 2GB/sec PCI-E SSD
• Amped Wireless Ultra-Fast AC2600 WiFi Router with MU-MIMO
• Samsung Electronics Announces Portable SSD T3
• Netgear Unveils New Routers, Range Extenders, Powerline Adapter at CES
• MAINGEAR Unveils 18-core ALPHA 34 All-in-One PC