Hardware

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.

• HyperX Announces New RGB Gaming Keyboard and Pulsefire Gaming Mouse at CES 2017
• Mobo Manufacturers Start Teasing X299 – ASUS ROG Prime Gets Onboard LCS Display
• ID-Cooling AURAFLOW 240 RGB AIO CPU Cooler Revealed
• Swiftech Intros Apogee Drive 2 with AM4 Support
• New Dell UP2718Q Monitor Offers 4K and HDR10
• SAPPHIRE Brings NITRO Gear and Thunderbolt 3 Accessories to Computex 2017
• EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kingpin Edition Teased In Full Glory
• Roll Out with MSI GP62M World of Tanks Edition Laptop
• Cooler Master Gives a Sneak Peak at Their Computex 2017 Lineup

By Hilbert Hagedoorn @ Guru3D

Fractal Design released the Focus G series chassis. Armed with a budget price this is a silent, decent looking and compact PC chassis series. The predominantly black and chassis (optional colors) comes with enough cooling options, your average FD design and it will house up-to ATX motherboards. It has an plexi glass side panel and two LED lit fans at the front.

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By AkG @ Hardware Canucks

In order to impress a rather conservative thinking crowd Fractal has pulled out all the stops. Much like their original AIO, Fractal Design’s new Celsius S combines elegance and grace to create a model that is aesthetically pleasing without handicapping performance. A classic combination of either a dual 120mm radiator (Celsius S24) or triple 120mm radiator (the Celsius S36 being reviewed today) with a high performance waterblock is a proven winning combination. So much so that we have little doubts about this massive 360mm AIO’s cooling performance. If Fractal Design had stopped there we doubt it would raise many eyebrows as the North American market is filled with similar designs. What seems to be missing however are more versatile 120mm / 140mm options but we’re sure those are coming down the pipeline soon.

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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 to Unveil GeForce GTX 1080 Ti LIGHTNING Z at Computex
• Enermax Launches NEOChanger, the RGB Pump-Reservoir Combo
• Kingston Intros the SSDNow KC1000 Line of M.2 NVMe SSDs
• Zotac Shows GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Mini and GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Mini on Liquid
• Fractal Design Unveils Focus G Series Cases
• ASUS Intros the ROG STRIX B350-F Gaming Motherboard
• Cooling Ryzen In Style – Phanteks Adds AMD AM4 CPU Water Block To Glacier Series
• MSI Finally Releases Core Frozr XL CPU Cooler
• ADATA Releasing SX9000 M.2 SSD with Marvell Controller
• MSI Releases World’s Most Feature Packed & Powerful Z270 Motherboard: Z270 GODLIKE GAMING
• CRYORIG Reveals New R5 Cooler and Cu Line of Performance Enhanced Coolers
• BenQ EW2770QZ 27-inch WQHD IPS Display has Brightness Intelligence Plus Tech
• Raijintek Intros the Aura 12 RGB Case Fans
• EK Announces Full-Cover Water Blocks for 1080 Ti AORUS Graphics Cards
• NVMe 1.3 Specifications are Finalized with New Features
• New Firmware Update Improves Crucial MX300 Stability

By Thomas Soderstrom @ Tom’s Hardware

With a specifications sheet that reads like a geek’s wish list, Biostar’s Z270GT9 should be selling like hotcakes by now. Perhaps the reason we’re not hearing more from readers about this board is that many haven’t realized yet that the $330 version has a factory-installed 256GB Intel 600p M.2 SSD? Perhaps it’s because the $240 version (without SSD) never came to market? And if we simply subtract the price of the SSD from the price of the board, we’re left with a motherboard that costs less than its onboard 10Gb/s Ethernet solution. What a deal, right?

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By Hilbert Hagedoorn @ Guru3D

Cooler Master has something to celebrate and as such released the Cosmos II 25th Anniversary Edition. The chassis with its familiar looks is an Ultra tower, yep 70 cm / 28″ in height. It looks, feels and breathes the same stuff same as the 2012 model but now comes with a long requested feature as it is a tempered glass side panel version. This unit houses the biggest big XL-ATX motherboards and comes with brushed aluminum side panels; unlock and swing them open like doors instead of panels. Yeah, the 25th Anniversary feel is already kicking in, isn’t it?

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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.

• Cooler Master Announces COSMOS II 25th Anniversary Edition Case
• Introducing a New Range of CORSAIR LINK Fan and Lighting Controllers
• AOC Announces AGON AG251FG 240Hz G-Sync Monitor
• ASUS Launches ROG STRIX Ryzen Motherboard
• Acer Announces the Predator Z35P – 35″, 1800R, 3440*1440, G-SYNC
• FSP and Bitspower Unveil the Hydro PTM+ Liquid Cooled PSU
• EK Releasing GeForce GTX FE Full-Cover Water Blocks
• Plextor Announces M8Se Series SSD Availability
• Colorful to Showcase VulcanX and CN600 NVMe SSD at Computex
• SilentiumPC Intros Vero L2 Bronze Series PSUs
• Alphacool Intros the Eisblock XPX CPU Water Block

By Hilbert Hagedoorn @ Guru3D

We review the Plextor M8Se 512GB SSD. Armed with stylish looks, proper cooling and using a fast M2 SSD as basis this new storage unit uses the NVMe express (NVME) protocol and that means storage technology at terrific speeds while remaining competitive in pricing.

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Source: TechPowerUp!

NVIDIA today released its latest GeForce “Game Ready” drivers. The new GeForce 382.33 WHQL drivers come game-ready for the week’s big game releases – “Tekken 7,” and “Star Trek Bridge Crew.” It also addresses bugs such as Windows Store not opening on Windows 10 Creators Update with 3D Vision enabled on TITAN X; stuttering noticed in “Prey” with GTX 1080 Ti, extended monitors not drifting into Sleep in Windows 10 Creators Update with GTX 1070, and GTX 970 SLI machines not being able to toggle SLI unless Norton 360 is disabled or Windows is booted into “Safe Mode.”

You can download the new GeForce 382.33 WHQL drivers from GeForce Experience and GeForce.com.

By Kyle Bennett @ HardOCP

What happens when you rope yourself in to doing a gaming chair review? You take your time, do it right, and make sure your butt spends at least a few months in the chair before you write your review. My butt has been in the VertaGear Triigger 350 Gaming Chair for over 3 months, and here are my thoughts.

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