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Stocking Stuffers for PC gaming enthusiasts!

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While most people are decorating a tree this time of year we PC gaming monkeys are busy decking out our computers with all sorts of pretty (and practical) fans and heatsinks because this time of year in New Zealand means two things are coming up fast – holiday gaming and summer heat!

While other parts of the globe are getting their snow on things here are already beginning to heat up and while this kind of weather is great for a trip the beach – it's not so great when we are trying to keep our gaming rigs cool for that all night gaming session!

The coolest thing about these mods is that they are very easy to install, pretty cheap and make for outstanding stocking stuffers that will actually get used by PC gamers – no socks this year!

The easiest gift of all – case fans!

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Compliment your Case with Colour

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We'll all agree that performance is king when it comes to gaming, but having a great looking case doesn't hurt either…

It's all good having a fine tuned machine that pumps out gorgeous visuals without breaking a sweat, but if your rig is an extension of yourself, why not make it look the part? Some splashes of colour throughout your case can really help set it apart and add your personality to a computer to make it greater than the sum of its parts.

Here's a few tips on how to add a touch of colour to your rig with just a few dollars…

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Water vs Air: Which Element will you throw at your CPU?

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When you think about it, a lot of computing comes down to the bending of elements – constantly contending with heat and dust in order to get the best performance.

But which element do you choose to fight on the front line? Water or Air?

Both are excellent choices, depending on your needs so we figured we'd have a look at some of the various components available to help you in your battle.

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Computer Chassis Showcase Part Three: Full Towers

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So far we've looked at the Mid Tower and the Mini Tower options for your different rig needs. In our final entry in our Computer Chassis Showcase, we're looking at the big daddies of computer cases – the Full Tower.

The Full Tower isn't for everyone. You're looking at a more expensive rig that takes up a lot more space. However, the benefits are huge when you look at the interior space you have to work with – more room for mounting, better cable management resulting in more streamlined airflow, and there's plenty of room to install Water Cooling if you want to go down that path.

So here are 3 of our picks for you to check out if you're in the market for a Full Tower Computer Chassis.

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Computer Chassis Showcase Part One: Mid Towers

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Whether you're looking for something with better cable management, more room to house additional drives, or simply want a great looking case to match your amazing tech specs, we've got some recommendations for you!

In this article we'll be looking purely at the most common computer case – the mid tower. There are more than a few out there to choose from, but these are our picks. We've gone for a diverse range, factoring in various buying reasons and their applications. So, without further ado, we give you our 5 picks for a mighty mid tower.

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System Builds - The First Monkey!

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This blog might get a bit geeky!

Today we start shipping our new range of enthusiast Gorilla EX Rigs, the first being aptly named The First Monkey

Gorilla EX are intended to be the base for a system that you can improve over time, they come assembled and pre-loaded with the windows 8.1 operating system so you can add wireless, more storage, graphics cards and cooling to the builds easily when you want to.

The First Monkey sits in a versitile Corsair Spec-01 mid tower, with plenty of space and power to do some pretty cool builds. We can add 120mm LED fans with fancy controllers, wireless and solid state storage later – right now we start off with a quick look at graphics card options!

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Competition: And the Watch Dogs WINNER is!

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You spotted the train in Metro, noticed the street sign in Fallout… You identified it was not Carl stealing that car in GTA and that James Heller from Prototype 2 was flying, not Delsin Rowe…

Our winner was not fooled by Paul Phoenix looking a bit like Ken in Street Fighter X Tekken and noticed that two policeman from L.A Noire::http://www.mightyape.co.nz/…ion/19261680 were headed into Eagleson's Gun St­ore…

She has identifed carefully, linked correctly and now… WON AWESOMELY!

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Competition: Benchmarks & Elgato Game Cap Giveaways!

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All Gorilla Rigs have Final Fantasy Benchmark results you can check out – this is a free benchmark you can download and try on your rig at home and it's a great way to compare performance :)

For these recordings we use the awesome Elgato Game Capture HD and in this FF benchmark Aiden's Ape pushed out an easy 11000 with the settings on maximum, 1080p and fullscreen – with this powerful build we even had it looped back into the rig recording as it ran the benchmark :)

Elgato is more than just a great capture device though, it includes some easy to use editing software that works with both PC and Mac and with it you can rewind back to the awesome moment you had 30 minutes ago and just record that bit… leaving out the 15 times I got killed by sneaky creepers.

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Competition: 15 Games in 60 Seconds - THIS IS IT!

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The final 15 are waiting for YOU!

To celebrate the release of Watch Dogs we teamed up with our friends at Corsair and created an epic Gorilla Gaming Rig worth $2499 which we're giving away to one lucky monkey!

We've been very very busy with this build, positioning components and optimizing everything as we put the Crucial Tracer LED Ram and Asus R9 280X Direct CU through 1080p, 1440p and 4K tests…

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