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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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