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PC Powerplay Hardware & Tech Special HARDWARE & TECH SPECIAL 2016 THE FUTURFUTURE OF VR COMPUTEX 2016 THE LATEST AND GREATEST IN THE NEW PC HARDWARE STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOW FLOOR 4K GAMING WHAT YOU REALISTICALLY NEED FOR 60 FPS 4K GPU GAMING WAR EVERYONE WINS HOW AMD AND NVIDIA ARE STREAMING PCS DOMINATING OPPOSITE HOW TO BUILD A STREAMING PC FOR ONLY $500! ENDS OF THE MARKET NUC ROUNDUP THEY MAY BE SMALL, BUT THE NEW GENERATION NUCS ARE SURPRISINGLY POWERFUL PRE-BUI T NEW G US! 4K GAMING PC NVIDIA'S NEW RANGE OF 4K GAMING IS AR EALITY, BUT CARDS BENCHMARKEDH D POWER COMES AT A COST AND REVIEWEDE HARDWARE & TECH SPECIAL 2016 Computex 2016 20 Thelatestandgreatestdirectfromtheshowfloor 21 Aorus | 22 Asrock | 24 Corsair | 26 Coolermaster | 28 MSI | 30 In W 34 Asus | 36 Gigabyte | 38 Roccat/Fractal/FSP | 39 OCZ/Crucial | 40 Nvidia 1080 Launch 42 Nvidia dominates the enthusiast market 8 PC PowerPlay TECH SPECIAL 2016 12 52 56 64 Hotware Case Modding Streaming PC 4K Gaming The most drool-worthy Stuart Tonks talks case How to build a streaming PC What you really need for 60+ products on show modding in Australia for around $500 FPS 4K gaming 74 52 56 50 80 VR Peripherals Case Mod gallery Interviews Industry Update VR is now a reality but The greatest and most We talk to MSI’s cooling guru VR and 4K are where it’s at control is still an issue extreme case mods and Supremacy Gaming HARDWARE & TECH BUYER’S GUIDES 66 SSDs 82 Pre-Built PCs 54 Graphics Cards PC PowerPlay 9 Ride the Whirlwind EDITORIAL Holy mother of god, what a month it’s been in the lead-up EDITOR Daniel Wilks to this year’s PCPP Tech Special. Not only did I fly to Austin for [email protected] the GeForce GTX 1080 launch, I then flew to Macau for AMD’s GROUP ART DIRECTOR Malcolm Campbell RX400 series launch, then direct to Computex for four days of [email protected] back to back meetings. Throw in a case of a bizarre and rather TECH EDITOR Bennett Ring [email protected] serious flu that struck the entire team down, and it’s been an SPACE LORD Ben Mansill epic magazine to put together. [email protected] The good news is that there’s plenty of cool info in here, INTERN Lewis Vaughan especially regarding our Computex visit and the new GeForce WORK EXPERIENCE Angus Renton GTX 1080 card from Nvidia. If there’s one thing I noticed on all of these field trips, it’s that Virtual Reality has become the CONTRIBUTORS driving force of the gaming hardware industry in 2016. With two James Cottee, Alex Mann, Terrence Jarrad, Meghann O’Neill, successful VR kits on the market, hardware makers can now see Theo, Morte, Nathan Lawrence, Dan Staines, Dave Kozicki, Joab Gilroy, Katie Williams, Heidi Kemps, Patrick Stafford, a v alid reason for gamers to upgrade, and they’re all jumping Ashley McKinnon, John Robertson, Tavish Forrest aboard the VR train. All of the major manufacturers believe VR ADVERTISING is going to be massive, and when people that smart believe it, GROUP NATIONAL ADVERTISING MANAGER you know they’re onto something. TECH & GAMING Nvidia gave us a stack of info about their new products, yet Cameron Ferris AMD remained extremely tight-lipped at Computex. Thankfully [email protected] the AMD embargo lifted just before this magazine hits shelves, (+16 2) 02 9901 6348 but not in time for us to get hardware samples to test out their M: 0405 356 419 new range. Rest assured, we’ll be doing a full roundup in the ACCOUNT MANAGER next issue of PC PowerPlay. Sean Fletcher If you’re still not a believer in VR, just know that the industry [email protected] is, and we think they’ve got good reason. Today’s kits are (+16 2) 02 9901 6367 brilliant, but they’re still relatively primitive – hints of what’s M: 0402 585 124 on the way next year have us tantalised. Don’t diss it until you ADVERTISING TRAFFIC try, especially with one of the second generation of games on Alison Begg the way. [email protected] In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this year’s PC PowerPlay 02 9901 6346 Tech Special, as it’s taken a monumental effort by the team to PRODUCTION MANAGER Alison Begg pull together after so many product launches in such a short CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Carole Jones period of time. Meanwhile, we’re taking a few days off to enjoy ying with some of this tech, instead of just testing it! SUBSCRIPTIONS Peace out, www.mymagazines.com.au TOLL FREE 1300 361 146 Locked Bag 3355, St Leonards NSW 1590 Bennett “GunSlingerAUS” Ring Tech Editor COVER DISC ENQUIRIES: [email protected] 02 9901 6100 Building A, Level 6 207 Pacific Highway St Leonards, NSW 2065 Locked Bag 5555, St Leonards, NSW 1590 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER David Gardiner COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR Bruce Duncan PC PowerPlay is published by nextmedia Pty Ltd ACN: 128 805 970, Building A, Level 6, 207 Pacific Highway, St Leonards NSW 2065 © 2011. All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced, in whole or in part, without the prior permission of the publisher. Printed by Bluestar WEB Sydney, Distributed in Australia by Gordon & Gotch. ISSN 1326-5644. The publisher will not accept responsibility or any liability for the correctness of information or opinions expressed in the publication. All material submitted is at the owner’s risk and, while every care will be taken nextmedia does not accept liability for loss or damage. Privacy Policy: We value the integrity of your personal information. If you provide personal information through your participation in any competitions, surveys or offers featured in this issue of PC PowerPlay, this will be used to provide the products or services that you have requested and to improve the content of our magazines. Your details may be provided to third parties who assist us in this purpose. In the event of organisations providing prizes or offers to our readers, we may pass your details on to them. From time to time, we may use the information you provide us to inform you of other products, services and events our company has to offer. We may also give your information to other organisations which may use it to inform you about their products, services and events, unless you tell us not to do so. You are welcome 10 PC PowerPlay TECH SPECIAL 2016 to access the information that we hold about you by getting in touch with our privacy officer, who can be contacted at nextmedia, Locked Bag 5555, St Leonards, NSW 1590 COMPUTEX Hotware Every year Computex is filled with the latest and greatest PC gear from around the world. While everything at the world’s biggest PC trade show is exciting, many of the products on display are iterations on the same new technology – last year it was motherboards for the new Skylake chipset, and this year the trend has understandably been towards videocards and VR. Even with the prevailing trends there are some products that really stand out from the crowd as being drool- worthy. 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