Best of 2012 - Memory: Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3 2400MHz



This years Kingston HyperX Beast's crossed the finishing line first to pick up our reader award for best Memory, beating out stiff competition from GSkill, Patriot and Kingston's own HyperX Predator DIMMs. Rich identified its sublime performance in December's review of 32GBs of quad-channel DIMMs, also highlighting the heatsink style as a bright-point for those seeking a particular look for their system internals. Now if only they released them with a black PCB, Rich could retire happy.


Best Of 2012 - Peripherals: Tt eSPORTS Level10 M



Thermaltake and BMW DesignworksUSA bring a touch of class to the proceedings with the Level10 M gaming mouse, part of the Tt eSPORTS stable. Crafted for those who want something unorthodox, but with performance matching its gaming credentials, the Level10 M threw down a gauntlet in October thanks to its engineering excellence. Whispers of new Level10 products are on the horizon, and we can't wait to see what the future may hold in this novel collaboration.


Best Of 2012 - Audio: ASUS ROG Xonar Phoebus 7.1



Thanks to some remarkably strong audio products reviewed this year we took the decision to spin it off into a separate award category. Just reaching a shortlist was difficult enough, with many exceptional products still left in the cold outside the top five. Taking a resounding victory however is the ASUS ROG Xonar Phoebus 7.1, a soundcard which Tony deemed to be the best possibly option for a gamer currently on the market which absolutely deserve to be paired with excellent speakers and headsets.