Best Of 2012 - Results And Awards

👤by Tim Harmer Comments 📅23-01-13
Cases and Final Thoughts

Best Of 2012 - Cases: Cooler Master COSMOS II



One chassis above all others stood out this year. A daunting edifice of steel and aluminium, precision engineered and with imposing finish, the COSMOS II was probably the most eagerly awaited chassis on the previous year. Surpassing the original COSMOS wouldn't be easy, but Cooler Master proved that they were up to the task with a chassis which is exceptional for water cooling any high-end system. The aspirational factor may have been key for the COSMOS II as it won our Best Case of 2012, beating out stiff competition from the likes of Fractal Design and BitFenix.

Final Thoughts

Following the bumper year for PC components and peripherals that was 2011, 2012 had its work cut out to surpass it. Key areas of visible progress were in the realms of PC chassis and peripherals, where quality and value was exceptional and provided something for all tastes and budgets. As companies in the industry mature so are their audience, and increasingly designs are embodying this maturity. This ethos is best reflected in the Tt eSPORTS Level10 M, which for all its gaming credentials remains an aesthetic show-piece at home in a LAN or design studio. Intel has continued its CPU and motherboard dominance, whilst AMD and NVIDIA are locked tight trading blows in the GPU arena on both value and performance measures. It is unfair however to pick specific manufacturers, all should be praised for the progress they have made in a mere 12 months.

We'd like to thank our sponsors for this years awards: Enermax, Cooler Master, Corsair and Tt eSPORTS, and more widely all the manufacturers and associated partners who supply us with products to review for you. We may often disagree and not rate their products as highly as they believe we should, but they are also in the main unflinching in the face of constructive criticism and willing to give their own time whenever problems with pre-release products arise.

Finally - as we like to do every year - we'd like to thank you, our readers. We do our best to bring you the latest products with an unbiased eye, yet for all the cool technology which comes through our doors without a consistent readership we couldn't continue. All comments and feedback are valued so don't hesitate to leave them, and we will endeavour to bring you even more exceptional products in 2013.

Winners

benzeman (CM Storm Scout II)
Jacksb4 (Enermax Platimax 850W)
Phot3k (Corsair H100i)
BurningFeetMan (Tt eSPORTS Level 10M)

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