Winners: Best Components & Peripherals of 2018

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Winner: Best Memory Company
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Winner: Best Cooling Product
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Finalists: Best Monitor
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Winner: Best Keyboard
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Winner: Best Mouse
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Winner: Best Gaming Headphones
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Winner: Best PC Case
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Winner: Best Router
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It’s all well and good to have a great CPU, mobo, GPU and fast storage, but without the other components and some great peripherals your PC is pretty much naked.

Winner: Best Memory Company

With so many choices of memory products we've boiled it all down to which company is the one that impressed you the most in 2018.

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Corsair

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Full list of Best Memory Company finalists:

Adata

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Crucial Ballistix

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G.Skill

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Geil

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Kingston

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Team T-Force

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Winner: Best Cooling Product

PCs have always relied on well designed and effective cooling to keep temps under control and, hopefully, keep things nice and quiet, too.

Corsair Hydro Series H115i RGB Platinum 280mm

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Full list of Best Cooling Product finalists:

Cooler Master MasterAir MA410M

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Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240R RGB

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Deepcool Gamer Storm Castle 240 RGB

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Thermaltake Pacific M360 Plus

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Thermaltake Riing Trio LED RGB Fan

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Finalists: Best Monitor

Asus ROG Swift PG27UQ

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Full list of Best Monitor finalists:

Acer Predator X27

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Acer Predator X34P

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AOC AG273QCG

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AOC AG322QC4

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AOC AG352UCG6

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AOC C27G1

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Asus ProArt PA27AC

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LG 27UK850-W

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Philips 436M6VBPAB

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Samsung CJ89

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Samsung Thunderbolt 3 Curved QLED Monitor

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ViewSonic VP3881

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Winner: Best Keyboard

So many keyboards were released in 2018, and still they come! Is there one that stood above the rest? Are your fingers tapping now on something special?

Corsair K70 MK.2

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Full list of Best Keyboard finalists:

HyperX Alloy Elite RGB

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Logitech G613

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Razer Huntsman Elite

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Thermaltake Tt Premium X1 RGB

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Winner: Best Mouse

It seems like every new mouse was labelled a 'gaming mouse', but that's just marketing – all mice are good for all things – but which did it best in 2018?

Razer Mamba Elite

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Corsair Dark Core RGB SE

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Full list of Best Mouse finalists:

Logitech G203 Prodigy

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SteelSeries Sensei 310

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Thermaltake Tt eSports Iris Optical RGB

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Winner: Best Gaming Headphones

2018 saw an avalanche of headphones as companies strove to bring you a thumping gaming experience that didn't cost the world.

Logitech G Pro Gaming Headset

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Full list of Best Gaming Headphones finalists:

Corsair HS70

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Razer Nari Ultimate

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SteelSeries Arctis Pro

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Thermaltake Tt eSports Shock Pro 7.1 RGB

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Turtle Beach Elite Pro Tournament

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Winner: Best PC Case

From budget cases that look like top-shelf items, to properly over the top creative sculptures, there was one case that stood out in 2018. Which one it was is up to you...