The roomy ATCS 840 is packed with dust filters and a sturdy slide-out motherboard tray, as well as three 23cm, 700rpm fans to provide plenty of airflow with little noise. There’s even space for a second PSU or water-cooling reservoir up top. The ATCS 840 is another well-engineered triumph for Cooler Master.

The Ultra-120 eXtreme is a slimmer version of its predecessor and includes one 12cm clip-on fan. Despite its seemingly large size, it doesn’t stand in the way of crucial components. The Ultra-120 isn’t the newest air-cooler out there, but we’re glad it’s the new (old?) air cooler to beat. 

You might be wondering why we’re not slapping CoolIT’s Boreas cooler on this list, as it’s a bulkier version of the Freezone Elite in both size and cooling prowess. Given that the Freezone Elite will fit in any case we have to tip our hat to the peltier cooler that could appeal to any reader of this magazine.

The smooth response and power-gamer-friendly features that the G9x delivers makes this the best mouse we’ve ever tested.  The only difference from the G9 is its enhanced laser sensor, which clocks in at 5,000dpi, for true twitch gamers. From the braided cord to its pair of thumb buttons, this mouse is awesome.

Featuring a hyper-comfortable split design and a bevy of programmable hotkeys, Microsoft’s latest ergonomic keyboard will soothe the wrists of the heaviest typers. And yes, Microsoft’s designs default the annoying function keys to their standard settings, so it’s easy to boot into your BIOS.

Please, don’t ask us why you’d want to spend $200 on a keyboard with up to 36 macros available across 12 programmable macro keys (recordable on the fly from the keyboard itself), customizable keyboard backlighting, and even a 320x240 color display. If you’re a gamer, understand that you’re buying more power than you may ever need, but absolutely should have.

This 802.11n Draft 2.0 router is like getting three devices for slightly more than the price of one: It has two radios, so you can operate a typical data network on the 2.4GHz band while you stream audio and video to compatible wireless media-center extenders on the less-crowded 5GHz band. There’s a four-port gigabit switch, of course, and you can plug in a USB hard drive to add NAS functionality.

This is the fastest, most feature-packed of any of the NAS devices we’ve ever tested. It doesn’t come with a built-in drive, but we consider this a benefit, as you aren’t constrained to using a lowly manufacturer-provided drive for your NAS activity. Stream media from the TS-109 Pro to connected devices on your network, download BitTorrents, or set up file shares with specific user access rights-this little box does it all!