2026 marks the 30th year for Lexar and they started CES off with an announcement that they were going to be the global storage partner for the Argentina National Football (Soccer) Team and launched a number of AI focused storage devices.
According to CES 2026 material there were over 4100 exhibitors registered to attend along with several unknowns looking to take advantage of CES by hosting their own events in area hotels. It is not practical to see everything but with a good pair of shoes and a crisp Pepsi I attempted to do the impossible.
Pro Gamers Group was available at CES showing of some of the latest products available in their catalog including a number of ultra light mice, a racing chair and some rather impressive GPU waterblocks.
A big concern with many enthusiasts is knowing if their 12VHPWR cable connection is going to burst into flames and make the evening news. Well, with this new PSU from Cooler Master you'll be alerted to impending danger before the system shuts down for safety.
There are several unicorns when it comes to computer hardware and while most are considered unobtainium a few stand as consumer hot rods. The MSI Lightning series of video cards are not only fast but have the hardware to push the limits.
Gigabyte has been expanding their AI hardware offerings by launching a second generation AI Top with upgraded software for LLM training and the AI Box which is an external RTX 5090 that you can do RTX 5090 things with.
InWin has a long standing tradition to create a super unique unicorn of a chassis design and launch it during the show. Past versions included the popular H-Frame built from a series of tubes to create a trellis style frame around your computer components. S-Frame exposed how InWin was a master at converting a single sheet of aluminum into an artful and unique computer case. This year for the InWin 40th Anniversary they were showing ChronoMancy.
beQuiet is best known for their exceptionally silent coolers and case designs and will now be also know for having a completely custom set of mechanical keyboards and ultra light mice.
2024 could have been a better year for Hardware Asylum but, we still got to do some amazing things and explore some great new hardware. 2025 marks an attempt to change things up a bit, bring back from old friends and start some new chapters.
Modern computer systems require modern products to extract the very best performance. When it comes to system memory the new CUDIMM modules are designed to deliver on that promise and there is no better example than the Lexar ARES RGB modules clocked in at 9600MT/s making them some of the fastest sticks at CES.
On display during CES, Creative was showing the latest version in the Pebble series the Nova. The Pebble Nova has the same great form factor but with the addition of a woofer directly behind the primary speaker.
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