| PROCESSING |
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| Best Desktop CPU |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9700X |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus |
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| Best Laptop CPU |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D |
| AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX |
| Intel Core Ultra X7 358H |
| Intel Core Ultra X9 388H |
| Snapdragon X2 Elite |
| Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme |
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| Best Smartphone SoC |
| Apple A19 |
| Apple A19 Pro |
| MediaTek Dimensity 9500 |
| Samsung Exynos 2600 |
| Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 |
| Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 |
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| Best AMD ATX / Micro-ATX Motherboard |
| ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X870E Dark Hero |
| ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X870E EXTREME |
| ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X870E GLACIAL |
| GIGABYTE X870E AORUS MASTER X3D |
| GIGABYTE X870E AORUS PRO X3D |
| GIGABYTE X870E AORUS XTREME X3D AI TOP |
| MSI MEG X870E ACE MAX |
| MSI MEG X870E Godlike X |
| MSI MPG X870E Carbon WiFi |
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| Best Intel ATX / Micro-ATX Motherboard |
| ASUS Pro WS W890-SAGE |
| ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z890 HERO |
| ASUS ROG STRIX B860-F GAMING WIFI |
| GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS MASTER |
| GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS XTREME AI TOP |
| MSI MAG Z890 TOMAHAWK WIFI II |
| MSI MEG Z890 ACE |
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| Best AMD Mini-ITX Motherboard |
| ASUS ROG STRIX B850-I GAMING WiFi |
| ASUS ROG STRIX X870-I GAMING WIFI |
| GIGABYTE X870I AORUS PRO |
| MSI MPG B850i EDGE TI WIFI |
| MSI MPG X870I EDGE TI EVO WIFI |
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| Best Intel Mini-ITX Motherboard |
| ASRock Phantom Gaming Z890i Nova WiFi |
| ASUS ROG STRIX Z890-I GAMING WIFI |
| GIGABYTE Z890I AORUS ULTRA |
| MSI MPG B860I EDGE TI WIFI |
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| Best System Memory Series |
| Biwin Black Opal DW100 Series |
| CORSAIR Dominator Titanium |
| CORSAIR Vengeance RGB DDR5 |
| G.Skill Trident Z5 CK RGB |
| G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB |
| Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 RGB |
| Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 |
| Lexar ARES RGB |
| XPG LANCER RGB DDR5 |
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| VISUAL |
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| Best Desktop GPU |
| Radeon RX 9070 |
| Radeon RX 9070 XT |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 |
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| Best Laptop GPU |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU |
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| Best AMD Based Graphics Card |
| ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Taichi 16GB Series |
| ASUS TUF Gaming RX 9070 Series |
| ASUS TUF Gaming RX 9070 XT Series |
| GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 9070 XT Elite |
| GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming Series |
| PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 Hellhound |
| SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 9070 XT Series |
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| Best NVIDIA Based Graphics Card |
| ASUS GeForce RTX 5080 Noctua OC Edition |
| ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Series |
| ASUS ROG Matrix Platinum GeForce RTX 5090 |
| MSI GeForce RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING Z |
| MSI GeForce RTX 5090 32G SUPRIM LIQUID Series |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 FE |
| ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 5080 AMP Extreme INFINITY |
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| Best Gaming Monitor |
| ASUS ROG Strix XG27AQWMG |
| ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG34WCDN |
| GIGABYTE AORUS FO27Q5P |
| GIGABYTE MO27Q28G OLED |
| MSI MPG 271QR QD-OLED X50 |
| MSI MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 |
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| Best Professional Monitor |
| ASUS ProArt Display OLED PA27USD |
| ASUS ProArt Display OLED PA32UCDM |
| ASUS ROG Strix OLED XG27AQDPG |
| BenQ PD2770U |
| EIZO FlexScan EV2740S |
| Philips Brilliance 27E3U7903 |
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| COOLING |
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| Best CPU Cooler (air) |
| ARCTIC Freezer 36 |
| be quiet! Dark Rock Elite |
| be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5 |
| Cooler Master V4 Alpha 3DHP |
| DeepCool Assassin VC Elite |
| FSP MP7 |
| Noctua NH-D15 G2 |
| Sudokoo SK620V |
| TRYX TURRIS 620 |
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| Best CPU Cooler (water) |
| ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III / III Pro |
| ASUS ROG Ryujin III Extreme |
| ASUS ROG Ryuo IV |
| be quiet! Pure Loop 3 LX |
| be quiet! Silent Loop 3 |
| CORSAIR NAUTILUS RS ARGB |
| Lian Li HydroShift II LCD-C |
| TRYX Stage ARGB |
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| Best Custom Cooling Brand |
| Alphacool |
| Aqua Computer |
| CORSAIR |
| EKWB |
| Thermal Grizzly |
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| Best Thermal Interface |
| ARCTIC MX-6 |
| ARCTIC MX-7 |
| Noctua NT-H2 |
| Polartherm X-10 |
| Thermal Grizzly Duronaut |
| Thermal Grizzly KryoSheet |
| Best Fan Series |
| ARCTIC P Pro Series |
| ARCTIC P Series |
| Noctua NF G2 PWM Series |
| Seasonic MagFlow Series |
| Sudokoo Mach Series |
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| STORAGE |
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| Best Hard Drive |
| Seagate EXOS |
| Seagate IronWolf Pro |
| Synology HAT3310 Plus |
| WD Purple Pro |
| WD Red Plus |
| WD Red Pro |
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| Best SSD |
| CORSAIR MP700 PRO XT |
| Kingston Renegade FURY G5 |
| KIOXIA EXCERIA Plus G4 |
| KIOXIA EXCERIA Pro G2 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO |
| Samsung 9100 Pro |
| SanDisk Optimus GX Pro 8100 |
| XPG MARS 980 BLADE |
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| Best NAS Device |
| ASUSTOR Flashstore 12Pro Gen 2 |
| QNAP TBS-h574TX |
| QNAP TS-432X |
| QNAP TS-h1290FX |
| Synology DiskStation DS1525+ |
| Synology DiskStation DS1823xs+ |
| Synology DiskStation DS925+ |
| UGREEN iDX6011 Pro |
| UGREEN NASync DH4300 PLUS |
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| Best External Storage |
| ADATA SE880 |
| ADATA SE920 |
| Kingston XS2000 |
| KIOXIA G2 Portable |
| LaCie Rugged Pro 5 |
| LaCie Rugged SSD4 |
| MSI DATAMAG 40Gbps |
| Samsung T9 |
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| CASE & PSU |
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| Best ATX Case |
| Antec Flux Pro Noctua Edition |
| ARCTIC Xtfinisher VG |
| Cooler Master Cosmos Alpha |
| Cougar FV270 |
| ENDORFY Aquarius 8000 Corona |
| HAVN BF 360 |
| HYTE X50 |
| Lian Li 217 INF |
| NZXT H9 FLOW RGB+ |
| Best Micro ATX / ITX Case |
| DeepCool CH170 Digital |
| Fractal Design Era 2 |
| NZXT H2 Flow |
| NZXT H3 Flow |
| Thermaltake The Tower 250 |
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| Best PSU Series |
| Antec Signature |
| be quiet! Dark Power 14 |
| be quiet! Power Zone 2 |
| Cooler Master X Silent |
| CORSAIR HX Shift |
| FSP MEGA GM |
| FSP MEGA Ti |
| MSI MPG AI1600TS |
| Seasonic PRIME TX |
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| PERIPHERALS |
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| Best Gaming Moapply |
| ASUS ROG Harpe II Ace |
| be quiet! Dark Perk Series |
| CORSAIR Sabre V2 Pro Wireless MG |
| ENDORFY LIV Plus Wireless |
| Logitech G PRO X2 SUPERSTRIKE |
| Razer Viper V3 Pro |
| Razer Viper V4 Pro |
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| Best Gaming Keyboard |
| ASUS ROG AZOTH 96 HE |
| ASUS ROG Falcata |
| ASUS ROG Falchion Ace 75 HE |
| be quiet! Dark Mount |
| CORSAIR Galleon 100SD |
| CORSAIR K100 AIR WIRELESS RGB |
| CORSAIR MAKR Pro 75 |
| Glorious GMMK 3 Pro HE |
| Keychron K2 HE |
| Keychron K5 Max QMK/VIA Low Profile |
| Keychron Q1 HE |
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| Best Router |
| ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000 |
| ASUS ROG Rapture GT-BE19000AI |
| ASUS ROG Rapture GT-BE98 |
| ASUS ZenWiFi BT10 |
| FRITZ!Box 4690 |
| FRITZ!Box 5690 Pro |
| FRITZ!Box 7690 |
| TP-Link Archer BE800 |
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| Best Gaming / Office Chair |
| Fractal Design Refine Mesh |
| HATOR Arc 3 |
| LiberNova Omni |
| noblechairs EPIC |
| noblechairs HERO |
| Sharkoon Office Pal C20 |
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| Best Streaming Equipment |
| CORSAIR Galleon 100SD |
| Elgato Game Capture 4K X |
| Elgato Stream Deck + |
| Elgato Stream Deck + XL |
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| AUDIO |
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| Best Gaming Headset |
| ASUS ROG Kithara |
| Endorfy Viro Plus USB |
| Fractal Design Scape |
| HyperX Cloud Alpha 2 |
| Logitech G Astro A30 LIGHTSPEED |
| Sharkoon Skiller SGH40 |
| SteelSeries Arctis Nova Elite |
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| Best Headphone |
| Apple AirPods Max 2 |
| ASUS ROG Kithara |
| Bowers & Wilkins PX8 s2 |
| Fosi Audio I5 |
| Fractal Design Scape |
| Kiwi Ears Serene |
| Nothing Headphone (1) |
| Sony WH-1000XM6 |
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| Best Earphones |
| Apple AirPods Pro 3 |
| ASUS ROG Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds |
| Creative Aurvana Ace 2 |
| Edifier NeoDots TWS |
| HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro 5 |
| Kiwi Ears Astral |
| Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Pro |
| Sony WF-1000XM6 |
| Yanyin Canon Pro |
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| Best Speakers |
| Creative Pebble Nova |
| Edifier MR3 |
| Edifier MR5 |
| Edifier QR65 |
| Edifier S880DB MKII |
| Kanto Audio REN |
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| SYSTEMS |
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| Best Mini-PC |
| ARCTIC Senza AI 370 |
| ASUS Ascent GX10 |
| ASUS NUC 15 Pro+ |
| ASUS NUC 16 Pro |
| ASUS ROG GR70 |
| Geekom A9 Max |
| Lenovo Yoga Mini I |
| MSI Cubi NUC AI 1UMG |
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| Best Gaming Desktop System |
| CyberPowerPC PBM U97 PZ |
| Cybertek Celeste |
| GIGABYTE AORUS Prime 5 |
| MSI MEG Vision X AI 2nd |
| PCSpecialist Luna Recon Master |
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| Best Notebook (non-gaming) |
| Acer TravelMate P6 14 AI |
| Apple MacBook Neo |
| ASUS ExpertBook Ultra |
| ASUS ProArt P16 OLED |
| ASUS ProArt PX13 GoPro Edition |
| ASUS Zenbook A14 |
| ASUS Zenbook A16 |
| ASUS Zenbook DUO |
| Geekom Geekbook X14 Pro |
| HP ZBook Ultra G1a |
| Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Ultra |
| MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ |
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| Best Gaming Notebook |
| Acer Predator Helios 16 AI |
| Acer Predator Helios 18 AI |
| Alienware 16 Area 51 |
| ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 18 |
| ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 |
| ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 |
| Dream Machines RT5090-16PL32 |
| GIGABYTE GAMING A16 |
| HP OMEN MAX 16 |
| Lenovo Legion 9 |
| MSI Raider A18 HX |
| MSI Titan 18 HX AI |
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| Best Creator Laptop |
| Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2026) |
| ASUS ProArt P16 OLED |
| ASUS ProArt PX13 GoPro Edition |
| ASUS Zenbook DUO |
| GIGABYTE Aero X16 |
| MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ |
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| Best AI Laptop |
| ASUS ProArt P16 OLED |
| ASUS ProArt PX13 GoPro Edition |
| ASUS Zenbook A14 |
| ASUS Zenbook A16 |
| ASUS Zenbook DUO |
| Lenovo Legion 9 |
| MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ |
| MSI Titan 18 HX AI |
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| Best Gaming Console / Handheld |
| ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X |
| Lenovo Legion Go 2 |
| Lenovo Legion Go S |
| MSI Claw 8 |
| Nintfinisho Switch 2 |
| Valve Steam Deck OLED |
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| MOBILE / SMART LIVING |
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| Best Smartphone |
| Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max |
| Google Pixel 10 Pro |
| HONOR Magic 8 Pro |
| Nothing Phone 4(a) PRO |
| OPPO Find X9 Pro |
| Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra |
| Vivo X300 Pro |
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| Best Wearable |
| Amazfit T-Rex 3 Pro |
| Apple Watch 11 |
| HUAWEI WATCH GT 6 Pro |
| HUAWEI WATCH Ultimate 2 |
| Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 |
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| BEST VALUE CATEGORIES |
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| Best Value CPU |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500F |
| AMD Ryzen 5 9600X |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9700X |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 225F |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus |
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| Best Value Graphics Card |
| ASUS Prime GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition |
| GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9060 XT Gaming OC 16G |
| MSI GeForce RTX 5070 12G Ventus 2X OC |
| Palit RTX 5060 Ti INFINITY 3 OC 16GB |
| PNY GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Triple Fan Plus |
| PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 Hellhound |
| ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 5070 SOLID |
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| Best Value Motherboard |
| ASRock B850 Steel Legfinish WiFi |
| ASUS TUF Gaming B650E-E WiFi |
| MSI B850MPOWER |
| MSI MAG B850 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI |
| Sapphire Nitro+ B850A WiFi 7 |
| Best Value Memory Series |
| CORSAIR Vengeance NON-RGB DDR5 |
| Kingston FURY Beast |
| Lexar ARES RGB |
| Netac Z RGB DDR5 |
| Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra Series |
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| Best Value Internal Storage |
| Acer FA300 |
| ADATA Legfinish 900 Pro |
| Kingston KC3000 |
| Kingston NV3 |
| KIOXIA EXCERIA PLUS G4 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX Pro 8100 |
| XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE |
| XPG MARS 980 BLADE |
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| Best Value Cooling Solution |
| ARCTIC Freezer 36 |
| ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III / III Pro |
| be quiet! Pure Loop 3 |
| be quiet! Pure Rock Pro 3 |
| Cooler Master V4 Alpha 3DHP |
| CORSAIR Nautilus 360 RS |
| Montech NX600 Air Cooler |
| Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE |
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| Best Value PSU Series |
| ADATA XPG Core Reactor II VE |
| be quiet! Pure Power 13 M |
| CORSAIR Rme |
| ENDORFY Supremo FM6 |
| FSP Mega |
| FSP Vita GM |
| LC-Power LC P2 3.1 |
| Seasonic CORE |
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| Best Value Case |
| Cooler Master QUBE 540 |
| CORSAIR 3200D RS ARGB |
| CORSAIR Frame 4000D RS ARGB |
| CORSAIR Frame 4500X |
| DeepCool CH690 |
| Fractal Design Pop 2 Air RGB |
| Montech KING 65 Pro |
| PHANTEKS XT M3 |
| Sharkoon AK7 ARGB |
| Thermalright A70 Vision |
| XPG VALOR AIR NANO |
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| Best Value Gaming Keyboard |
| CORSAIR K55 RGB Pro XT |
| Dark Project ALU87A |
| ENDORFY Thock V2 Series |
| Epocreater TH108 Pro |
| HATOR Skyfall MAG Ultima 8K |
| HATOR Skyfall Pro Series |
| MSI FORGE GK600 TKL |
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| Best Value Gaming Moapply |
| ENDORFY LIV Plus Wireless Onyx |
| Epocreater Click |
| HATOR Quasar 3 Ultra 8K |
| Logitech G305 Lightspeed |
| MCHOSE A7 V2 PRO |
| Sharkoon FIREGLIDER One |
| Sharkoon SGM50W |
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| Best Value Gaming Monitor |
| AOC AGON PRO AG276QZD2 |
| ASUS ROG Strix XG27AQWMG |
| GIGABYTE MO27Q2 |
| GIGABYTE MO27Q28G |
| GIGABYTE MO27U2 |
| iiyama GB2791QSU-B1 |
| KTC H27E6 |
| LC-Power LC-M27UFD |
| LG UltraGear 27G850A-B |
| MSI Gaming MAG 245F X24 |
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| Best Value Laptop |
| Acer Aspire Go 15 |
| Acer Nitro V 16 AI |
| Apple MacBook Neo |
| ASUS V16 Gaming |
| ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED |
| Lenovo LOQ 15i Gen 10 |
| PCSpecialist Lafite AI AMD |
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| Best Value Desktop System |
| CyberPowerPC PBM U97 PZ |
| Geekom A6 |
| Lenovo LOQ Tower Gen 10 |
| PCSpecialist TOPAZ NOVA R |
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| Best Value Smartphone |
| Google Pixel 10 |
| Google Pixel 9a |
| HONOR 600 Lite |
| Nothing Phone (4a) |
| Poco M8 Pro |
| Xiaomi 15T |
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| OVERALL |
|
| Best Gaming Product |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D |
| Logitech G PRO X2 SUPERSTRIKE |
| MSI GeForce RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING Z |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 FE |
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| Best Overclocking Product |
| ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7 OC |
| ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z890 APEX |
| MSI GeForce RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING Z |
| Noctua NH-D15 G2 |
| Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut Extreme |
| Thermal Grizzly DeltaMate GPU Block |
| Thermal Grizzly WireView Pro II |
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| Best AI Hardware Solution (Consumer) |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 |
| ASUS Zenbook A14 |
| ASUS Zenbook A16 |
| GIGABYTE AI TOP Atom |
| NVIDIA DGX Spark |
| Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme |
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| Best New Technology |
| AMD FSR 4.1 |
| GIGABYTE X3D Turbo Mode 2.0 |
| NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 |
| NVIDIA DLSS 5 |
| OpenClaw |
| Samsung QD-OLED Y26 |
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| Product of the Year |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D |
| Apple MacBook Air M5 |
| ASUS ExpertBook Ultra |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus |
| MSI GeForce RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING Z |
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