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Taipei, Taiwan – May 2, 2013 – World famous “COMPUTEX d&i award 2013” recently announced the recipients this year, ever since “COMPUTEX d&i awards” established, Thermaltake receives this honor every year since the d&i award started in 6 years ago! Standing out among 254 works from 7 countries this year, the jury comprising some of the world’s leading design experts crowned the one-off Thermaltake Urban S41 mid-tower Chassis and Tt eSPORTS CRONOS Gaming Headset as winners! Both products reached the high specifications of the iF design award, including the Degree of innovation, Design quality, Finish, Ergonomics, Environmental impact, Brand value & branding, total of 11 criteria. With the ultimate productivity to fulfill users’ different needs, Thermaltake managed to show its leadership in the entertainment and technology industry.

Thermaltake Urban S41 mid-tower Chassis－Simple yet Elegant

Urban S41, one of the latest chassis Thermaltake recently launched, has a minimalistic appearance design concept by using a large aluminum metal brushed door front panel, unified top panel and heighten footstands to keep the appearance simple and elegant. With the aid of internal silent foams will guarantee the system has a near silent operation. Further, it has equipped with four USB ports including two USB 3.0 ports, HDD docking station, innovative tool-less drive bays, excessive fans and retained with grommet holes ready to support liquid cooling system and advanced cable management. It has definitely prepared Urban S41 to take on various powerful hardware components with ease and style.

Tt eSPORTS CRONOS Gaming Headset

CRONOS presents strong gaming style with its vivid red and black color, the Battle Dragon LED lighting on the earmuff adds more gaming element. The LYCRA® head-pad design reduces the pressure on head with Hi-performance frequency response. Bendable and pivotable microphone boom to increase the sound quality and Microphone mute switch for controlling on the fly with 3.5mm gold-plated plug for smooth the signal and data transmission. An optimal gaming experience via USB plug and Black and Red cross braid cable for durable use and stylish which is focus on target group of Casual and competitive gaming enthusiasts.

We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, then here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget inquiry is from Charles, who’s capping off the year with a fine question about DIY PC chassis. If you’re looking to ask one of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.

“I work in motion graphics and it’s upgrade time. I’m a DIY and Windows nut, so I’m looking to build my own tower, but the cases are all so horrible! I don’t need a plastic window, or something that looks like it was designed by aliens — just something that’s sharp, solid, good looking and has a respectable airflow. Is that too much to ask?”

Well, we trawled our brains (as well as a fair chunk of the internet) looking for some classy chassis, and this is what we found:

• Corsair’s Obsidian 550D may have a plastic window, but otherwise it’s a monolithic piece of imposing black metal that won’t ugly up your office.
• Coolermaster’s Silencio 650 is hewn from diamond-cut aluminum and drops the plastic window, and given the company’s heritage, should have excellent airflow.
• Finally, there’s the Lian-Li PC-A71F, which can only be described as terrifyingly sleek.

But what about you all? Let’s cap the year off with some stylish PC cases, peace and goodwill to everyone and a very happy New Year to you, the Engadgeteers.

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Desk case PC mods have lit up our radar before, but a modder by the name of Pirate — who’s no stranger to us — has dropped the typical glass and metal enclosure for medium-density fiberboard. Though the material choice was an effort to avoid buying a new desk, it created a need for a robust cooling system. Five fans (three exhaust, two intake), a radiator and a liquid-cooling system keep the rig at roughly 88 F (31 C) with ambient temperatures hovering around 79 F (26 C). As for horsepower, the workstation features a Core-i5-2000k processor and a Radeon HD 7950 graphics card sporting a water cooling block on an Asus Gene IV microATX motherboard. Visuals are piped to three displays in an Eyefinity configuration that are held by a modded ergonomic stand. Pictures of the build process in excruciating detail await you at the source.

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