Well, that was one hell of a night.Â
Last night, Hyper, PC & Tech Authority, and PCPowerPlay host the first Australian PC Awards, celebrating the best tech and games and resellers in the country. At a gala event in Sydney, guests came from around the country - and indeed the world - to see what our readers (and many thousands of you voted) rate as the best gear and companies in the market.
- Best Premium Motherboard - ASUS ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING
- Best Motherboard Company - ASUS
- Best OEM Performance Card - ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
- Best OEM Budget Card - GIGABYTE AORUS GEFORCE GTX 1060 6G 9GBPS
- Best GPU Company - NVIDIA
- Best Performance CPU - INTEL CORE I9-7960X
- Best Value CPU - INTEL CORE I5-8400
- Best CPU Company - INTEL
- Best HDD - WESTERN DIGITAL BLACK
- Best SATA SSD - INTEL 545S SERIES SSD
- Best NVME SSD - SAMSUNG 960 PRO
- Best Home NAS - SYNOLOGY DS218 PLAY
- Best SOHO NAS - SYNOLOGY DS918+
- Best Laptop/Convertible - MICROSOFT SURFACE PRO (2017)
- Best Gaming Laptop - RAZER BLADE
- Best Desktop PC Builder - PC CASE GEAR
- Best OEM Desktop PC - ASUS ROG G20CI
- Best PC Game - PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
- Best Memory Company - CORSAIR
- Best Cooling Product - CORSAIR H100I V2
- Best Monitor - ASUS ROG SWIFT PG27VQ
- Best Keyboard - CORSAIR K95 RGB PLATINUM
- Best Mouse - RAZER DEATHADDER ELITE
- Best Gaming Headphones - CORSAIR VOID PRO RGB WIRELESS
- Best Case - THERMALTAKE VIEW 71 TEMPERED GLASS CHASSIS
- Best Router - ASUS ROG RAPTURE GT-AC5300
- Best Reseller (Online) - PLE COMPUTERS
- Best Reseller (Retail) - JB HI-FI
- Best Company - ASUS
We'd like to thank every one of our guests, winners, and sponsors, and all of our readers for helping make this event possible.
See you next year.