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Photo Gallery: The 2018 Australian PC Awards

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By David Hollingworth published 26 March 2018

Discover Australia's favourite PC brands.

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David Hollingworth

Well, that was one hell of a night. 

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.

So who won?

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You can see the full list of winners below:

  • 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.

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