Nominations for the 2016 European Hardware Awards are in and voting begins on 26th October. Every company and product listed below was chosen by the readers of CowCotLand, GeekNetic, Hardware Info, Hardware Upgrade, HardwareLuxx, KitGuru, Lab501, PurePC and SweClockers.
Each member of the EHA will run it’s own reader awards – asking an audience of more than 20 million hardware enthusiasts to vote for the products they love most. Voting closes on 13th November 2016. While vendors can encourage people to vote – incentives of any kind are not allowed.
On a ‘one man, one vote’ basis – the results from all 9 sites will be brought together from 14th to 17th November and the regional winners will be announced on 21st November.
The EHA Community Award winners will be announced on 23rd November.
Enough information about the rules and format – here are the nominees!
| Best CPU |
| Intel Core i5 6600K |
| Intel Core i7 6700K |
| Intel Core i7 6950X |
| Best ATX Motherboard |
| ASRock Z170 Extreme4 |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Ranger |
| Gigabyte Z170X-UD3 |
| MSI Z170A Gaming Pro Carbon |
| Best Micro ATX Motherboard |
| ASRock Z170M Extreme4 |
| ASUS Maximus VIII Gene |
| Gigabyte Z170M-D3H |
| MSI Z170M Mortar |
| Best Mini ITX Motherboard |
| ASRock X99E-ITX/ac |
| ASUS Z170I Pro Gaming |
| Gigabyte B150N Phoenix-WiFi |
| MSI Z170I Gaming Pro AC |
| Best Memory Module Series |
| Corsair Vengeance LPX |
| Crucial Ballistix Sport |
| G.Skill Trident Z |
| Kingston HyperX Fury |
| Best GPU |
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 |
| AMD Radeon RX480 |
| Best AMD Based Graphics Card |
| ASUS Radeon RX 480 Strix OC 8GB |
| MSI Radeon RX 480 Gaming X 8GB |
| PowerColor Radeon RX 480 Red Devil |
| Sapphire RX 480 Nitro+ OC 8GB |
| XFX Radeon RX 480 GTR 8GB |
| Best Nvidia Based Graphics Card |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Strix OC 8GB |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 |
| Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Phoenix GLH 8GB |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming |
| MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming X 8GB |
| Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme |
| Best Monitor |
| Dell UltraSharp U2515H |
| Iiyama ProLite XB2483HSU |
| LG 38UC99 |
| Philips BDM4065UC |
| Samsung U28E590D |
| Best Gaming Monitor |
| Acer Predator X34 |
| AOC Agon AG271QG |
| ASUS RoG Swift PG348Q |
| BenQ XL2411Z |
| Eizo Foris FS2735 |
| Iiyama G-Master GB2488HSU-B2 |
| Samsung C24FG70FQ |
| Best Professional Monitor |
| ASUS ProArt PA329Q |
| BenQ PV3200PT |
| Dell UltraSharp P2715Q |
| Eizo CG318-4K |
| NEC MultiSync PA322UHD-SV2 |
| Philips BDM3275UP |
| Best CPU Cooler (Air) |
| Arctic Freezer i32 |
| Be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 |
| Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo |
| Cryorig R1 Ultimate |
| Noctua NH-D15 |
| Scythe Fuma |
| Thermalright Le Grand Macho RT |
| Thermaltake Riing Silent |
| Best CPU Cooler (Water) |
| Be quiet! Silent Loop 280 |
| Cooler Master Seidon 120V |
| Corsair Hydro H110i |
| EK Waterblocks EX-XLC Predator 240 |
| Enermax Liqmax II 240 |
| NZXT Kraken X61 |
| Thermaltake Water 3.0 Riing RGB |
| Best Case Fan Series |
| Be quiet! Silent Wings 3 |
| Corsair ML Pro |
| Enermax D.F. Pressure |
| Fractal Design Dynamic |
| Noctua NF |
| Noiseblocker NB-eLoop |
| Thermaltake Riing |
| Best Hard Drive |
| Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 |
| WD Red |
| Best SSD |
| Crucial MX300 |
| Intel SSD 600p |
| OCZ Trion 150 |
| Samsung 950 Pro |
| Sandisk Ultra II |
| Best NAS Device |
| Asustor AS6208T |
| Qnap Turbo NAS TS-253A |
| Synology DS416 |
| WD My Cloud EX4100 |
| Best External Storage |
| Samsung Portable SSD T3 |
| WD My Passport Ultra |
| Best ATX Case |
| Be quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 |
| Cooler Master MasterCase Maker 5 |
| Corsair Obsidian 750D |
| Fractal Design Define R5 |
| In Win 909 |
| NZXT Source S340 |
| Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Tempered Glass |
| Thermaltake Core P5 |
| Best Micro ATX Case |
| Bitfenix Phenom M |
| Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 3 |
| Corsair Carbide Air 240 |
| Fractal Design Define Mini |
| Phanteks Enthoo Evolv |
| Thermaltake Core V21 |
| Best ITX Case |
| Bitfenix Prodigy |
| Cooler Master EIite 130 |
| Corsair 250D |
| Fractal Design Define Nano S |
| In Win Chopin |
| NZXT Manta |
| SilverStone SST-RVZ02B |
| Thermaltake Core v1 |
| Best PSU Series |
| be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 |
| Cooler Master V Series |
| Corsair RMx |
| Enermax Platimax D.F. |
| EVGA Supernova G2 |
| Seasonic Prime Titanium |
| Super Flower Leadex Platinum |
| Thermaltake Toughpower DPS G RGB |
| Best Mouse |
| ASUS ROG Spatha |
| Cooler Master MasterMouse Pro L |
| Corsair M65 Pro RGB |
| Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum |
| Razer Deathadder Chroma |
| Roccat Kone XTD |
| Steelseries Rival 300 |
| Tt eSPORTS Ventus X |
| Best Keyboard |
| Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro L RGB |
| Corsair K70 Rapidfire RGB |
| Ducky Shine 5 |
| Logitech G910 Orion Spark |
| Razer Blackwidow Chroma |
| Roccat Skeltr |
| Steelseries Apex M800 |
| TT eSports Poseidon Z RGB |
| Best Headset |
| ASUS Strix 7.1 |
| Beyerdynamic MMX300 |
| Cooler Master MasterPulse over-ear |
| Corsair Void Wireless |
| HyperX Cloud II |
| Logitech G933 Artemis Spectrum |
| Razer Kraken 7.1 |
| Sennheiser G4me Zero |
| Steelseries Siberia 840 |
| Tt eSPORTS Shock |
| Best Router |
| ASUS RT-AC5300 |
| AVM FRITZ!Box 7490 |
| Linksys WRT1900ACS |
| Netgear Nighthawk R7000 |
| Synology RT1900ac |
| TP-Link Archer C3200 |
| Best Sound Card |
| ASUS Xonar Essence STX II 7.1 |
| Creative Sound Blaster ZxR |
| Best Speakers |
| Edifier R1280T |
| Logitech Z906 |
| Best VR Product |
| HTC Vive |
| Oculus Rift |
| Playstation VR |
| Best Mini-PC Series |
| ASUS VivoPC |
| Gigabyte Brix |
| Intel NUC |
| MSI Cubi |
| Shuttle XPC Nano |
| Zotac Zbox Magnus |
| Best Notebook |
| Apple MacBook Pro 15 |
| Asus Zenbook UX305A |
| Dell XPS 13 |
| HP Envy X360 |
| MSI GS63VR |
| Best 2-in-1 Tablet/Notebook |
| ASUS Transformer Book T300 Chi |
| HP Spectre X360 |
| Lenovo Yoga 700 |
| Microsoft Surface Pro 4 |
| Best Gaming Notebook |
| Alienware 17 |
| ASUS RoG G752 |
| HP Omen 15 |
| MSI GT83VR |
| Razer Blade |
| Best Tablet |
| Apple iPad Pro 9.7 |
| ASUS Zenpad 3S 10 |
| Nvidia Shield K1 |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 |
| Best Smartphone |
| Apple iPhone 7 |
| Huawei P9 |
| LG G5 |
| Microsoft Lumia 950XL |
| OnePlus 3 |
| Samsung Galaxy S7 |
| Best Wearable |
| Apple Watch |
| Huawei Watch |
| Motorola Moto 360 |
| Pebble Time Steel |
| Samsung Gear S2 |
| Xiaomi Mi Band 2 |
| Best Smart Home Product |
| Amazon Echo |
| Nest Learning Thermostat V3 |
| Philips Hue |
| Best Overclocking Product |
| ASRock Z170M OC Formula |
| ASUS Rampage V Edition 10 |
| G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 |
| GALAX GeForce GTX 1080 Hall of Fame |
| Gigabyte Z170X-SOC Force LN2 |
| Intel Core i7 6700K |
| Best New Technology |
| HBM2 |
| HDR |
| Virtual Reality |
| Best Product Overall |
| AMD Radeon RX 480 |
| Apple iPhone 7 |
| HTC Vive |
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 |