Computex roundup of the day

If you’re not familiar with the professional overclocking scene, then you might not be familiar with who Nick Shih is, but suffice to say that he’s one of the world’s top five overclockers. He also happens to work with ASRock and he has now designed a motherboard together with ASRock targeting professional overclockers.

In one of the more intriguing discoveries during a relatively lackluster Computex, our counterparts at Chinese VR-Zone spotted an interesting feature on the upcoming ASUS ROG Crosshair V Formula-Z and other refreshed AMD AM3+ motherboards - Intel Thunderbolt support!

While many believe that AMD’s own design for the fast card the company has ever made won’t be available until closer to Q4, Powercolor is using Computex 2012 to showcase a dual-7970 design which it will brand under the ‘Devil 13′ logo. KitGuru genuflects in order to save its Immortal soul.

We had the opportunity to speak with Thermaltake. We are all avid gamers and wanted an explanation to us about the different mechanical switches available and what the difference is between them. We also found out why you want a mechanical keyboard for your next gaming machine and how the different types are suited to your individual style.

If you’ve been keeping an eye on our Twitter and Facebook, you’ll know that we promised to come up with some video coverage of COMPUTEX. But how could we do that if none of the Futurelooks Team are in Taipei? Well, because companies that we cover year round think our readers are so fantastic, they put themselves in front of the camera using their smartphones, palmcorders and really, whatever they could get their hands on, and sent us a bunch of great clips to work with. As a result, we’ve been able to assemble some pretty decent looking coverage just for you. So hats off to GIGABYTE, BitFenix and CORSAIR because here’s what they were showing off at COMPUTEX Taipei 2012!