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2015 Nominees

European Hardware Awards / 2015 Nominees

Best CPU


  • AMD A10-7850K
    AMD A8-7650K
    Intel Core i7 4790K
    Intel Core i7 5960X
    Intel Pentium G3258

Best ATX Motherboard


  • ASRock Z97 Extreme6
    ASUS Maximus VII Ranger
    ASUS X99 Deluxe
    Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force (LN2)
    MSI Z97 Gaming 5

Best Micro ATX Motherboard


  • ASRock X99M Fatal1ty Killer
    ASRock Z97M OC Formula
    ASUS Maximus VII Gene
    Gigabyte X99M-Gaming 5
    Gigabyte Z97MX-Gaming 5
    MSI Z97M Gaming

Best Mini ITX Motherboard


  • ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+
    ASRock Z97E-ITX/AC
    ASUS Maximus VII Impact
    Gigabyte Z97N-WIFI
    MSI Z97I Gaming AC

Best System Memory Series


  • Corsair Vengeance
    Crucial Ballistix
    G.Skill RipJaws
    Kingston HyperX Predator

Best GPU


  • AMD Hawaii
    AMD Tonga
    Nvidia GM200
    Nvidia GM204

Best AMD Based Graphics Card


  • ASUS Radeon R9 290X Matrix Platinum 4GB
    Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 WindForce OC 4GB
    MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning 4GB
    Sapphire Radeon R9 285 Dual-X OC 2GB
    Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Tri-X OC 4GB
    XFX Radeon R9 290X DD Edition 4GB

Best Nvidia Based Graphics Card


  • ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Strix 4GB
    EVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC ACX 2.0 4GB
    Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1 Gaming 2GB
    MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4GB

Best Monitor 2015


  • Acer S277HK
    ASUS PB279Q
    Dell UltraSharp U2515H
    Eizo EV2450
    LG 34UC97

Best Gaming Monitor


  • Acer Predator XB270HU
    ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q
    BenQ XL2730Z
    Eizo Foris FG2421
    LG 34UM67

Best Professional Monitor


  • ASUS PB279Q
    ASUS ProArt PA328Q
    Dell UltraSharp UP2716D
    Eizo CG2420
    Viewsonic VP2772

Best CPU Cooler (air)


  • be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3
    Cooler Master Hyper 612 v2
    Cryorig R1 Ultimate
    Noctua NH-D15
    Phanteks PH-TC14PE
    Scythe Mugen 4 PCGH
    Silentium PC Fera 2
    Thermalright HR-02 Macho

Best CPU Cooler (water)


  • Cooler Master Nepton 280L
    Corsair Hydro Series H110i
    Enermax LiqMax II 240
    Fractal Design Kelvin S24
    NZXT Kraken X41
    Raijintek Triton
    Swiftech H220-X
    Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate

Best Case Fan Series


  • be quiet! Pure Wings 2
    Enermax Twister
    Noiseblocker NB-eLoop
    Noctua NF-A
    SilverStone FM

Best Hard Drive


  • Seagate Enterprise Capacity 6TB
    HGST Ultrastar 7K6000 6TB
    Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB
    Western Digital Green 6TB
    Western Digital Red 6TB

Best SSD


  • Crucial MX100
    Intel SSD 750
    OCZ Vector 180
    Plextor M6e Black Edition
    Samsung 850 Pro
    Sandisk Extreme Pro

Optical Drive


  • LG GH24NS
    ASUS BW-12D1S-U
    Samsung SH-224DB

Best NAS Device


  • Asustor AS7008T
    QNAP TS-251
    Synology DS1815+
    Synology DS415+
    Thecus N2310
    Western Digital MyCloud EX4

Best External Storage


  • Corsair Flash Voyager GTX
    Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 3.0
    Samsung T1
    Sandisk Extreme Pro

Best (Micro) ATX case


  • be quiet! Silent Base 800
    Corsair Graphite 760T
    Fractal Design Define R5
    In Win S-Frame
    Phanteks Enthoo Pro
    Lian-Li PC-06S

Best ITX case


  • BitFenix Prodigy
    Cooler Master Elite 130
    Cooltek UMX1 Plus
    Corsair Graphite 380T
    Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX
    Raijintek Metis
    Silverstone Raven RVZ01
    Thermaltake Core V1

Best PSU Series


  • be quiet! Straight Power 10
    Cooler Master V Semi-Modular
    Corsair AXi
    Enermax Digifanless
    FSP Autrum PT
    Seasonic Platinum
    SilverStone Strider S Gold
    SuperFlower Leadex Gold

These are the finalists of the European Hardware Awards 2015, if you want to find out who the winners are click below button.

See 2015 Winners