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The Best of 2005: X-bit Labs Readers’ Choice Awards

Category: Editorial

by Anna Filatova

[ 03/02/2006 | 07:30 PM ]

The results of our annual 2005 Readers’ Choice poll have been summarized and the winners have been finally identified. 18 prestigious awards have been given by over 30,000 of regular X-bit labs readers. Let’s find out, who the winners are!

Table of contents:

• The Best Computer Case Maker: Antec
  
• The Best Cooling Systems Maker: Zalman
  
• The Best CPU Maker: AMD
  
• The Best Digital Music Player Marker: Apple
  
• The Best Game of the Year: F.E.A.R.
  
• The Best Graphics Card Maker: ASUS
  
• The Best Graphics Processor Designer: Nvidia
  
• The Best Hard Disk Drive Maker: Western Digital
  
• The Best High-Performance System Maker: Alienware
  
• The Best LCD Monitor Maker: Samsung
  
• The Best Mainboard Maker: ASUS
  
• The Best Notebook Maker: Acer
  
• The Best Optical Drive Maker: Plextor
  
• The Best Overclocker’s Memory Module Maker: OCZ Technology
  
• The Best Power Supply Maker: Antec
  
• The Best Small Form-Factor PC Maker: Shuttle
  
• The Best Sound Solution for PC: Creative Labs
  
• The Best System Chipset Designer: Nvidia
  

In the beginning of 2006 our site hosted the traditional poll, which allows you, our readers, to give your votes for the best hardware manufacturers and solutions of the past year 2005. This is the third in a row award ceremony like that on our site, and its keeps growing every year. This time we singled out 18 categories and over 30,000 people from all over the world participated in our poll this time.

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For the last years' results you can always refer to our older articles: The Best of 2004: X-bit labs Readers' Choice Awards and Best of 2003: The Results of X-bit labs Poll.

Well, let us introduce to you the winners, who received our prestigious awards.

The Best Computer Case Maker: Antec

In this category the victory goes to Antec Company. Their computer cases are very popular among computer enthusiasts and modding fans as well as among mainstream users. Over 25% of our readers voted for Antec as the Best Computer Case maker of the year 2005.