Lots of new supporters & our plans! (Patreon)

We've suddenly found ourselves stricken with a lot of new Patrons & supporters, and for that, we're hugely appreciative. Building the crowd-funded initiative will help us continue to produce high-quality, independent content that drives straight to the heart of a topic. Our independence means that we're able to speak the truth freely when it comes to product reviews, and that's a rare sight in today's media market.

We're working on a new Ask GN episode today, including a brief answer to the question of whether we're covering the recent Star Citizen "happenings." We're also working on a content piece that's under the working title of "Who Makes What?" This isn't the final title, probably, but the objective is to show which closed-loop liquid coolers are made by what suppliers. Corsair, NZXT, Enermax, SilverStone... they all source supply from somewhere, and we're going to talk about those different suppliers.

Perhaps most importantly, we're working on reviewing the new MSI/Corsair GTX 980 Ti liquid cooled video card. It's a monster to review, but we're working on it.

In terms of backer services, I'm tasking Keegan with producing a fun "outtakes" video for you all in short order. The video will have some of the most glorious hair adjustments and most cringeworthy dropped-the-product shots. Should be fun and easy to make, but just a simple behind-the-scenes look.

I need to get a chatroom up and running for you all. I'm thinking Skype, unless folks would rather use Steam. Does anyone have a preference on this?

Here's a terrible phone photo of our frankenbench. This is not how we're testing it -- the tubes need to be positioned correctly and the cables need to be cleaned up -- but we're just trying to make sure everything turns on right now. Have a look above!

- Steve.