Hi all,<br><br>

Some of you may recall that I left my position as OCN's PSU Editor to become a product manager at EVGA a while ago. That ended well. (not) After that fiasco I took a bit of break from the PC industry, and, due to personal events, from the enthusiast PC community as a whole.<br><br>

But a while ago I received an offer I couldn't refuse. Cooler Master offered me a position as Power Supply Product Manager. And I said yes.<br><br><br>

What does this mean? I'm sure you all know that I've bashed Cooler Master a bit in the past. And to be fair, they deserved it. But recent efforts like the V1000 (a fantastic SeaSonic KM3 series unit) and some of my discussions with their management convinced me that they want to turn their image around. CoolerMaster intends to renew its power supply business with new high-end, innovative power supplies, and a vastly improved budget series. You'll be seeing old crap like the eXtreme series replaced with more modern, accurately labeled units. High-end offerings will expand and be more competitive. And they'll have my advice and my insight into the enthusiast community to guide them. And where do I get that insight? You guys.<br><br>

Now things won't change overnight. Cooler Master is a big company, with a lot of inertia. But change will come, and it will be for the better.<br><br><br><br>

In addition to doing PM and engineering work for CM, I'll also be doing forum repping. This will work just like it did last time I worked in the industry: I'll have an official Hardware Rep account, <b>CM Phaedrus</b>, which will be my official company account. That's where I'll give Cooler Master news, articles, answer questions, and provide technical support. On my regular account I'll be just the same as ever. I must admit that there may be some bias toward Cooler Master products in the future, particularly ones that I manage. But you have my word that I will never recommend a bad product, or oversell a mediocre one. Nor will I unduly bad-mouth a competitor.<br><br><br>

That's about it for now. Let me know if you have any questions.<br><br>

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