Introduction

Computex Taipei is the year's biggest international trade show laser focused on technology related to computing, and not generalized into consumer electronics. It is a platform for computer hardware brands from all over the world to showcase their latest innovations that either launch at the show, or the months shortly after. It's also strategically timed six months ahead of the Holiday season, so you know what to look out for.

This is TechPowerUp's 20th year at Computex! The very first edition was covered by our editor, W1zzard, by himself—this year we flew in a team of six staff members, to cover 125 brands, with over 1,500 new products, showcased across our exhaustive news coverage during the show. Our reporters were tasked to discover products that truly stand out in terms of innovation, design, function, quality, and pushing the boundaries of technology.



With this goal, we are announcing the winners of the TechPowerUp Best of Computex 2026 Award! The winners are not categorized by brand or product type, but are rather a list of the products that stood out to us at the show—things you'd want to check out or save up for.

Besides AI and related companies taking over the show floor, 2026 was highlighted by brands boldly innovating. Think about a case that folds in and out like a folio; or a motherboard with copious amounts of copper and early 2000s charm; a PC case that's actually shaped like a military weapons locker; an all-in-one cooler that brushes aside the trend of LCDs with a unique magnetic blob that looks otherworldly—brands are no longer limited by convention and are willing to explore new concepts to make their designs stand out.

Without further ado, meet our highlights!

Alphacool Xbox Series X/S Cooler Prototype

The Xbox Series X and Series S game consoles run powerful semi-custom chips by AMD to deliver 4K Ultra HD gaming experiences, but their stock cooling solutions aren't the quietest. For those willing to mod their consoles, Alphacool, a leading DIY liquid cooling brand, developed a prototype whole-system cooling solution that replaces the Xbox's stock chassis and cooling solution with water cooling for the Xbox Velocity SoC. Alphacool mentioned that it's working on a variant for PlayStation 5.

You can read more about this fascinating innovation in our Alphacool Computex 2026 article.

Amiiba Proteus Ferrofluid Edition AIO CLC

Amiiba is a new brand that embodies the bold innovation we've seen at Computex 2026. The company makes cases and cooling products, with its innovative new design element—a blob of magnetized ferrofluid that's suspended in a medium and manipulated by electromagnets into otherworldly shapes. It looks like something out of sci-fi, and we can't wait to grab one for our own builds. The same design element is also part of the company's Ferra series mid-tower cases.

Read more about Amiiba in our coverage article.