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Expert Reviews’ sister magazine Computer Shopper is launching its 2018 awards and we need your help in deciding the winners of the 13 categories. We’ve got categories ranging from laptops and smartphones to smart home and security, and we need your help in finding the winners.
All you need to do is visit our online voting form to cast your votes. You don’t need to vote in every category, you can just choose the products you know and love.
As a thank you for helping us find the winners, we’re offering every reader the chance to win an Iiyama ProLite XU2395WSU-B1 monitor, worth £149, plus an Iiyama DS3002C-B1 desk mount arm, worth £119. All you need to do is include your email address at the end of the survey – and don’t worry, this is purely for the purpose of selecting a prize winner, the email addresses will only be used to contact the lucky recipient.
Voting is open now and closes on 21 September, so please make sure you’ve filled in the online voting form by then to ensure your favourite products take the prize, and you get the chance to win the monitor and arm pack worth £268.
Computer Shopper will be hosting its awards ceremony on 7 November and will be announcing all the winners on the evening. The winners will also be covered in issue 372, on sale from 6 December.
The shortlist has been curated by the team of Computer Shopper experts. Every product that has made the list was reviewed from August 2017 and earned at least a four-star rating in its Computer Shopper review – and the vast majority were also given a Best Buy or Recommended award.
Here is the shortlist in full, and remember to cast your votes for your favourites by 21 September.
BEST PC
Chillblast Fusion Photo OC VIII
Cyberpower Infinity X88 GTX
Lenovo IdeaCentre 620S
Mesh Ryzen Gaming PC – CS
Palicomp i5 Cosmos
PC Specialist Enigma X 02
Wired2Fire Pyro Talon
Zotac Magnus ER51060
BEST PC MANUFACTURER
Chillblast
Cyberpower
Overclockers
Palicomp
PC Specialist
Wired2Fire
BEST DISPLAY
Acer KG221Q
AOC Q3279VWF
Asus ROG Strix XG32VQ
BenQ SW2700PT
iiyama ProLite XB2779QQS
Phillips Brilliance 241B7QPJKEB
BEST COMPONENT
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Arctic Freezer 33 eSports One
Cooler Master MasterCase H500P Mesh White
MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+
BEST LAPTOP
Acer Aspire 5
Asus ROG Zephyrus
Dell XPS 15 2-in-1
Lenovo Yoga 920
Microsoft Surface Book 2
BEST SMARTPHONE
Google Pixel 2
Honor 7X
Huawei P20 Pro
Motorola Moto Z2 Play
OnePlus 6
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017)
BEST SPECIALIST RETAILER
Box
Ebuyer
Novatech
Overclockers
Scan
BEST STORAGE PRODUCT
Netgear ReadyNAS 212
Samsung 860 Evo
Synology DiskStation DS418j
WD Red
BEST NETWORKING PRODUCT
D-Link DIR-842
Netgear Orbi RBK40
Tenda Nova MW6
TP-Link Archer C5400
TP-Link Deco M5
BEST SMART HOME PRODUCT
Amazon Echo 2nd Generation
Google Home Mini
Nest Cam IQ Outdoor
Tado Smart Thermostat
BEST SECURITY PRODUCT
AVG AntiVirus Free
ESET Internet Security
Kaspersky Security Cloud Personal
Symantec Norton Security Deluxe
Trend Micro Maximum Security
BEST AUDIO PRODUCT
Audio Technica ATH-DSR9BT
Brainwavz B400
Creative Muvo 2c
Samsung HW-MS650
UE Megablast
BEST PRODUCT 2018
Amazon Echo 2nd Generation
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
AOC Q3279VWF
Dell XPS 15 2-in-1
Kaspersky Security Cloud Personal
OnePlus 6
Palicomp i5 Cosmos
Samsung 860 Evo
