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Aftershock PC

Singapore-based Computer Hardware Company

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ133568010
Source-derived summary

Aftershock PC is a gaming computer manufacturer specialising in gaming computers and systems. It is dual headquartered in Singapore and Melbourne, Australia.

History

Aftershock PC was founded in 2012 by Marcus Wee, with his twin brother Joe Wee joining in 2013. Initially specialising in gaming laptops and notebooks, it expanded its products to include gaming desktop computers in November 2014.

In February 2022, Aftershock PC announced Aftershock Endgame, a new headquarters in Singapore with an experiential centre, a service centre, and a production bay. The headquarters officially opened to the public on 19 February 2022 at B Central, Singapore. The same month, the company launched a custom keyboard e-store and physical experience center in partnership with Singapore keyboard company Tempest.

Expansion into Malaysia

Aftershock PC first entered the Malaysian market in December 2014, and later re-entered in February 2018 under a new brand called Level51 PC, with support from Taiwanese laptop manufacturer Clevo.

The company introduced its products to the Malaysian market and opened its first showroom in Sunway City. It later partnered with Secretlab, a long-time collaborator, to offer an in-store experience for its gaming chairs at Level51's showroom.

Editorial summary

“Aftershock PC” enters the record as singapore-based Computer Hardware Company. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Aftershock, Singapore-based and Computer can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2012, 2013, 2014, 2022—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Aftershock, Singapore-based and Computer.
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“Aftershock PC” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Aftershock, Singapore-based and Computer provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q133568010. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2022.

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This entry incorporates text from Aftershock PC” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.