It’s fair to say that the Intel Z170 lineup has been living in the shadows of Intel’s High-End X99 chipset for many weeks now since the introduction of Intel Broadwell-E. In a bid to balance things out, various manufacturers have...
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Month: June 2016
In this article we’ll put two GeForce GTX 1070 graphics cards in one PC, yes in SLI. The cards of choice today are MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Gaming X editions to be more precise. We’ll have a look at Ultra...
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Just like with the My Cloud EX4 at first glance the EX2100 feels a lot like a mid-end NAS since falls somewhat short in terms of specifications compared to the competition (although it’s definitely a step up compared to the...
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Despite the fact that we are dealing with a steel reinforced headband, brushed aluminum and large cups which do hold 50mm drivers that should add some weight, the Sound BlasterX H7 headset remains quite light, having about 364g. By including...
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Palit joins in with a review as well, they released their GameRock series in several flavors, we test the GTX 1080 version with G-Panel (a breakout box that allows GPU monitoring). The product looks totally different opposed to what you...
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By any measure Micron Technology Inc., Crucial Technology’s parent company, is a semiconductor giant. As one of the top five semiconductor manufacturers in the world, with an estimated $16bn revenue in 2014, it’s no surprise that they’re intimately involved with...
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The Ballistix Elite RAM kit is featuring very sturdy, rugged heatsinks and seem to drive up the module weight quite a bit. Unlike some other manufacturers, Crucial likes to equip some of their RAM series with extra sensors, in this...
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You may have seen it all before, but if you haven’t, there are a lot of computer chassis out there, so which one do you pick? Firstly, you need to forget about your mates, or the flamers and trollers. For the latter groups, they are right about everything, so no matter what you do, it’s wrong. So where does this leave you? Requirements, including budget and style preferences.
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Following on from our Cryorig H7 CPU Cooler review, we have an even smaller and lower price CPU cooler from Cryorig. This is the Cryorig M9i CPU cooler, and the “i” means Intel. Cryorig do have an AMD version, the M9a but we will be focusing on the Intel version today. We like Cryorig gear, it’s very high performing and high quality. The Cryorig H7 left us impressed with the cost versus performance attributes of the H7 but the performance on its own was only on par with the competitors we pitched it against.
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Something a little more sane now than all the Nvidia GTX 1080 and AMD RX 480 noise and hype, and we genuinely mean little. We have tested a lot of flagship or large size CPU coolers but every so often we get a cooler that is designed and aimed for the low to mid-range of CPU’s and motherboards. This doesn’t mean a reduction in quality or performance, at least it shouldn’t, but a more focused and compatible cooler for the mid-range specialist that wants something a little special without breaking the bank.
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A4Tech is a Taiwanese company whose “Bloody” gaming division was launched in 2012. Bloody produces gaming keyboards and mice using a unique switch technology rather than metal contact points closing an electrical circuit when a key is pressed, Bloody’s mechanical...
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With the eyes of every gamer and enthusiast all over the world turned towards the brand new ultra-high-end GeForce GTX 1070/1080 graphics cards by NVIDIA and the upcoming high-end RX 4xx series by AMD noone seems to really focus on...
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ASUS unleashes their first GTX 1080 ROG card, the STRIX edition is now positioned inside that Republic of Gamers line and was just unleashed, set free to run in the wild. It is armed with an all custom design including...
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Japanese cooling expert Scythe announces today the third version of the famous TOP-Flow-CPU-Cooler Scythe Kabuto. Scythe engineers have revamped the heatsink design as well as the heatsink structure of the Kabuto 3 and incorporated a hybrid heatpipe system. This hybrid...
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Samsung has released the Samsung 750 EVO SSD in larger capacity size. As such we review the 500 GB version of this SSD that offers enthusiast class speed but is competitive in pricing as the product is priced at €149,...
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