Reviews
Ballistix Sport LT 16GB Red DDR4 2666Mhz Memory Kit Review
We have had a lot of Ballistix’s DDR4 memory in the Hardwareslave offices to review over the years, and we get good performance, speeds, and compatibility. These memory modules have been black, grey or silver, but now we have some nice shiny red DIMMs to test. Fair enough, a red memory heatsink will not make the memory any faster, but [...]
Arctic Freezer i32 Semi Passive CPU Cooler Review
Our first CPU cooler review of 2017 and it’s the Arctic
Freezer i32. The Arctic Freezer i32 is based on the Arctic
Freezer i30, but Arctic state the i32 has several feat [...]
Ballistix Elite 16GB DDR4 3200Mhz Memory Kit Review
We wrote some time ago when we first started to test DDR4
memory that it wouldn’t be long before DDR4 memory speeds
would have a 1:1 speed ratio with the CPU. Well, it did [...]
Crucial MX300 1TB SSD Storage Review
Crucial are releasing a lot of MX300 SSD including the
recent 525Gb and 2TB versions. There’s also an M.2 version
in the range as previously promised. If you can’t stre [...]
Avexir Raiden Green Tesla 16GB 2666MHz DDR4 Memory Review
Today we review the Avexir Raiden Series Green Tesla 2666MHz
DDR4 Memory 16GB Kit. There are a lot of DDR4 kits on the
market and they vary greatly in speeds, capacity, [...]
ExpressVPN Virtual Private Network Router Review
Theresa May’s controversial Investigatory Powers Bill, the
so called “snoopers charter”, has been passed despite
over 145,000 signatures on the UK government's own [...]
Inkubus 300µ mITX HTPC Personal Cube Chassis Review
We have had a couple of unusual components at Hardwareslave
but this one takes first place for unique. The Inkubus
300µ, a handmade, wooden mITX chassis designed to be [...]
Crucial Ballistix Tactical 32GB Kit DDR4 3000Mhz Memory Review
We have a nice kit of DDR4 memory for review today, and
it’s a 32Gb kit to boot, but first, the introduction! When
Hardwareslave design and build systems there’s only [...]
Lian Li Pitstop PC-T60A Open Air Test Bench Review
We’ve got a few semi-dedicated test systems in the office
and a dedicated test bench, the MicroCool Banchetto 101
chassis. So, we swap components a lot if we want to use [...]
Scythe Kabuto 3 CPU Cooler Review
Another Scythe CPU cooler on the bench and this time it’s
the Scythe Kabuto 3. We are not going to test this one on
our usual X99 test bench, it’s not compatible, instead [...]
Lian-Li PC-K5WX Ebonsteel Mid Tower Chassis Review
We have a couple of Lian-Li chassis to review over the next
week and they are both very different. Coming shortly,
we’ll have the PC-T60 Test Bench which is a typi [...]
Phononic HEX 2.0 Thermoelectric CPU Cooler Review
You have probably seen some of the news around the internet
about the Phononic HEX 2.0 CPU cooler. We spotted it a while
ago and from a cooler point of view at least, this rea [...]
Lexar Portable SSD 512GB Storage Review
We reviewed the Lexar Professional Workflow DD512 last year
and it got a Recommended award from us. We liked its speed,
size and price, and all from a USB external SSD aimed at [...]
Scythe SCFM-1000 Fuma CPU Cooler Review
We have the Scythe Fuma for review today, a CPU cooler
Scythe claim to be a smaller CPU cooler without
“sacrificing performance”. The Fuma can be traced b [...]
Aerocool X-Predator II Full Tower Chassis Review
We haven’t reviewed an Aerocool chassis in some time, and
we had a favourable experience with their products in the
past, so we were happy to receive the Aerocool X-Predator [...]