Home Features (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Just as the CPU is the brains of your computer, the SSD is the brains behind your storage drive. Though many companies produce SSDs, most don’t make their own controllers. Phison is a leader in the SSD controller space and one of only a few companies that produce the… Read more
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Patriot Viper Steel Series 3600MHz 64GB (2x32GB) Review
Luke Hill 5 hours ago Featured Tech Reviews, Memory, Reviews The rise in CPU performance that we have seen from mainstream, dual-channel optimised processors in the current generations has paved the way for higher capacity two-stick RAM kits. Offering 64GB of DDR4 capacity via a pair of 32GB DIMMs, Patriot’s Viper Steel kit sports a… Read more
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Christina Munro 6 hours ago Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones, Mouse, Peripheral, Reviews Today we are looking at not one, but two peripherals from Adata and its XPG gaming line. We delve into the Primer mouse, with a PBT shell and several RGB zones, coming in with an RRP of £39.99. We also check out the… Read more
read more...AMD Ryzen 9 5900X processor test – Zen 3 architecture premiere
When AMD announced the first-generation Ryzen processors, few believed in the possibility of correcting past mistakes, developing meaningful technology, and competing on a par with Intel. The manufacturer, however, consistently improved the design. Successive iterations of the Zen architecture have yielded solid performance gains, while the launch of Zen 3 will be the ultimate test… Read more
read more...Best PC Builds for Gaming, Streaming and Productivity
Home Best-picks (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) While you can buy one of the best gaming PCs and resolve your dilemma about whether to buy or build a PC that way, putting together your own system is less expensive and more rewarding. When you build a system yourself, you get total control of everything from the… Read more
read more...Cougar MX410 Mesh-G RGB Case Review
The budget PC case market is absolutely flooded with options, though many of them can be very sketchy in terms of build quality and are quite frankly not worth wasting your money on. However, there are some bargains to be had in this sector – just recently KitGuru reviewed the brilliant Phanteks Eclipse P360A priced… Read more
read more...ADATA XPG to the test of strength: Spectrix D50 Xtreme pushes to DDR4-5300 in overclocking
The XPG Overclocking Lab (XOCL ) of ADATA tested the new Spectrix D 50 Xtreme memories, which are able to work at 5000 MHz, pushing them up to 5300 MHz on an AMD B platform 550. by Manolo De Agostini published 30 October 2020 , at 09: 31 in the Memories channel ADATA XPG Some… Read more
read more...Adata Pushes Spectrix D50 Xtreme RAM To DDR4-5300
Home News Spectrix D50 Xtreme (Image credit: Adata ) Adata has achieved a new feat with the Spectrix D50 Xtreme memory, which the brand recently announced back in September. Xtreme Performance Gear (XPG), Adata’s gaming division, has overclocked its memory to DDR4-5300. The Spectrix D50 Xtreme is only available in DDR4-4800 and DDR4-5000 flavors, but… Read more
read more...Century Reveals RAID 0 M.2 NVMe Thunderbolt 3 External Exclosure
Home News (Image credit: Century) If you want super-fast external storage, Century might have just the solution for you: The company has unveiled an all-new M.2 SSD external enclosure featuring M.2 RAID 0 support for what it claims are the fastest read and write speeds from a portable device. The external enclosure sports a 15W… Read more
read more...ACTINA computer test – AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and Radeon RX 5700 XT
I had the opportunity to test the ACTINA computer sets dedicated to players several times, most often giving the reviewed models positive ratings. The products fared favorably in terms of component selection, assembly quality and final valuation. I could recommend such ready-made ones with a clear conscience to all who do not feel the need… Read more
read more...Exclusive: Phison’s E18 NVMe SSD Controller Hits 1.2 Million IOPS
Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Competition is heating up in the storage world as new PCIe Gen4 SSDs enter the market. While Phison was first to market with a PCIe Gen4 SSD and led the industry with chart-topping performance, the PS5016-E16 controller has been recently dethroned by newer, faster rivals. Phison’s new E18 SSD controller… Read more
read more...Next @ Acer 2020: Acer to sell its FrostBlade fans with hydrodynamic bearings independently
Acer announced at its Next @ Acer event that will sell its FrostBlade fans from 120 mm to install on PCs outside the company’s own, since until now we had only seen on own-brand computers, such as the Predator Orion that present. This may be the beginning of a new range of accessories for gaming… Read more
read more...iBuypower Gaming RDY IWBG207 (RTX 3080) Review: Frame Rate Dominance
Our Verdict Buypower’s Gaming RDY IWBG207 pairs a 10th Gen Core i9 with an RTX 3080 for stunning gaming performance that easily bests previous-gen rigs that cost more. But like the Nvidia card that makes its performance impressive, it’s not easy to find in stock. For Stunning gaming performance Reasonable price for what you get… Read more
read more...Nvidia Reflex Latency Analyzer Tested: Ultra-Low Latency Gaming
Home News (Image credit: Dell / Alienware) Nvidia has a vested interest in improving the gaming experience. Upselling people on the best graphics cards is merely part of the equation. Pushing other hardware and technology to new heights is the second aspect, and periodically we’ll see new advances in the state of the art gaming… Read more
read more...The most interesting information from the past week: October 12 – October 18, 2020
Every year we think that we have less and less time, among other things because this impression is intensified by, for example, technology that is developing at an alarming pace. That is why the series of the Most Interesting News of the Last Week was created (or actually reactivated). Every week on Monday, for the… Read more
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