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ASRock B650E Steel Legend WiFi Review

Introduction In today’s review, we will be looking at the ASRock B650E Steel Legend WiFi, aimed at PC gamers who may dabble in overclocking. ASRock comes prepared with multiple AMD motherboard product lines, from the flagship X670E Taichi Carrara to the budget-orientated B650 Phantom Gaming (PG) and Steel Legend series, to meet the needs of… Read more

Atompalm Hydrogen Review

Introduction Atompalm is a peripherals company based in the US. Being Atompalm’s debut mouse, the ambidextrous Hydrogen is engineered for performance. At 48 g, the Hydrogen is among the lightest wired mice of its size category. Furthermore, the Hydrogen is equipped with PixArt’s PMW3360 sensor and capable of true 8000 Hz polling. Owing to latch… Read more

Quick Look: Drop + MiTo MT3 Noctua Keycap Set

Introduction July 2021 saw an interest check thread in r/MK, as well as a few other enthusiast keyboard communities that I was not expecting to see. Everyone’s favorite beige and brown cooling brand Noctua was partnering with Drop to bring out a custom keycap set or two. Indeed, custom keycap designer MiTO had a few… Read more

Chieftec Stallion 3 Review

Introduction I would like to thank Chieftec for supplying the review sample. The Stallion 3 is a spacious E-ATX chassis with embedded ARGB elements and a bit of an angled design. Clearly geared towards those who want some gaming DNA but also require lots of expansion space, the Stallion 3 is available in black, with… Read more

ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX TUF OC Review – Amazing Overclocking

Introduction The TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XTX OC is the flagship custom-design RX 7900 XTX graphics card by ASUS, in the apparent-absence of an ROG Strix product. The card features the mammoth 4-slot TUF Gaming cooling solution that the company debuted with its GeForce RTX 4090 TUF Gaming graphics card, and a PCB with… Read more

XFX Radeon RX 7900 XTX Merc 310 OC Review – 3x 8-pin FTW

Introduction XFX Radeon RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310 is the company’s flagship custom-design graphics card, based on AMD’s latest RDNA3 generation of graphics cards out to eat NVIDIA’s lunch in the high-end segment with aggressive pricing, and performance in league of NVIDIA’s fastest. Designed to resemble a muscle-car, the Speedster Merc 310 pairs the… Read more

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Review – Disrupting the RTX 4080

Introduction The AMD next-generation we’ve long been waiting for is finally here! The new Radeon RX 7900 XTX in this review, and the Radeon RX 7900 XT, which we’re also reviewing today, debut the company’s 3rd generation RDNA graphics architecture, or RDNA3. With it, the company is also introducing the world’s first chiplet-based GPU in… Read more

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Review

Introduction The new RDNA3 graphics architecture releases today, and leading from the top are the new Radeon RX 7900 XT (in this review), and the RX 7900 XTX flagship, which we’ve also reviewed today. Both these graphics cards are designed to take the fight to NVIDIA’s high-end: the GeForce RTX 40-series “Ada,” but at highly… Read more

Custom Art FIBAE 7 Unlimited CIEMs Review

Introduction Shortly after my review of the Lime Ears Pneuma earlier this year, I found myself looking further into the underrated Polish audio community—especially when it came to smaller brands making some of the best looking in-ear monitors (IEMs), that seemed to also get rave reviews from customers. Among these companies was Custom Art, founded… Read more

Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora Edge Full Brass CPU Water Block Review

Introduction Alphacool is a mainstay in the PC DIY watercooling hobby thanks to it offering something for everyone when it comes to water blocks, pumps, radiators, reservoirs, and a vast plethora of fittings. We’ve covered the brand extensively over the years, including with a review of the Eisblock XPX in 2019. That particular water block… Read more

AMD “Navi 31” Radeon RX 7900 XTX and XT Unboxing

Introduction Team Red knocked on our doors with the new AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and Radeon RX 7900 XT graphics cards, upon which ride the company’s hopes to maintain competitiveness with NVIDIA in the high-end PC graphics segment. AMD claims that these have what it take to firmly offer a great alternative, and the… Read more

ASUS ROG Chakram X Review

Introduction ASUS is a Taiwan-based computer hardware and electronics company founded in 1989. Compared to the Chakram and Chakram Core, no changes have been made to the right-handed ergonomic shape of the Chakram X. Internally, however, the Chakram X has been thoroughly revised. The Chakram X debuts ASUS’s latest AimPoint sensor capable of 36,000 CPI,… Read more

Kingston Fury Renegade Heatsink 2 TB Review

Introduction With revenue in the multi-billion dollars range, Kingston is the largest DRAM and flash memory products vendor in the world. While their strongest suit is memory modules and USB/flash card storage, they are also a major player in the SSD market, having released famous products such as the KC2500, KC3000, NV1 and NV2. Today… Read more

Fractal Design North Review

Introduction I would like to thank Fractal Design for supplying the review sample. Fractal has recently been focused on expanding their product range with new lines of enclosures. This includes the Pop, the Ridge and now their North family. The North aims to provide a compact ATX chassis with a unique perforated side and real… Read more

The Callisto Protocol Benchmark Test & Performance Analysis Review

Introduction The Callisto Protocol is partly a survival horror video game, and partly an interactive story. It’s the future, mankind has colonized the Solar System, and mega-corporations own or control swathes of it. The UJC (United Jupiter Corporation) exploits resources in the satellite system of Jupiter, and one of its moons, Callisto, is a prison… Read more