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ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS Black & SE-224-XTS Basic Review

8 Packaging & Contents » Introduction A big thank you to ID-Cooling for supplying the review sample. ID-Cooling is no longer the same company it was when it was established in 2013. Since their formation, they have rapidly expanded their market presence, while also improving with each product release. With the ability to quickly adapt to… Read more

A Plague Tale Requiem Benchmark Test & Performance Analyis Review

Introduction A Plague Tale: Requiem is the second chapter in a one-of-a-kind survival horror series. You’re in Medieval France, the Black Plague has taken over the land, and the French Inquisition is enforcing a containment to keep the Plague from spreading; you’re a survivor—a young girl with a baby brother who is ill with a… Read more

RTX 4090 & 53 Games: Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i9-12900K Review

Introduction The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 “Ada” was released last week, and put simply, it’s the fastest graphics card you can buy right now—by a huge margin. Our continuing coverage of “Ada” spans nine graphics card reviews and a couple of feature articles. The RTX 4090 is a beast of a graphics card for 4K… Read more

Solidigm P44 Pro 2 TB & 1 TB Review – The Fastest SSD you can Buy

21 Pictures & Components » Introduction Solidigm is a U.S. subsidiary of Korean flash giant SK Hynix. The company was formed after Intel gave up on its NAND and SSD business and sold it to Hynix. While the company has inherited several products from Intel, like the 660p and 670p, they are now expanding their lineup… Read more

NVIDIA GeForce 522.25 Driver Analysis – Gains for all Generations

Introduction NVIDIA recently launched their beastly new GeForce RTX 4090 “Ada Lovelace” graphics card, storming to the top of the graphics card market. Since its launch last week, we’ve amassed nine graphics card reviews and articles for you, and are now working on a string of feature articles, the first of which was about PCIe… Read more

Quick Look: Creative Sound Blaster X1 Portable DAC/Amp

Introduction Creative Technology Ltd., known also as Creative Labs or simply Creative, is an audio company that many readers of TechPowerUp are no doubt familiar with. Creative has been putting out PC-centric sound cards—both internal and external—for several decades now, and we have plenty of reviews of Creative products for nearly a decade ourselves. Yet… Read more

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 PCI-Express Scaling

Introduction NVIDIA earlier this week launched the GeForce RTX 4090 “Ada,” its flagship next-generation graphics card. We have a boatload of reviews of these cards for you (9, counting the Founders Edition). As is customary with each new GPU generation, we do several feature articles closely related to the architecture, and one of them has… Read more

Beelink SER5 Pro 5600H Mini-PC Review

9 Packaging & Contents » Introduction A big thank you to Beelink for supplying the review sample. Beelink may not be well known in the PC enthusiast community, but it doesn’t change the fact they are becoming a force to be reckoned with in the Mini-PC market. Formed in 2011, Beelink has continued to adapt to… Read more

SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Review

6 The Package » Introduction As promised in the conclusion of the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless review (read it here), we’re also doing a full coverage of its slightly less expensive sibling, the Arctis Nova Pro. The main difference between these two top-of-the-line gaming headsets is evident from their names: while the Nova Pro Wireless… Read more

Thermaltake Core P3 TG Pro Review

Introduction I would like to thank Thermaltake for supplying the review sample. The Thermaltake Core P3 TG Pro takes the same open air frame design we have seen with the original Core P3 and improves on it in several areas for improved performance and additional flexibility in liquid cooling setups. On top of that there… Read more

ASUS GeForce RTX 4090 STRIX OC Review

Introduction The new ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC represents the very best air-cooled custom-design implementation of the new NVIDIA flagship that ASUS has to offer, and we’re reviewing it today. The ROG Strix brand was originally designed as a notch below bleeding-edge brands like the ROG Matrix and ROG Ares;… Read more

MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Suprim X Review

Introduction MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Suprim X is the company’s flagship air-cooled graphics card, based on NVIDIA’s new flagship GPU, the RTX 4090 “Ada Lovelace,” which we’ve extensively reviewed for you today across as many brands as we could get our hands on. The Suprim Liquid X builds on the short legacy of MSI’s refreshing… Read more

MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Suprim Liquid X Review

Introduction MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Suprim Liquid X is the company’s flagship liquid-cooled graphics card, based on NVIDIA’s new flagship GPU, the RTX 4090 “Ada Lovelace,” which we’ve extensively reviewed for you today across as many brands as we could get our hands on. The Suprim Liquid X builds on the short legacy of MSI’s… Read more

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming OC Review

Introduction In this review we’re taking an in-depth look at the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming OC, which represents the company’s value-ended custom-design of NVIDIA’s new flagship GPU. The Gaming OC and WindForce brands stood on their own under the Gigabyte marquee, as the company positioned the higher AORUS Gaming range with its various tiers… Read more

Colorful GeForce RTX 4090 Vulcan OC-V Review

Introduction Colorful GeForce RTX 4090 Vulcan OC-V represents the company’s top air-cooled custom-design RTX 4090 “Ada” graphics card, which we’re thrilled to review for you today, besides more than half a dozen other custom-design cards. It isn’t a Colorful product without having over-the-top styling, some of the heaviest cooling solutions with the most elaborate designs;… Read more