The Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus was released this morning and features the latest fifth generation Samsung V-NAND with optimized firmware for even more performance. The Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus is available in 250GB, Continue reading “Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB SSD Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 22, 2019 at 3:25pm
Western Digital today introduced the WD Black SN750 NVMe SSD series that is targeted to gamers and hardware enthusiasts. This isn’t the first time I’ve seen a storage drive targeted at gamers, so I was Continue reading “WD Black SN750 1TB Gaming NVMe SSD Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 19, 2019 at 1:33am
Do you need a sound card for your PC? EVGA has teamed up with the audiophiles over at Audio Note to create the EVGA NU Audio Card. The add-in sound card business is a new Continue reading “EVGA NU Audio Card Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 16, 2019 at 10:57pm
Real-time ray tracing on Battlefield V was pretty impressive when it came out in November 2018, but GeForce RTX series cards took a pretty big performance hit when turning on this new feature. The good Continue reading “GeForce RTX 20 Series DXR Ray Tracing Performance on Battlefield V”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 15, 2019 at 4:47pm
RTX 2060 – Turing For The Masses The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 has arrived and promises to bring Turing GPU performance and features to mainstream gamers. With a price of $349 for the RTX 2060 Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB Video Card Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 7, 2019 at 2:17pm
Huawei Mate 20 Pro – Packed With Cool Features When the Huawei Mate 20 Pro showed up to be reviewed back in October I went straight to using the smartphone to see how I liked Continue reading “Huawei Mate 20 Pro Smartphone Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 2, 2019 at 8:45pm
MAINGEAR is best known as a PC system builder that creates some of the best over-the-top gaming PCs on the market, but they have recently been expanding into new products lines. Seeing a company branch Continue reading “MAINGEAR FORMA R Nero Gaming Chair Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 26, 2018 at 5:05pm
The EKWB velocity series of CPU water blocks is EKWBs latest and greatest edition to their already heavily extensive line of watercooling gear. The Velocity lineup of waterblocks improves on the previous generation of water Continue reading “EK-Velocity RGB – Nickel + Plexi CPU Water Block Review”. …more
By Kyle Ward •
Dec. 21, 2018 at 2:32pm
We’ve reviewed a ton of portable SSDs this year, so when we got the opportunity to review the ADATA HD830 2.5″ External Hard Disk Drive (HDD) we jumped at the chance. The ADATA HD830 series Continue reading “ADATA HD830 4TB Durable Portable Hard Drive Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 19, 2018 at 10:01pm
HyperX Cloud Mix – Game and Go HyperX started selling gaming headsets in 2014 with the introduction of the HyperX Cloud and to say that it has been a successful venture for the company is Continue reading “HyperX Cloud Mix Gaming Headset with Bluetooth Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 13, 2018 at 5:25pm
Intel hosted an Architecture Day this week in California for analysts and media that allowed Intel’s top executives, architects and fellows to reveal their next-generation technologies to a captive audience. Most of the Intel architecture Continue reading “Intel Architecture Day – Foveros, Sunny Cove and Gen11 Graphics Coming Soon”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 12, 2018 at 3:03pm
The APC Back-UPS 600VA BE600M1 was introduced in 2016 as the replacement to the APC Back-UPS 550VA BE550G that originally came out in 2008. I actually bought the old APC Back-UPS 550VA nearly a decade Continue reading “APC UPS 600VA BE600M1 Battery Backup & Surge Protector Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 10, 2018 at 4:42pm
AMD Radeon RX 590 Roundup The Radeon RX 590 is the latest and greatest mainstream graphics card from AMD and is targeted at targeted to 1080P gamers that want to play every game on the Continue reading “AMD Radeon RX 590 Roundup – PowerColor, Sapphire and XFX”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 1, 2018 at 1:00am
Samsung launched a new consumer Solid State Drive (SSD) series today called the Samsung 860 QVO SSD. This SATA III 2.5-inch drive series is available in 1TB, 2TB and 4TB capacities and feature Samsung’s brand Continue reading “Samsung 860 QVO SSD Review – 1TB/2TB Drives Tested”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 27, 2018 at 5:10pm
MyDigitalSDSD is the first company to release firmware version 12.1 for drives powered by the Phison E12 controller. We’ve been waiting months for this firmware to be released as it promised to deliver massive performance Continue reading “MyDigitalSSD BPX Pro SSD Benchmarked With Phison Firmware v12.1”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 26, 2018 at 9:49pm