Intel 660p NVMe M.2 SSD Review Introduction For as long as solid state drives have been a thing, Intel has been known for making some of the highest quality SSDs on the market. However, this usually came with a pretty hefty premium, like the 750 series when they first launched. Then, in August of 2016, …
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ECS LIVA Z2 Mini PC Review
ECS LIVA Z2 Mini PC Review ECS (Elitegroup) is no stranger to the mini PC biz. My first experience with an ECS mini PC was the Intel Bay Trail SoC-based LIVA Bat-Mini, which was called “the world’s smallest mini PC kit” when it launched in mid-2014. It boasts a passively-cooled dual-core Intel Celeron processor (1.58GHz …
Cougar Conquer Essence Mini Tower Case Review
Cougar Conquer Essence Mini Tower Case Review I love open design cases. Cases like Core P1-3-5-7 (Thermaltake) and Paean (Raijintek) offer a lot of customizable options for anyone who is trying to put together a custom rig. Unfortunately there aren’t many manufacturers out there who has open style cases. Our friends at Cougar has just …
Swiftech H240 X3 All in One Cooler Review
Swiftech H240 X3 All in One Cooler Review As reviewers, we tend to swap out hardware on a very regular basis. Because of this, as test bench is a must for any serious reviewer. Not too long after setting up my test bench, I decided to move my main system to a test bench as …
QNAP TS-328 Home NAS Review
QNAP TS-328 Home NAS Review Home storage is pretty easy to find nowadays. What are your needs from your home storage device? Many of us look for reliability and performance at a reasonable price. When someone mentions reliability in storage I personally think of RAID technology which many NAS manufacturers use today. RAID is a …
Enermax LiqFusion 240 RGB Review
Enermax LiqFusion 240 RGB Review When it comes to All In One Coolers what are you looking for in terms of features and performance? Is it the RGB options that you fancy or its the low temperatures when overclocking your CPU? Most of the demand we see out there is a combination of eye candy …
MSI B350m Gaming Pro AM4 Motherboard Video Review
MSI B350m Gaming Pro AM4 Motherboard Video Review Shopping for a budget motherboard can often be an exercise in frustration. That is until you just give in an buy the one that looks nice in your case. When it comes to the MSI B350M Gaming Pro, it has the looks, and a few extras that …
Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 CPU Cooler Review
Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 CPU Cooler Review Noctua’s new NH-L9A-AM4 low-profile heatsink was built specifically for AMD’s AM4 socket and will cool up to a 65W CPU or APU. This diminutive little cooler has just a 114 x 92mm footprint and stands at only 37mm tall with the included Noctua NF-A9x14 PWM fan. That 92mm fan has …
Sound Blaster Vanguard K08 RGB Mechanical Keyboard Review
Sound Blaster Vanguard K08 RGB Mechanical Keyboard Review Everyone has their favorite companies to buy from with regards to PC hardware and peripherals. Ask 50 people what the best graphics card is or who makes the best keyboard, you’ll get 50 different answers. But where things like graphics cards can be backed by benchmarks, keyboards …
Raijintek THETIS Window Aluminum Case Review
Raijintek THETIS Window Aluminum Case Review Raijintek is not a highly known name in the US market for pc cases, but is a well-respected manufacture in other countries. During this review, we will be taking a look at the updated Thetis Classic case. The Thetis is an updated version of the popular STYX case. What …
Sound BlasterX AE-5 Sound Card Review
Sound BlasterX AE-5 Sound Card Review Over the last few generations, motherboard manufacturers have really stepped up the onboard audio on their motherboards, especially on the higher-end boards. This has sparked a debate in the community on whether an add-in sound card is even necessary anymore. Well, if you ask the guys over at Creative …
ADATA SX950 SSD Review
ADATA SX950 SSD Review Fast and affordable flash storage is no longer difficult to find. Nowadays every custom build rig is equipped with some kind of flash SSD. It seems that the craze for NVME still going on, however, traditional SSDs are still popular as ever. Recently we reviewed ADATA SX930 SSD and came to …
AORUS Z370 Gaming 7 Motherboard Review
AORUS Z370 Gaming 7 Motherboard Review Introduction Originally founded in 2014, the AORUS branding was reserved for GIGABYTE’s high-end gaming laptops and gaming peripherals. However, at CES 2017 GIGABYTE unveiled their AORUS branded line of motherboards and graphics cards, replacing their G1 GAMING line. AORUS motherboards first appeared with the launch of Intels 7th generation …
Zotac GT 1030 2 GB Video Review
Zotac GT 1030 2 GB Video Review The budget GPU market has been neglected for years. A powerful low profile single slot card can be hard to find because of this. The release of the nVidia GT 1030, I believe, has changed that perception. Zotac has taken GT 1030 and whipped it into shape knowing …
Synology DiskStation DS418j NAS Review
Synology DiskStation DS418j NAS Review Last year we had an opportunity to review Synology’s DiskStation DS416j, a Network Attached Storage device. We liked every aspect of this device and based on the benchmarks and in depth discoveries gave a highest rating we could. This year Synology is releasing a newer model of ‘J’ series, DS418j. …
ASUS ROG Poseidon GTX 1080 Ti Video Card Review
ASUS ROG Poseidon GTX 1080 Ti Video Card Review Since its launch in May of 2016, Nvidia has produced nine different models with the Pascal architecture. These range from the recently released GT 1030, to the Titan X and Titan XP. That just covers the GeForce cards. However, no card was more anticipated than the …
Raijintek PAEAN ATX Case Review
Raijintek PAEAN ATX Case Review PAEAN is defined as “something that expresses enthusiastic praise.” Described as an enthusiast-level dual-chamber open-frame/bench table ATX chassis, this new product definitely looks capable of living up to that definition. With the market currently seeing it’s fair share of open-air chassis, let’s see if Raijintek can provide something that will …
MSI X299 Tomahawk Arctic Motherboard Review
MSI X299 Tomahawk Arctic Motherboard Review MSI’s Tomahawk motherboards provide good gaming value using Intel’s mainstream desktop chipsets. Now, that same focus on aesthetic and bang-for-buck gaming performance is available on the new X299 platform as well. For $279, the X299 Tomahawk Arctic is full of features, both familiar and new… @Modders-Inc
Gigabyte X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming Motherboard Review
Gigabyte X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming Motherboard Review The AORUS X299 Ultra Gaming is a premium product from Gigabyte’s high-end brand. Value and feature-wise, it is slated in between the X299 Gaming 3 and the X299 Gaming 7. For some reason it is not called the “X299 AORUS Gaming 5”, perhaps because it is too close …
Deepcool Captain 240EX RGB AIO CPU Cooler Review
Deepcool Captain 240EX RGB AIO CPU Cooler Review Deepcool’s product line has been incorporating several formerly disparate products into one convenient package. This was seen before with their Deepcool Genome case which integrates a chassis with an all-in-one liquid cooler. The new Captain 240EX RGB on the other hand, is an AIO liquid cooler which comes with …
Alphacool Eisbaer 240 AIO CPU Cooler Review
Alphacool Eisbaer 240 AIO CPU Cooler Review All-in-one coolers are designed to be convenient, however they lack the flexibility available with custom loops. Even if modders are willing to void the warranty and swap out parts, it is far from ideal since most use an aluminum radiator with copper contact blocks to keep costs down. …
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 2666MHz DDR4 Review
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 2666MHz DDR4 Review Crucial memory products are unique compared to the majority out there because of one simple fact. They actually make their own RAM. The Crucial brand is owned by Micron and Micron makes the memory chips themselves. When you see RAM from companies such as Kingston, Corsair, ADATA, etc. …
EKWB Water Cooling Kit EK-KIT L360 R2.0 Overview
EKWB Water Cooling Kit EK-KIT L360 R2.0 Overview EKWB has been in watercooling since its meager beginnings in 1999. Every package, every kit, every block advancing the genre of watercooling. As the critical mass for watercooling began to grow, and the knowledge barrier for putting these kits into your system began to fall, companies have …
Gigabyte AB350N-Gaming WIFI AM4 Motherboard Review
Gigabyte AB350N-Gaming WIFI AM4 Motherboard Review The most resounding question asked at CES 2017 after showing AM4 motherboards before launch is “Where are the ITX motherboards?”. That is really all you need to know about how popular ITX options are these days. Especially since it was not possible on AMD’s AM3+ platform with FX CPUs …
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