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Introduction Much like the webcam, the USB microphone has become a rather indispensable tool in our day to day life. Professional musicians go for the most expensive model that can truly capture the fidelity of their audio creation but not everyone needs an expensive microphone. Such expensive microphone would be …

Introduction The liquid cooling is the go to cooler for the PC enthusiasts who want the best cooling performance, low noise-level, and highest overclocking potential. However, not everyone wants the trouble or have the space for the radiator inside their system. Even with AIO cooler which largely minimize the risk …

QNAP TS-233 QNAP TS-233 is a two-bay NAS aimed for home user who are looking personal file storage and home multimedia center. Retailed at a buck shy of $200, the TS-233 is an affordable NAS that is powered by the ARM 4-core Cortex A55 SoC running at 2.0GHz. While the …

Introduction The prices for computer memory have dropped significantly over the last few months for both DDR4 and DDR5. Now would be a great time to upgrade your aging system. Though, not everyone is ready to jump to the latest DDR5 platform as that requires a big spending that includes …

The Neo Forza brand is a relatively new player in the DRAM memory modules and flash memory products that established in 2018. We previously reviewed the company's SSD, the Neo Forza eSports NFP075 and today we will take a look at its high performance Faye DDR4-4600 2x16GB dual channel kit RAM.

If you have your eye set for the Cooler Master HAF 700 EVO but just cannot imaging shelling out $499 of your heard earned money, then the HAF 700 is just be the case for you. Retailed at $200 cheaper than the HAF 700 EVO, the HAF 700 shared a lot of DNA with its bigger brother yet it is much more affordable.

One advantage a stationary computer has over a laptop is that you can usually keep upgrading it with new components to keep it usable. Whether it is just adding a faster CPU or GPU or even upgrading the motherboard, there usually is a good upgrade path. Laptops on the other …

Valve is an interesting company that seems to try to be a lot of things at the same time. Games company, software hub/store and hardware company. Valve is all of these. When it comes to hardware the company has had mixed success. I think many of us remember the Steam Machines. These compact computers running SteamOS, a Linux based OS, were supposed to make Windows PC’s obsolete for gaming. They didn’t succeed. Valve also released a specific controller, the Steam Controller, which also did not exactly set the world on fire. In hindsight though both these products have paved the way for the product I am testing today, the Steam Deck, Valves attempt to compete with the Nintendo Switch in the handheld market.

The Crucial P5 Plus is the successor the P5 that Crucial launched last year and is the first PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD from the company. The latest model dropped the 256GB model, so the starting available capacity for the P5 Pro is 500GB. Additionally, the drive is also available in 1TB and a new storage capacity of 2TB model. The P54 Plus is priced similar to the P5 though there is a slight bump in the price where drive is retailed at $107.99(500GB), $179.99(1TB), and $367.99(2TB). The 2TB model is definitely a welcome addition and if we judge by the price per gigabyte, the 1TB model would be the most economical option. Despite the slight bump in the price, the P5 Plus are still priced competitively against its competitors. The question is, just how well would the performance backing it up? We shall find it out today.

Introduction The Masterliquid Flux series is the latest entry into the Cooler Master Pro series all-in-one (AIO) cooler that aims to deliver excellent cooling performance while keeping the noise down. Two models are available: Masterliquid PL360 Flux and Masterliquid PL240 Flux with the difference in the fan support where the …

Nvidia GeForce Now – the basics While there are many ways to play games remotely Nvidia has opted to do things a bit different with GeForce Now. Instead of getting access to a bunch of games for a monthly fee, like you get via Microsoft Gamepass and xCloud gaming, Nvidia …

The Neo Forza brand is a relatively new player in the DRAM memory modules and flash memory products that established in 2018. We previously reviewed the company's SSD, the Neo Forza eSports NFP075 and today we will take a look at its high performance Faye DDR4-4600 2x16GB dual channel kit RAM.

The Cooler Master HAF 500 The Cooler Master HAF 500 The Cooler Master HAF (high air flow) is a classic series of computer case that dates back over a decade ago. As the name implies, the HAF series prioritize the cooling performance over the looks. That is not saying that …

Introduction The Neo Forza brand is a relatively new player in the DRAM memory modules and flash memory products that established in 2018. However, its parent company Goldkey has been in the tech industry for over 21 years. Backing by the expertise of its parent company’s design and manufacturing, the …

Do you have a 3D-printer and also are curious about the size and look of the Valve Steam Deck? Then you are in luck as Valve has released a bunch of 3D-files for the Steam Deck allowing you to print out a Steam Deck on your printer. The files are …

We have written a lot about Nvidias DLSS-technology that uses AI to upscale images to give a boost to the frame rate while trying to still offer great image quality. While I think it offers great image quality I know there are gamers who would would love to get a way to use AI to instead downscale a higher resolution image to give better quality at the lower resolution. Well, they are in luck as Nvidia now has presented Deep Learning Dynamic Super Resolution, DLDSR (phew, say that fast a few times).

I never finish games. There, I said it. The reasons are many. Most of all I do not have the time any longer. At 51 with 2 kids and as tech lead at a company my time for gaming has to compete with lots of other stuff including coaching my …

Keyboards are without a doubt one of the more important peripheral of a computer regardless what you do with your computer. If you game you want a keyboard with fast reactions, preferably a mechanical keyboard. If you, like me, instead mostly work from your computer, often from a laptop, you …

It is no secret that I have been pretty impressed with NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling). This technology has made it possible to play games at higher frame rates even with less powerfull GPU’s with still great image quality. It turns out that Nvidia have more tricks up their …

I think Nvidia DLSS is one of the most interesting features that Nvidia has released over the last few years. As mentioned in earlier articles DLSS stands for Deep Learning Super Sampling and by using machine learning games with support can offer higher fps while retaining or loosing very little …

I must admit I did not hear about this before now but Valve today announced a new handheld console, the Valve Steam Deck. Let’s start with the press release: Valve announces Steam DeckTM Reservations available starting July 16; shipping begins in December 2021 July 15, 2021 – Valve announces Steam …

2020 and 2021 has so far been an absolute disaster when it comes to getting hold of new graphics cards, especially from Nvidia.  You need a lot of luck and patience to be able to grab a card or a lot of money to buy it via Ebay. One way …

2020 will go down as a horrible year for getting hold of new graphics card. I still know people who ordered the new Nvidia Series 30 graphics card at launch in September 2020 and still have not been able to receive it. One avenue to get a new Series 30-card might be to go the laptop route instead as it is much easier to get hold of those. Nvidia recently released their RTX 3060, RTX 3070 and RTX 3080-GPU’s for laptop and today I am testing the Razer Blade 15 Base Edition that comes with a Intel i7-10750H, a 15” 165 Hz QHD-screen and a RTX 3070.

Game-streaming is something that has slowly caught on over the last few years. For quite some time now you have been  able to stream games on your network with Steam and Xbox. A local network is a very contained and easily controlled enviroment so I would say it works pretty …

The Raspberry Pi is now 8 years old and one of the most popular one-card computers out there. The main reasons are low price and the ability to expand the Pi in all sorts of ways making it the perfect mini-computer for all sorts of projects. In my case I’ve been looking into building both a PiHole-computer (filter ads etc) and several OctoPi-servers to use with my 3D-printers.

Introduction Introduction If you happen to have a NAS unit that is 3 years or older, it is about time to start looking for an upgrade. Not necessary because you need the additional performance from the newer processor upgrade (though it never hurts) but rather, newer NAS devices are equipped …

What if you could find a way to lower both the temperature and the power consumption of your new GPU while still getting almost the same performance? Well, there is. It is called undervolting. Since the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 came out there has been a lot of talk about undervolting them to get better thermals while still getting kick-ass performance and of course I decided I wanted to try it out myself. In the following pages you can both read on how to do it yourself but also get an idea how it will affect both the performance but also the thermals (and noise level).

At the same time Nvidia released the excellent RTX 3080 they also released the RTX 3090, a successor to both the RTX 2080 Ti and the Titan RTX. While the RTX 3080 comes with 16 GB VRAM, Nvidia has put a whopping 24 GB VRAM on the RTX 3090. In addition the RTX 3090 comes with 10496 CUDA cores (up from 8704 for the RTX 3080), 82 Streaming Multiprocessors, a wider memory interface and almost 1 TB/s in memory bandwith. Today I am looking at the Gigabyte RTX 3090 Eagle OC 24 GB. As the name implies it comes with a (minor) overclock. How much faster is it than the Gigabyte RTX 3080 Eagle OC? Is it worth the extra money? Read on to to get the answers on these and many other questions.

Today I am reviewing the Gigabyte RTX 3080 Eagle OC. As the name implies this is a factory overclocked RTX3080 that also comes with the Windforce E 3X Cooling System with alternate spinning fans. Gigabyte has a no less than 6 different RTX3080-models and this is one of the “cheapest” at $699.

Introduction/How does it work? With all the focus that has been given to Raytracing on the RTX-cards there is actually an technology that I found much more interesting: Nvidia DLSS (Deep learning super sampling).  The idea is that by using machine learning games that support DLSS are able to give …

For a long time the combination Intel/Nvidia was the norm for powerful gaming laptops.  AMD has tried to break in to the market but not had much success. The laptop I am looking at today, ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15, is another challenger to the old partnership. It comes with AMD:s latest mobile part, the Ryzen 7 4800HS combined with a Nvidia RTX2060 Max-Q, all packed into a nice slim laptop with a 15" 240 Hz 1080P IPS-screen.

Introduction Usually when new consoles are being discussed the focus is on the CPU and GPU. With the PS5 and the Xbox One Series X one more component has gotten a lot of attention: the SSD. Both come with super high-speed SSD’s, especially the PS5 with a top speed of …

Introduction SSD’s using the NVMe form factor have been around now for a few years which means there is a chance that you will start having a few older lying around when you upgrade. It doesn’t help that most motherboards only have one or max two NVMe-slots meaning that you …

Introduction I’ve been interested in VR for quite some time now. While I did not back the first Oculus Rift on Kickstarter I later got the second dev-version and since then have bought HTC Vive, Sony PSVR and Oculus Go. All these devices have been good or great but all …

Meet The Graphics Monster from ASUS. ASUS STRIX RTX 2080 Ti, is a monster both in size and performance! ASUS is no newcomer to the GPU game, and their ROG STRIX series of cards regularly lend themselves to extreme designs. The design or aesthetic is not the whole story, though, …

The new RX 5600 XT launch went south very fast How did this happen, and why? In case the title did not strongly enough to allude to what this article will be, I will be addressing the way the RX 5600 XT was launched, the issues observed, and the impact …

Welcome the new Radeon 5600 XT AMD unveils the “Ultimate 1080p” focused Navi AMD’s Radeon team once again has sprung another GPU upon us with the new RX 5600 XT, and this time it is destined to fill the gap between the previous RX 5500 XT and the RX 5700 …

Introducing the new Radeon 5500 XT Welcome the mainstream 1080p focused Navi AMD’s Radeon team has been hard at work finessing the 5700 series of GPUs and pushing them to get the most out of the 7nm Navi that they can. Meanwhile, late December is normally not very busy with …

Call of Duty is back with a nostalgic new entry Can Call of Duty be the FPS that shines with RTX? Ever since the inception and announcement of RTX, Nvidia has hard a bumpy road getting it into the hands of gamers in a satisfying manner. The RTX launch title …

SilverStone ST1200-PTS Platinum PSU Review SilverStone ST1200-PTS Platinum PSU Review For many years SilverStone has been at the forefront of providing consumers with highly efficient PSU’s, in small form factor packages. The ST1200-PTS currently holds the title of “worlds smallest 1200w PSU”. If you are building a small form factor …