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XFX Radeon RX 470 RS 4GB Hard Swap Triple X Review Leave it to XFX to come up with swappable fans for their elite lineup of AMD-based graphics cards. On the bench today we have the XFX Radeon RX 470 RS 4GB Hard Swap Triple X which is packed with geeky …

INTRODUCTION The Patriot Memory Company is known primarily for their memory related products including memory modules, USB flash drives, SSDs and flash memory cards. They also boast a diverse roster of peripherals such as cooling solutions, storage and add-on cards. They’ve recently decided to follow the trend of most other …

MasterCase Maker 5t Hello hardware enthusiasts. Cooler Master has unveiled their latest addition to the MasterCase series, the MasterCase Maker 5t. While any case from the MasterCase series can be made into whatever type of build you want, the Maker 5t is aimed specifically at the top-tier gamer. The MasterCase …

Razer ManO’War 7.1 Gaming Headset The audio portion of computers has advanced light years over the initial offerings some decades back. A multimedia computer kit consisted of a 1x CDROM, a small set of unamplified speakers and a Sound Blaster or Adlib card and cost $269. Now you can enjoy …

SilverStone Tundra Series TD02-Slim AIO Liquid Cooler Review Introduction SilverStone is a Taiwan-based company that offers a variety of PC products including computer cases, power supplies and most importantly for our purposes here, coolers. The SilverStone Tundra TD02-Slim is the new slim version of its predecessor, the Tundra TD02. The …

Razer DeathAdder Elite Razer has never hesitates to improve on existing products and remarket them, as is the case with the new . The DeathAdder Elite got a facelift and the most precise Optical Sensor made, a 5G 16,000 DPI scaling sensor that tracks at 450″ per second. The DeathAdder Elite …

INTRODUCTION VisionTek is most widely known for their graphics cards and SSDs, but they also offer a wide range of technology accessories for everyday use. Today we are looking at the VisionTek BTi65 wireless speaker, a compact and portable device that is designed for use in an active lifestyle. The …

Razer Gigantus Black Edition Ever run out of real estate during that critical e-battle, run that mouse right off the mat in an attempt to sweep the battlefield for the sniper zeroing in on the head shot? If you need more real estate for your mouse to roam on, Razer …

INTRODUCTION Earlier this year Cooler Master released their MasterLiquid Pro 120 and 240 models of AIO liquid cooling solutions. Cooler Master has stated that they have user that want to push their systems to the next level in mind with the MasterLiquid Pro series. Utilizing their holistic approach to controlling …

Corsair Vengeance LED 2666MHz Today we are taking a look at . It’s a high-density kit of 2 x 16GB sticks and has top mounted red LEDs. It’s been a while since we have seen any high quality LED kits on our bench and they are well overdue. This kit …

INTRODUCTION Where is a company supposed to go after putting all the bells and whistles into a top-end gaming mouse? There are only so many RGB lights that can be added before the device becomes too obnoxious, and adding more buttons to a mouse with 20+ existing buttons is just …

Kingston HyperX Cloud Revolver Review Faced with a myriad of choices for headsets, it’s hard to choose just one headset for all your needs. Kingston’s HyperX Cloud Revolver addresses the one headset problem and uses a standard 3.5mm jack suitable for mobile devices like phones and tablets and perfect for …

Introduction The Corsair M65 PRO RGB is the latest iteration of the M65 FPS gaming mouse. The most notable change being the upgraded internals. Corsair has chosen a PMW3360 sensor which bumps the M65 PRO RGB up to a 12K DPI capability. The M65 PRO RGB is a purpose-built peripheral …

Cooler Master MasterPulse Pro Headset The Cooler Master MasterPulse Pro Headset is an over-ear headset with an inline soundcard and virtual 7.1 surround sound as well as Bass FX technology. Cooler Master decided to get on the RGB bandwagon with this design and the logo on the headset is RGB and …

Kingston HyperX Savage 16GB Dual-Channel 3000MHz DDR4 Review  (HX430C15SB2K2/16) 15-17-17 VS 15-16-16 Timings For as long as we can remember, the debate between looser and tighter timings has been raging, with sites reviewing different manufacturers kits with slightly different timings to try and settle that debate. We one upped that format …

Thermaltake Riing 12 LED RGB LED Radiator Fans Leave it to Thermaltake to come up with with Riing LED RGB LED Radiator fans! As enthusiasts we all want to have that eye catching machine that takes peoples breath away. We also want practical bling that serves a specific purpose and …

INTRODUCTION Designed with mainstream desktop and laptop devices in mind, the OCZ VX500 SSD utilizes Toshiba’s MLC NAND to usher in a replacement for the Vector 180. The VX500 falls in between the budget-oriented Trion 150 drives, and the blazing-fast RD400 NVMe offering. Offering 128GB, 256GB, 512GB and 1TB sizes, …

SilverStone Tundra Series TD02-Lite AIO Water Cooling Since the inception of computers, the processors have been driven harder and faster with every generation. Then add overclockers wanting to run 24/7 overclocks beyond the range of air coolers, and several techniques were developed. Peltiers, dedicated CPU air conditioning, then some decided …

Introduction Seagate has recently announced their Guardian Series of hard drives that delivers storage capacity up to 10TB, that is 10,000 GB! It is crazy to even think about what to do with that much storage space. We believe that fora typical household, if you consolidate all of the gadgets …

VisionTek 240GB TLC 7mm SATA III Internal 2.5″ SSD RAID 0 The VisionTek 240GB TLC 7mm SATA III SSD features a Silicon Motion SM2256 controller specifically built for TLC Nand flash. The SSD industry has been talking about Triple-Level Cell for several years but the lack of a strong enough controller that …

Corsair Gaming K70 LUX RGB Mechanical Keyboard Cherry MX RGB Looking for a keyboard for gaming to carry you into the next decade? Look no further than the Corsair Gaming K70 LUX RGB Mechanical Keyboard, an excellent, feature-rich keyboard. The wallet ding on the Corsair K79 LUX RGB is currently $159.99 which …

Introduction Lenovo is a Chinese international company that designs, builds and sells all types of consumer and industrial electronics, including smartphones, desktops, servers, notebooks, tablets and other electronics we use in our everyday lives. Here in the United States, most users are most familiar with the Thinkpad line, which was …

INTRODUCTION Kingston’s HyperX Cloud line of headsets have historically been top-notch. And while many gaming headsets come with a premium price, Kingston has taken note, and released the HyperX Cloud Stinger. This stereo headset features a very basic design and feature set, but that doesn’t mean you should skip right …

HIS RX 480 IceQ X2 Roaring Turbo 8GB Review HIS has a long history of producing high quality video cards and is a 1st Tier AIB partner with AMD. Their video cards have been renowned worldwide as performance-leading graphics cards and are more well known in the Euro market than …

CoolerMaster V550 Fully Modulated 80+ Gold PSU The Cooler Master V550 80+ Gold fully Modulated PSU is aimed at consumers who want a PSU that has all the technological advances and efficiency of the larger modals, without the need for all the power. The V550 has been updated from the …

Introduction Samsung shipped the world’s first 3D NAND SSD in 2013 and has enjoyed great success with drives such as the 850 Pro, 950 Pro, and 850 Evo that all come packed with 3D V-NAND and deliver exceptional performance. It’s amazing how Samsung has been able to dominate the market …

Marshall Major II Bluetooth Headphones Marshall is a well-known brand going back decades whose name has become synonymous with the music industry. It is well known for guitar amplifiers that have been used by many great artists throughout history, including ones found in the different music halls of fame. Marshall branched …

INTRODUCTION Crucial is back with a new revision of their MX series of SSDs, and this time around the MX300 750GB features Micron’s latest 3D NAND, promising improved performance and greater endurance. While the 750GB model of the MX300 line is touted as being “Limited Edition”, this was just for …

ASUS Strix ROG GeForce GTX 1060 6GB The  at a $329.99 initial price and with all the ROG Strix bells and whistles we would put it in the GTX 1060 Luxury video card category. Packed with Pascal technology on a 16nm process with a 200mm² die it gets half the …

Introduction Enermax has a long history in the PC hardware industry dating back to 1990. Throughout its history, it has strived to innovate and push boundaries; today that boundary is the new D.F. Pressure fans. Fans are something we generally don’t pay much attention to when it comes to building …

ASUS ROG Strix Gaming RX 480 8GB ASUS has done it again and “Strixed” the RX 480 with all the Strix bells and whistles. Direct CU III cooling solution, 3 Wing Blade fans, ASUS Fan Connect, Auto Extreme Technology, Aura Lighting, VR friendly HDMI ports and tosses in GPU Tweak …

Bequiet Dark Rock Pro 3 Modern computers need active cooling on the CPU and there’s to mainstream methods of cooling, Air and Water Cooling. Generally we prefer water cooling but at times a CPU air cooler of magnanimous proportions hits the market and we have to take a look at …

INTRODUCTION RGB. It’s an acronym you just can’t escape these days in the PC component world. Just about every component you can think of now offers at least some form of RGB lighting. Motherboards have backlighting, glowing logos and even add-in card clips. Cases can be lit up to match …

MasterKeys Lite L Combo with RGB Cooler Master has a long dedicated tradition of producing great quality gaming peripherals at an affordable price. In this case the MasterKeys Lite L Combo with RGB, a RBG Keyboard and Mouse combo with a MSRP of $59. For your $59 dollars you get a …

PowerColor Red Devil RX 470 4GB Landing on the test bench today we are lucky enough to test the PowerColor Radeon Red Devil RX 470 4GB GDDR5 video card with it’s Polaris 10 based 14nm FinFET design. This Polaris 10 variant Ellesmere PRO is a change up in strategy for AMD. …

EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 Once again, EVGA has graced us by sending the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0. This time it’s the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 with it’s Pascal GPU. The Pascal GPU is NVIDIA’s most advanced GPU core ever …

Gamers swear by their mechanical keyboards, as they give gamers the tactile feedback that is needed for quick firing in games. Each gamer has his/her own preferred switch depending on the type of the games, and it is hard to say that one switch that works for one gamer would …

Razer Naga Hex V2 Razer has released a new version of the Naga Hex, aptly named the Naga Hex V2 and added the Chroma feature to its bag of tricks. This version strangely has seven buttons in the “Hex” pad, defying the definition of hex, but it’s definitely from the …

Cooler Master NOTEPAL ERGOSTAND LITE When you have that laptop sitting on your lap and things start to heat up it can become uncomfortable. Laptops seem to go from warm to hot, and sitting on your lap can produce a red area that isn’t healthy. It’s not only unpleasant at …

Corsair: ML120 PRO LED White 120mm Premium Magnetic Levitation Fan Fans are often an overlooked component in computer builds. We order a case with the features we need and hope for the best on the fans included with the chassis. Now there are cases that come with great fans and …