Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:
Computers: HP Spectre x360 13-inch (2021) Review: Slim Machine, Squat Screen
CPUs: 64 Cores of Rendering Madness: The AMD Threadripper Pro 3995WX Review, AMD's RYZEN and EPYC CPUs with Zen 4 in 5nm and with over 25% more IPC and 40% more overall performance than Zen 3?
Gaming: Little Nightmares 2 on Xbox will give you big nightmares, Little Nightmares II Review – Bigger, But Not Better, Olija Review, Persona 5 Strikers (PS4) Review - The Quintessential Road Trip, The RPG Files - Persona 5 Strikers Review, Persona 5 Strikers is a delightful character-building tour of Japan, Xbox Series X Review: Dream Machine
Headphones: Audio-Technica ATH-ANC300TW Review
Input: EVGA Z20 Gaming Keyboard Review, MSI Clutch GM41 Lightweight Gaming Mouse Review
Mobile: Fitbit Versa 3 review
Power: Fractal Design ION+ 560P 560W Power Supply Review
Storage: Corsair MP600 Pro SSD (2TB), Patriot Burst 960GB SATA SSD Review (inc. RAID 0 tests), Patriot Viper VPN100 1TB NVMe Review, Silicon Power UD70 PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD review
Other: The FlexiSpot E6 is a standing desk that knows when to stop
Computers:
Tom's Hardware: HP Spectre x360 13-inch (2021) Review: Slim Machine, Squat Screen
More than just good looks
HP Spectre x360 13-inch (2021) Review: Slim Machine, Squat Screen
CPUs:
Anandtech: 64 Cores of Rendering Madness: The AMD Threadripper Pro 3995WX Review
Knowing your market is a key fundamental of product planning, marketing, and distribution. There’s no point creating a product with no market, or finding you have something amazing but offer it to the wrong sort of customers. When AMD started offering high-core count Threadripper processors, the one market that took as many as they could get was the graphics design business – visual effects companies and those focused on rendering loved the core count, the memory support, all the PCIe lanes, and the price. But if there’s one thing more performance brings, it’s the desire for even more performance. Enter Threadripper Pro.
64 Cores of Rendering Madness: The AMD Threadripper Pro 3995WX Review
IgorsLAB: AMD's RYZEN and EPYC CPUs with Zen 4 in 5nm and with over 25% more IPC and 40% more overall performance than Zen 3?
Now that Zen 3 has been out for some time, one naturally wonders about AMD's next-generation CPU architecture for the Ryzen and EPYC CPUs, i.e. Zen 4 carries.
AMD's RYZEN and EPYC CPUs with Zen 4 in 5nm and with over 25% more IPC and 40% more overall performance than Zen 3?
Gaming:
Windows Central: Little Nightmares 2 on Xbox will give you big nightmares
Little Nightmares II builds on its predecessor in a big way, with an adventure that is broader in scope and deeper in delivery. Little Nightmares II is an instant classic and one of 2021's first must-play games.
Review: Little Nightmares 2 on Xbox will give you big nightmares
Wccftech: Little Nightmares II Review – Bigger, But Not Better
Little Nightmares II is bigger and more complex than its predecessor, but has this series lost its dark charm in the process of growing up?
Little Nightmares II Review – Bigger, But Not Better
OverclockersClub: Olija Review
A new year and a new crop of games to review, starting with Olija, a game where you play as Faraday, a survivor of a shipwreck now trapped in the land of Terraphage. Naturally your goal is to return home, which will require exploring this country and fighting many of its enemies in order to acquire the keys to the Shadow Gate that you and your crew can use to leave. You will also find various weapons to assist you, including a cursed harpoon that can be summoned back to you after throwing it, or you can teleport to, for sudden attacks and to cross large divides.
Olija Review
Wccftech: Persona 5 Strikers (PS4) Review - The Quintessential Road Trip
The Phantom Thieves of Hearts are back once again, swapping the Metaverse for social media, in the Dynasty Warriors-styled Persona 5 Strikers.
Persona 5 Strikers (PS4) Review - The Quintessential Road Trip
MMORPG.com: The RPG Files - Persona 5 Strikers Review
Persona 5 is back with its Musou/JRPG crossover, Strikers. How does this experience hold up and does the story it tell live up to the standard set by the massively popular JRPG? Here's our review.
The RPG Files - Persona 5 Strikers Review | MMORPG.com
Windows Central: Persona 5 Strikers is a delightful character-building tour of Japan
Persona 5 Strikers is a must-play for Persona fans, providing meaningful arcs for its protagonists as they work to defeat surprisingly sympathetic villains. It's also a charming tour of Japan that will leave you hungry.
Review: Persona 5 Strikers is a delightful character-building tour of Japan
TweakTown: Xbox Series X Review: Dream Machine
The Xbox Series X is a powerful, capable, and surprisingly versatile system that ushers in a new exciting era of console gaming.
Xbox Series X Review: Dream Machine
Headphones:
MMORPG.com: Audio-Technica ATH-ANC300TW Review
Audio-Technica is well known for the high-quality sound of its headphones and earbuds, but what happens when it tries its hand at a pair with active noise canceling? Find out in our review.
Audio-Technica ATH-ANC300TW Review | MMORPG.com
Input:
ThinkComputers: EVGA Z20 Gaming Keyboard Review
EVGA's Z20 gaming keyboard is a full-size keyboard featuring Light Strike optical mechanical switches, a 4000 Hz report rate, a ToF proximity sensor, and some pretty awesome RGB lighting. Let's go ahead and take a look!
EVGA Z20 Gaming Keyboard Review
eTeknix: MSI Clutch GM41 Lightweight Gaming Mouse Review
The battle for lightweight supremacy has been crazy this last year or so, with every brand trying to outmanoeuvre each other. The new generation of lighter gaming mice is proving a smash hit with gamers worldwide, especially in competitive gaming.
MSI Clutch GM41 Lightweight Gaming Mouse Review | eTeknix
Mobile:
DV Hardware: Fitbit Versa 3 review
The subject of this review is Versa 3 -- which got launched last year. This model offers continuous tracking of your heart rate, tracks your sleep, can help motivate you to get more active, tracks workouts, and estimates your blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) while you sleep.
Fitbit Versa 3 review - DV Hardware
Power:
The FPS Review: Fractal Design ION+ 560P 560W Power Supply Review
We put the Fractal Design ION+ 560P Platinum power supply on our test bench to see if it could deliver its rated wattages.
Fractal Design ION+ 560P 560W Power Supply Review - The FPS Review
Storage:
Hexus: Corsair MP600 Pro SSD (2TB)
Armed with the Phison E18 controller, is this the fastest consumer SSD of them all?
Corsair MP600 Pro SSD (2TB)
FunkyKit: Patriot Burst 960GB SATA SSD Review (inc. RAID 0 tests)
Over the past few years, the most popular storage for PC systems is SSD (solid state drive) in the M.2 form factor. This has over taken the once dominant SATA SSDs, which has been popular ...
Patriot Burst 960GB SATA SSD Review (inc. RAID 0 tests) - FunkyKit
OverclockersClub: Patriot Viper VPN100 1TB NVMe Review
With that being said, the Viper VPN100 is Patriot's top tier NVMe SSD that comes in 512GB, 1TB, and 2TB of storage providing an ample amount of storage for gamers and creative prosumers who are looking for quick load times and file access. While 1TB of storage that this review sample was equipped with, it is not the be-all-end-all for consumers who need to store a large amount of data. Rather an SSD that is geared to folks who are looking to put their most-used applications and data in a single location. Now I have given a little background of what type of users this drive is marketed towards, let's get it out of the package and into the test bench for a closer look.
Patriot Viper VPN100 1TB NVMe Review
The Guru of 3D: Silicon Power UD70 PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD review
Powered by a Phison 5012-E12S controller and paired with QLC NAND Silicon power offers a product that shapes up in nice volume size, 2TB UD70 series NVMe M2 SSDs. The series is not targeted at an ent...
Silicon Power UD70 PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD review
Other:
Windows Central: The FlexiSpot E6 is a standing desk that knows when to stop
The FlexiSpot E6 features FexiSpot's excellent quiet dual-motor design, with height levels ranging from 60cm to 123cm, slightly lower than the E5’s 62cm-125cm range. With the E6, you also get a tweaked leg design that’s much sturdier, and a new anti-collision system that will automatically stop the desk from raising or lowering when it detects any kind of notable restriction.
Review: The FlexiSpot E6 is a standing desk that knows when to stop
