Here is a roundup of today's reviews and articles:
Audio: FiiO M11S Portable High Resolution Music Player Review
Computers: Alienware M18 R1 Gaming Laptop Review, MINISFORUM Venus NPB5 Core i5-13500H Mini PC review
Cooling: Thermaltake TOUGHFAN 12 Pro Fan Review
Gaming: Goodbye Volcano High Review – Easygoing Extinction Event, Starfield Review: A Stunning Bethesda RPG for the Ages, Starfield Review - The Elder Space Scrolls Minus Bugs
Input: G-Wolves HSK Pro 4K Review
Power: The ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold PSU Review: Tough But Fair
Storage: AIC HA401-TU High-Availability SAS Storage Server Review, Cooler Master Oracle Air SSD Enclosure Review - external NVMe enclosure on USB 3.x and a new job for the Padman, KIOXIA CM7 Gen5 Enterprise SSD Review, Netac NV7000-t 1TB Review, Adata Legend 970 PCIe Gen5 2TB M.2 SSD Review
Audio:
NikKTech: FiiO M11S Portable High Resolution Music Player Review
The FiiO M11 was a very good Portable High Resolution Music Player when it was released back in 2019 and the latest M11S improves on many of its aspects (alas not all of them).
Computers:
TweakTown: Alienware M18 R1 Gaming Laptop Review
Alienware's new M18 R1 is one of the best gaming laptops available, offering top-level hardware at some incredible pricing. Here's our full review.
The Guru of 3D: MINISFORUM Venus NPB5 Core i5-13500H Mini PC review
The unit incorporates an Intel Core i5-13500H processor with 18M Cache, able to reach a peak clock speed of 4.70 GHz, making it proficient for office tasks and even moderate video editing operations.
Cooling:
Hardware Busters: Thermaltake TOUGHFAN 12 Pro Fan Review
The Thermaltake TOUGHFAN 12 Pro has a special fan blade design, to offer strong airflow and high static pressure. This means that the fan is suitable for use in chassis, air and liquid coolers. Read the full review to see how it performs on our Longwin fan testing machine.
Gaming:
Wccftech: Goodbye Volcano High Review – Easygoing Extinction Event
Is Goodbye Volcano High worthy of the outsized amount of attention that’s been paid to it? Or is the end result a brontosaurus-sized letdown?
BabelTechReviews: Starfield Review: A Stunning Bethesda RPG for the Ages
Bethesda’s RPG exceeds expectations but also has the expected Jank that will eventually be fixed. For all the pre-launch chatter and years of build-up, we ... Read more
Wccftech: Starfield Review - The Elder Space Scrolls Minus Bugs
Starfield is, for better or worse, a Bethesda game. It compensates a lack of innovation with the most refined launch ever seen by the studio.
Input:
TechPowerUp: G-Wolves HSK Pro 4K Review
Similarly to the Zaunkoenig M2K, the HSK Pro 4K is designed exclusively for fingertip grip. Despite weighing no more than 26 g, the HSK Pro 4K even comes with proper side buttons, along with PixArt's PAW3395 sensor, Zippy main button switches, and true 4000 Hz wireless polling.
Power:
Anandtech: The ASUS TUF Gaming 850W Gold PSU Review: Tough But Fair
Though ASUS as a company needs no introduction to regular AnandTech readers, even for us its easy to overlook just how vast their range of product lines is these days. As the company has moved beyond PC motherboards and core components to kept diversifying over the years, theyve established whole subsidiary brand names in the process, such as the “Republic of Gamers” or “ROG”. Nowadays, the ASUS logo can be found on almost every PC component and peripheral there is, from mouse pads to gaming laptops.
Storage:
ServeTheHome: AIC HA401-TU High-Availability SAS Storage Server Review
In our AIC HA401-TU reivew, we see how this 4U dual node high-availability SAS3 storage chassis is built and what makes it unique
IgorsLAB: Cooler Master Oracle Air SSD Enclosure Review - external NVMe enclosure on USB 3.x and a new job for the Padman
In today's review, I took a closer look at Cooler Master's Oracle Air because I still had it stored on the shelf of good deeds waiting for redemption. Anyone
StorageReview: KIOXIA CM7 Gen5 Enterprise SSD Review
The KIOXIA CM7 SSD presents a significant step forward in the enterprise storage landscape as Gen5 SSDs start to hit the market.
APH Networks: Netac NV7000-t 1TB Review
The Netac NV7000-t 1TB is here and ready to rumble in the budget PCIe 4.0-based NVMe SSD market, hitting well in performance for its price point.
PC Inquisitor: Adata Legend 970 PCIe Gen5 2TB M.2 SSD Review
Do lower temperatures courtesy of Adata’s Legend 970 integrated fan boost performance as well as longevity?