Here is a roundup of today's reviews and articles:
Cooling: ARCTIC Summair Plus | Lounge
CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D CPU Review: The Best Budget Gaming Chip For AM4, AMD Ryzen 5 7600 vs Ryzen 5 7600X CPU Review
Displays: AOC Q24G2A 165Hz 24" IPS Gaming Monitor Review, HP OMEN 34c review: A curved ultrawide monitor that mostly shines in games at 165Hz with a 1ms response
Gaming: After Us Xbox review: Somber and emotional world, bland platforming
Headphones: Creative Zen Air True Wireless In-Ear Headphones with ANC Review, NZXT Relay Gaming Headset Review - A bit too flat sound in the completely wrong price range
Power: Cooler Master V850i Gold PSU Review
Printers: Sovol SV07 Review: Klipper-Powered 3D Printers for Beginners
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD (with heatsink) Review
Cooling:
APH Networks: ARCTIC Summair Plus | Lounge
Summer is a hot season for a handful of reasons. The most obvious one is the fact the weather is warmer, and the sun is out quite a bit more. This inherently makes both the days and nights hotter. In fact, Calgary has been getting several "heat warnings" due to daily temperatures being above 29c or evening temperatures above 14c. These temperatures might be considered average or even cold for residents down south. However, I also know summer is a time for people to enjoy the great outdoors, as they can dress down and enjoy the warmer environment. Whether this means hiking in the mountains or spending a day at a lake or a beach, the heat brings a lot of people outside. This can also include things like music festivals, street markets, strolling in your park, or having a picnic. Summer also necessitates the invention of the air conditioner and I for one am quite glad for it, as I mentioned in my review of the Thermaltake The Tower 500. However, air conditioning is only useful if you are at home or in your car. What happens when you want to be outdoors and still stay cool? Today's product, the ARCTIC Summair Plus, could be your solution. This is meant to be a portable desktop fan with a battery built in so that you can bring it along on all your adventures. ARCTIC is no stranger to cooling and they have even built consumer-facing fans like this in the past, as seen with the Breeze Pro and Breeze Mobile in 2010. However, how does this portable solution work today? Will it keep me cool both indoors and outdoors? Let us read on to find out!
CPUs:
Wccftech: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D CPU Review: The Best Budget Gaming Chip For AM4
The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D CPU is one of the best gaming chips for budget AM4 users as it rivals the Core i9-12900K at just $229 US.
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D CPU Review: The Best Budget Gaming Chip For AM4
The FPS Review: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 vs Ryzen 5 7600X CPU Review
How well does the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 perform compared to the Ryzen 5 7600X? Very well actually, is it the best budget-oriented AM5 build? Yes.
Displays:
eTeknix: AOC Q24G2A 165Hz 24" IPS Gaming Monitor Review
Theres no shortage of big and fast gaming monitors these days, actually, but the prices can get crazy pretty quickly if you want both a large panel and a high refresh rate, and even more so if you want one thats good!
Windows Central: HP OMEN 34c review: A curved ultrawide monitor that mostly shines in games at 165Hz with a 1ms response
A fast ultrawide monitor with a simple setup for smooth gaming.
Gaming:
Windows Central: After Us Xbox review: Somber and emotional world, bland platforming
After Us is heartbreaking and frequently stunning, but its gameplay and level design hold it back.
After Us Xbox review: Somber and emotional world, bland platforming
Headphones:
Mad Shrimps: Creative Zen Air True Wireless In-Ear Headphones with ANC Review
To test out the Zen Air, we did fire up some YouTube clips with music, but also vlogs and documentaries. The voices were crisp, with a good amount of bass for the small size of the drivers versus fully-fledged headphones; when listening to tracks via the dedicated SXFI App, the holography is quite...
[M] [M] Creative Zen Air True Wireless In-Ear Headphones with ANC Review
IgorsLAB: NZXT Relay Gaming Headset Review - A bit too flat sound in the completely wrong price range
I admit, the NZXT Relay Gaming Headset was a bit of a technical challenge, so I had to do a bit of detective work while taking measurements. I will test the app
NZXT Relay Gaming Headset Review - A bit too flat sound in the completely wrong price range
Power:
Hardware Busters: Cooler Master V850i Gold PSU Review
The Cooler Master V850i is a high-performance unit, using an interesting platform by an OEM which I had quite some time to meet, Chicony Power. This OEM has a strong name in the PSU business and I am happy to see Cooler Master using it.
Printers:
Tom's Hardware: Sovol SV07 Review: Klipper-Powered 3D Printers for Beginners
Klipper the easy way.
Sovol SV07 Review: Klipper-Powered 3D Printers for Beginners
Storage:
FunkyKit: Crucial P5 Plus 2TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD (with heatsink) Review
Today we will present to you, the refreshed version of the P5 Plus SSD from Crucial. This new version comes with a heatsink that promises to keep temperatures
