Here is a roundup of today's reviews and articles:
Casing: XPG Valor Air Plus Mid-Tower Chassis Review, be quiet! Pure Base 501 Airflow Window & 501 LX Chassis Review. The good gets better!
Computers: Apple’s new Mac Studio delivers stellar performance in M3 Ultra form, The MacBook Air isn't just a strong performer in a pretty new color — here's why it's also a great value
Cooling: be quiet! Pure Rock Pro 3 Air Cooler Review, Segotep HQ12 PRO 120mm Fan Review
CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review, AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review - The all-round X3D chip we've been waiting for, AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review: The Top Multi-Core Gaming CPU!, Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review: A New Level of Zen for Gaming PCs, AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review: Stunning gaming performance meets top-tier productivity, Ryzen 9 9950X X3D Review - Is AMD finally closing the bag for this year?, AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D Review, AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D review vs 7950X3D, performance benchmark in gaming, Office, productivity, AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU Review: Dominant, No Compromise Performance, AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review - Great for Gaming and Productivity
Displays: Dough Spectrum Black 32 Review
Gaming: Two Point Museum Review - Two Point At Its Best, WWE 2K25 Review – The Island of Lost Potential
Graphics Cards: Acer RX 9070 Nitro OC
Storage: Apacer Endurance Gen4 x4 NAS SSD 1TB Review, Adata SC740 1TB External SSD Review
Casing:
TweakTown: XPG Valor Air Plus Mid-Tower Chassis Review
XPG's Valor Air Plus offers exceptional value for a compact mid-tower case. It comes with four 120mm fans, providing excellent ventilation at a low cost.
Hardware Busters: be quiet! Pure Base 501 Airflow Window & 501 LX Chassis Review. The good gets better!
The Pure Base 501 packs a punch and hits hard, way above its chassis-class! It has enough space for all your necessary components, and yet, it is compact and understated. You want a vertical GPU? Pre-installed fans? Magnetic dust filters everywhere? Support for a total of seven storage drives? Keep reeding to find out how the 501 can provide all of the above and more!
Computers:
Tom's Hardware: Apple’s new Mac Studio delivers stellar performance in M3 Ultra form
Apple’s new Mac Studio doesn’t look different on the outside, but there are plenty of performance upgrades under the hood
Apple’s new Mac Studio delivers stellar performance in M3 Ultra form
Tom's Hardware: The MacBook Air isn't just a strong performer in a pretty new color — here's why it's also a great value
We put our 15-inch review unit and its M4 SoC through its paces.
Cooling:
EnosTech.com: be quiet! Pure Rock Pro 3 Air Cooler Review
The new budget coolers from be quiet! are looking to shake things up in the market
Hardware Busters: Segotep HQ12 PRO 120mm Fan Review
The Segotep HQ12 PRO 120mm fan costs 11.5 dollars, offering ARGB lighting and a daisy-chain option. Read the full review to find out whether its price is fair, or it could be lower.
CPUs:
LanOC Reviews: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
AMD has been busy, not only did we just have their first RDNA 4 based GPUs launched last week with the RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 but they also announced on Friday that their latest Radeon 9 X3D CPUs would be hitting stores on March 12th. Well, today the performance embargo lifts on those and I’ve got the AMD Radeon 9 9950X3D on hand to put to the test before they hit stores tomorrow. Back in November, I took a look at the Ryzen 7 9800X3D that we liked enough to use with our GPU test bench. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D takes the already very capable Radeon 9 9950X with its 16 cores and 5.7 GHz max boost and adds in the 2nd generation AMD 3D V-Cache. A lot of gamers will recognize the X3D model designation because AMDs 3D V-Cache CPUs have been dominating the market when it comes to gaming for a few generations now. The 9950X3D brings that technology up to the top of their CPU product stack for those who want great gaming performance but also need the highest-end CPU capabilities as well.
Vortez: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review
AMD unveils their next 3D V-Cache based processor gracing the Ryzen 9 lineup. Enter the Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU.
TweakTown: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review - The all-round X3D chip we've been waiting for
AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X is a chip that delivers on all fronts. It combines the multi-threaded grunt of the 9950X with the gaming prowess of the 9800X3D.
Hardware Busters: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review: The Top Multi-Core Gaming CPU!
The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D aims on continuing the legacy of the the Ryzen 9 7950X3D, which was among the fastest gaming processors, also offering high performance in applications requiring many CPU cores.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review: The Top Multi-Core Gaming CPU! - Hardware Busters
The Guru of 3D: Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review: A New Level of Zen for Gaming PCs
We benchmark and review the processor that gamers have been waiting on, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. Armed with an extra chunk of cache the processor with sixteen superb CPU cores. And now, the second Ryzen 9000X3D processor is the Ryzen 9 9950X3D with a lot of break horsepower under that hood.
Tom's Hardware: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review: Stunning gaming performance meets top-tier productivity
16-core monster ties the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in gaming.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review: Stunning gaming performance meets top-tier productivity
IgorsLAB: Ryzen 9 9950X X3D Review - Is AMD finally closing the bag for this year?
AMD now has another ace up its sleeve with the Ryzen 9 9950 X3D, while Intel is stuck in a self-inflicted drought. The X3D technology, which comes with an additional 3D V-Cache, shows once again that AMD knows exactly where to start in order to squeeze the maximum gaming added value out of the existing architecture. The Zen 5 substructure is provided with another thick layer of L3 cache in this iteration, which reduces latencies and makes game developers and gamers alike drool. The fact that the whole thing runs more energy-efficiently than many a hot-runner from Intel’s portfolio is just the icing on the cake of an already well-thought-out strategy.
Ryzen 9 9950X X3D Review - Is AMD finally closing the bag for this year?
KitGuru: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D Review
AMD announced the Ryzen 9 9900X3D at CES 2025 which allies twelve cores of Zen 5 goodness with a slab of 2nd Gen V-Cache. This approach works superbly well with the Ryzen 7 9800X3D and today we find out how well it works in a grunty Ryzen 9.
Neowin: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D review vs 7950X3D, performance benchmark in gaming, Office, productivity
Today we are pitching AMDs newest top desktop processor which includes the newly revealed 3D V-Cache layer, against its predecessor, the 7950X3D.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D review vs 7950X3D, performance benchmark in gaming, Office, productivity
HotHardware: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU Review: Dominant, No Compromise Performance
The new AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D pairs Zen 5 with 2nd Generation 3D V-Cache to enhance perfomance, increase clocks, and enable more overclocking
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU Review: Dominant, No Compromise Performance
TechPowerUp: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review - Great for Gaming and Productivity
The new AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D brings Zen 5 with 3D V-Cache to the high-end. This new $700 flagship offers the best application performance, beating even the 9950X, and at the same time you get a fantastic gaming experience that's better than any other non-X3D processor on the market.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review - Great for Gaming and Productivity
Displays:
TechPowerUp: Dough Spectrum Black 32 Review
The Dough Spectrum Black 32 is a community-(co)developed 32-inch 4K OLED gaming monitor, offering lightning-fast response times, very low input lag, and Dual-Mode functionality, which transforms it from 4K@240 Hz to Full HD@480 Hz in an attempt to give you a competitive edge in multiplayer shooters.
Gaming:
Wccftech: Two Point Museum Review - Two Point At Its Best
I had the pleasure of reviewing Two Point Museum, the latest game in the Two Point franchise. Needless to say, it was amazing.
Wccftech: WWE 2K25 Review – The Island of Lost Potential
Does WWE 2K25 continue the series’ upward momentum? Or does it make some unfortunate high-risk moves?
Graphics Cards:
LanOC Reviews: Acer RX 9070 Nitro OC
For AMDs upcoming GPU launch there had been rumors for months but this past week AMD confirmed that they were launching both the Radeon RX 9070 and Radeon RX 9070 XT. Both cards being their first RDNA 4 architecture cards. Today the performance embargo for both cards lifts and we can check out how they perform ahead of them hitting stores tomorrow. So let's dive in and find out how they compare to yesterday's announced RTX 5070 and more!
Storage:
eTeknix: Apacer Endurance Gen4 x4 NAS SSD 1TB Review
Apacer has a long history of high-performance and high-quality storage and memory products. While I know them best for their high-end memory kits, it looks like today, we'll be playing with some more unique. Their new SSD is designed specifically for use in NAS systems. Of course, many of the most popular NAS devices use hard drives, largely due to their lower cost per gigabyte, and massive capacities compared to SSD technology. However, one can not simply ignore the sheer speed of SSD technology and the benefits this may have to your network storage.
PC Inquisitor: Adata SC740 1TB External SSD Review
Will Adata’s half-priced USB 3.2 portable drive push past a crowd of expensive USB4 and Thunderbolt 4 solutions?
