Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:
Audio: Creative Sound Blaster X4 Review - A Great Sound Card, Now Even Better
Cooling: Noctua Fan Upgrade in a Retro PC Power Supply
Gaming: EA Play 2022 review: Fantastic value for flagship EA games, The Waylanders Review - Harsh is the Life of a Celtic Warrior
Graphics Cards: AMD Radeon Pro W6400 Review: Low Power RDNA 2 For Budget Workstations
Input: AMD Radeon Pro W6400 Review: Low Power RDNA 2 For Budget Workstations, MSI Vigor GK50 Low Profile TKL keyboard review
Motherboards: Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master Review: Overbuilt, M.2 Abundance
Storage: Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB Review - Superb Game Load Times, Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2TB SSD Review - PS5 Heatsink, Synology DiskStation DS3622xs+ Review
Audio:
TechPowerUp: Creative Sound Blaster X4 Review - A Great Sound Card, Now Even Better
The Creative Sound Blaster X4 is a direct successor to the excellent Sound Blaster X3. This external USB sound card keeps everything good about its predecessor and adds a couple of interesting additions to the mix, most notably SmartComm Kit—a combination of features aimed at improving our online call quality.
Creative Sound Blaster X4 Review - A Great Sound Card, Now Even Better
Cooling:
Hardware Asylum: Noctua Fan Upgrade in a Retro PC Power Supply
This might be one of the most beneficial upgrades you can do to ANY Retro PC, not only are the fans old and likely wore out but, the more efficient Noctua designs will not only flow more air but will reduce the noise ceiling considerably.
Noctua Fan Upgrade in a Retro PC Power Supply
Gaming:
Windows Central: EA Play 2022 review: Fantastic value for flagship EA games
Electronic Arts carry their re-branded EA Play service into 2022 with more games than ever. We take a look into whether it's still worth the money in this review.
EA Play 2022 review: Fantastic value for flagship EA games
Wccftech: The Waylanders Review - Harsh is the Life of a Celtic Warrior
The Waylanders is a competent RPG with a very interesting setting and solid writing, but it's affected by several glaring issues.
The Waylanders Review - Harsh is the Life of a Celtic Warrior
Graphics Cards:
HotHardware: AMD Radeon Pro W6400 Review: Low Power RDNA 2 For Budget Workstations
The new AMD Radeon Pro W6400 features the low-power Navi 24 GPU and targets entry-level workstations.
AMD Radeon Pro W6400 Review: Low Power RDNA 2 For Budget Workstations
Input:
TechPowerUp: Genesis RX85 RGB Mechanical Keyboard Review
The Genesis RX85 RGB is a full-size keyboard that comes with a dedicated volume wheel, plenty of pre-programmed controls for function and form, and software drivers for further customization. It uses the Kailh Brown switches and PBT keycaps to attract customers with a reasonable price, albeit in specific regions only.
Genesis RX85 RGB Mechanical Keyboard Review
The Guru of 3D: MSI Vigor GK50 Low Profile TKL keyboard review
The MSI Vigor GK50 Low Profile TKL keyboard is the one we’re reviewing today. Another week, another MSI keyboard (previously, it was the Vigor GK71 Sonic). This time around, a TKL version of the model has been available for some time on the market. The GK50 Low Profile is the name of it. So what are the differences here? As you’d probably know by yourself, mainly it’s the lack of the numeric part of the keyboard. Tenkeyless form factor provides a wider and larger space for your mouse swipes for the ideal gaming setup.
MSI Vigor GK50 Low Profile TKL keyboard review
Motherboards:
Tom's Hardware: Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master Review: Overbuilt, M.2 Abundance
Upper Mid-range pricing ($469.99), with matching features and good looks
Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master Review: Overbuilt, M.2 Abundance
Storage:
TechPowerUp: Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB Review - Superb Game Load Times
The Corsair MP600 Pro LPX is optimized for gaming on Sony PlayStation 5 and the PC. In our review's real-world game load tests we saw a clear lead in load times compared to other flagship SSDs like the Samsung 980 Pro and WD Black NVMe. Thanks to the preinstalled heatsink there's no thermal throttling either.
Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB Review - Superb Game Load Times
TweakTown: Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2TB SSD Review - PS5 Heatsink
Corsair brings its MP600 Pro series with Micron B47R flash to the PS5 with its new MP600 Pro LPX with a heat sink made for PS5.
Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2TB SSD Review - PS5 Heatsink
StorageReview: Synology DiskStation DS3622xs+ Review
The Synology DiskStation DS3622xs+ is a large 12-bay NAS for business. While it includes 10GbE onboard, it is missing built-in M.2 SSD slots.
Synology DiskStation DS3622xs+ Review
