Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:
Cases: Silverstone FARA B1 Mid-Tower Case Review, XPG BattleCruiser Super Mid-Tower Review
Computers: Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 1 (AMD) Review: Slim Ryzen for the Office
Gaming: Battletoads 2020 Review
Graphics Cards: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Reportedly Packs 16 GB of VRAM – 6 GB More than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, Custom GeForce RTX 3090 Rated at over 400 Watts Spotted, GeForce RTX 3080 FE GPGPU Compute Workstation Performance, MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio Graphics Card Review, Simple pad mod for the GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition lowers the GDDR6X temperature by 8 degrees, ZOTAC GAMING RTX 3080 Trinity Graphics Card Review, ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3080 Trinity Review
Headphones: Thermaltake Isurus Pro V2 Review
Input: HyperX Alloy Elite 2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review, Logitech MX Anywhere 3 Review: Big Productivity, Small Wireless Mouse
Memory: Team Group T-Force Xtreem ARGB DDR4-3600 CL14 2x8GB Review: The Ultimate Ryzen Kit
Microphones: Blue Yeti X
Mobile: Apple Watch SE vs Series 6 - Is it Worth $120-170 More?!
Motherboards: Aorus Z490 Master Motherboard Review, The ASRock Z490 PG Velocita Motherboard Review: It Means SPEED, Supermicro X12SAE Review - Intel Xeon W-1200 Series Motherboard
Networking: devolo Magic 2 WiFi next Multiroom Kit Review
Cases:
ThinkComputers: Silverstone FARA B1 Mid-Tower Case Review
The Fara B1 from Silverstone is a light-weight, compact mid-tower case. The Fara B1 ticks all the boxes you'd expect from a mid-tower case with ample cooling options for fans or radiations, support for up to 4 2.5" drives, and a tinted tempered glass side panel.
Silverstone FARA B1 Mid-Tower Case Review
MMORPG.com: XPG BattleCruiser Super Mid-Tower Review
Looking for an innovating, fully featured, and great looking case? ADATA may have you covered with the XPG Battlecruiser Super Mid-Tower chassis. Read on for our full review.
XPG BattleCruiser Super Mid-Tower Review
Computers:
Tom's Hardware: Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 1 (AMD) Review: Slim Ryzen for the Office
The Lenovo X13’s AMD 4000 series CPU beats competition while costing you less
Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 1 (AMD) Review: Slim Ryzen for the Office
Gaming:
MMORPG.com: Not So MMO: Battletoads 2020 Review
Jonathan is an unabashed Battletoads fan from his childhood. So when Microsoft released its first title in the franchise in over two decades, naturally he was eager to check it out. Check out his thoughts in the latest Not So MMO review.
Not So MMO: Battletoads 2020 Review
Graphics Cards:
The FPS Review: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Reportedly Packs 16 GB of VRAM – 6 GB More than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Serial leaker _rogame has confirmed the purported memory sizes for AMD's upcoming Radeon RX 6000 Series graphics cards.
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Reportedly Packs 16 GB of VRAM – 6 GB More than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 - The FPS Review
The FPS Review: Custom GeForce RTX 3090 Rated at over 400 Watts Spotted
Something that has stood out with the RTX 30 series is their increased power requirements and now a custom RTX 3090 is upping it further.
Custom GeForce RTX 3090 Rated at over 400 Watts Spotted - The FPS Review
The FPS Review: GeForce RTX 3080 FE GPGPU Compute Workstation Performance
See how the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition performs in GPGPU, Compute and Workstation benchmarks.
GeForce RTX 3080 FE GPGPU Compute Workstation Performance - The FPS Review
Wccftech: MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio Graphics Card Review
MSI has finally launched the GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio, based on the Ampere GPU, which I will be testing today in this review.
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio Graphics Card Review
IgorsLAB: Simple pad mod for the GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition lowers the GDDR6X temperature by 8 degrees
I had recently already measured it in the article "GDDR6X at the limit? Over 100 degrees measured inside of the chip with the GeForce RTX 3080 FE!" and noted,
Simple pad mod for the GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition lowers the GDDR6X temperature by 8 degrees
eTeknix: ZOTAC GAMING RTX 3080 Trinity Graphics Card Review
I’m a long time fan of Zotac, as they typically design their hardware to really stand out from the crowd. From ultra-compact PCs to outlandish gaming systems. Then they have their graphics cards, which are always very competitive when it comes to price, but also their flagship models have often proved to be some of the best out there. Today, however, we’re looking at the RTX 3080 Trinity, it’s an MSRP card from Zotac, which is to say somewhat similar to a founders/base model in terms of specifications and price.
ZOTAC GAMING RTX 3080 Trinity Graphics Card Review | eTeknix
TweakTown: ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3080 Trinity Review
ZOTAC's new GeForce RTX 3080 Trinity is our second custom RTX 3080, so how does it stack up against the RTX 3080 Founders Edition?
ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3080 Trinity Review
Headphones:
TechPowerUp: Thermaltake Isurus Pro V2 Review
The Thermaltake Isurus Pro V2 is an inexpensive $40 in-ear gaming headset primarily meant for mobile gamers, although also fully compatible with any platform with an analog audio input/output. It offers a couple of features that differentiate it from "regular" wired in-ear headphones, such as a detachable steel headband and a microphone mute switch.
Thermaltake Isurus Pro V2 Review
Input:
TweakTown: HyperX Alloy Elite 2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review
HyperX's new Alloy Elite 2 mechanical gaming keyboard gets put under the spotlight as we see if you should buy it or not.
HyperX Alloy Elite 2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review
Tom's Hardware: Logitech MX Anywhere 3 Review: Big Productivity, Small Wireless Mouse
If only Logitech shrunk the price too
Logitech MX Anywhere 3 Review: Big Productivity, Small Wireless Mouse
Memory:
Tom's Hardware: Team Group T-Force Xtreem ARGB DDR4-3600 CL14 2x8GB Review: The Ultimate Ryzen Kit
This kit outshines the rest.
Team Group T-Force Xtreem ARGB DDR4-3600 CL14 2x8GB Review: The Ultimate Ryzen Kit
Microphones:
LanOC Reviews: Blue Yeti X
With more and more people working from home, taking up streaming as a potential side gig, and others just looking to improve their audio quality. Desktop microphones have taken off in popularity, even with microphones on gaming headsets finally starting to improve. One of the biggest names in desktop microphones for PCs has been the brand Blue with their Snowball microphone as well as their Yeti Microphone. Well, the Yeti received an updated version late in 2019 before all of the craziness of 2020 hit and I have been using the Blue Yeti X for a while now. With my review of the Philips X3, thought it would be a great time to take a look at a desktop microphone that could be paired with a higher-end pair of headphones like the X3 so today I’m going to check out the Yeti X and see how it performs compared to other desktop, add on, and headset microphones.
Blue Yeti X - LanOC Reviews
Mobile:
Max Tech: Apple Watch SE vs Series 6 - Is it Worth $120-170 More?!
The new Apple Watch SE is so compelling for the price that we're wondering if it's actually worth spending more cash on the Series 6?
Apple Watch SE vs Series 6 - Is it Worth $120-170 More?!
Motherboards:
Hardware Asylum: Aorus Z490 Master Motherboard Review
In this review I’ll be going over the Z490 Aorus Master motherboard for the latest generation of Comet Lake processors. For those who do not know, Aorus is the gaming brand under Gigabyte to offer a great motherboard for the aspiring gamer, weekend overclocker and system builder.
Aorus Z490 Master Motherboard Review
Anandtech: The ASRock Z490 PG Velocita Motherboard Review: It Means SPEED
For the foreseeable future, or at least until Intels Rocket Lake is likely to be unveiled, Intels main platform for consumers is currently the Z490 chipset for Comet Lake. The options available for consumers offer a wide variety of models, but perhaps one of the most competitively priced mid-range ones is the ASRock Z490 PG Velocita. Some of the boards main features include dual M.2 slots, eight SATA, 2.5 G Ethernet, and a competitive 13-phase power delivery. This is our review.
The ASRock Z490 PG Velocita Motherboard Review: It Means SPEED
ServeTheHome: Supermicro X12SAE Review - Intel Xeon W-1200 Series Motherboard
In our Supermicro X12SAE review, we see how this new Intel Xeon W-1200 series platform performs and the features of the new W480-powered motherboard
Supermicro X12SAE Review Intel Xeon W-1200 Series Motherboard
Networking:
OCInside.de: devolo Magic 2 WiFi next Multiroom Kit Review
Today we are testing the Magic 2 WiFi next Multiroom Kit, a very special powerline set from devolo. Surely everyone has had bad WLAN reception at some location in their apartment, house, basement or garden and has been looking for a simple solution to improve their WLAN performance. Often WLAN repeaters are used, but they usually halve the WLAN bandwidth. In the following devolo Magic 2 WiFi next review on OCinside.de, we will show you how this works more elegantly with PowerLAN over the power outlet, how high the next G.hn powerline performance is, how the power consumption is and how to set up powerline.
devolo Magic 2 WiFi next Multiroom Kit Review
