Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:
Audio: FiiO BTR5 Portable High-Fidelity Bluetooth Amplifier Review, Galaxy Buds 2 vs Beats Studio Buds vs AirPods Pro Review
Computers: Can an M1 BEAT the BEST GPU in a Mac Pro? You'll be Surprised.., The Worlds Smallest Ryzen 5700G Gaming PC! ONLY 1L
CPUs: Multi-chip Intel Core i9-11900K Overclocking Review: Four Boards, Cryo Cooling, SilverStone Hydrogon D120 ARGB Review, Tyan Thunder CX GC68A-B7126 1U Dual Intel Xeon Ice Lake Review
Gaming: Myst Remake Review - A Fleeting Memory
Input: Cougar DualBlader Gaming Mouse Review
Memory: Jack of all Trades, with some tuning - Crucial Ballistix Max RGB 4400 CL19 2x 16 GB Kit Review with Overclocking and Teardown
Storage: Asustor Drivestor 4 Pro AS3304T 4-Bay NAS Review, Best Internal Hard Drives: August 2021, MSI Spatium M480 M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Classy Looks and Speed, Seagate FireCuda 530 SSD Review
Video: Arlo Pro 4 Home Security Kit Review
Audio:
TechPowerUp: FiiO BTR5 Portable High-Fidelity Bluetooth Amplifier Review
Today, we examine the FiiO BTR5 aiming to bring some wireless freedom back to wired headphones courtesy a mobile flagship DAC and amplifier SoC supporting Bluetooth 5 and LDAC. In fact, there are two of those for both a 3.5 mm stereo output and a truly balanced 2.5 mm output for higher power drive.
FiiO BTR5 Portable High-Fidelity Bluetooth Amplifier Review
Max Tech: Galaxy Buds 2 vs Beats Studio Buds vs AirPods Pro Review
The brand new Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 are giving Apple's AirPods Pro and Beats Studio Buds a run for their money, but are they actually good enough?
Galaxy Buds 2 vs Beats Studio Buds vs AirPods Pro Review
Computers:
Max Tech: Can an M1 BEAT the BEST GPU in a Mac Pro? You'll be Surprised..
AMD's MOST powerful graphics card the W6900X vs Apple's M1 Mac Mini in Graphics tasks!
Can an M1 BEAT the BEST GPU in a Mac Pro? You'll be Surprised..
ETA Prime: The Worlds Smallest Ryzen 5700G Gaming PC! ONLY 1L
It's only 1Liter in size and packs 8 Cores 16 Threads and Radeon 8 Graphics! This is the smallest Ryzen 7 5700G Gaming PC I've built so far.
The Worlds Smallest Ryzen 5700G Gaming PC! ONLY 1L
CPUs:
Anandtech: Multi-chip Intel Core i9-11900K Overclocking Review: Four Boards, Cryo Cooling
Back in March, Intel unveiled its 11th generation of desktop processors codenamed Rocket Lake. In its lineup, the flagship desktop chip is the Core i9-11900K, with eight cores, sixteen threads, and a current selling price of $545 at Amazon. Along with obvious performance advantages that come with the flagship model, including higher turbo frequencies, Intel has put a lot of its latest technologies into Rocket Lake including Thermal Velocity Boost (TVB) and Adaptive Boost (ABT) - the idea here is to to give the best possible performance out of the box. In this article, we take four retail Intel Core i9-11900K processors and four premium Z590 motherboards, including the ASRock Z590 Taichi, the ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Hero, the GIGABYTE Z590 Aorus Master, and MSI MEG Z590 Ace, and overclocking them. Is overclocking worth it on Intels Core i9-11900K? Lets find out.
Multi-chip Intel Core i9-11900K Overclocking Review: Four Boards, Cryo Cooling
APH Networks: SilverStone Hydrogon D120 ARGB Review
I would like to take some time to talk about the importance of hiking poles when it comes to hiking. Having done many hikes this year, some being the most grueling and demanding hikes of my life, I can affirm how useful they are. With some hikes being incredibly steep, the poles made the descent so much easier. I was able to get a stable footing on the ground using the poles as a balance and was ultimately able to make it down faster than I normally would have without them. I know hiking poles do not seem like a huge deal for some, as some would prefer to just use their hands and just go the whole hike without them. While this is perfectly fair, I found for myself that poles helped a ton with keeping myself stable on steep terrain when going down the mountain. Similarly, it is easy to just live with your stock CPU cooler without ever changing it. However, an actual CPU cooler with a large heatsink to keep your CPU cool can make the biggest difference when putting your system through lots of pressure, bringing us to today’s review of the SilverStone Hydrogon D120 ARGB. We actually have not covered a SilverStone CPU air cooler here at APH Networks before, so like hiking with poles for the first time, this could be very interesting. Does the Hydrogon D120 ARGB prove to be substantial when it comes to CPU cooling? Let us read on to find out!
SilverStone Hydrogon D120 ARGB Review (Page 1 of 4) | APH Networks
ServeTheHome: Tyan Thunder CX GC68A-B7126 1U Dual Intel Xeon Ice Lake Review
In our Tyan Thunder CX GC68A-B712 review, we see how this 1U dual Intel Xeon Ice Lake platform caters to the cost-optimized market segment
Tyan Thunder CX GC68A-B7126 1U Dual Intel Xeon Ice Lake Review
Gaming:
Wccftech: Myst Remake Review - A Fleeting Memory
Myst has been remade by Cyan in Unreal Engine 4 to bring a VR/2D experience like we've never seen before. Have they succeeded at it?
Myst Remake Review - A Fleeting Memory
Input:
MMORPG.com: Cougar DualBlader Gaming Mouse Review
Is the Cougar Dualblader the most customizable, most modular mouse on the market? Find out in our review!
Cougar DualBlader Gaming Mouse Review | MMORPG.com
Memory:
IgorsLAB: Jack of all Trades, with some tuning - Crucial Ballistix Max RGB 4400 CL19 2x 16 GB Kit Review with Overclocking and Teardown
5000 "MHz" is known to be the new sound barrier in the RAM market, which many manufacturers are already promoting in the XMP profile
Jack of all Trades, with some tuning - Crucial Ballistix Max RGB 4400 CL19 2x 16 GB Kit Review with Overclocking and Teardown
Storage:
TechPowerUp: Asustor Drivestor 4 Pro AS3304T 4-Bay NAS Review
The Asustor Drivestor 4 Pro AS3304T isn't quite as affordable as the DS420j, but compared to the latter, it most notably has a 2.5 GbE port, twice the RAM, and storage expandability through USB 3.0 ports. However, don't expect transfer rates over USB 3.0 to be high, and the weak CPU will also set performance limits.
Asustor Drivestor 4 Pro AS3304T 4-Bay NAS Review
Anandtech: Best Internal Hard Drives: August 2021
Data storage requirements have kept increasing over the last several years. While SSDs have taken over the role of the primary drive in most computing systems, hard drives continue to be the storage media of choice in areas dealing with large amount of relatively cold data. Hard drives are also suitable for workloads that are largely sequential and not performance sensitive. The $/GB metric for SSDs (particularly with QLC in the picture) is showing a downward trend, but it is still not low enough to match HDDs in that market segment.
Best Internal Hard Drives: August 2021
Tom's Hardware: MSI Spatium M480 M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Classy Looks and Speed
With high performance, lots of cooling, and a high price, MSI’s Spatium M480 is a premium SSD through and through.
MSI Spatium M480 M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Classy Looks and Speed
StorageReview: Seagate FireCuda 530 SSD Review
The Seagate FireCuda 530 SSD is the latest high-performance SSD from Seagate. The 530 leverages PCIe Gen4 and comes in capacities up to 4TB.
Seagate FireCuda 530 SSD Review
Video:
TweakTown: Arlo Pro 4 Home Security Kit Review
Arlo Pro 4 is a much-needed refresh to the home security lineup that finally ditches the need for a hub! Let's take a look.
Arlo Pro 4 Home Security Kit Review
