Cases:
FunkyKit: Thermaltake S500 TG Chassis Review
Thermaltake has been kind enough to send us one of their new chassis, more specifically the S500 TG. This all-new chassis sports features such as a tempered glass side panel, two preinstalled cooling fans (one 140mm and one 120mm), a fully modular design and vertical GPU mounting, just to name a few. What is truly impressive about this chassis aside from the expansive feature list is the construction and the price of $119.99 USD!
Thermaltake S500 TG Chassis Review - FunkyKit
Cooling:
Glob3trotters: Alpenföhn Black Ridge Best Low Profile Air Cooler Review
Ladies and gentlemen, we have been waiting for such a product for a long time, as we were since the mITX trend was on the rise. Items like the SFX high wattage PSUs, SFF cases are on high demand. For years the only true (very) low profile CPU cooler was the Noctua L9(i/a) because of its tiny footprint, at just 37mm tall and cooled with a 92mm fan.
Alpenföhn Black Ridge Best Low Profile Air Cooler ! | Glob3trotters
Then another option came, Cryorig’s C7 which was a bit tall at 47mm but this number of 47 is critical since is exactly what the popular DAN A4-SFX case accepts in maximum clearance for the CPU heatsink. This is important because this Black Ridge cooler is made in collaboration with DAN CASES to offer the best performance and versatility possible for this chassis. Of course this doesn’t mean you can’t use it in other builds but promises to be the best air cooling solution out there for this DAN A4 case.
CPUs:
TechGage: Eight Cores At 5GHz: Intel Core i9-9900KS Review
With competition in the CPU market proving to be fiercer than ever, Intel has decided to haul out some big guns. "Big guns" in this case refers to eight cores running at 5GHz a piece. This comes to us in the form of the Core i9-9900KS, and you can join us as we pit it against the rest of our collection in creator and gaming workloads.
Eight Cores At 5GHz: Intel Core i9-9900KS Review
Headphones:
eTeknix: Corsair Void RGB Elite Wireless Headset Review
Do you remember the Corsair Void Pro RGB Wireless we reviewed two years ago? Chances are that a fair few of you are using that headset right now! It’s one of the most popular in the Corsair range, blending fantastic performance, comfort, sound quality and features in general. I loved that headset, and now it’s back again to kick ass and take names. However, you may have to look fairly hard to see what’s new, because at first glance you would be right to think you’re seeing double.
Corsair Void RGB Elite Wireless Headset Review | eTeknix
Memory:
MadShrimps: Patriot Memory Viper VPN100 PCIe M.2 SSD Review
The VPN100 NVMe drive from Patriot offers good overall performance, the numbers fluctuating depending how much the drive is filled and how much SLC cache is left from the TLC packages. In ATTO we got quite close to the rated speeds, with the drive blank but also filled over 50% with data, while the included heatsink keeps the overall assembly temperatures at bay, in order to avoid throttling or shorten the product life. Speaking of the drive endurance, the 1TB model comes with 1665 TBW, and also comes with a 3-year warranty!
[M] Patriot Memory Viper VPN100 PCIe M.2 SSD Review
Motherboards:
Tech Legend: ASRock X570 Extreme4 Motherboard Review
The ASRock X570 Extreme4 is a mid-range motherboard with high-end features and components.
ASRock X570 Extreme4 - Motherboard Review
Storage:
TweakTown: ADATA SC680 480GB Ultra Slim Portable SSD Review
ADATA fine-tunes its portable SSD lineup with new models including the SC680 480GB Ultra Slim which we check out here.
ADATA SC680 480GB Ultra Slim Portable SSD Review
Webcams:
KitGuru: AVerMedia PW313 Webcam Review
What’s the first port of call for a budding content creator? A webcam, of course! AVerMedia are known for their wide selection of content creation & streaming products. What’s usually the first port of call for any budding creator? A 1080p webcam, of course! AVerMedia have released the PW313 1080p 30fps webcam with some handy features to set it apart from a crowded market. An easy to use privacy shutter, 360-degree swivel, free recording & streaming software RECentral purposefully designed for AVerMedia products with 16, animated, face tracking stickers and more!
AVerMedia PW313 Webcam Review | KitGuru
Other:
FunkyKit: Homematic Radiator Thermostat Review
Today we test on Funkyhome.de the Homematic HM-CC-RT-DN wireless radiator thermostat as kit. Radiator thermostats certainly belong to the most important elements of a smart home. The following test shows how easy it is to assemble the kit and whether even a Smarthome conversion in the rented apartment would make sense. Furthermore we published two tutorials for the Homematic Thermostat today.
Homematic Radiator Thermostat Review
Wccftech: Red Dead Redemption 2 PC Performance Explored - Finally
There's more RAGE to Red Dead Redemption 2's PC launch than just the engine. The PC launch of Red Dead Redemption 2 has leaked at least once a month since the game launched on Xbox and Playstation just over a year ago, and this past week it finally released with much anticipation of the new Rockstar game launcher and the Epic game store. Neither of which when too smoothly, to say the least. RDR2 is using the latest iteration of the Rockstar Advanced Graphics Engine, or RAGE, and has ditched DX11 in favor of being able to choose between Vulkan or DX12 for your preferred API. There are more than enough people out there having issues that are preventing them from even getting the game to launch and those who are able to get it to launch are finding not only a graphical feast but one that harkens back to Crysis with its ability to bring even the strongest systems to their knees. This has been one of the most frustrating and time-consuming performance analysis that I have done in quite some time thanks to the occasional crash, constant restarts after simply changing the resolution and with each benchmark run. At the time of publication, I'm still not 100% complete and will be updating the uncomplete sections over the coming days.
Red Dead Redemption 2 PC Performance Explored - Finally
