Here is a roundup of today's reviews and articles:
Casing: Sharkoon Rebel C70G RGB PC Case Review
Graphics Cards: XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury OC Magnetic Air Review
Mobile: A Week With iPhone 16e
Motherboards: MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max Wi-Fi Review, ASRock’s $220 Mini-ITX B860I Lighting lacks a cutting-edge feature that you may (or may not) care about
Printers: I tested this plus-sized Sovol 3D printer and found it to be the best value option for cosplayers
Software: Plasma 6.3 review - Slick, fast and buggy
Storage: LaCie Rugged SSD Pro5 2TB - A First of its Kind Masterpiece
Casing:
NikKTech: Sharkoon Rebel C70G RGB PC Case Review
Largely thanks to its wooden fascia and 4 pre-installed 120mm ARGB fans the Rebel C70G RGB PC case by Sharkoon certainly stands out.
Graphics Cards:
TechPowerUp: XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury OC Magnetic Air Review
The XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury OC comes with a unique capability. Its fans are attached magnetically and will pop out easily, which makes them easy to clean and replace. In terms of performance the XFX card does very well, too, beating the RTX 5070, almost matching the RTX 5070 Ti.
Mobile:
MacRumors: A Week With iPhone 16e
It's been a week since Apple released the iPhone 16e, its new low-cost (but not as low-cost as before) smartphone. The iPhone 16e has many of the same capabilities as Apple's flagship iPhones, but it is lacking in some key areas to save money. So, is it worth the savings? MacRumors videographer Dan Barbera spent a week with the iPhone 16e as his main iPhone to see what he could live without.
Motherboards:
TechPowerUp: MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max Wi-Fi Review
If you want the latest Wi-Fi standard, PCIe Gen 5 and decent VRM cooling for less than $250 then there's a decent amount of choice out there. MSI's Tomahawk boards have been solid choices in the past but has MSI cut too many features this time?
Tom's Hardware: ASRock’s $220 Mini-ITX B860I Lighting lacks a cutting-edge feature that you may (or may not) care about
Sub-$220 B860I Lightning Wifi strikes a pose for budget Mini-ITX shoppers
Printers:
Tom's Hardware: I tested this plus-sized Sovol 3D printer and found it to be the best value option for cosplayers
It's the SV06 ACE…but bigger.
I tested this plus-sized Sovol 3D printer and found it to be the best value option for cosplayers
Software:
Dedoimedo: Plasma 6.3 review - Slick, fast and buggy
Detailed review of Plasma 6.3 desktop environment, tested as part of KDE neon User Edition distribution on a laptop with AMD processor, integrated graphics and NVMe storage, including upgrade from 6.2 to 6.3, look and feel, customization, visual and functional glitches, system monitor, help pages, Wayland vs X11 functionality, performance and responsiveness, various KDE neon-specific problems like outdated ISO image, buggy installer, package management issues with missing services, missing 32-bit libraries, broken dependencies, and deb-to-snap transition annoyances, some other observations, and more
Storage:
TweakTown: LaCie Rugged SSD Pro5 2TB - A First of its Kind Masterpiece
Thunderbolt 5 portable storage has arrived via Seagate's premium portable brand LaCie. This first-of-its-kind device offers up to 6,700 MB/s of throughput.
