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Five Tips for the Best Classic Gaming Setup
Playing video games is a wonderful way to unwind and de-stress after a long day at work. Whether you are coming back after a day of manual labor or crunching numbers at the office, you may want to lay back on your couch, hold a controller in your hand, and start playing games. A lot …
Streacom Open Benchtable BC1 v2 and BC1 v2 Mini Announced
Streacom, in collaboration with the Open Benchtable team, recently announced a new and improved version of their popular open test bench chassis – the BC1 version 2 and BC1 version 2 Mini. According to Streacom, the BC1 v2 offers “the most significant update to the design since its inception”. If you’re into benchmarking or you …
The Evolution of the Xbox – What’s changed over the years?
The Xbox is an iconic series of consoles that has forever changed how we game and interact with people online. From the early days of Halo and Modern Warfare lobbies to the insanely popular Fortnite and Warzone, Microsoft has changed the gaming landscape forever. Gaming not your cup of tea? Why not play some old-school …
Patriot Signature DDR5 Memory Series Revealed
Patriot recently revealed its latest memory modules optimized for the latest 12th Gen Intel Alder Lake desktop CPUs and Z690 platform – the Patriot Signature DDR5 memory series. Patriot’s Signature DDR5 is the company’s “entry-level” DDR5 memory. It doesn’t come with any heatsink, and the memory speed is not that high. It’s available in 8GB, …
Audeze Euclid In-Ear Headphone Review – Planar Magnetic in Small Package
A few years ago, we reviewed Audeze‘s flagship in-ear headphone, the LCDi4. It sounded great despite having an odd shape or design. It has exceptional detail retrieval, sounds spacious, and offers excellent sound staging and imaging. However, it had several downsides, like (EQ) plugin-dependent and high price. Early this year, Audeze announced a new planar magnetic …
Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB and Vengeance DDR5 Memory Released
With the release of Intel’s latest platform and chipset series, Corsair announced its next-generation memory modules – the Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB and Vengeance DDR5 memory modules. Both memory modules are successors of their DDR4 counterparts. The Dominator Platinum RGB doesn’t have a makeover on its aesthetics, but the Vengeance DDR5 looks slightly different from …
Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 Memory Unleashed
Kingston unleashes its latest memory module designed for the newest platform – the Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 memory. Kingston’s latest memory is significantly faster than its DDR4 predecessor, with a starting speed of 4800MHz. It’s Intel XMP 3.0 ready and certified; and qualified by the world’s leading motherboard manufacturers. The FURY Beast DDR5 works with …
Kingston KC3000 PCIe Gen4.0 NVMe SSD Unleashed
Kingston has finally caught up with its competition and recently released its latest PCIe Gen 4.0 NVMe SSD – the Kingston KC3000 Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSD. We have tested and reviewed several Gen4 NVMe SSDs already, including the ones that offer 7,000MB/s of sequential read and write speed. Kingston’s KC3000 also offers sequential read and write speeds of up …
Choosing the right broadband for the games that you play
Gaming is a fantastic way to get away from day-to-day stresses, decompress, have fun and maybe chat with friends. But only if you have a good connection. There is nothing worse than experiencing lag while trying to complete an important gaming challenge. A frustrating and stressful situation, that you will want to avoid at all …
MSI MAG CoreLiquid C240 CPU Cooler Review
A couple of months ago, MSI announced its latest AIO liquid CPU cooler, the MAG CoreLiquid C and P series. The C series comes with ARGB lighting, while the P series doesn’t have any lighting at all. The model that we have here is the CoreLiquid C240 ARGB variant. It features two 120mm fans and …