The Corsair Platform 6 Elevate is the company's first standing desk which aims to provide the engineering, features and surface area to bring together all your hardware, lights and monitors in a clean and functional way. With its unique rail system & included dual-monitor arms, the Platform 6 may just be the one desk enthusiasts have been looking for.
Priced under $50, the XPG Valor Mesh comes equipped with four fans, a sturdy steel front, and an array of useful features. Surprisingly, it's even more budget-friendly than its predecessor, the Valor Air. This winning combination is sure to capture the interest of those looking for an affordable case, particularly if they aren't planning on using large components.
Corsair is updating their MP700 PCI-Express Gen 5 SSD. On the "Pro" model you now get speeds of up to 12 GB/s and a great heatsink is included, too. Our review confirms that the cooling solution can handle the controller's heat output easily, even when heavily loaded. Performance is excellent, too.
The Dan Clark Audio STEALTH is a top-of-the-line closed-back set of headphones priced at $4000. It boasts exceptional comfort, impressive build quality, innovative engineering, and features in-house developed planar magnetic drivers. The result is a package that's capable of putting out a natural and resolving sound which is still fun to listen to.
Designed with the Valve Steam Deck and similar handheld devices in mind, the WD Black SN770M 2 TB SSD provides generous storage for expanding gaming libraries. Under the hood we found TLC NAND flash, which is much faster than the QLC offered by the competition.
Today we examine the Phanteks Glacier G4090 GPU block for the ASUS RTX 4090 Strix/TUF. It comes in three different color options and offers a unique coolant flow pathway on the side paired with extensive accessories to make for a cooling solution that looks and feels premium.
The Fifine AmpliGame AM8 is a budget dynamic microphone with USB and XLR connectivity. It comes with a practical table stand and has all the bells and whistles you could desire from a $50 microphone – and more!
The Ugreen PowerRoam 1200 Power Station is, as the name implies, a 1200 W battery pack with quality LiFePO4 batteries, tons of outputs as well as fast charging features. What truly sets it apart is its companion app which enables customization to fit your needs and scenarios.
At just $205 for the 4 TB model in our review, the Addlink A93 SSD is a fantastic offer. Its standout feature is the inclusion of a large heatsink, allowing seamless integration with the Sony PlayStation 5, providing gamers with a cost-effective storage expansion solution.
Content creators had to be patient to get their hands on an HDMI 2.1 capture card, but the AVerMedia Live Gamer Ultra 2.1 made the wait worthwhile. With its impressive video capture and passthrough capabilities, it stands out as the best capture card launched in recent times.
Weighing no more than 55 g, the ambidextrous M3S Varun comes with PixArt's PAW3395 sensor, TTC Gold switches for the main buttons, as well as both Bluetooth and 2.4 GHz wireless connectivity, the latter of which even supports a polling rate of 2000 Hz, with up to 80 hours of battery life at 1000 Hz.
Our GPU block roundup continues with CORSAIR's full-cover Hydro XG7 block for the ASUS RTX 4090 Strix/TUF. It uses a design reminiscent of CORSAIR's premium RAM sticks and aims to offer a good balance of aesthetics, ease of installation, coolant flow restriction, and thermal performance for a reasonable price.
Ducky joins the custom keyboard market with its new ProjectD venture. Today we examine the premium ProjectD Outlaw 65 which is a do-it-yourself aluminium gasket mount keyboard kit that ships in individual parts you assemble together before pairing it with switches and keycaps of your choosing.
KLEVV is at it again and brings us another CRAS product. What we have here today is the CRAS V RGB DDR5-6400 memory kit marketed towards PC enthusiasts and gamers alike. Follow along as we test this memory kit and see how it stacks up to the competition!
Chinese IEM brand Binary Acoustics breaks into the international market with the Chopin. This is a hybrid driver set developed in collaboration with IEM influencer Timmy from Gizaudio and aims to present a musical set with plenty of bass and extended treble without sacrificing on build quality and comfort.
The Lexar NM790 2 TB offers fantastic performance at outstanding pricing. The 2 TB model sells for just $110, which makes it the most affordable high-end SSD available. Real-life performance results are even better than the 4 TB version, which helps make up ground against the PCIe 5.0 competition.
Our GeForce RTX 4090 GPU block testing continues with Alphacool entering the foray. The newly released Alphacool Core is a relatively inexpensive full cover block with clean looks, integrated RGB lighting, excellent thermal performance, and low coolant flow restriction too.
Positioned as the sleeker option in the Ceres series, the Ceres 300 TG ARGB retains the signature 90° expansion slot rotation and the possibility to attach a display on the chassis side. Thermaltake also carefully modified certain aspects to meet the lower price point.
The RCA Evolution M27PG135F is a very capable 27-inch IPS gaming monitor. It boasts a 2560x1440 resolution, 240 Hz refresh rate, impressively low input lag, and several interesting extras, most importantly a USB-C port with DP Alt Mode and 90 W Power Delivery.
SCUF introduces a designed-for-PC gaming controller experience with the Envision and Envision Pro. Today we examine the premium wireless Envison Pro that builds upon all of SCUF's experiences to put out a new controller layout with added buttons, extensive hardware customization, and class-leading software support.
There's no denying that Intel's Core i9-14900K is a power hog. This article examines the power, performance and thermals effects of limiting its power consumption, with very interesting results. Additionally, we investigate undervolting to determine if efficiency can be optimized even further.
Team Group's Z540 PCI-Express Gen 5 SSD achieves incredible speeds, reaching up to 12 GB/s. Thanks to its well-designed cooling system, heat is effectively dissipated. Unlike competing Gen 5 SSDs that run their coolers at constant maximum speed, the Z540 lets you adjust fan speed through your motherboard BIOS.
Alan Wake 2 is out soon, with incredible graphics, but demanding hardware requirements, too. There's forced DLSS/FSR, but we show you how to tweak the config files to get native back. In our performance review, we're taking a closer look at image quality, VRAM usage, and performance on a wide selection of modern graphics cards.
Alan Wake 2 is the second game to receive full support for NVIDIA's DLSS 3.5, which includes support for NVIDIA's DLSS Ray Reconstruction, Super Resolution, Frame Generation and DLAA. Also supported is AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution. In this mini-review we compare the image quality and performance gains offered by these technologies.
HEDD Audio puts its decades of physics and music experience into novel air motion transformer drivers for headphones. The new HEDDphone TWO is a highly capable over-ear, open-back set using AMT drivers for a unique, full-bodied sound presentation and an innovative headband assembly offering excellent fit and comfort.
