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Introduction The ADATA LEGEND 970 PRO 2TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 SSD is the latest LEGEND 970 series model from ADATA, released in the latter half of 2024 in its PCIe Gen5 x4 NVMe SSD lineup. But wait, you say, haven’t we reviewed the ADATA LEGEND 970 before? We reviewed the ADATA LEGEND 970 […]...

Introduction On March 5th, 2025, the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and AMD Radeon RX 9070 GPUs launched, and video cards based on these new GPUs became available on March 6th, 2025. Today, we have a review of the new XFX Swift AMD Radeon RX 9070 OC White Triple Fan Gaming Edition video card in […] See...

Introduction AMD is launching its new Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D CPUs, based on the Zen 5 architecture on the AM5 platform, featuring 2nd Gen AMD 3D V-Cache for Gaming and Content Creation. In this Ryzen 9 9950X3D review, we are going to focus purely on the gaming performance of the...

Introduction Today, March 5th, 2025, the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and AMD Radeon RX 9070 GPUs are launching, and video cards based on these new GPUs will be available March 6th, 2025. In this review, we will take a look at the XFX Quicksilver AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Magnetic Air Edition video card...

Introduction Today, March 4th, 2025, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition is launching, with the availability of video cards, as well as factory overclocked non-MSRP video cards, on March 5th, 2025. The GeForce RTX 5070 is NVIDIA’s $549 GeForce RTX 50 series GPU based on the Blackwell...

Introduction Today, AMD announces the AMD Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs based on the RDNA 4 architecture for 2025. Though there was a pre(?)-announcement at CES 2025, now is the time that AMD is ready to divulge all the information on the Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs and all about the RDNA 4...

Introduction Today, February 20th, 2025 the non-MSRP or factory overclocked “OC” NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti video cards are launching, and (supposedly) will also be available on shelves in retail and e-tail purchases. One of those factory overclocked cards is the new MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16G...

Introduction The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is launching here in February of 2025, and we’ve got a fresh review of the new ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti video card with an MSRP of $749. If you are unfamiliar with the new GeForce RTX 50 series announced at CES 2025, as well as the […] See full...

Introduction The Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 is a new SSD in Western Digital’s Black lineup geared for gaming PCs and handheld consoles. It is a PCIe 4.0 Gen4 M.2 NVMe DRAM-less SSD featuring a read speed of up to 7,250MB/s and 6,900MB/s write speeds of up to 2TB configuration. The WD_BLACK...

Introduction On January 29th, 2025 we reviewed the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition video card, with availability on January 30th, for a retail MSRP of $999. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition is practically a GeForce RTX 5090 cut in half, on performance, and price. Its...

Introduction The MSI VANGUARD series are a new model of graphics card from MSI for the GeForce RTX 50-Series of GPUs, announced and shown at CES 2025, check out MSI’s YouTube video introduction here. Today we have the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G VANGUARD SOC LAUNCH EDITION (G5080-16VGSL) to...

Introduction The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is NVIDIA’s next-generation graphics card featuring the new Blackwell architecture with an MSRP of $999. The GeForce RTX 5080 is the second GPU in NVIDIA’s new RTX 50 Series lineup, a tier-down from the flagship enthusiast GeForce RTX 5090, aimed at...

Introduction On January 23rd, 2025 we reviewed the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition video card, with availability on January 30th, for a retail MSRP of $1,999. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition performed well, and we overall experienced a 30-35% performance uplift on average...

Introduction The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is NVIDIA’s flagship next-generation graphics card featuring the new Blackwell architecture with an MSRP of $1,999. NVIDIA is introducing new technologies such as Neural Shaders, improved RT Cores, improved Tensor Cores, Mega Geometry Technology, DLSS 4...

Introduction The MSI MAG B850 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI motherboard is based on AMD’s new B850 chipset for the AMD AM5 platform, and it is targeting an appealing midrange price point of just $229.99, allowing more enthusiasts to jump on the AM5 platform. The MSI MAG B850 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI supports AMD’s...

Introduction The ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger 10GB OC video card is new from ASRock and based on the Intel Arc B570 (Battlemage) GPU. ASRock is a well-known manufacturer of computer hardware components, and in the past has been a big provider of AMD-based solutions. When Intel Arc A-Series...

Introduction AMD is starting the new year off with a bang at CES, announcing a lot of new products coming in 2025 aimed at multiple product segments. For us, and our readers, some of the things we are most excited about will be the announcement of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D CPUs...

Introduction The new GIGABYTE B850 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 is a brand-new motherboard from GIGABYTE based on the AMD AM5 platform and the new AMD B850 chipset. It is targeting an MSRP of $229.99, allowing more enthusiasts to jump on the AM5 bandwagon in a more affordable package. Yet, it still...

Introduction Let’s take a look back at 2024, and take note of some of the best, or exciting, releases and launches of PC hardware components. We’ll focus on the main system components here, and not all of these we have reviewed, but we can still acknowledge exciting launches that happened this...

Introduction The TEAMGROUP T-FORCE G50 PCIe 4.0 Gen4 x4 M.2 NVMe SSD is an ultra-affordable, value-oriented SSD from TEAMGROUP, aimed at providing an easy upgrade and storage option for end users. The TEAMGROUP T-FORCE G50 is touted as having “preset controller solutions”, which just means there...