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Storage | Crucial X8 1TB Portable SSD Review

Posted by Damon Bailey
on Monday, 20 January 2020

One of the biggest issues with data is the constantly growing amount of it we need, and the need to have it with us. A byproduct of this is the need for speed. Those old USB 2.0 drives you had a few years ago are fine for a few documents, but transferring hundreds of gigabytes to or from them is something that takes seemingly eons in a time of instant data. Crucial gets around this problem by using the latest connectivity and internal architecture on its X8 series portable SSD. Capable of hitting transfer speeds of around 1GB a second, you don’t have to wait hours to take your large files along for the ride. It may even be faster than your internal storage! Taking advantage of USB’s faster 10gbps speeds and near-universal Type-C compatibility, the X8 can connect to anything and move data at the speed of you. Let’s take a little closer look and see how it does!

Last updated on Monday, 20 January 2020 | Read More >>>

Storage | Orico GV100 High-speed Portable 512GB NVMe SSD Review

Posted by Damon Bailey
on Monday, 20 January 2020

If you are familiar with Orico, you’ll probably think of their seemingly limitless selection of drive accessories. From docks to interface adapters to multi-drive RAID enclosures, they have about everything you could possibly imagine covered. Today we’ll be taking a look at a product that’s not an enclosure, but a fully-fledged portable SSD. Orico’s GV100 High-speed Portable NVMe SSD combines the ultra-portability and convenience of a flash drive, the space of a hard drive and the raw performance of an NVMe SSD. The USB Type-C interface is compatible with almost everything from laptops to phones to desktops and 4 capacities from 128GB to 1TB offer enough space for everything you need on the go. Let’s take a closer look!

Last updated on Monday, 20 January 2020 | Read More >>>

Storage | Viper Gaming VPR100 RGB 1TB M.2 SSD Review

Posted by Damon Bailey
on Monday, 20 January 2020

Very little in the computer world has escaped the RGB craze the last few years and even something as small as the now humble M.2 drive couldn’t avoid it for long. While many M.2 drives are scattered around the motherboard where there is some free space, many motherboard manufacturers have settled on providing one slot it a clearly visible spot between the GPU and CPU. Viper Gaming has taken advantage of this with the new VPR100 RGB M.2 NVMe SSD. Featuring full-color zones of RGB lighting showing through an integrated heatsink, the VPR100 also provides maximum performance with more than 3300MB/s reads and 2900MB/s writes and capacities up to 2TB for even the largest game libraries.

Last updated on Monday, 20 January 2020 | Read More >>>

Storage | Patriot P200 512GB 2.5" SATA 3 SSD Review

Posted by Damon Bailey
on Friday, 03 January 2020

Patriots P200 series SSD is targeted at low power PC's and notebooks and provides improved start-up, loading, and transfer times. With read speeds up to 530MBps and write speeds of460MBps, the P200 provides up to 2TB of space for all of your media, games, and memories without delays. Add in a warranty of 3 years and a mean time between failures of more than 2 million hours, you can rest assured you’ll have more than enough longevity for a piece of mind. Let’s take a closer look!

Last updated on Friday, 03 January 2020 | Read More >>>

Memory | HyperX FURY DDR4 RGB 3200MHz 32GB Memory Kit Review

Posted by Damon Bailey
on Thursday, 02 January 2020

HyperX’s FURY product lines have been a hit with gamers for years now for drop-in performance and subtly aggressive aesthetics. When the RGB craze hit the PC world hard a couple of years ago, HyperX began updating its lineup with colorful updates to favorites. We checked out the RGB update to the SSD line with the HyperX Fury RGB SSD recently and today we’ll be taking a look at the RGB update to the popular FURY DDR4 line. Does a splash of color take away from the performance you expect from FURY? Let’s find out!

Last updated on Thursday, 02 January 2020 | Read More >>>

Video Cards | Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5500XT 4GB Review

Posted by Damon Bailey
on Monday, 30 December 2019

AMD’s RDNA architecture made quite the splash this summer with the launch of the Radeon RX 5700 family of cards, with the RX 5700XT bringing massive performance to the 1440p world at a great price. The problem is, most gamers don’t play at 1440p. If Valve’s Steam Hardware Survey is any indication, more than 75% of gamers are playing at 1080p or below, with around 65% of all gamers at 1920x1080p resolution. To capitalize on such a massive chunk of the market, AMD is releasing the next tier of the Radeon RX 5000 family with today’s launch of the Radeon RX 5500XT. Packing 6.4 billion 7nm transistors consisting of 1408 stream processors over 22 Compute units and 4GB of GDDR6 memory (with support for board partners to push this to 8GB), the Radeon RX 5500 XT is aimed squarely at the masses, and just in time to be a stocking stuffer for your favorite gamer in need of an upgrade. Let’s take a closer look!

Last updated on Monday, 30 December 2019 | Read More >>>

Audio | Philips BASS+ On-ear Active Noise Canceling Bluetooth Headset Review

Posted by Mike Holsapple
on Tuesday, 03 December 2019

Finding a headphone with active noise canceling that doesn’t break the bank can be a difficult task. In this day and age where you have to go up to the mountains or deep into the forest in order to get some quiet, noise-canceling headphones can be very helpful. The hard part is finding a headphone that sounds good, is comfortable and has everything you want for a decent price. The Philips Bass+ On-Ear Headphones offer fantastic sound, comfort, and noise-canceling for $114.99 on Amazon.

Last updated on Tuesday, 03 December 2019 | Read More >>>

Input Devices | Cooler Master MS110 Gaming Peripheral Combo Review

Posted by Damon Bailey
on Friday, 29 November 2019

Peripherals are easily one of the most subjective subjects in the PC world. Everyone has their own preferences, and they usually stick to them pretty closely. What isn’t contested however is the need for quality and reliability, as well as cost so you can spend your hard-earned cash on the latest Internals. For this reason, the Keyboard uses Cooler Masters ‘mem-chanical’ switches which provide many of the benefits like a 50M+ stroke lifetime with the cost-effectiveness of a conventional membrane keyboard. Throw in a matching mouse with a Pixart 5050 sensor and a snappy 1000Hz polling and you have everything you need at a cost anyone can handle. Let’s see how it does!

Last updated on Friday, 29 November 2019 | Read More >>>

Audio | Silicon Power BLAST PLUG BP81 Bluetooth Ear Bud Review

Posted by Mike Holsapple
on Thursday, 28 November 2019

Earbuds these days are getting smaller and smaller. When the ear bud gets smaller, do we run out of features or qualities like their larger counterparts? Do the smaller headphones sound as good, can they withhold the strenuous day to day use, can we recommend them to a friend? The Silicon Power BP81 True Wireless Earbuds retail at $39.99, are they your next headphone?

Last updated on Saturday, 30 November 2019 | Read More >>>

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