Today's reviews cover various computer components, including cases and power supplies. The InWin Shift Open-Framed Chassis is a premium option for modders, while the Antec P30 AIR PC Case offers budget-friendly performance as a mid-tower chassis. Reviews also looked at the REDMAGIC 11 Air mobile device, ASRock B850 LiveMixer Wi-Fi motherboard, and Cudy BE6500 2.5G Dual Band WiFi 7 Router, highlighting their features and performance. Additionally, reviews of power supplies from SilverStone, be quiet!, and Cooler Master were published, with some praised for their balance and stability while others were criticized for outdated designs or minimal features.
Casing: InWin Shift Open-Framed Chassis Review, Antec P30 AIR PC Case Review - Budget Friendly Mid-Tower Goodness
Mobile: REDMAGIC 11 Air review: flagship game-ready performance and quality for half the cost
Motherboards: ASRock B850 LiveMixer Wi-Fi Review
Networking: Cudy BE6500 2.5G Dual Band WiFi 7 Router Review. A great little powerful router, suitable for home or office.
Power: SilverStone Extreme 650Rz Gold 650W Report, be quiet! Pure Zone 2 1200W ATX 3.1 Power Supply Unit Review, Cooler Master Elite NEX W600 power supply review: Affordable, but with outdated design
Storage: OWC Express 1M2 SSD Enclosure Review - Fast and Fanless, TeamGroup NV5000 2TB SSD Review: A Blast from the Past
Casing:
TweakTown: InWin Shift Open-Framed Chassis Review
InWin delivers a unique, premium open-frame chassis that oozes quality and elegance, with a price to match. Not for everyone, but ideal for modders.
EnosTech.com: Antec P30 AIR PC Case Review - Budget Friendly Mid-Tower Goodness
The Antec P30 AIR is the perfect combination of budget-friendly and performance in a mid-tower chassis
Antec P30 AIR PC Case Review - Budget Friendly Mid-Tower Goodness - EnosTech.com
Mobile:
Neowin: REDMAGIC 11 Air review: flagship game-ready performance and quality for half the cost
Following my Astra Tablet review last summer and later in the year, the REDMAGIC 10S Pro, I was offered the chance to put the REDMAGIC 11 Air, which became available to purchase on Jan 29, through its paces.
Motherboards:
TechPowerUp: ASRock B850 LiveMixer Wi-Fi Review
Another ASRock motherboard that packs in a generous set of hardware features despite a sub-$200 price tag. It also offers impressive VRM and SSD cooling. The Livemixer is not without its niggles, but you do get an awful lot of motherboard for the money.
Networking:
EnosTech.com: Cudy BE6500 2.5G Dual Band WiFi 7 Router Review. A great little powerful router, suitable for home or office.
EnosTech Verdict The Cudy BE6500 is an interesting router to say the least. It features one 2.5GbE port on the WAN side of things and 4x 1GbE LAN ports, it is a dual band router with up to 6453Mb/s across 2.5 and 5GHz.
Power:
APH Networks: SilverStone Extreme 650Rz Gold 650W Report
I have recently just returned to university classes with the start of the winter semester, and just looking at my schedule is enough to make me feel a bit tired. Four of my classes include labs and group projects, so this is shaping up to be a very busy term. Balancing all of that alongside an ongoing internship search means priorities naturally shift toward making practical decisions within clear constraints. Time, energy, and flexibility are limited, and chasing an idealized “perfect” outcome is often less useful than identifying solutions that fit the situation at hand. Often, it is less about maximizing every opportunity and more about making the best choices given what is feasible in the moment, or going with the flow while still doing the best you can. The same mindset applies to small form factor PC builds, where physical space, thermal limits, and platform requirements place hard boundaries on what makes sense. In these constrained environments, power supply selection is not just about picking the highest wattage you can find. Rather, it is about choosing a unit that aligns with the realistic demands of the system it will support. A 650W rating might look restrictive when viewed in isolation, but its suitability depends heavily on the design goals and limitations of compact builds. So, can a 650W SFX power supply still deliver the balance, stability, and modern features needed for today’s small form factor systems? Read on to find out.
SilverStone Extreme 650Rz Gold 650W Report (Page 1 of 4) | APH Networks
NikKTech: be quiet! Pure Zone 2 1200W ATX 3.1 Power Supply Unit Review
For anyone chasing stable rails, low noise, and dependable output, be quiet!’s Power Zone 2 1200W lands right in the sweet spot. It’s a muscular yet refined PSU aimed at modern hardware that needs clean, consistent power.
be quiet! Pure Zone 2 1200W ATX 3.1 Power Supply Unit Review
Tom's Hardware: Cooler Master Elite NEX W600 power supply review: Affordable, but with outdated design
Its minimal features struggle to justify its existence in the modern PSU market
Cooler Master Elite NEX W600 power supply review: Affordable, but with outdated design
Storage:
TechPowerUp: OWC Express 1M2 SSD Enclosure Review - Fast and Fanless
The OWC Express 1M2 is a portable enclosure for M.2 NVMe SSDs that supports 40 Gbps on USB4 or Thunderbolt systems. It is among the rare few enclosures in its category that doesn't need active cooling, with its body doubling up as heatsink. It's also sold with preinstalled SSDs, but we're testing the one you pair with your own drive.
Tom's Hardware: TeamGroup NV5000 2TB SSD Review: A Blast from the Past
Old school hardware for an old school budget
