Here is a roundup of today's reviews and articles:
Casing: ARCTIC Xtender VG Mid-Tower PC Case Review, Corsair Frame 4000D Gaming PC Case - The New 4000D, Arctic Xtender Review with Vertical Graphics mount
Displays: Asus ROG Strix XG32UCWMG 4K OLED gaming monitor review: Premium high-speed gaming and stunning imagery
Graphics Cards: MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Expert OC Review: A Cut Above, ASUS GeForce RTX 5080 Noctua OC Review - Amazing Cooling
Memory: Predator GM6 4TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD Review
Motherboards: ASRock X870 Livemixer WIFI Motherboard Review - Mixing All The Necessary Features With Good Pricing, ASRock X870E Taichi Motherboard Review
Storage: Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini Review A M.2 SSD NAS Made Too Simple
Casing:
eTeknix: ARCTIC Xtender VG Mid-Tower PC Case Review
ARCTIC, a well-known brand in the PC component market, is making an impressive return to the case market with the Xtender VG. They are renowned for their cooling solutions and other PC components, but when we first saw this new case at Computex 2025, we had to wonder why they haven't been doing more cases, as it was extremely impressive. The Xtender VG is an E-ATX mid-tower designed with a vertical GPU mount, and while it has a strong focus on system performance and cooling, it's also aesthetically one of the best cases we saw at Computex.
The Guru of 3D: Corsair Frame 4000D Gaming PC Case - The New 4000D
Corsair’s FRAME 4000D introduces a fresh take on PC cases, focusing on modularity and customization. The 4000D is part of Corsair’s new FRAME series, which is designed to offer users a more flexible and personalized approach to building PCs.
KitGuru: Arctic Xtender Review with Vertical Graphics mount
Arctic showed their new Xtender case at Computex, however we didn't get to visit their booth which means this review is the first time KitGuru has got to grips with this rather large case. The headline feature is that it can accommodate a 420mm cooler in the side and also a 420mm cooler in the roof. That's interesting… but as you will see in our video, it is the VG or Vertical Graphics side of things that devoured our attention.
Arctic Xtender Review with Vertical Graphics mount - KitGuru
Displays:
Tom's Hardware: Asus ROG Strix XG32UCWMG 4K OLED gaming monitor review: Premium high-speed gaming and stunning imagery
The Asus ROG Strix XG32UCWMG is a 32-inch 4K OLED gaming monitor with 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR10 and wide gamut color.
Graphics Cards:
HotHardware: MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Expert OC Review: A Cut Above
The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Expert OC has unique styling and goosed up clock speeds that allow it to outperform standard RTX 5080 series cards.
TechPowerUp: ASUS GeForce RTX 5080 Noctua OC Review - Amazing Cooling
ASUS and Noctua—two market leaders—have joined forces to release the new GeForce RTX 5080 Noctua OC Edition. Our testing confirms it’s the quietest RTX 5080 you can buy, with the most powerful cooling solution on the market. However, it comes with a hefty price tag of $1,500.
Memory:
Funky Kit: Predator GM6 4TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD Review
Predator GM6 PCIe Gen4 NVMe 2.0 M.2 SSD with PCIe Gen4×4 interface delivers faster read and write speeds up to 7200 MB/s and 6200 MB/s, enabling seamless gaming, efficient content creation, and fast data transfers. Available in capacities up to 4 TB, it provides ample space for large files and high-resolution media. Compact and easy to install, the GM6 is designed to upgrade desktops, laptops, and consoles.
Motherboards:
Wccftech: ASRock X870 Livemixer WIFI Motherboard Review - Mixing All The Necessary Features With Good Pricing
ASRock's new X870 Livemixer WIFI motherboard offers 256 GB DDR5 support, dual Gen5 M.2 slots, and 25 USB ports priced around $250
ASRock X870 Livemixer WIFI Motherboard Review - Mixing All The Necessary Features With Good Pricing
eTeknix: ASRock X870E Taichi Motherboard Review
The Taichi range of motherboards from ASRock has always been a strong contender, offering a unique, premium design, swathes of features, and an affordable price point compared to the competition. With their latest iteration, featuring the X870E chipset, if you're looking at this board, you're likely in a position where you want or need the fastest connectivity, mass amounts of storage options, and the most robust power delivery for the latest generation of AMD processors. The X870E chipset itself is a beast, bringing full PCIe 5.0 support for both your graphics card and cutting-edge NVMe SSDs, ensuring incredible bandwidth.
Storage:
ServeTheHome: Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini Review A M.2 SSD NAS Made Too Simple
In our Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini review, we see how this 8TB all-SSD NAS offers such a simple experience that it might be too simple
Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini Review A M.2 SSD NAS Made Too Simple
