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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

Casing: Montech Air 100 ARGB Review
Computers: Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 Review: Hit and Miss Performance in a Slim Body, HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus V2 Server Review
CPUs: Blender 2.93 Rendering & Viewport Performance: Best CPUs & GPUs
Gaming: Chivalry 2 Review, Griftlands Review, Monster Hunter Stories 2 exceeds all of our expectations, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin Review - A New Breed of Monstie Hunting, Watch Dogs: Legion's newest DLC is a series course-correction
Graphics Cards: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 12GB Review: Hope Springs Eternal, Zotac GeForce RTX 3090 AMP Extreme Holo Review
Headphones: Beats Studio Buds Review after 1 Week of Use: INCREDIBLE
Input: AOC 500 Series Review: GM500 Gaming Mouse and GK500 Mechanical Keyboard
Memory: Boosters for the Rocket (Lake) - G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-5066 CL20 2x 8 GB Memory Kit Review with Overclocking
Motherboards: BIOSTAR Z590I Valkyrie Motherboard Review
Power: This SilverStone PSU is power-efficient and compact for a small PC
Storage: Acer FA100 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD Review





Casing:

TechPowerUp: Montech Air 100 ARGB Review

Montech continues to expand the Air line-up with the Air 100 ARGB, a Micro-ATX enclosure with plenty of ARGB, a metal mesh front panel, and clean glass side. It will be interesting to see how well the Air design manages to deliver when shrunk down to this size.



Montech Air 100 ARGB Review

Computers:

Tom's Hardware: Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 Review: Hit and Miss Performance in a Slim Body

Can be great— depending on which games you play



Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 Review: Hit and Miss Performance in a Slim Body

StorageReview: HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus V2 Server Review

The HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus V2 is a 2U server leveraging AMD EPYC 7003 CPUs with the benefits they bring as well as twice the RAM.



HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus V2 Server Review

CPUs:

Techgage: Blender 2.93 Rendering & Viewport Performance: Best CPUs & GPUs

With the release of Blender 2.93, the 2.X era comes to an end. Considering Blender 2.0 released in August 2000, you could say that this moment is a bit special. It'd be a true understatement to say that the software has come a long way in all of that time, so let's honor the final major 2.X...



Blender 2.93 Rendering & Viewport Performance: Best CPUs & GPUs

Gaming:

bit-tech.net: Chivalry 2 Review

Torn Banner's swordfighting sequel is a messy medieval masterpiece.



Chivalry 2 Review | bit-tech.net

bit-tech.net: Griftlands Review

Klei Entertainment's latest is an ambitious but flawed take on the card battler.



Griftlands Review | bit-tech.net

Windows Central: Monster Hunter Stories 2 exceeds all of our expectations

It has been a long road, but the long-awaited sequel to Monster Hunter’s JRPG spin-off Monster Hunter Stories is finally here. Does Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin live up to its predecessor? Read on and find out.



Review: Monster Hunter Stories 2 exceeds all of our expectations

Wccftech: Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin Review - A New Breed of Monstie Hunting

Built for a younger JRPG loving audience, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin refreshes the series with a simpler, accessible way to hunt.



Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin Review - A New Breed of Monstie Hunting

Windows Central: Watch Dogs: Legion's newest DLC is a series course-correction

Is the Bloodline DLC worth playing? Well, did you like Ubisoft's big risk with Legion or do you prefer the more streamlined versions of the game in the first two entries? It's all up to you.



Review: Watch Dogs: Legion's newest DLC is a series course-correction

Graphics Cards:

Tom's Hardware: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 12GB Review: Hope Springs Eternal

The GeForce RTX 3060 12GB brings the theoretical price down to just $329, but when will it actually hit that price?



Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 12GB Review: Hope Springs Eternal

TechPowerUp: Zotac GeForce RTX 3090 AMP Extreme Holo Review

The Zotac RTX 3090 AMP Extreme Holo is the longest graphics card we ever tested. At more than 350 mm long, this triple-fan, triple-slot monster has enough power to handle all the latest games at 4K resolution. The RTX 3090 GPU is highly overclocked and the power limits have been raised, too.



Zotac GeForce RTX 3090 AMP Extreme Holo Review

Headphones:

Max Tech: Beats Studio Buds Review after 1 Week of Use: INCREDIBLE

My Honest Review of the Beats Studio buds after using the AirPods Pro for over a year!



Beats Studio Buds Review after 1 Week of Use: INCREDIBLE

Input:

MMORPG.com: AOC 500 Series Review: GM500 Gaming Mouse and GK500 Mechanical Keyboard

AOC has just released it's 500 and 700 series peripheral sets. Today, we're looking at the GM500 gaming mouse and GK500 mechanical gaming keyboard to see if they're worth a buy.

AOC 500 Series Review: GM500 Gaming Mouse and GK500 Mechanical Keyboard | MMORPG.com

Memory:

IgorsLAB: Boosters for the Rocket (Lake) - G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-5066 CL20 2x 8 GB Memory Kit Review with Overclocking

Intel's new Rocket Lake CPU generation is known to have brought many changes, including to the memory controller. With the new "Gearing" , much higher clock



Boosters for the Rocket (Lake) - G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-5066 CL20 2x 8 GB Memory Kit Review with Overclocking

Motherboards:

FunkyKit: BIOSTAR Z590I Valkyrie Motherboard Review

We don’t often get the chance to review BIOSTAR motherboards, so when the Z590I Valkyrie showed up, we were super excited. This motherboard uses Intel’s latest Z590 chipset and is compatible with all Intel 11th ...



BIOSTAR Z590I Valkyrie Motherboard Review - FunkyKit

Power:

Windows Central: This SilverStone PSU is power-efficient and compact for a small PC

SilverStone makes excellent full-size ATX power supplies, and the company also dabbles in SFX and SFX-L PSUs for smaller PC builds. The SX700-PT is an 80 Plus Platinum-rated power supply with plenty of features that make it ideal for compact systems.



Review: This SilverStone PSU is power-efficient and compact for a small PC

Storage:

NikKTech: Acer FA100 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD Review

With the help of BIWIN it’s now time for Acer to also release storage media under their own brand name and the FA100 is their very first M.2 PCIe NVMe Gen3x4 SSD.

Acer FA100 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD Review