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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

Computers: Apple M1 MacBook Air Honest Review - We Were Wrong..
Cooling: ID-Cooling ICEFAN 240 ARGB Snow Edition Fan Kit Review
Gaming: Cyberpunk 2077 review: A strong contender for best game ever made, Hades is near-perfect roguelike game that is right at home on PC
Graphics Cards: GeForce 457.51 Driver Performance Analysis – Using Ampere and Turing, EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA GAMING Review, Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle OC, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE Review, Palit GeForce RTX 3070 JetStream OC Review
Input: Corsair Katar Pro​ Wireless mouse (+MM300 Pro) review
Motherboards: ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero Motherboard Review, The GIGABYTE B550I Aorus Pro AX Motherboard Review: All The Small Things, Gigabyte MZ72-HB0 Review Dual AMD EPYC Motherboard with 10GbE
Storage: Netlist NS1552 NVMe M.2 SSD Review, Terra Master TD2 Thunderbolt3 Plus





Computers:

Max Tech: Apple M1 MacBook Air Honest Review - We Were Wrong..

After Two Weeks with the 2020 M1 powered MacBook Air, here's Everything we've Discovered and our Final Verdict!



Apple M1 MacBook Air Honest Review - We Were Wrong..

Cooling:

eTeknix: ID-Cooling ICEFAN 240 ARGB Snow Edition Fan Kit Review

We at eTeknix review the ID-Cooling ICEFAN 240 ARGB. A pre-installed 240mm fan block kit offering sleek visuals and strong performance.



ID-Cooling ICEFAN 240 ARGB Snow Edition Fan Kit Review | eTeknix

Gaming:

Windows Central: Cyberpunk 2077 review: A strong contender for best game ever made

Long in the making, Cyberpunk 2077 is finally here. And boy, was it worth the wait. Cyberpunk 2077 isn't just a great game, it might be the best game ever made.



Cyberpunk 2077 review: A strong contender for best game ever made

Windows Central: Hades is near-perfect roguelike game that is right at home on PC

It's probably already on your radar if you keep up with the hottest titles in PC gaming, but if you haven't already tried Hades it's time to sit down and escape the Underworld.



Review: Hades is near-perfect roguelike game that is right at home on PC

Graphics Cards:

BabelTechReviews: GeForce 457.51 Driver Performance Analysis – Using Ampere and Turing

GeForce 457.51 driver performance analysis with a RTX 3080 & 2080 Ti benching 11 games and comparing it vs. prior recommended driver 457.30.



GeForce 457.51 Driver Performance Analysis – Using Ampere and Turing

The FPS Review: EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA GAMING Review

We put the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA GAMING through its paces, overclocking and testing it agianst 2080 Ti FE and 3080 FE in 10 games.



EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA GAMING Review - The FPS Review

Hexus: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle OC

Find out how the first partner card fares.



Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle OC

Overclockersclub: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE Review

Today we will be taking a look at NVIDIA's fourth product launch under the Ampere architecture umbrella. The RTX 3060 Ti is cut from the same GA104 silicon used in the RTX 3070. NVIDIA has positioned it as a direct replacement of RTX 2060 SUPER, which was the entry-level of the Turing architecture and which supported the early raytracing and DLSS feature set. Now that ray-tracing has been fully implemented into DirectX 12 Ultimate and Vulkan API, game developers no longer have to rely on special implementation to get it to work. Now the only requirement is to have a DX12U and/or Vulkan capable graphics card from either AMD or NVIDIA.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE Review

TechPowerUp: Palit GeForce RTX 3070 JetStream OC Review

The Palit GeForce RTX 3070 JetStream OC has the highest power limit adjustment range of all RTX 3070 cards we've tested so far: up to 330 W. The large triple-slot, dual-fan heatsink has better cooling potential than the Founders Edition, and fan-stop is included, too.



Palit GeForce RTX 3070 JetStream OC Review

Input:

The Guru of 3D: Corsair Katar Pro​ Wireless mouse (+MM300 Pro) review

In this article, we review the Corsair Katar Pro Wireless mouse. It’s an optical gaming mouse that was launched on 6.10.2020. It’s a new version of the Katar model, which was introduced 5 years ago. The Katar Pro Wireless is rather targeted at gamers, but it should also work more than fine as a regular mouse. 



Corsair Katar Pro​ Wireless mouse (+MM300 Pro) review - Introduction

Motherboards:

TweakTown: ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero Motherboard Review

ASUS' ROG VIII Dark Hero is gaining a lot of hype for its sleek aesthetics, but there's more under the hood! Let's take a look.



ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero Motherboard Review

Anandtech: The GIGABYTE B550I Aorus Pro AX Motherboard Review: All The Small Things

Sometimes less is more, and when it comes to motherboards the mini-ITX form factor has some of the most enthusiastic fan club members. Small form factor systems are becoming more widely used as were ushered into a single graphics card setup dominated landscape. and in terms of features to price, the B550 chipset has some of the most cost-effective of any current desktop platform. One such board is the GIGABYTE B550I Aorus Pro AX which combines a wave of premium features combined with AMDs B550 chipset. It includes compatibility for PCIe 4.0 devices with supported processors, dual PCIe M.2 slots, and 2.5 gigabit Ethernet. Its time to give our verdict on it and see if it can cut it in a very competitive small is more market.



The GIGABYTE B550I Aorus Pro AX Motherboard Review: All The Small Things

ServeTheHome: Gigabyte MZ72-HB0 Review Dual AMD EPYC Motherboard with 10GbE

In our Gigabyte MZ72-HB0 review, we see how this dual AMD EPYC motherboard is able to fit a lot of PCIe Gen4 expansion into EATX dimensions



Gigabyte MZ72-HB0 Review Dual AMD EPYC Motherboard with 10GbE | ServeTheHome

Storage:

StorageReview.com: Netlist NS1552 NVMe M.2 SSD Review

This year saw the release of the Netlist NS1552 NVMe M.2 SSD. This drive comes in two M.2 sizes and up to 3.84TB of capacity.



Netlist NS1552 NVMe M.2 SSD Review | StorageReview.com

LanOC Reviews: Terra Master TD2 Thunderbolt3 Plus

With portability being a big focus, Ultrabooks and almost the entire laptop market except for gaming laptops have traded features like DVD/BluRay drives, Ethernet ports, and expandable storage in the name of keeping laptops thin. This has even pushed some to focus on the newer Type-C connection and with it Thunderbolt for nearly everything including charging. For some this hasn’t been a big deal, but others have leaned on dongles and other adapters to add things back. Even I have been using portable SSDs for supplemental storage on my own laptop, especially now with a lot of laptops even soldering on the SSD. Well, TerraMaster has their TD2 Thunderbolt3 Plus which is at its core an external Thunderbolt 3 enclosure for two hard drives, but once I started to dig in I noticed it is much more. Let's take a look.

Terra Master TD2 Thunderbolt3 Plus - LanOC Reviews