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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

Computers: HP Spectre x360 14 Review: The New Best 2-in-1 Laptop, Panasonic TOUGHBOOK 33 is Surface Book on steroids, Modded M1 MacBook Air vs M1 MacBook Pro: $30 Thermal FIX
CPUs: There's no way M1X can be THIS fast...
Graphics Cards: SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6800 Review
Input: NK Blueberry Switch Review
Motherboards: ASRock B550 Taichi Razer Edition AMD Motherboard Review, ASRock B560 Steel Legend Motherboard Review, MSI MPG B550I GAMING EDGE WIFI Motherboard Review
Storage: Crucial X6 Portable SSD Review: Affordable and Responsive, The Samsung 870 EVO (1TB & 4TB) Review: Does the World Need Premium SATA SSDs?,  Samsung 980 PRO 2TB PCI Express 4.0 NVMe SSD Review, Samsung 980 Pro M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Redefining Gen4 Performance (Updated),  SureFire 1TB SSD & 2TB HDD External Drive Review





Computers:

Tom's Hardware: HP Spectre x360 14 Review: The New Best 2-in-1 Laptop

Gorgeous 2-in-1 with a vivid 3:2 touchscreen and an excellent keyboard



HP Spectre x360 14 Review: The New Best 2-in-1 Laptop

Windows Central: Panasonic TOUGHBOOK 33 is Surface Book on steroids

First introduced in 2017, the Panasonic TOUGHBOOK 33 (CF-33) has gone to be the best-selling laptop and rugged tablet on the market. It is now refreshed for 2021 with more options, improved performance, and the latest tech for first responders and those in the military. Here's our review of this supremely badass Windows PC.



Review: Panasonic TOUGHBOOK 33 is Surface Book on steroids

Max Tech: Modded M1 MacBook Air vs M1 MacBook Pro: $30 Thermal FIX

We MODDED our M1 MacBook Air with thermal pads to FIX the fanless thermal issues.. and then we decided to put it up against the fan-powered M1 MacBook Pro.



Modded M1 MacBook Air vs M1 MacBook Pro: $30 Thermal FIX

CPUs:

Luke Miani: There's no way M1X can be THIS fast...

There's some... unconfirmed information swirling around about the upcoming M1X Apple Silicon chip, and it's very intriguing. 



There's no way M1X can be THIS fast...

Graphics Cards:

TweakTown: SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6800 Review

SAPPHIRE's custom NITRO+ Radeon RX 6800 is another custom Big Navi card that offers stellar 1440p and 4K gaming performance.



SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 6800 Review

Input:

OverclockersClub: NK Blueberry Switch Review

After spending what I believe was about two months using the Gazzew Boba U4 Silent Tactile switches, the time finally came to swap to a different switch. As the title indicates, this different switch would be the NK_ Blueberry from NovelKeys, which are also tactile switches, technically. I feel that qualification is necessary because the instant I started using them, the differences between the tactility were very apparent. Of course there is more to these switches than just the tactile bump, which I will be getting to after wrapping up this introduction.

NK Blueberry Switch Review

Motherboards:

OCInside.de: ASRock B550 Taichi Razer Edition AMD Motherboard Review

Today we are testing the ASRock B550 Taichi Razer Edition, a powerful ATX motherboard for current AMD Ryzen 3000 Matisse, 4000 Renoir and 5000 Vermeer processors. We have overclocked the AMD Ryzen motherboard extensively in the test. In the following motherboard review we will show the features and in an additional video the extensive aRGB effects of the ASRock B550 Taichi Razer Edition and will see how it compares to the previous AMD motherboards.



ASRock B550 Taichi Razer Edition AMD Motherboard Review

FunkyKit: ASRock B560 Steel Legend Motherboard Review

The ASRock B560 Steel Legend motherboard arrived at our office recently, and we thought it would be a good idea if we did a quick unboxing, and a brief look at this motherboard.



ASRock B560 Steel Legend Motherboard Review - FunkyKit

The FPS Review: MSI MPG B550I GAMING EDGE WIFI Motherboard Review

How about a $200 AMD B550 Chipset Mini-ITX motherboard packed with features, we test the MSI MPG B550I GAMING EDGE WIFI Motherboard.



MSI MPG B550I GAMING EDGE WIFI Motherboard Review - The FPS Review

Storage:

Tom's Hardware: Crucial X6 Portable SSD Review: Affordable and Responsive

Powered by a DRAM-less architecture, Crucial’s X6 offers high capacity, portable storage for low cost



Crucial X6 Portable SSD Review: Affordable and Responsive

Anandtech: The Samsung 870 EVO (1TB & 4TB) Review: Does the World Need Premium SATA SSDs?

Samsung is one of the few brands still launching new high-end SATA SSDs in the consumer market. The new Samsung 870 EVO is a fine update to a very successful product line, but sticking with their long-time strategy of being the premium option doesnt make much sense when NVMe has taken over the high-end SSD market segment.



The Samsung 870 EVO (1TB & 4TB) Review: Does the World Need Premium SATA SSDs?

PC Perspective: Samsung 980 PRO 2TB PCI Express 4.0 NVMe SSD Review

Samsung 980 PRO 2TB PCI Express 4.0 NVMe SSD Review You might notice the top write speed of just under 400 MB/s in the 4K random test at Q8T1 .



Samsung 980 PRO 2TB PCI Express 4.0 NVMe SSD Review - PC Perspective

Tom's Hardware: Samsung 980 Pro M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Redefining Gen4 Performance (Updated)

Powered by a new 8nm NVMe SSD controller and the company’s V6 V-NAND.



Samsung 980 Pro M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Redefining Gen4 Performance (Updated)

eTeknix: SureFire 1TB SSD & 2TB HDD External Drive Review

For the most part, I think we can agree that storage can be a little bit boring. However, while it may not always light your world on fire, its still good to know you have a reliable and easily accessible backup of your important data. Family photos, those important work documents, etc.



SureFire 1TB SSD & 2TB HDD External Drive Review | eTeknix