Today's reviews span eight products, with the ASUS T1 RTX 5070 earning a strong 90% but a pricey tag, and the Sandisk Optimus GX Pro 850P drawing fire for costing $115 more than its WD Black cousin. The Gigabyte 1000GM PG5 leads the PSU pack at just $169.99 with genuine Platinum efficiency and T-Guard connector protection, while five power supplies in total cover everything from a €79.90 budget pick to an SFX-L 1200W flagship. Cooling gets a clever single-tower Cooler Master V8 ACE still awaiting full benchmarks, and the Ducky Cushion 98 stands out as an unusually quiet numpad TKL. Value buyers should test the Gigabyte PSU first, but the RTX 5070 and Sandisk SSD are buys only if the premiums don't stop you.
A collector-grade RTX 5070, a PSU that protects itself from melting, and a keyboard so quiet it barely registers
Eight reviews in today's roundup. Two whisper "buy, but think about the price." One will cut your GPU's power to keep itself from burning down.
Today's pile of hardware reviews covers a silent mechanical keyboard, a T1-branded RTX 5070, and a power supply willing to yank power from your GPU to save itself from melting. Eight products spanning cooling, graphics, input, storage, and power. Most are worth a look. A couple warrant a pause.
Let's start with the cards and the drive, both sharing a theme: everything's faster, but prices have crept up.
Same speed, pricier than its cousin
The ASUS T1 GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition earns a 90% "Recommended" from TweakTown. It's an overclocked RTX 5070 in a black-white-grey scheme with a lit red side grille, made in collaboration with T1, the South Korean League of Legends team. Six World titles, including a 2023 through 2025 three-peat, and no, it isn't a re-skin of an existing card. ASUS worked with the org on two genuinely custom models.
Performance-wise it lands roughly 28 to 30 percent faster than a 4070 at both 1080p and 1440p. At 4K that lead grows a touch. Cyberpunk 2077 with ray tracing and DLSS sits near 81 FPS. DOOM: The Dark Ages with DLSS around 119 FPS. It stays cool and quiet while drawing about 200 W, which makes it more efficient than most beefier cards.
So why pause at all? Prices. TweakTown flags "inflated GPU prices" as a con, in what it describes as a component price crisis. The leap from a 4070 SUPER isn't massive either. It's the kind of card that earns a collector's spot plus a strong weekend 1440p rig, but it isn't cheap.
TweakTown: ASUS T1 GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition Review - Fan Service Done Right
Part of the ASUS x T1 collaboration, the ASUS T1 GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition features an impressive design and delivers strong performance.
ASUS T1 GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition Review - Fan Service Done Right
The Sandisk Optimus GX Pro 850P 2TB is a quieter kind of hesitation. Tom's Hardware's verdict reads plainly: "Same drive, new badge, bigger price tag."
It's basically a WD Black SN850X wearing a Sandisk name. Same high-end Gen 4 architecture, DRAM, TLC flash, mature firmware, and a PS5 heatsink. Sequential reads hit 7,300 MB/s. The 2TB unit costs $609.99, while its sibling the WD Black SN850P runs $494.99 for the same capacity. That's a $115 premium for a badge and a tuned-to-PS5 label.
The performance holds up. It beats the original SN850X in 3DMark storage tests and trails only the Crucial T500 in real-world DiskBench transfers. Max temperature sits at a cool 54 °C thanks to the heatsink. It's a strong PS5 drive and fine in an enthusiast desktop, but the pricing gap to cheaper or equally capable competitors is enough to make you shop a little.
Tom's Hardware: Sandisk Optimus GX Pro 850P 2TB SSD review: A PS5 SSD you recognize at a price you don’t
Same drive, new badge, bigger price tag
Sandisk Optimus GX Pro 850P 2TB SSD review: A PS5 SSD you recognize at a price you don’t
Five power supplies, five different value plays
The PSU section this week is where the choices get interesting.
The Gigabyte 1000GM PG5 1000W is the standout here. Tom's Hardware calls it "Great value, good price" at just $169.99. Built by HEC with all-Japanese capacitors, it earns a genuine 80 PLUS Platinum rating despite the "Gold" label on the box, averaging 92.6 percent efficiency at full load. The headline feature is T-Guard: thermistors watch the 12V-2x6 connector in real time and, if it overheats, the unit cuts GPU power while the rest of the system stays alive. That targets the real failure mode behind melted connectors instead of some hypothetical one. Ten-year warranty included.
It's not flawless. It gets loud, reaching 54.5 dB(A) at full load in a hot room. The bundle didn't even include mounting screws in Tom's sample. Still, a 1000W Platinum-class unit near $170 is a sensible pick.
Tom's Hardware: Gigabyte 1000GM PG5 1000W power supply review: Impressive Platinum-level efficiency with T-Guard thermal protection
Great value, good price
Want to spend less? The Sharkoon Rebel P20 Gen 2 750W drops to €79.90, earning a 7.8 out of 10 from Hardware Busters. Gen 2 keeps Cybenetics Gold efficiency and the compact chassis, but swaps in a new half-bridge platform and fewer 12V MOSFETs. Noise rating slips from the original's A++ to Standard++. You save money, though you give up some of that silence.
Hardware Busters: Sharkoon Rebel P20 Gen 2 750W ATX v3.1 PSU Review
Sharkoon Rebel P20 Gen 2 750W review: the cheaper second generation of the Andyson-built Rebel P20, tested against its predecessor and 19 other 750W PSUs.
Sharkoon Rebel P20 Gen 2 750W ATX v3.1 PSU Review - Hardware Busters
For small-form-factor builders, the FSP DAGGER PM 1200W is the one worth a look. NikKTech hands it a Golden Award. It's an SFX-L unit rated ATX 3.1 and PCIe 5.1, delivering a full 100 percent of 1200 W on a single 12V rail, with peak output topping 1338 W. Platinum efficiency, Japanese capacitors, ten-year warranty. Availability is limited since it's an early launch, and noise does climb near rated output, though that's given the power density.
NikKTech: FSP DAGGER PM 1200W Power Supply Unit Review
Small form factor systems no longer have to compromise on power. The FSP Dagger PM 1200W arrives with a formidable output rating and modern platform support, targeting builders who want flagship-class hardware in a compact footprint.
The Thermaltake Dockpower FI 1000W tries a different trick: a split layout where the modular sockets live on a detachable dock. Plug the cables in once and, if you later swap the main unit, the dock stays put. Useful for upgrades. It earns Cybenetics Platinum and a quiet LAMBDA A- under 30 dB(A), yet Hardware Busters scores it just 7.7 out of 10 and pushes it near the bottom of its 26-unit 1000W comparison. The always-spinning fan and middling numbers hold it back.
Hardware Busters: Thermaltake Dockpower FI 1000W ATX v3.1 PSU Review
Thermaltake Dockpower FI 1000W review: an XWY-built ATX v3.1 PSU with a detachable dock module and Cybenetics Platinum efficiency, tested against 25 other 1000W units.
Thermaltake Dockpower FI 1000W ATX v3.1 PSU Review - Hardware Busters
Cooling and input round it out
The Cooler Master V8 ACE 3DHP wants to pull off something clever. It keeps the iconic "V8 engine" look but ditches the dual-tower heatsink for a single-tower design using 3D heat-pipe technology, paired with two fans spinning at different speeds. ThinkComputers frames it as one of the most anticipated air coolers in recent memory. The full thermal benchmarks are still rolling across the article's pages, so hold your judgments until the numbers land.
ThinkComputers.org: Cooler Master V8 ACE 3DHP CPU Cooler Review
The new Cooler Master V8 ACE 3DHP continues that tradition, but this time the company is introducing a completely different approach to moving heat away from the processor. Rather than relying on a massive dual-tower heatsink, the V8 ACE 3DHP uses Cooler Master’s patented three-dimensional heat-pipe technology to deliver high-end cooling performance from a more compact single-tower design.
Cooler Master V8 ACE 3DHP CPU Cooler Review | ThinkComputers.org
Then there's the Ducky Cushion 98, which Club386 rates 4.5 out of 5. It's a compact aluminum keyboard with a numpad, and its whole pitch is how quiet it is. A silicone cushion sits under the PCB like a mass-suspension system. The box ships two pads: a soft black one that deadens everything (and feels like typing on a mattress) and a firmer gray one for more natural feedback. Assembly breaks down tool-free, held together by magnets and a latch. It's a genuine masterclass in consumer-friendly design, even if it costs £149.99.
Club386: Ducky Cushion 98 review: an astoundingly quiet mechanical gaming keyboard
With a thick layer of cushioning silicone under its switches, the typing action on this 98% keyboard is unbelievably quiet, plus you get a numpad too.
Ducky Cushion 98 review: an astoundingly quiet mechanical gaming keyboard | Club386
There you have it for today. Value seekers should test the Gigabyte PSU and the Cooler Master cooler first. The RTX 5070 and Sandisk SSD are buys only if the premium doesn't stop you.
