Here is a roundup of today's reviews and articles:
Casing: Sharkoon AK3 RGB Midi Case Review- Affordable case with strong features and solid cooling performance, Einarex Zenith ZM800 Review: Worthy or Just Another Case?, CORSAIR Frame 5000D RS Mid-Tower case review - Innovative, customizable and extremely spacious!
Computers: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H in the Geekom IT15 Mini PC
Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Pro Review, Noctua NF-A12x25 G2 PWM Fan Review
Displays: AOC Agon Pro AG346UCD Ultrawide Gaming Monitor Review - QD-OLED at 175Hz for $749
Gaming: WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers Review - Unleash the Madness, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Review – Fighting the Inner Demon
Graphics Cards: INNO3D RTX 5070 X2 Graphics Card Review
Motherboards: MSI MPG B850I Edge Ti Wi-Fi Review
Networking: TP-Link Archer BE9700 Wi-Fi 7 router review: Tri-band Wi-Fi 7 at an affordable price
Storage: Phison PS5028-E28 Reference Design Gen5 Solid State Drive Review
Casing:
IgorsLAB: Sharkoon AK3 RGB Midi Case Review- Affordable case with strong features and solid cooling performance
It's that time again: a new case is on the test bench. This time it's all about the Sharkoon AK3 RGB. The case is currently only available in black.
Enos Tech: Einarex Zenith ZM800 Review: Worthy or Just Another Case?
Today we’re checking out the new Einarex Zenith ZM800 micro-ATX case, fresh from CES. We’ll unbox it, look at the build, see what’s included.
IgorsLAB: CORSAIR Frame 5000D RS Mid-Tower case review - Innovative, customizable and extremely spacious!
With the FRAME 4000D, CORSAIR launched a new modular case series onto the market at the beginning of the year, which immediately secured a solid fanbase.
CORSAIR Frame 5000D RS Mid-Tower case review - Innovative, customizable and extremely spacious!
Computers:
The Guru of 3D: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H in the Geekom IT15 Mini PC
The Intel-powered Geekom IT15 mini PC offers a single M. 2 slot that supports PCIe 4.0 SSDs for fast storage. It also includes an additional M. 2-2242 connector, but this one is limited to SATA 3.
Cooling:
APH Networks: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Pro Review
I remember the moment I started high school, I began to feel the pressure of figuring out what I want to do for post-secondary education. University was only three years away, and my parents wanted me to think about how I would live the rest of my life. At the time, I did not even know how to survive without my parents, never mind deciding my future. I ended up choosing engineering, thinking it would be the career I would retire with. Now that I have graduated, I have completely abandoned that idea to pursue education instead. Even now, I still have no idea how my future would look. I realized nothing is certain in life, no matter how confident I am in my decisions. But what I can control is how I approach my everyday life. I do not know when it started, but I have come to really value growth. In periods of stagnation, when I am not improving in some sort of way, I get anxious, because it feels like I am wasting what little time I have. Often times, growth is associated with reaching an objective. For me, it is less about achieving and more about the feeling of making progress. In this past year, there has been a lot of growth as a result of all the changes in my life. However, amidst all the uncertainty and chaos that accompany change, I have come to appreciate the aspects that persist. The friendships and communities I have built and kept have become the reliable foundation I can fall back on while I continue to explore and take risks in the pursuit of growth. Similarly, as businesses innovate and explore new technologies, most successful companies have products they are known for and remind consumers why they have become popular. For Cooler Master, one of those products is the Hyper 212 series of CPU coolers, dating back to 2007 when it first launched. We have reviewed the Hyper 212 Black, Hyper 212 EVO, Hyper 212 EVO V2, and Hyper 212 Halo White in the past. With many iterations and improvements, we just received the latest revision, the Hyper 212 Pro, for today's review. Will it live up to the reputation of the popular Hyper 212 series? Keep reading to find out!
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Pro Review (Page 1 of 4) | APH Networks
TechPowerUp: Noctua NF-A12x25 G2 PWM Fan Review
Noctua releases its long awaited successor to the popular NF-A12x25 fan! The new G2 version comes in a variety of options, including a novel 2-pack that is offset by RPM for better sonics, and boasts several innovations inside and out to give better cooling performance irrespective of the desired application.
Displays:
TweakTown: AOC Agon Pro AG346UCD Ultrawide Gaming Monitor Review - QD-OLED at 175Hz for $749
The AOC Agon Pro AG346UCD gaming monitor is a 175Hz QD-OLED display intended to bring the best value for in-game performance at ultrawide.
Gaming:
Wccftech: WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers Review - Unleash the Madness
Solid combat & character progression make Wuchang: Fallen Feathers a solid Soulslike, but some issues prevent it from being more than decent.
BabelTechReviews: Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Review – Fighting the Inner Demon
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Review In the ever-growing and saturated Soulslike genre, standing apart is no small feat. Yet, after extensive hands-on time with Wuchang: Fallen.
Graphics Cards:
eTeknix: INNO3D RTX 5070 X2 Graphics Card Review
When you think of the RTX 5070, chances are your mind jumps straight to the Founders Edition. It’s clean, compact, and surprisingly capable given its MSRP roots, but as is always the case with NVIDIA's own cards, actually getting your hands on one is another story entirely. Availability has been an ongoing nightmare, with drops vanishing in seconds or never appearing at all depending on your region, and that’s where this card comes in. This is the INNO3D RTX 5070 X2. It’s an MSRP-based model, which means it’s aiming to deliver that same Founders Edition performance.
Motherboards:
TechPowerUp: MSI MPG B850I Edge Ti Wi-Fi Review
MSI is a little late to the SFF party, but alongside higher end Intel and AMD options, it comes in swinging with a solid Mini-ITX AMD B850 motherboard for $250. With one or two quirks, does it stack up to similarly-priced and more established competition?
Networking:
Tom's Hardware: TP-Link Archer BE9700 Wi-Fi 7 router review: Tri-band Wi-Fi 7 at an affordable price
A true value-priced tri-band Wi-Fi 7 router
TP-Link Archer BE9700 Wi-Fi 7 router review: Tri-band Wi-Fi 7 at an affordable price
Storage:
Think Computers: Phison PS5028-E28 Reference Design Gen5 Solid State Drive Review
When it comes to PCI-Express 5.0 or Gen5 NVMe solid state drives a considerable amount of them over the past couple of years have been powered by Phison’s E26 controller. While this controller was quite good, like many other Gen5 solutions there were power concerns, which of course led to quite a lot of heat as well. This meant for many of the drives you needed an active cooling solution. Phison has worked on many of these concerns and they are now releasing their E28 controller, which you’ll see powering many partner drives over the next couple of years. They sent us over a 2TB reference drive, which features their E28 controller teamed with KIOXIA BiCS8 218-layer TLC 3D NAND flash. Let’s take a look and see what you can expect from drives based on this controller!
