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News   -   Mar 27, 2023 Kingston FURY Expands the Look of DDR5 Lineup with White Heat Spreader
Kingston FURY Expands the Look of DDR5 Lineup with White Heat Spreader

Kingston is a go-to for system builders looking for blisteringly high speed, but their modules only came in black.  Well, all-white system builder rejoice as they are bringing white heatspreader DDR modules to market for their Beast and Renegade DDR5 line.   They are also taking the opportunity to push up

by Ron Burke
Impressions   -   Mar 16, 2023 GeForce RTX 4090 Laptops? But why?! Well…stick with me here…
GeForce RTX 4090 Laptops?  But why?!  Well…stick with me here…

I’ve spent a great deal of time looking at benchmarks lately. It’s the nature of working with a new generation of videocards that you end up watching literally days worth of benchmarks over and over as you really plumb the depth of the capabilities of a new piece

by Ron Burke
Reviews   -   Mar 16, 2023 Monoprice Monolith MTM-100 Bluetooth speakers review — thumpingly good
Monoprice Monolith MTM-100 Bluetooth speakers review — thumpingly good

I’ll spend an inordinate amount of money on a videocard because it makes every game’s framerate better. I’ll do the same thing for a monitor, because it makes every game look cleaner. Keyboards and mice are my primary input devices, so they get the royal treatment. I’

by Ron Burke
Reviews   -   Mar 16, 2023 Eaton/Tripp-Lite Pure Sine Gaming UPS Battery Backup Review — LCD and LED FTW
Eaton/Tripp-Lite Pure Sine Gaming UPS Battery Backup Review — LCD and LED FTW

I live in Texas. Our power grid is held together by gum, resident outrage, and poor management. As such, if you have anything of value plugged into your wall directly, you are taking a very serious risk that at some point that device is going to take a serious jolt

by Ron Burke
News   -   Mar 09, 2023 Sabrent looks to break records with their PCIe Gen5 NVMe drives
Sabrent looks to break records with their PCIe Gen5 NVMe drives

Sabrent has been our go-to for high-end drives that strike a solid balance of performance and price. As we start to get traction on the first PCIe Gen5 drives, Sabrent has been hard at work in their lab. While early drives we’ve seen have come in at around 10,

by Ron Burke
Reviews   -   Mar 05, 2023 Vertagear PL4800 chair review — Still the top chair in the category
Vertagear PL4800 chair review — Still the top chair in the category

We reviewed the SL5000 from Vertagear last year, citing some excellent new technologies baked in, including their new HygennX smell-repellent material. The coffee ground nanotechnology is baked directly into the chair, and with a year of heavy use by both humans and dogs, it’s as pristine as the day

by Ron Burke
Reviews   -   Feb 22, 2023 R0DE Microphone Mega-review — Testing the USB-NT+, The XCM-50, and the XDM-100
R0DE Microphone Mega-review — Testing the USB-NT+, The XCM-50, and the XDM-100

R0DE is one of those names that is synonymous with the audio industry. Whether you are in the commercial space, a professional movie maker, or a plucky YouTuber just getting started, R0DE is probably on your radar. Today we are going to take a look at some of those solutions,

by Ron Burke
Interviews   -   Jan 29, 2023 Phison preps new controller for blisteringly fast PCIe 5.0 drives.
Phison preps new controller for blisteringly fast PCIe 5.0 drives.

Timing is everything. A well timed punch turns a boxing match into a knockout, whereas a poorly landed one glances off. So it goes with computer hardware as well, especially at high speeds. The interplay between the processor, the motherboard, memory, the GPU, and storage lets us stream our favorite

by Ron Burke
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