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FiiO shakes up the affordable desktop DAC/amp market with its K7 that offers excellent features for money. You get two AKM AK4493S DACs paired with THX AAA 788+ amplifiers, a clean power supply and USB decoding stage, as well as native USB drivers for ASIO support to drive IEMs and headphones equally well.
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Author:VSG
In:Audio
The Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1650 W is the only PSU on the market that offers two 12VHPWR connectors, each capable of 600 W. This unit can support two NVIDIA RTX 4090s with their power limits set to max, along with a powerful CPU and other power-hungry components.
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Author:crmaris
In:Power Supplies
Akko decides to eggsercise its creativity, courtesy an eggciting keyboard partnership with Japanese cartoon character Gudetama. The new 5108S uses a bold color and design scheme over a decent keyboard base to make for a unique looking and feature-rich product at a highly reasonable price.
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Author:VSG
In:Keyboards
Chargeasap adds to its high-efficiency GaN charging accessories portfolio with the Zeus 270 W wall charger that claims to be the world's smallest such charging unit and also promises faster charging rates compared to silicon-based OEM offerings. It can charge up to four devices simultaneously and has an integrated OLED display for real-time performance metrics too.
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Author:VSG
In:Other
Aside from making the Kone XP wireless, the Kone XP Air also comes with a dock for convenient charging. At 98 g, the Kone XP Air doesn't weigh any more than the wired version, and promises to deliver up to 100 hours of battery life. Of course, PixArt's PAW3370 sensor, 29 button functions, and optical main button switches are still on board, too.
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Author:pzogel
In:Mice
Tripowin partners once again with audio influencer HBB to update its popular Olina set of in-ear monitors. The new Olina SE gets an updated driver on top of a more balanced tuning to make a best-selling set all the more relevant for those who thought the original was too bright and fatiguing.
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Author:VSG
In:Headphones
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Next-Gen update recently released on PC with support for NVIDIA's DLSS Super Resolution (DLSS 2.4), NVIDIA's DLSS Frame Generation (also known as DLSS 3) and AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.1 (FSR 2.1). In this mini-review we take a look, comparing the image quality and performance gains offered by these technologies.
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Author:maxus24
In:Game Testing
The be quiet! System Power 10 750 is among the worst affordable, branded PSUs I have evaluated. The competition is way ahead in this category, offering higher performance, quality, and universal voltage compatibility (100-240 V input) at about the same price.
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Author:crmaris
In:Power Supplies
Did you ever look at the missing 3.5 mm audio jack on your phone, decide you wanted a dongle or portable DAC/amp to help replace it for better sound and compatibility for both IEMs and headphones, and also want it to have RGB lighting on the side? Hidizs has just the thing for you in the form of its new XO portable DAC/amplifier!
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Author:VSG
In:Audio
The KTC H27T22 is an affordable 27-inch Fast IPS gaming monitor. For $250, you get a capable screen with 165 Hz refresh rate, low input lag, both FreeSync and G-SYNC adaptive synchronization support, and excellent motion handling.
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Author:Inle
In:Monitors
We get back into the popular Drop headphones collaboration game today with the Aeon Closed X. This is a closed-back, over-ear planar magnetic set made by US-based Dan Clark Audio, that adopts a purposeful dampening material-driven tonality and clever build/design to make for a highly comfortable and relaxing sound experience.
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Author:VSG
In:Headphones
Audio-specialist MOONDROP enters the competitive keyboard market with a fascinating product that combines both fields. The MOONDROP DASH is a 75% keyboard with an integrated DAC/amp that uses clever engineering to come out with a premium product for your typing and listening needs, without taking much room on your desk.
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Author:VSG
In:Keyboards
The Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX Nitro+ comes with the largest factory overclock of all Navi 31 cards that we've tested so far. Sapphire was also very generous with their power limits. During overclocking, with increased limits we were able to max out the 525 W power delivery capability of the 3x 8-pin inputs.
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Author:W1zzard
In:Graphics Cards
ASRock brings forward the popular Steel Legend motherboard for AMD's new AM5 platform while maximizing the B650E chipset effectiveness. Marketed towards gamers, the ASRock B650E Steel Legend WiFi offers the latest technologies with PCIe Gen 5, M.2 Gen 5, WiFi 6E and DDR5 support. Join me as we take a detailed look at this motherboard and unravel its secrets!
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Author:ir_cow
In:Motherboards
The ambidextrous Hydrogen is Atompalm's debut mouse. Weighing just 48 g, the Hydrogen comes with true 8000 Hz polling, PixArt's PMW3360 sensor, pure PTFE feet, an aluminium scroll wheel and a particularly flexible cable.
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Author:pzogel
In:Mice
Drop has been the source for many custom keycap sets, especially those using officially licensed IP. Today we examine an homage to PC cooling brand Noctua with an extensive keycap set designed by MiTo and using Drop's exclusive MT3 keycap profile. It's part of a product line comprising multiple keycap kits as well as matching keyboard cable and desk pads too.
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Author:VSG
In:Keyboards
The Chieftec Stallion 3 wraps the ability to hold a full size E-ATX motherboard with plenty of ARGB components and a general feature list like fan speed control as well as a GPU support bracket into one. Visually, the chassis manages to add some spice with the ring-mounted ARGB aspects of the Tornado fans, but will that be enough to set it apart?
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Author:Darksaber
In:Cases
The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX offers fantastic overclocking potential. Thanks to a triple 8-pin power input, the XTX is no longer power-limited, and the amazing quad-slot cooler ensures the card stays cool and quiet at all times. After manual overclocking, the performance uplift to RTX 4080 was an impressive 23.1% in Cyberpunk 2077.
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Author:W1zzard
In:Graphics Cards
With the Speedster Merc 310, XFX has engineered an excellent custom-design Radeon RX 7900 XTX. Thanks to an upgraded cooler, the card can easily handle the additional heat output from the three 8-pin power inputs. The additional power is put to good use, to extend the performance lead against GeForce RTX 4080.
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Author:W1zzard
In:Graphics Cards
Navi 31 is here! The new $999 Radeon RX 7900 XTX in this review is AMD's new flagship card based on the wonderful chiplet technology that made the Ryzen Effect possible. In our testing we can confirm that the new RX 7900 XTX is indeed faster than the GeForce RTX 4080, but only with RT disabled.
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Author:W1zzard
In:Graphics Cards
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is built on the same Navi 31 GPU as the XTX, but with fewer chiplets, which helps bring down the price. In our review this $900 graphics card is able to match the performance of GeForce RTX 3090 Ti that launched at $2000 just a few months ago.
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Author:W1zzard
In:Graphics Cards
Custom Art holds true to its name as we debut the Polish audio brand with a deeper dive of its flagship FIBAE 7 Unlimited. Available as both UIEM or CIEMs, it uses an innovative flat impedance/phase technology to make the most of its seven balanced armature drivers, for a simultaneously pleasant and fun sound signature.
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Author:VSG
In:Headphones
Alphacool adds to its popular Eisblock XPX Aurora Edge CPU block line with full brass top and housing versions. Available with minor RGB lighting support and coming in two color/finish options, the Eisblock XPX Aurora Edge offers good CPU socket compatibility in addition to balanced thermal performance and coolant flow restriction.
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Author:VSG
In:Watercooling
Today we are allowed to show you pictures of the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and XT cards that we're currently running in our labs. The $999 Radeon RX 7900 XTX goes up against the $1200 GeForce RTX 4080, and the RX 7900 XT costs only $899 and will compete with the upcoming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti.
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Author:W1zzard
In:Graphics Cards
Think of any random feature and the right-handed ergonomic ROG Chakram X will likely have it. 8000 Hz polling in wired mode, 2.4 GHz and Bluetooth connectivity, up to 150 hours of battery life, Qi charging, hot-swappable main button switches, an adjustable joystick, 11 programmable buttons, and ASUS's latest 36,000 CPI sensor make the Chakram X one of the most feature-rich gaming mice currently available.
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Author:pzogel
In:Mice
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