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I took a closer look at the Arctic MX-6 in the revision 4 because when I unpacked it, I immediately noticed the red label, which reminded me a little of supermarket goods. It says “New Formula” on it, and that’s exactly what made me wonder. When a pack of food is suddenly labelled with such information, the result is often not [...]
We have already tested several 3D printers here, today we are venturing to the next level of the home hobby factory together. Particularly practical: with this device, I don’t have to make any effort to approach it from the perspective of a beginner, and I’m not familiar with CNC and lasers either. As the whole thing is very extensive [...]
With the Heatkiller RAD 120 from Watercool, I am once again devoting myself to a radiator for water cooling that has already been tested (not quite as extensively) in the past and which has attracted particular attention due to its “Made in Germany” finish and the associated expectations in terms of material quality and manufacturing [...]
Stellar Blade is an action-adventure game with a third-person perspective developed by the South Korean studio Shift Up. It marks the first major console game from the studio, which was previously best known for the mobile game “Destiny Child”. The publisher is Sony Interactive Entertainment, which has released the title exclusively [...]
As we have already presented several keyboards and will continue to do so in the future, it seems only logical to take a closer look at a key accessory today: the high-quality keycap sets from GMK. And just between you and me: I live for my keyboards and for everything that can be improved, adapted or refined. What for others is simply an input [...]
Today we will take a brief look at the revised version of the graphics card dock for special mini PCs from Beelink. As I recently reported, I was unable to establish a reliable connection with modern graphics cards from PCIe 4.0 and upwards. This problem should now be solved. You can find the full report here: Specifically, Beelink has now [...]
Fractal is breaking new ground with the Scape, at least if you look at the Swedish company’s previous product categories. The brand became known for its high-quality, minimalist PC cases and components with functional design aspirations. But now the Scape is the first serious attempt to gain a foothold in the audio segment. And yes, it is a [...]
The planned takeover of the IT and electronics retailer Mindfactory by the Heise Group not only represents a significant step within the German retail landscape, but also raises competition law and publicity issues whose relevance extends beyond the immediate business transaction. Although the German Federal Cartel Office has not yet issued an [...]
On June 12, 2025, AMD presented its current technology roadmap for professional computing platforms at an international trade event. The focus was on new solutions for high-end workstations, AI infrastructure and the further development of the open software platform ROCm. The company presented its next generation of EPYC processors, Radeon [...]
The EXCERIA PLUS G4 is KIOXIA’s first consumer SSD with a PCIe Gen 5 interface and currently costs around 183 euros. It uses the cheaper Phison PS5031-E31T controller and 218-layer BiCS 8 TLC NAND to achieve transfer rates of up to 10,000 MB/s for read and 8,200 MB/s for write operations (for the 2 TB version) for sequential accesses. The [...]
Since the market launch of the Core Ultra platform, I have consistently kept my entire test system in the then frozen configuration and also created a bit-identical SSD image to ensure later comparisons under identical starting conditions. For this retest, it was therefore sufficient to simply update the mainboard UEFI to the latest revision [...]
For more than three decades, Beyerdynamic has been part of my permanent inventory in the high-end headphone segment, not as a distanced tester, but as a paying enthusiast who appreciated the products in daily use. Over the years, I developed personal contacts with engineers in the development team, whose technical meticulousness and openness [...]
I always buy my games myself, deliberately and without exception. This has the simple advantage that I have no obligations to publishers or PR agencies and don’t have to please anyone. That’s exactly why I can react in the same way as a normal customer who, after buying MindsEye, sits stunned in front of his screen and wonders how you [...]
Actually, I just wanted to find out how the pre-applied thermal pastes of an older and a current boxed cooler from AMD (Wraith Stealth) and Intel (original from the Core 5 Ultra 225F) perform in practice. Not a big project, rather a small technical comparison of two standard solutions that are otherwise hardly noticed. But what I found was not [...]
Introduction and unboxing Today we take a look at a particularly expensive keyboard from Asus: the ROG Azoth Extreme. It undoubtedly belongs to the upper class and shows in the test that its high price of 569 euros is not justified by its eye-catching design alone, or is the price ultimately set too ambitiously? This is precisely the question we [...]
When I tested the Halnziye HY-P17 for the first time, my jaw almost dropped. The performance delivered by this thermal compound is simply brutal and anything but what you would have expected from this manufacturer. Halnziye was previously known for solid but inconspicuous mass-produced goods that rarely rose above mediocrity. But it is precisely [...]
In a world where meetings are increasingly going digital and even job interviews or customer appointments are conducted via camera, it is no longer a luxury to think about the quality of your own webcam setup, but rather an act of necessity with aesthetic and functional requirements. The EMEET Piko wants to gain a foothold in precisely this niche [...]
TRYX – a name that somehow brings to mind energy drinks or inexpensive gaming mice. But this time it’s about an all-in-one water cooling system with a 360 mm radiator and plenty of ARGB. According to the marketing department, the Panorama 360 ARGB is supposed to combine “design with performance”. Sure – that’s [...]
It was supposed to be simple: a fixed launch date, a finished article, tested cards on the table. But when NDA embargoes turn out to be moving targets and certain dates are apparently shared only selectively, even solid preparation becomes a game of chance. That’s exactly what happened today. The article had to be postponed, even though it was [...]
A new name has found its way into our Mini PC test series! Now that we’ve been finding identical SoC mainboards in different cases more frequently, we’ve got something really fresh again. Packaging and scope of delivery The black box certainly matches the name. The barely recognizable design with the stone wall somehow reminds me of [...]
Biwin is a Chinese manufacturer specializing in the development and production of storage solutions. The company offers a wide range of products, including solid-state drives (SSDs), DRAM modules and flash memory. Biwin is active both as an OEM partner for well-known brands and under its own product lines such as “Black Opal”. The [...]
After the “scheduled” end of my Unicomp Model M, a keyboard that ended up as electronic scrap shortly after the warranty expired due to electronic damage to the controller, total internal gluing and unavailable spare parts, I looked for a more robust, sustainable alternative. Unfortunately, repairing the Model M proved to be [...]
