Corsair Hydro X Series XG7 RGB 40-Series GPU water block (CX-9020019-WW) Review – NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 FE deep chilled

A GeForce RTX 4090 FE is not only expensive, but also still highly sought-after. The original air cooler is almost oversized and as a buyer you hardly have a valid reason to disassemble and rebuild this collector’s item. Well, almost, because the weight and space requirements of this card are the other side of the coin, although the board [...]


Marketing or real added value? What PCIe 4.0, PCIe 3.0 and SATA deliver in everyday life for SSDs and hard disks

Does it really always have to be the fastest data medium on paper and what do older SATA devices in the form of a 2.5″ SSD or a 3.5″ hard drive perform? Do we really need the latest product pushed on us by marketing, or can it be a few levels lower? You can argue about the sense and nonsense of the products, but there are still enough [...]


Repair of a crumbled Beyerdynamic Custom One Pro and lab measurement of a completely messed up mechanical sounding

You probably remember my Beyerdynamic Custom One Pro headset, which simply destroyed itself in storage completely without use and which I had as article published last week. Being a sustainable person, I fixed the part today at my expense after having to wait a few days for the parts. The test will have to prove whether it was worth it – on [...]


Building bridges – A few personal words before the feast

Today’s editorial could be published every year, because these thoughts are not new and especially the Christmas season should be reason enough to practice some inner reflection. And I would like to and must thank all our readers at this point, who have remained loyal to us even after the rededication of the site from Tom’s Hardware [...]