Category - Reviews

AMD Radeon Pro W7700 Review – Where does AMD’s mid-range workstation graphics card stand in everyday work? With teardown and material analysis

With the Radeon Pro W7700, AMD is now closing the huge gap between the previously tested Radeon Pro W7800 and W7600, thereby completing its own portfolio of RDNA3 graphics cards for productive use. Even though this chip and the corresponding design as a gaming graphics card would place it very elegantly between a Radeon RX 7600 and the RX 7700XT [...]


Nerdytec Cykey RGB Mechanical Keyboard Review – “Nerdy” TKL keyboard with good workmanship and open source software

The German company Nerdytec, known for the “Couchmaster” celebrated by many sofa gamers, is launching its first keyboard on the market with the Cykey. With solid workmanship, exciting features and support for the open-source QKM/VIA software, the company wants to shake up the controversial keyboard market. Read on to find out whether [...]


Corsair MP700 Pro PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD in test – Extremely fast and cool enough. Workstation benchmarks and material analysis included

Do you even need an NVMe SSD with PCIe 5.0 like the Corsair MP700 Pro and if so, where is the pain threshold for the price? Does such a bolide bring any real added performance value and what is actually installed in detail? Nothing escapes my material tests in this regard and yes, the SSD really is ROHS-compliant. But you could have guessed that [...]


Acemagic AM08 Pro Mini-PC Review – The Ryzen 9 6900HX shows off its muscles

And as soon as we had a small system with an i9 in the test, AMD’s counterpart immediately followed. Today, for once, in a shape other than a cuboid. Packaging and scope of delivery At least the box is square. Wrapped in a sash that can be pulled away to the side, with the included configuration marked on the back. Inside, several small foam [...]


Smoldering Headers on NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4090 – New Insights, Measurements and (Un)known Causes of the 12VHPWR and 12V-2×6 Issue | Update

Today’s article is the result of several months of laboratory work, extensive measurement series, development work, and constant cross-checking. The matter of the 12-volt connectors is unfortunately so complex that I had to look for a new approach to complete the picture. And no, there isn’t THE one cause, but always a causal chain of [...]


Alan Wake 2 Game Review – A very personal counterproposal to the hype train, where only the benchmarks are objective because they have to be

It’s been a long time coming, but after a whole decade, Alan Wake has finally passed the torch to a worthy successor, since the remake doesn’t really cut the mustard. And now, drum roll please, he’s back in the saddle! Every newsroom is over the moon and singing the game’s praises. But to steer clear of the Alan Wake 2 hype [...]


be quiet! Dark Rock PRO 5 in review – Finally a successor

We have already tested the somewhat larger Elite variant, and today we are going to review the PRO 5. In the following review, you will find out how it compares to its predecessors and top models from other manufacturers. And if you are interested in the slightly larger (and more expensive) cooler, you can also read the other review: Click here [...]


be quiet! Dark Rock ELITE CPU Cooler Review – A new reference?

After more than 5 years, there is once again an update of the Dark Rock series and then also directly two models at the same time. Today, we will first take a look at the “ELITE” variant, the “PRO 5” will follow soon. The following test report will tell you how the new top model from this manufacturer compares. Packaging [...]