One of the biggest treats for your PC is an SSD, icing on the cake is an M.2 and to top it off and an NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD. Nothing gets a PC boosting it’s speed like a fast SSD, and maybe some RAM and a CPU as well, but that’s a story for another review. Capacity, Speed and Reliability are the most important, but what good are those if you can’t afford the SSD? … Read more
Welcome to the expanding universe of Metro. Not the first game in the series, Metro Exodus builds upon the previous titles where you enter the realm as Artyom also known as the Chosen one. Before I go on, let me provide you with the PC specs requirements list. Metro Exodus is a survival horror game of sorts, set in a first-person shooter type of gameplay. As you can see even from the Minimum Requirements, it … Read more
Thumb drives are a dime a dozen now, coming in all shapes, sizes and speeds but it is really hard to find a good one. Good speeds, sizes and shapes determine usually what drives we buy and this one might fit the bill. Today we will be looking at the Glyph Atom Black 1TB SSD, yeah 1 terabyte of portable storage, but it is not a regular thumb drive. Let’s check out the specifications first. … Read more
Whether your PC was bought in a store or you built it on your own, you have a motherboard in there. Like everything, there are different types of motherboards and with them different quality levels of motherboards. Today’s review is on EVGA’s Z270 FTW K 132-KS-E277-KR motherboard, it’s got tons of features and specs, but does it have the quality to be considered a high-end gaming board? Don’t be misled though when I say a … Read more
RAM, we all need it in our PC’s (yeah Macs are included here), Tablet’s, Phones, Consoles (Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, etc) and just about any device that computes. Windows 10 itself requires 2Gigs of it (64-Bit), if you are only running 2 Gigs in Windows you might be a little held back by what you can do. Top it off with a web browser, applications, games and the likes and you are going … Read more
Pulse, it’s Sapphire answer to your wallet, but is it worth it? Sapphire has created a line, separate from its NITRO series card to give you a little more to game with, with a smaller price tag. Sapphire’s catch here is toning down on the LED lighting, getting rid of the buzz worthy aesthetics and pulling the reigns back on the cooling and a few other things. You might be scared at the cooling part, … Read more
Disclaimer: Western Digital provided us with the WD Black 512GB PCIE SSD to do a thorough and accurate review. All opinions are 100% authors and authors alone. If you have a PC, Mac or even a Tablet there is almost a 100% chance you have some sort of storage. That storage can come in the form of a Hard Drive, Removable Storage (SD Card, microSD, memory Stick, DVD/BluRay or even floppy) and if you are … Read more
Every computer, even an Apple Mac has a video card, be it AMD, NVIDIA, Intel, Matrox, and so on. The image you are seeing at this very moment on your monitor is courtesy of a video card. Different video card chipsets and manufacturers create all sorts of flavors of video cards, from integrated, on-die or dedicated, you can thank your video card for all you see on the screen. With that introduction, I have the … Read more
Glass, Glass, Tempered Glass everywhere, all case manufactures are getting it to now but which does it best? Well, it’s a hard one to gauge because everyone’s taste is different but they are for the most part sexy. Cougar’s gotten into the game with their Panzer case and its nice, functional and its got the curves as well. Today I bring you my review of the Cougar Panzer case, and yeah, it’s got tempered glass … Read more
Video cards, one of the most wanted upgrades for any PC and tons of them keep getting released thankfully, each bigger and better than the previous. Gamers will drool over the latest gaming GPU, as a gamer myself I loved the chance to get to review Sapphire’s latest gen of AMD’s GPU. Today I bring you my review of the Sapphire Radeon NITRO+ RX 470 4GB GDDR5 OC 11256-01-20G. Before we get to the card … Read more
Being a gamer is expensive, I know I have probably paid for a house with all the money I have put into PC’s since I was 13…. a ton of money. Even though I have put so much in and looking back, it hurts to see how much I have but I know it will just be a love affair that will continue. When I started, I didn’t have much money and back in those … Read more
Out of any updates you can do for your PC as a gamer, one of the most important, if not the most important is a video card. You can get a new processor and see some improvement, an SSD and see a bit of improvement, memory helps lots too but a video card can make or break a game. Today, I have the pleasure of bringing you a review of the EVGA GTX 1070 FTW, … Read more
As a gamer and for all fellow gamers, we are bombarded with promises of upgrades will change our lives, and for the most part they don’t do much. SSD’s and memory do help tons, but one of the things that get us as gamers are video cards, but they are ALWAYS so expensive. Today I have the pleasure of bringing you my review of the Sapphire Radeon NITRO+ RX 480 8GB GDDR OC 11260-01-20G. Ohh…. … Read more
Have you ever seen that Chassis also known as Case, that just calls your name, it was made just for you? It might have been some time since that happened, but just listen carefully, because maybe,… just maybe this case might be calling for you. It’s got the brains and the beauty all in one package, you cant find it often, but it will make you work for it. Today I present to you my … Read more
From the oldest to the newest PC, they all have a few things in common, but the one I am focusing on today is RAM. RAM has been used throughout the PC’s history, usually the more RAM you have or the faster the better your PC runs and the more work you can get done, even consoles have RAM. Aside from the capacity of the RAM, another important aspect is the speed of the RAM, … Read more
Every single PC has one thing in common (well, they have a few, but this is one of them), Different capacities and speeds, RAM is something they all need, usually the more RAM you have or the faster the better your PC runs and the more work you can get done. There are many other things as well that affect the speed of your computer, but we are focusing on RAM here, come on people … Read more
It’s hard to know what a good case is by a simple picture, and so many cases may look nice but once you get them it’s nothing like what you had imagined. I have reviewed quite a few cases, and even one from ThermalTake in the past and I was pleased when I had the opportunity to review this one, the ThermalTake Core X31. Let’s first take a look at the features and spec’s of … Read more
Hello all my fellow gamers and video card performance aficionados out there. Today I have the pleasure of reviewing for you the Sapphire Radeon NITRO R9 390 8GB GDDR5 Tri-X OC video card. Sapphire being one of AMD’s premiere board partners will surely help to keep AMD’s fire, that was not a play on words and you will see why throughout this review. One other thing about this card, its Sapphire’s latest series, the NITRO … Read more
Some of us want an extreme case, a case that can support any and everything you can think of and some of us just want a case that can support the basics. Then there are those of us in between that want the case that supports the basics and a bit more but still looking basic, super quiet and still pack a punch, if I am describing you here; you may want to check this … Read more
Review of the Raijintek Tisis CPU Heatsink You finally bought that new CPU to finalize your build and putting it together you realize…. I didn’t buy a CPU Heatsink. Well, if you bought a retail boxed CPU, most already bring them but the stock Intel CPU heatsink is a bit loud and does not cool very well, and the stock AMD fans don’t cool very well either. You can use the stock CPU fans for … Read more