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Back to the Roots? Depending on the TDP: Board partner cards of the GeForce RTX 4070, RTX 4060 Ti and RTX 4060 without 12VHPWR connector

According to my information from manufacturers, there will be two TBP classes for the upcoming GeForce RTX 4070 (without Ti), which is supposed to be launched in April. The more expensive models or OC cards with a TBP of up to 225 watts should continue to use the familiar 12VHPWR connector (or alternatively up to 2x 8-pin), but the models with a [...]


Familiarly bright, fast as hell AND affordable?! – G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6800 CL34 2x 16 GB kit in test with teardown and overclocking

First of all, I owe an apology to G.Skill, since the test sample was already sent to us last year, but the review is now online a few months later. The reason for this is that until recently we revised our test methodology for RAM kits in order to be able to test better and faster. However, the waiting time also benefits the Trident Z5’s [...]


CableMod 12VHPWR 90° and 180° Angle Adapter Review – Temperatures with a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 FE at 600 Watts and exclusive insights

Yes, it took a long time, and improvements were also constantly being made to the adapters, which then proved their worth in the long-term test. One must not forget that the topic with the rather hot 12VHPWR connections is richly complex and therefore quick fixes of any kind are completely forbidden. Of course, you could have just soldered a few [...]


Twins? Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme vs. Kingpin Cooling KPx analyzed with scanning electron microscope and X-ray spectroscopy

Today we want to find out what is really in the two extremely expensive pastes and what philosophy is behind the respective mixture. And to spoil it a bit in advance: The biggest difference here is really only the color. Chic baby blue in the tube against a nice baby pink from the can and two prices reminiscent of certain products with the gold [...]


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