Noctua NH-P1 CPU Cooler Review – Passively Cooled or Massively Overrated?

The first prototype was unveiled at Computex 2019, and it has since become a retail reality. Noctua recently unveiled their new cooler, and today we’re going to take a look at it with and without fans. The following article will tell you how he does in each case: Packaging and scope of delivery Gigantic external dimensions already indicate [...]


Mountain Everest Max Review – We tested a keyboard of superlatives

Mountain Everest Max? Normally, it’s rare to hear anything good about products featured on Kickstarter and similar platforms. However, the small startup Mountain from Freiburg was not only able to raise enough money and even reach stretch goals, but also deliver in the end. How the Everest keyboard performs in everyday use and whether it can [...]


New beta versions of MorePowerTools(MPT) and Red BIOS Editor – BIOS Unlock for RDNA and all frequencies for RDNA2 cards!

Since we don’t want to fragemnt our software any further and confuse users, we now also separate the RBE into two paths and offer together with the MPT a separate beta page with the latest beta versions and a page with the final and stable versions. So if you are not familiar with the matter and want to deal with it, you will find it as [...]


NVIDIA Reflex & Boost vs. AMD Anti-Lag & Radeon Boost under DirectX12 – Image Quality, Performance and System Latency in Practice!

It’s that time of year again, so today we’re going to tackle the topic of system latency. Today it’s again about the two opponents NVIDIA MSI RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X Trio vs. AMD Radeon MSI RX 6700 XT Gaming X, the current middle class in the pixel producing business. This also means that NVIDIA Reflex and Boost as well as AMD Anti [...]


On bang and drop – power failure as a power supply killer

Who doesn’t know it, that moment of unbridled hatred when the power generally goes out. So when not only the fuse does its work, but the whole place suddenly goes dark? Storm or no storm, it doesn’t even have to be a direct lightning strike, which then gives the domestic electronics the final neck break. This is exactly what happened [...]


Need for Speed Underground 2 Replayed in 32:9 – with WideScreen-Patch, Reshade, a Samsung Odyssey G9 and my Profile Creator

You can love it or hate it, but NfS Underground 2 was and is a milestone of the Need for Speed series. And as original CD version current unfortunately no longer playable. But there is a remedy, because various packs have solved this problem elegantly. Today’s weekend article is meant to be a little encouragement for you to maybe dig out the [...]


be quiet! Silent Wings 3 in test – The neutral fan for all cases

The be quiet! Silent Wings 3 are now almost 5 years on the market, so time to test this case fan. No RGB or other gamer ornaments, but a decent motor, a decent decoupling of the mounting – various awards from colleagues are reason enough to test this model more thoroughly before its possible replacement. After all, we also want to feed our [...]


Boosters for the Rocket (Lake) – G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-5066 CL20 2x 8 GB Memory Kit Review with Overclocking

Intel’s new Rocket Lake CPU generation is known to have brought many changes, including to the memory controller. With the new “Gearing” , much higher clock rates can now be achieved than ever before. Accordingly, the focus of the system memory also changes, so that IC types with particularly high clock potential are especially [...]


MSI expands SPATIUM product line with new consumer SSDs

MSI announces the launch of its own Solid State Drive (SSD) product line, SPATIUM. The initial product offering will include the M480, M470 and M370. Supporting PCIe Gen4 and Gen3, depending on the model, all NVMe SSDs feature the compact M.2 2280 form factor to fit desktop motherboards and laptops. On these SSDs, MSI says it’s putting high [...]


Windows 11 and TPM – So easy and mostly free for all via BIOS!

First of all, I can actually reassure everyone with some newer hardware, because the discussions about the compatibility with TPM 2.0 and especially the exploding prices for external TPM modules have virtually expoded in the last few days since Microsoft’s announcements about Windows 11 and the availability of such modules is now close to [...]


Lian Li Uni Fan SL120 RGB Review – Hype or Reality?

The current Uni Fan SL120 RGB from Lian Li have triggered a certain hype in the community thanks to the used daisy chain, so that we were asked again and again for a review. However, if Caseking hadn’t provided us with the test samples upon request in an uncomplicated manner, I would have bought them, because, as always, the [...]