Buyer’s Guide

Kingston’s NV2 from the previous year offered excellent value for the SSD money. The NV3 this year is still incredibly reasonably priced, but it has been greatly enhanced; it even broke the previous record when creating our 450GB single file. Who would have guessed? What are the features of the Kingston NV3? To save costs, the NV3 is a PCIe 4.0 x4 (four lane), M.2 NVMe SSD that uses a DRAM-less (Host Memory Buffer/HMB) design. The NAND is Kingston-labeled, stacked…

Are you looking for a monitor that can be used as a mirror while the display is off, has a contrast-rich finish, excellent motion clarity, and OLED image quality? You might want to consider the Asus ROG Strix OLED XG32UCWG. With a dual-mode display that can refresh at up to 330 Hz and a TrueBlack Glossy finish that improves immersion, it puts its all into gaming. Although such advantages have drawbacks, for many people, the balance between the two will…

I saw the 4-slot NVMe 5.0 adapter card as an extremely cheap four-SSD RAID 0 array capable of delivering 50GBps of continuous throughput when I first learned about the Asus Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5. Go ahead and dream, friend. The fact that this card depends on your system’s capacity to divide up (bifurcate) the four lanes per SSD slot in the x16 slot it takes up isn’t particularly mentioned on the Asus product website. Few systems are able to handle…

LaCie’s usage of the cheerful color orange in a lot of its external storage devices has always pleased me. I was therefore pleased to see the device’s familiar, joyful color when I opened the Rugged SSD4 box. It’s fast-as-all-get-out, and 40Gbps USB4 compatibility also didn’t dampen my spirits. What features does the LaCie Rugged SSD4 have? The Rugged SSD4 is a silver and white rectangle that measures roughly 3.75 inches in length, 2.25 inches in width, and 0.5 inches in…

The Razer Blade 18 is like the limousine you take to the airport; it’s perhaps too big for your everyday requirements. But why not just take pleasure in it? An 18-inch laptop buyer merely wants the largest and greatest laptop available, a desktop substitute that can run any game at the highest frame rates. For most people, that is acceptable. However, because the Blade 18’s aesthetics serve a purpose, astute consumers will consider it. The laptop features a number of…

Without a doubt, the Lexar Play 2280 SE, which I presume means “Special Edition,” is a looker. It is presently only available at Costco. Its incorporated styled heatsink makes it seem significantly better than it does without. Although it performs well in the real world for host memory buffer (HMB) PCIe 4.0, it is slower for random operations than the more expensive and older Lexar Play 2280 that is sold elsewhere. In a PC, at that. Although the Play 2280…

There are numerous inexpensive portable monitors available, and many of them are interchangeable, to be honest. This is because the majority have comparable sizes, the same or comparable ports, and the same IPS-LCD display panel technology. While it adheres to these trends as well, the MSI Pro MP165 E6 distinguishes itself with tripod and VESA mount options. Specs and Features The basic specs of the MSI Pro MP165 E6 are comparable to those of the majority of inexpensive portable monitors.…

Because they are reasonably priced and offer decent performance and long battery life, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X CPUs are frequently an excellent option for a low-cost laptop. However, the majority of systems have smaller screens. With a plus-sized touchpad, Windows Hello facial recognition, USB4, and other capabilities, the Acer Aspire 16 AI offers a compelling big-screen choice. Specs and features The entry-level Snapdragon X CPU from Qualcomm, which has eight cores and a maximum multi-core speed of 3GHz, powers the Acer…

Recently, our test portals have been overrun by PCIe 4.0 HMB NVMe SSDs. Although the Teamgroup T-Create C47 is unquestionably one of the best, it performed poorly in our 450GB write and synthetic benchmarks. Nevertheless, in our 48GB transfer testing, it placed second among PCIe 4.0 HMB drives and does a remarkable job of supporting extended writes. It is worthy of being on your short list because it is reasonably priced (less expensive than it was at the time of…

Acer’s latest addition to the Plus family, the Chromebook Plus Spin 514, is attempting to make a name for itself in a crowded field of midrange laptops with similar designs. Initial thoughts? This Chromebook is incredible. A versatile 2-in-1 design, lively performance, and a 120Hz touchscreen that seems more high-end than its price tag indicates are all included. MediaTek’s Kompanio Ultra 910 chip, which it contains, offers strong performance without completely draining the battery. On paper, it covers all the…