Before trying the keyboard out, we have started typing some articles and we were quite happy with the optical switches’ response, while keeping noise at a minimum; due to the very fast response time you may need an adjustment time though. The matte keycaps do offer a nice grippy feel while the customizable kickstands do increase the comfort level. When switching to gaming, after some rounds in Shatterline, Warhammer Vermintide 2 but also when playing Dying Light 2, the 1mm actuation response is instant and does really help especially when things get complicated with a lot of enemies are there to get you. read more

While the writes of the Marvel M02 are decent, in terms of reads it is snappy since we have recorded average rates up to 90MB/s. Since the product comes with capacities from 16GB up to 128GB, this drive was not thought from the start to hold a lot of data, but mainly some software kits or other type of data we may need to transfer from one computer to the other. For other tasks involving large files we already have other models available which employ SSD-like NAND. read more

When compared to the Arctis Nova 3, the Nova 7P sports a very similar sound signature, since it is using the same set of custom speaker drivers, 40mm with a frequency response between 20 and 22kHz. We tested the headset in both multimedia content and games, and we really enjoyed the combination of crisp highs and great sounding lows, even when using the default EQ. The price difference exists because of the WiFi/BT convenience, which does even allow listening to two sound sources at the same time, the great battery life during a single charge (38 hours) with fast charge support and overall, we are getting increased liberty of movement given the operating range. read more

The X670E VALKYRIE board from BIOSTAR is a solid offering, coming with support for latest technologies such as PCIe Gen 5, integrates a solid VRM for handling the new power-hungry Ryzen 7000 processors, no less than four M.2 slots for storage which minimizes the need of using SATA drives on the same system, onboard buttons for easy Power/Reset/CMOS Reset actions and decent memory overclocking support. read more

The Rocket 4 Plus 1TB has performed as expected given the fact that we are dealing with half of the NAND ICs we have had with the 2TB SKU, so implicitly a smaller quantity of pseudo-SLC cache, while the DDR4 cache was clocked a bit lower. Thanks to the use of TLC NAND, the functionality of the drive is very little affected in terms of performance when having it over 50% filled, but when writing very large quantities of data to it at once, it tends to overheat and throttle. read more