Reviews

    MSI Cyborg 17 B13W review – Big Screen, Low RTX Power

    The MSI Cyborg 17 (B13W / B2RW) enters the budget gaming arena with a clear mission: to stand out. Instead of following the usual plain black-box formula, it embraces a sci-fi-inspired translucent design that gives…

    March 24, 2022

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    Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 – Top 5 Pros and Cons

    The standard 16:9 aspect ratio is slowly getting kicked to the curb, with smartphones now mainly using wider displays. This has been the trend for some years now, and it has created taller and better-looking…

    March 24, 2022

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    [Comparison] Intel Core i7-11390H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600H – Depends heavily on what you do

    One of the best CPUs for gaming and Creativity is undoubtedly the mid-range Ryzen 5 5600H. Similar to its Intel alternatives, the Core i5-11400H, and i5-11500H, it uses six cores and twelve threads, which is…

    March 23, 2022

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    [The Bottleneck Effect] Is overclocking with native software going to make a difference in games?

    Welcome to day 4 of our desperate tries to make the IdeaPad Gaming 3i a good gaming device. It may sound like poetry, but the situation within this laptop was the epitome of a bottleneck.…

    March 23, 2022

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    ASUS ProArt Studiobook 16 OLED (W7600) review – for pros and pros only

    The ProArt brand is hardly as popular as its ZenBook and ROG cousins. However, it offers one of the most powerful laptops ASUS makes and is actually the brand, specifically intended for content creators. And…

    March 23, 2022

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    [FPS Benchmarks] Borderlands 3 on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (95W) and RTX 3050 (75W) – the 95W sibling is 19% faster

    Borderlands 3 brings some freshness among the first-person shooter genre because of its fun gameplay with implemented RPG elements, good soundtrack, and nice visuals thanks to the cell shading tech. The title has a long…

    March 23, 2022

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    [Specs and Info] ASUS Chromebook Detachable CZ1 (CZ1000) – the most rugged of Chromebooks

    This is what manufacturers should focus on when thinking of what new Chromebook they need to build. Instead of making the 1000th office device with the same design, ASUS has decided to expand the reach…

    March 23, 2022

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    [Comparison] Intel Core i7-1195G7 vs Core i7-11370H – Does TDP matter?

    Tiger Lake was the first right step in Intel’s journey of redeeming itself and striking against the AMD hegemony in the CPU market. Both the U-series and the H-series deliver good performance and Alder Lake…

    March 23, 2022

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    Inside HP Envy 15 (15-ep1000) – disassembly and upgrade options

    As one of the most promising devices on the market, the laptop makes a good case in terms of future-proofing. You get good upgrade options, and the access to them is pretty easy, to be…

    March 22, 2022

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    Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 review – it’s pricy but is it worth it?

    We are observing an interesting trend in the mobile market. Smartphones are getting wider (in terms of aspect ratio), while laptops are getting narrower. This has some significant implications in media consumption, where 16:9 has…

    March 22, 2022

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    [FPS Benchmarks] CS:GO on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (95W) and RTX 3050 (75W) – the 95W GPU is 13% faster

    The Counter-Strikes games are one of the most popular of all time. CS:GO (Counter-Strikes: Global Offensive) is not an exception – the title often tops the STEAM & GAME STATS chart, especially since the game…

    March 22, 2022

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    Inside ASUS Zenbook S UX393 – disassembly and upgrade options

    Expectedly, you get no memory upgrade options. On the bright side, the SSD inside can be swapped. Check out all ASUS Zenbook S UX393 prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in…

    March 22, 2022

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    [Specs and Info] The Lenovo Legion 5i (15″ Intel, 2022) gets some new hardware options on the low-end

    The Legion 5 gaming laptops have always been at the front in terms of being overall great gaming devices with high-powered hardware and amazing designs that spawned the new trend of low profile and incognito…

    March 22, 2022

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    [Comparison] Intel Core i7-11390H vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800U – The AMD Supremacy

    The Ryzen 5000U-series processors offer really good performance for their 15W TDP. Today we will see how the most powerful ULV chip on the market fares against a CPU with more than twice the TDP,…

    March 21, 2022

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    [The Bottleneck Effect] Gaming performance with single vs dual-channel memory

    In the previous two articles, we showed you how much of a bottleneck is the Core i5-11300H compared to the Core i7-11370H, when either of them is paired with the 90W RTX 3050, and why…

    March 21, 2022

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    HP ZBook Firefly 14 G8 is the workstation with the longest battery life we’ve tested

    Workstation laptops have been getting really good in the past years, especially since laptop hardware is improving at a very steady pace. This means that with every generation, we have better performance and efficiency, which…

    March 21, 2022

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    [Specs and Info] Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 3 Chromebook (15″, ILJ7) – good looking and easy on the budget

    The Chromebook space is filling up quickly with very similar laptops, which isn’t really productive. Most new Chrome OS-based devices offer the same Celeron, Pentium, or Athlon budget CPUs, which are pretty much what you…

    March 21, 2022

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    [FPS Benchmarks] GTA V on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (95W) and RTX 3050 (75W) – RTX 3050 Ti is 10% faster on average

    GTA V is still one of the most popular Rockstar Games titles. The game has a large player base mainly because of the multiplayer mode that is constantly updated with new content via patches. For…

    March 21, 2022

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    [Comparison] Intel Core i7-1195G7 vs Core i7-1165G7 – hardly any difference

    ULV-series CPUs are getting better and better since architectures are using smaller processes, all of which improve both efficiency and performance. Today we have two very similar processors, if not identical processors. The Core i7-1195G7…

    March 21, 2022

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    Inside Acer Aspire 3 (A317-53) – disassembly and upgrade options

    It is very common for budget 17-inchers to have a ton of free space inside. This is not necessarily a bad thing though, since the tech needed to run a modern laptop is shrinking in…

    March 21, 2022

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    [Comparison] Intel Core i7-11390H vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800H – The choice is obvious

    This will be horrible to witness, so keep the children and faint of heart away from the screen while reading this. The Core i7-11390H is a very controversial chip, which strives to be both efficient…