The OWC Envoy Pro Elektron is a small, portable NVMe SSD that is bus powered and leverages USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gb/s). It also boasts being crushproof and dustproof and is IP67 rated, which means it can be submerged for up to 30 minutes in 1 meter (3.3 feet) of water. Overall the drive does

NVIDIA just launched a new set of GPUs designed to take gamers to the next visual level. The GeForce family has added the RTX 3070 Ti and the RTX 3080 Ti. While we tend to focus on the ProVis GPUs like the RTX A6000 we just reviewed, gaming GPUs have a special place in the

The Seagate FireCuda Gaming Hub is an external storage device meant to add a substantial amount of space for your games and other software. This hefty external drive also allows users to create (or add to) a colorful atmosphere with its customizable RGB LED lighting that runs along the front of the drive, which is

Over the past years, we have reviewed half a dozen Intel NUCs – ranging from the very powerful NUC 9 Pro, which is basically a small form factor (SFF) Xeon Powered workstation, to a NUC7CJYS powered by a dual-core Intel Celeron J4005 processor. Now we’re on to something entirely new, the Simply NUC Ruby R8

The NVIDIA RTX A6000 is the company’s newest release that leverages second-generation RTX architecture. Coupling 10,752 CUDA processing cores with its 84 next-generation RT cores, the new GPU offers top-class performance in both real-time ray-tracing and professional final frame ray-tracing output. Though NVIDIA considers the RTX A6000 as a successor to the RTX 6000, it

Announced way back at CES 2021, time sure flies, Dell announced a slew of new computers and monitors. Among those announced was the new Dell OptiPlex 7090 Ultra. This little computer actually fits within the monitor stand of Dell monitors, and other stands. It can also be mounted to the back of monitors. It is

In January this past year at CES 2021, the Phison PS5018-E18, or E18, was unveiled as the next iteration of the Gen4 SSD controller. In this review, we will be looking at a reference design from Phison to show what the E18 can do when an SSD is equipped with this controller, the latest firmware,

My entry in our $800 TrueNAS showdown is certainly the best. The Intern effectively edited a gaming PC build and Kevin took the lazy path to TrueNAS CORE. I, on the other hand, assembled a pile of “premium” components (some in more pieces than intended)  that will help me deliver reliable performance that will smoke

Gaming seems to always be increasing. It is no longer a young person’s hobby as people of all ages tend to game, even old fogeys like me.  For the longest time, PC gaming was the dominant market force. If you wanted the game to look the best and have the best controls, PC is where