Pros: Quiet Huge HSF with 10mm heat pipe! Custom design 6 digital power phases No coil buzz Maxwell gpu Low power consumption 1 x 8pin power socket only Low load temps~68C Fast Fast Fast

Cons: No accessories Video card is larger and heavier than I expected.

Overall Review: I get all bothered by people posting comments when they do not actually own the card! I now have two of these in my main rig in SLI. They replaced a pair of watercooled HD R9-290's. To be honest there was no real need for me to 'upgrade' from the R9-290's to the GTX 970's, however I have been disappointed recently by mantle support and the bugs in BF4. My R9-290's were running at 1150mhz on the core and I was able to score just over 17,000 in Firestrike. With a pair of GTX 970's I score a little over 18,000. Not a huge increase. I will be putting waterblocks on these eventually, however I have been running these stock since I received them and I am not able to hear them when the computer idles. At full load I can just make out both cards, and this is likely due to the fact that I am running them in sli. Having a single card will reduce airflow concerns and a single card will be cooler than SLI. Even so I saw maximum temps of 68C when playing games. I am not a Nvidia fanboy but I must confess that I prefer the drivers to the AMD drivers... I installed Metro Last Light again and the spot where I used to crash with my R9-290's was fine with these GTX 970's, BF4 looks sublime and I have even gone back to Farcry 3.... I am impressed with these cards, they are a custom pcb, with decent 6 phase digital vrm's and a massive cooler. They are quiet, fast and use around 280W less power at full load than a pair of overclocked R9-290's (according to my Kill-a-watt meter), as far as speed is concerned, I do not see a huge improvement over a pair of overclocked R9-290's, but they manage to pull off a slight speed advantage while using less power and putting out much less heat and noise. IMO these are the cards to beat. I run my games on a 2560x1440 monitor that runs at 120hz. A single card is perfect for 60fps at 2560x1440.... I can't think of anything bad to say about these cards...

Pros: See original review below.

Cons: Self adjusting headstrap already split open!

Overall Review: I now have concerns about durability of this product as the self adjusting headstrap has already split open along one seam. Another egg off.

Pros: Intel Core 7 240H (10core, 16 thread) CPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 32GB DDR 5 5600 ram Nice tactile keyboard (not mechanical keys) Bright and vibrant screen 2564x1600, 165hz refresh 180 degree hinge Slim chassis with little flex Runs cool unless gaming Single zone RGB keyboard lighting Dolby Atmos Excels at 1080p gaming WiFi 6E support MUX switch for bypassing the igpu Large responsive track-pad

Cons: Gaming performance reduced significantly when running on battery Poor battery life when gaming Single 1TB Gen 4 M2 drive Cant upgrade ram Laptop 5070 Ti is totally different to desktop GPU Significant bloat and very slow initial setup. CPU throttles during Cinebench and is based on old Raptor Lake architecture MUX switch not always enabled correctly when gaming on battery Bit on the noisy side when gaming Fingerprint magnet

Overall Review: This laptop has decent specs for the price, boasting a 10 core Intel CPU with 16 threads, an RTX 5070Ti, 32 GB DDR5 ram running at 5600mhz and a fast Gen 4 M2 drive. It provides a solid and enjoyable gaming experience at 1080p and to a lesser degree at native 2560x1600 ( without DLSS or Frame Generation). BF6 and Cyberpunk played well with fps hitting 110 plus in BF6 at 2560x1600 and mid 60s in Cyberpunk. Having said this, I had a few issues with the laptop that may be deal breakers for some. First of all, even though this laptop boasts an RTX 5070Ti, it is the laptop version, which has totally different specs to the desktop version, including a much lower TDP (which is not surprising as this is a gaming laptop after all). This GPU uses a smaller die with 5888 cores instead of 8960, 12gb of ram instead of 16gb, a lower boost clock, and a max tdp of 115W instead of the 300W that the desktop GPU has access to. This results in approximately 60% performance of a desktop RTX 5070Ti based on my testing. The MUX switch did a poor job of bypassing the igpu when gaming on battery regardless of the settings I changed in control panel, bios or GiMate software. The 10 core CPU is based on older Raptor lake architecture, the ram is soldered and unable to be upgraded and the M2 drive is just 1TB that will fill up quickly with a few games! I also noted some throttling issues when running Cinebench. First time setup was painful, leaving me on splash screens for almost an hour and then an additional 2 hours to update windows and bios and drivers! Sounds grim, however once I installed the latest Nvida drivers and set them in gaming mode and not studio mode, installed some test programs, Unigine Supposition, BF6, Cyberpunk and VLC I had a lot of fun with this laptop (as long as it was plugged into mains). Watching movies and listening to music was great, the screen was bright and spacious, the speakers were serviceable and did not distort at higher volume. Be aware that the screen is setup at a 150% magnification by default as this is only a 16inch screen, effectively limiting screen real estate. This can be changed, but at anything lower than 115% makes reading text difficult. The laptop does install a bit of bloat, including quite a few Gigabyte apps which you can delete if required. The stock Nvidia drivers are set in Studio mode on first boot up, so you may want to change that for better performance while gaming. You can also use the GiMate software to more easily change the profile of the laptop from game, mode to creator, balanced, power saving and online meeting modes. As far as testing was concerned, take a look at the attached images, Cinebench gave a pretty good result in single core testing with 113, however multi-core was a problem, the CPU hit 96C quickly resulting in a total score of 835 due to throttling, not what I would have hoped for a 10 core CPU even with a total tdp of 45W (PL1-70W and PL2-82W). Average core clocks during multi-core Cinebench was 3600mhz. I cant help but feel that this laptop is CPU limited even with the reduced specs of the 5070Ti included. Bench marking the GPU is a bit subjective, but I tend to use Unigine Supposition to test graphics in 1080p extreme mode. When plugged in to mains this laptop scored 9508 which is a decent result. Just for comparison my desktop PC has an 8 core Ryzen CPU and an AMD RX 9070 and scores 12964 in Unigine Supposition. Trying to game when unplugged proved a challenge, Unigine score dropped to 2969 with frame rates plunging from 71fps to 22fps. I also found the laptop to be a bit on the noisy side during gaming, see video attached. The Gen 4 M2 drive was speedy with Crystal Disk Mark showing showing read of 6957 and write 5990, I was just a little disappointed that the drive was not bigger. Battery life was not bad when watching video or listening to music, I had almost 10 hours, gaming reduced my battery life to about 90 minutes. Battery size also felt a little small at 76Wh, but perhaps I am being picky. Keyboard and track-pad were excellent, the webcam was standard 1080p with an acceptable image quality. This gaming laptop is best suited to someone who wants to replace a desktop computer and will keep the laptop plugged into mains when gaming. I found it perfect for productivity and entertainment plugged in or on battery. Performance was decent, not spectacular, noise levels were reasonable, unless gaming (but headphone would solve this issue). I did feel that while the hardware specifications were solid, proper description and re-classification of the GPU might be helpful in reducing confusion and disappointment. For the price and looking at the competition I would say that this laptop was reasonable value.

Pros: Great performance Looks sharp in white RT performance much improved Very quiet cooler Card stays cool under load 16Gb VRAM FSR4 support Overclocked card boost clock 2700mhz Undervolts nicely Uses 2x8pin power plugs

Cons: Not a huge uplift compared to the 7800XT 3+slots wide Paid over MSRP Overclocking pointless

Overall Review: My sons 6700XT finally gave out and I have been looking at 9060 16Gb cards as replacement, however performance between the 6700XT and 9060 were similar. As it was an opportunity to find him a replacement with better performance I took a look elsewhere. He games at 1080P and 144hz, so a 9070 was overkill. I game at 2560 and 180hz, and have been extremely happy with my 7800XT, so it made sense for me to give my son the 7800XT and upgrade my PC to a 9070. Prices are all over the place, but this card was closest to MSRP, so I made the purchase. The card is a similar size to my 7800XT, but it takes up over 3 slots!, this is a big card, make sure you have space in your pc. It is an exceptionally fast card, playing all of the games I usually play without issues or the need to enable and use FSR. Based on the games I play, I was seeing approximately 20% uplift, not as much as I would usually look for when upgrading my GPU. During gaming, the card stayed cool and quiet with the GPU hotspot at 68C and the gpu itself running at around 57-61C and the fan speed at less than 55% With -75mV undervolt and +300 offset on the GPU the card was boosting to 3000mhz+ instead of the stock 2700Mhz. AMD are not making a reference card this generation, I feel that perhaps we have been misled by AMD to imagine that third party vendors would start pricing for their 9070s at $550. Usually AMD will quote prices for reference designs and third party vendors prices their cards higher due to the fancy coolers and overclocks. I certainly paid more for this version of the 9070, but way less than the scalpers were asking. This is a premium card, at $619 it is still good value compared to competition.

Pros: Fantastic looking case with unique front mesh pattern Pre-installed 3xRS120mm performance fans Multiple options for radiator mounting Amazing airflow Anti-sag bracket Good cable management Well designed dust filters 3D printed parts available for modding

Cons: Noisy fans at full speed Front IO is at the bottom of the case Fingerprint magnet No rear fan included Side panels can be difficult to remove and flex significantly Top panel rubber handle broke off first time it was used Per-installed standoffs did not match standard mATX board No printed manual.

Overall Review: Corsair is an American computer peripheral company with its headquarters in California. They were incorporated in 1994 and I started buying their DRAM products in 2003. Since then Corsair has brought to market power supplies, flash drives, keyboards mice and computer cases. Over the years I have enjoyed using many of their products. Ive been looking for a mid-size case to upgrade my sons pc. He was using watercooling and had 2x360mm radiators to cool his Ryzen PC, so I wanted to find a smallish case that could accommodate his watercooling setup. I also have a 3D printer here, so was interested to learn that there is a modding community set around these Frame cases and I could download and print some mods for the case. After taking apart my sons pc, he decided that water cooling was too much bother and he wanted to go back to air-cooling. Well, the Frame 4000D from Corsair was ideal for both air cooling and water-cooling and this particular case came with 3xRS120mm performance fans pre-installed. Usually, when building in to a new case I like to have printed instructions and this case did-not come with any, so I had to download and print from the internet, not a huge issue, but I am still someone who likes to read manuals! The Frame was easy to take to pieces, even though some of the thumbscrews needed a screwdriver to turn and the panels were tough to remove for the first few times. After this, building the pc into this case was relatively simple. I needed to move some of the standoffs as they did not line up with the mATX motherboard I was using. I also did not use the anti-Sag arm as this clearly had in mind bigger video cards than my sons reference 6700XT SSDs were easy to mount and the whole build was completed in less than an hour, including cable management. I did add a 140mm case fan at the back as I felt that it needed an exhaust fan. I did not specifically measure temperatures with this case, but my son has been gaming with the case and has had no issues with components overheating. I did need to setup a fan profile for the pre-installed fans and they were loud at full spin. I set them at 50% where they are pretty quiet. The case panels are fingerprint magnets, so be warned. Outside of this, I am impressed with this case, build quality is good, the design is great, care and thought were put in to fan and radiator locations along with the dust filters. I do believe that it makes sense to spend the extra and go for the ARGB fans as these are an expensive upgrade, if purchased on their own and having illuminated fans would really show off the floating mesh at the front of the case. The one issue that I had with this case was the front IO panel is down at the bottom of the case, perhaps not an issue for those of you who have their case on a desk, but for me, bending down to switch the pc on, or to plug in a usb stick if a bit of a pain. All in all a great value case for the money.

Pros: High capacity Faster than DDR4 More bandwidth than DDR4 Lower latency than DDR4 Reasonable price for a single stick. Should work in a variety of compatible laptops, see cons. Crucial reliability and warranty

Cons: Cas latency 46 Single stick rather than 2x32gb sticks Compatibility: few laptops might support single sticks of 64Gb capacity.

Overall Review: I have an inexpensive laptop that runs a single stick of 32Gb PC4800 DDR5 memory and according to the manufacturers website, 32Gb is the maximum amount of supported memory. I did take a look on AMD's website though, and after a little digging, it appears that my laptop's AMD chipset can support up to 128Gb DDR5 RAM. While I do run blender on the laptop, I can't really say that I need 64Gb of ram. Even my gaming PC runs fine with a 32Gb kit. Is this stick overkill for me...Yes, however for people doing video editing and 3D rendering or analyzing large datasets, 64GB may be ideal. Anyhow, I took a chance and installed the single stick of Crucial ram, replacing the original stick that was running previously. Laptop booted perfectly into Windows. No issues. Task Manager reported 64GB, CPU-Z reported 64GB and my applications all ran smoothly. While I have not run any specific performance tests, I can say that my laptop feels faster and smoother, I can't definitively state that this is because of the extra capacity as this new Crucial stick is also faster than the original RAM. Crucial provides a limited lifetime warranty on this stick of ram and their reputation is stellar. Please remember that this ram is not a replacement for DDR4, and care must be taken to make sure that your laptop will run with these dense sticks of ram. I am extremely happy with this memory and award 5 stars.