Category: PC Hardware Reviews

TechARX Tech Report: Kingston A400 SSD 240GB

Sumon Pathak

moved here http://lukeknowles.com/uptimebot.org Hello and Welcome to another episode of “TechARX Tech Report“.Today we will be checking out one mainstream SSD from Kingston, the budget-oriented A400. We will be checking out the 240GB SKU. The SSDNow A400 uses TLC (triple-level cell) memories, which means every cell can store three bits per cell, this translates to higher capacity at a lower cost. The bigger issue, however, is that there is more cell wearing on the erasing process before writing new data, which means lifespan is shorter. This, however, is balanced by a High TBW…

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Kingston Data Traveller Bolt Duo USB Drive Review

Sumon Pathak

Today, we have a different product on our hands. We daresay its a niche product because its mainly compatible with something that not use en masse (Sorry iPhone users!). However, that doesn’t make it less desirable or less valuable. Presenting the Kingston Datatraveler Bolt Duo for iPhones and Apple products. Pictures First up, the drive is BEAUTIFUL with a Capital B. To keep in sync with the Apple design, Kingston decided to give the drive a silver finish and the product turned out pretty nice to look at. Specifications Kingston…

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TechARX Tech Report : GALAX GAMER SSD L 120GB

Sumon Pathak

Welcome to another episode of TechARX Tech Report. Today we will be testing an SSD from the house of GALAX with the new PHISON PS3111-S11 controller. Presenting the GALAX GAMER SSD L 120GB. This SSD is and update to the Gamer Lineup of mainstream SSD’s from GALAX formerly know as Galaxy, the maker of the infamous high end NVIDIA H.O.F. cards among other things. The other SKU that Galax has in their storage portfolio is the H.O.F SSD’s, but that a different story for different day. Lets see what this…

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HyperX Predator RGB DDR4-2933 Mhz Ram Review

Sumon Pathak

Today we have in our hand is the not so new HyperX Predator RGB Memory Kit. While we will work through the main review slowly, we will leave you all some pictures to drool over since this is a drool-worthy kit. The kit in question comes with 2933MHz rated speed with Cas latency of 15. 2933 C15 while is not very high up in the enthusiast ladder, it is the overclocking potential that has got us hooked! Which is one more reason we are going through the review slowly. Coming…

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TechARX Tech Report : Hyperx Savage EXO Portable SSD

Sumon Pathak

With the downward falling prices of 3D NAND over the past year, we have seen quite a few portable SSD’s on the market. The niche became more interesting with the growth of M.2 form factor with every company trying to get a piece of the pie. Today we have one such product from the house of Kingston under their gaming sub-brand “HyperX”. Presenting the HyperX Savage EXO Portable SSD. The HyperX Savage EXO SSD puts a small M.2 2280 SATA SSD behind a SATA-to-USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C board, puts…

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TAG Warrior RGB Mechanical Keyboard Review : a bit above the rest

Sumon Pathak

Technology and Gadgets AKA TAG is an Indian company dealing in IT distribution and manufacturing. They have a simple portfolio in gaming consisting of some entry level mouse and a few keyboards. Today, we will be taking one of their keyboards for a spin. Presenting the Tag Warrior Gaming keyboard with mechanical keys and RGB illuminations. TAG At this moment has two mechanical rgb keyboard in their product folio with Warrior being the younger sibling. This model comes without a palmrest among other differences. Now, coming to this particular keyboard…

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TechARX Tech Report: Astrum MG300 Gaming Mouse

Sumon Pathak

Hello and welcome to another version of “techarx tech report”, where we check out an up and coming product and give a quick review on it.Today on our hand we have a gaming mouse from Astrum. Presenting the MG 300 First a quick few words on Astrum Astrum holding is a company located and formed in HongKong in 2006. The company mainly focuses on new technologies in the field of consumer electronics to enable people to have a better lifestyle. Astrum usually stays strictly within the mainstream peripherals niche and…

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TechARX Tech Report: BenQ Zowie XL2546 Review

TechARX Kolkata team

  The Word ‘Gaming’ nowadays seems to be added to all products to make them more appealing towards buyers. These products, however, most of the times turn out to be flashy, RGB filled flops. However, BenQ with their Zowie brand of Monitors looks to do something different. BenQ claims this monitor is purely for gaming and competitive gaming at that. Most professional e-Sports players do not use super large displays, curved screens, or even high resolutions. They are more concerned about performance and functionality. However monitor manufacturers these days are…

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AMD Ryzen™ 2nd Generation Review: featuring the AMD Ryzen™ 3 2200G

TechARX Kolkata team

Back in July 2017, we looked at the 1st Generation of Ryzen processors in the form of the Ryzen™ 7 1700x and we were mighty impressed. We even gave it our Gold Award. AMD had hit a massive Six with the Zen architecture and in many ways forced Intel to ditch 4 cores for the High end and also move the industry forward. But while CPU division of AMD was basking in glory, it’s GPU division, Radeon Technologies Group was not as impressive. AMD released their much-hyped VEGA GPUs last…

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