Category: PC Hardware Reviews

TechARX Tech Report : Zion Blaze DDR4 Ram

Sumon Pathak
Zion Blaze DDR4

Hello and welcome to another episode of Techarx Tech Report. On this episode, we are looking at a piece of hardware which is kind of unique in some aspects, today we are looking at a piece of computer hardware that is made here in India itself which makes me a little proud. With the release of Zion Blaze DDR4 lineup, Zion is aggressively stepping up its game to get into the gaming memory arena. However, let’s keep that aside and dive into the review; shall we? Product Showcase and Packaging…

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Noctua NH D15 Review: Return of the King

TechARX Kolkata team

Noctua NH-D15 Review Noctua is one of a kind in the PC air-cooling league. It is a manufacturer who has been consistent in its quality and has provided clients with a great cooling option with a low sound profile. Noctua’s maneuverability and modularity are the things that make the difference in today’s PC air cooling market. Now a day’s people are more addicted toward the water cooling section. But Noctua’s NH-D series is the lure which makes many to opt for Air cooling option. The cooler that the Noctua provided…

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SuperMicro C7X99-OCE Review

Sumon Pathak

When it comes to building your dream setup, be it for overclocking or anything else, you really want to pick the best component out of the bunch. While there isn’t anything best in the industry per se, there are some which stand out from the rest. One such motherboard meant for overclocking is from the dungeons of Supermicro. Now Supermicro isn’t the common brand when it comes to mainstream motherboards but they are not complete beginners also. They specialize in Server system motherboards and supercomputing servers. overclocking is a relatively…

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TechARX Tech Report: Asus X99-A II

Sumon Pathak

Ever since its release back on August 29, 2014, the Haswell-E microarchitecture has maintained it’s place among the top. And to keep up with the processor development, ASUS has bolstered their X-99 chipset arsenal considerably to keep with the demand of the enthusiast crowd. Today we take a look at their newest iteration of the tried and tested (and previously reviewed) X-99 A, the X-99-A II. Product Showcase The X99-A II motherboard does not shy away from its lineage. It still maintains it’s Black and White color scheme but the new…

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TechARX Tech Report : Transcend SSD370S 128GB SSD

Sumon Pathak

Transcend SSD370S 128GB SSD High-end workstations to custom-built PCs at home, almost everyone is choosing Solid-State Drives over Hard Disk Drives now. Not because it’s a niche thing to do but the SSDs give more performance and higher speeds albeit they cost a pretty penny, more than your average HDDs do. Still from a consumer standpoint, an SSD is always a better choice provided the cost isn’t a parameter. Today our product in the spotlight is the Transcend SSD370S which is the big brother of the SSD 360S we covered…

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Nvidia GTX 1060 Review Featuring Gainward Golden Sample GTX 1060

Sumon Pathak

The mainstream or mid end price tier of any hardware is where the action mainly is. Therefore it is the mid end where the sales occur in bulk and the company who dominates the mid-tier manages to grab most of the market. Today we will be taking a look at the GTX 1060 from Nvidia which is their new mid-tier offering. The GTX 1060 is positioned as a mid-end product for Nvidia’s Pascal lineup after the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 with a GTX 1050 probably releasing sometime later this…

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ZOTAC GTX 1080 AMP! Edition Review : Pascal Gets Amplified!

Sumon Pathak

Nvidia’s flagship card GTX 1080 was launched earlier this summer. Based on a full-blown GP104 chip the GTX 1080 is the current flagship from Nvidia. The model we will be checking out today is from Zotac India. Presenting the ZOTAC GTX 1080 AMP! Edition. Before we dive into the review let us do a quick recap of the specs. NVIDIA GPU Specification Comparison GTX 1080 GTX 1070 GTX 980 GTX 970 CUDA Cores 2560 1920 2048 1664 Texture Units 160 120 128 104 ROPs 64 64 64 56 Core Clock 1607MHz 1506MHz 1126MHz 1050MHz…

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TechARX TechReport : Corsair Strafe RGB Mechanical Keyboard Review

TechARX Kolkata team
Corsair-Strafe-RGB-Mechanical-Keyboard

Strafe-ing Towards Perfection : A legacy that’s worth well over 20 years, and Corsair is still alive and kicking in the computer hardware department, pumping out high-performance DRAM modules and, with their recent foray into the Gaming grade computer peripherals market, keyboards and mouse. Case in question, the brand spanking new Corsair Strafe RGB keyboard. Packed to the brim and oozing “Premium” from every finely toned nook and cranny, this little bad boy comes equipped with MX-Silent switches, courtesy Cherry and manages to hit all the right notes! Overview And Features…

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TechARX Tech Report : Tt ESPORTS Draconem RGB Mouse Pad

Sumon Pathak

We usually don’t review mouse pad here in TechARX, however we are taking an exception this time since the Tt ESPORTS Draconem RGB Mouse Pad kind of bowled us over. Anyway, we will keep our observations reserved till the end of this brief write-up; first let us take a proper look at the mouse pad. Tt ESPORTS Draconem RGB Overview The mousepad comes in a rectangular box due to the fact that it is a hard pad as opposed to conventional rubber or cloth mats that comes usually rolled in a tube. The front…

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