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Last one before Xmas - have a happy and safe holiday!
     
     
     
Friday Afternoon Reviews
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Friday, 19-December-2025 13:58:38 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Motherboard & CPU:
ASUS ROG Strix Z890-I Gaming Wi-Fi on TechPowerUp.
X870E AORUS MASTER X3D ICE on Vortez.
MSI MEG X870E Godlike X Edition on TechPowerUp.
MSI MEG X870E GODLIKE X Edition on Guru3D.
MSI MEG X870E Godlike X Edition on Tweaktown.
ASUS ROG Strix B850-G Gaming Wi-Fi microATX on TechPowerUp.
Cases:
Thermaltake View 600 TG Snow Full Tower Chassis and 6.0" LCD Panel on FunkyKit.
CPS PCCooler K101 Mesh SFF case on TechPowerUp.
Cooler Master QUBE 540 on Tweaktown.
Thermal Grizzly der8enchtable Review - After 3 Months of Usage testbench on TechPowerUp.
SAMA Z60 Mid-Tower White on FunkyKit.
Cooler Master MasterFrame 500 Mesh Mid-Tower on Tweaktown.
Audio Visual:
Elgato Stream Deck + Review - Content Creators, Don't Walk, Run to Get One Now on Tweaktown.
Elgato Prompter XL on Tweaktown.
Elgato Facecam 4K Webcam Review - Studio-level Camera Quality on Tweaktown.
ASUS ROG Strix XG248QSG Ace Esports Gaming Monitor on Tweaktown.
Einarex Pulse PM400 on TechPowerUp.
SOUNDPEATS Clip1 Bluetooth Earphones on APHNetworks.
SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3P Wireless headset on NikKTech.
Storage:
TerraMaster TNAS F4-425 Plus (4x HDD / 3xNVME SSD) on Guru3D.
Kingston Dual Portable SSD on StorageReview.
Cooling:
Noctua NF-A12x25 G2 Series Cooling Fans on APHNetworks.
Cooler Master Hyper 212 3DHP Black ARGB CPU Cooler on ThinkComputers.
Input Etc:
be quiet! Dark Mount Silent Tactile Mechanical Keyboard on APHNetworks.
ENDORFY Thock V2 Wireless Gaming Keyboard on Tweaktown.
Pulsar Susanto-X mouse on TechPowerUp.
MSI Strike Pro Wireless Gaming Keyboard on Tweaktown.
Simagic Alpha Evo 12Nm Bundle on Tweaktown.
AULA F75 MAX Wireless Mechanical Keyboard on FunkyKit.
Epomaker P65 65% Compact Gaming Keyboard on MadShrimps.
Razer Cobra Hyperspeed on TechPowerUp.
Power Supply:
Formula V Line PSFX-1200 ATX 3.1 Power Supply Unit on NikKTech.
Super Flower LEADEX III GOLD UP ATX 3.1 1000W on FunkyKit.
Portable & Prebuilt:
OnePlus 15R Review: Affordable Midrange Phone With Big Battery Life phone on HotHardware.
XMG Focus 17 (M25) Review - Proves that the 17.3-inchers Are Still a Thing laptop on TechPowerUp.
ECS LIVA Z11 Plus Mini-PC on MadShrimps.
PELADN WO4 mini-PC on TechPowerUp.
Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Ultra SFF Gen 2 on StorageReview.
Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Tiny Gen 2 on StorageReview.
Misc:
Intel Arc Pro B60 Battlematrix Preview: 192GB of VRAM for On-Premise AI on StorageReview.
Supermicro JumpStart Review: A Week With an NVIDIA HGX B200 on StorageReview.
Patriot Viper Xtreme 5 Aurum DDR5-8000 UDIMM 32GB Dual-Channel Memory Kit on Tweaktown.
It's difficult to know what to say in the wake of such a shocking event. I am dismayed and feel great sorrow for those affected by the incident at Bondi this weekend. Be kind to each other - violence is never the answer.
Thanks to mpot and Lou this week!
     
     
     
     
Thursday Night Reviews
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Thursday, 11-December-2025 20:12:38 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Motherboard & CPU:
Sapphire Nitro+ B850A Wi-Fi 7 on TechPowerUp.
ASRock Phantom Gaming Z890I NOVA WiFi Motherboard on FunkyKit.
MSI MEG Z890 ACE on TechPowerUp.
ASRock Phantom Gaming X870 Nova WiFi on Tweaktown.
ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E EXTREME on Guru3D.
Storage:
KLEVV C910G NVMe M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD on FunkyKit.
AGEEN TB001 Thunderbolt NVMe Enclosure on TechPowerUp.
BIWIN Black Opal X570 2TB Gen5 SSD on NikKTech.
Crucial T705 2TB PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 SSD White on MadShrimps.
Crucial X10 SSD Review: Fast, Rugged, Pocket-Size Storage on HotHardware.
Crucial T710 2TB M.2 PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD on OCInside.
Lexar NQ780 4TB PCIe Gen 4.0 x4 SSD on NeoSeeker.
TEAMGROUP ULTRA 1TB MicroSDXC UHS-I Memory Card on NikKTech.
Cases:
Fractal Epoch XL Black TG Light Tint on Vortez.
Fractal Design Epoch XL on ThinkComputers.
Beelink EQi13 Pro on TechPowerUp.
Cougar CFV235 Mesh Vision mid-tower on TechPowerUp.
Input Etc:
COUGAR ULTIMUS PRO Wireless RGB 98% Mechanical Gaming Keyboard on FunkyKit.
Corsair Sabre v2 Pro mouse on TechPowerUp.
CHERRY KW X ULP 2.0 MINI Ultra-Slim Mechanical Keyboard on MadShrimps.
Turtle Beach Vulcan II TKL Gaming Keyboard on Tweaktown.
G-Wolves Fenrir Asym 8K mouse on TechPowerUp.
Turtle Beach Vulcan II TKL Mechanical Keyboard on APHNetworks.
Portable & Prebuilt:
GEEKOM IT15 mini-PC on TechPowerUp.
Geekom AX8 MAX Review: Compact Powerhouse with Ryzen 7 8745HS mini-PC on Guru3D.
ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 18 G835 (2025) Review - Incredible Gaming Laptop on TechPowerUp.
Alienware 16 & 18 Area-51 Laptops Reviewed: Benchmark-Crushing Gaming Beasts on HotHardware.
Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition (14, Gen 10) Review - Solid, Beautiful, Efficient on TechPowerUp.
Video Cards:
ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Monster Hunter Wilds Edition on TechPowerUp.
PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 XT Reva on TechPowerUp.
Cooling:
SAMA L70 AIO CPU Cooler on FunkyKit.
LYNK+ GeForce RTX 5090 Modular AIO GPU cooler on TechPowerUp.
Einarex Vertex 360 AIO CPU cooler on TechPowerUp.
Audio Visual:
MSI MPG 322URX QD-OLED monitor on TechPowerUp.
BenQ Zowie XL2566X+ Gaming Monitor Review - 1080p 400Hz on Tweaktown.
Kiwi Ears Altruva Headphones on APHNetworks.
Trak Racer Haptic Bass Shaker Kit on Tweaktown.
Acer Predator XB273K V5 Gaming Monitor Review - 4K 160Hz & 1080p 320Hz on Tweaktown.
Magedok Mageflex-140A Dual 14 Inch 2K OLED Portable Touch Monitor on NikKTech.
LG UltraGear GX7 Gaming Monitor Review - 1440p 480Hz OLED on Tweaktown.
Beyerdynamic DT 1770 Pro MKII Headphone on HWAsylum.
Dangbei MP1 Max 4K Projector on NeoSeeker.
Dell 32 Plus S3225QS Monitor Review - 4K 120Hz on Tweaktown.
Samsung Odyssey G8 Gaming Monitor Review - It's More Than Just High-End PC Gaming on Tweaktown.
Memory:
Crucial DDR5 Pro OC Gaming 32GB 6400MT/s CL32 Dual-Channel Kit on NikKTech.
Biwin Black Opal DW100 RGB DDR5-6000 32 GB CL28 on TechPowerUp.
Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra DDR5-6000 2x48GB DDR5 RAM on APHNetworks.
Exceleram 42 Series 2x32GB DDR5-6000 Memory Kit on MadShrimps.
Crucial Pro Overclocking Edition DDR5-6400 CL32 32GB on ThinkComputers.
Misc:
Nitro Concepts E-Racer Sim Racing Chassis on Tweaktown.
Arozzi Vernazza XL Supersoft gaming chair on TechPowerUp.
SAMA G1000 PSU on Vortez.
ASUS ZenWiFi BQ16 review: Quad Band Mesh with Wi-Fi 7 on Guru3D.
Govee x Pac-Man Gaming Pixel Light Review - Pixel Art Brought to Life on Tweaktown.
The 2025 Formula 1 season comes to a head tonight, with the final round at Abu Dhabi. Three drivers are still in the running to become World Champion - including Australia's Oscar Piastri, his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris, and the defending 4-time World Champion, Max Verstappen. McLaren dominated the season early on but seem determined to throw it away, with Max looming ever closer - and starting this race from pole position. Should be a good one, kicking off at midnight Sydney time, with discussion towards the end of this thread.
I know, I know.. but wifey just reminded me we have a school function in like an hour so it's Retro Misc Pics from June 2013 this week!
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Retro Gaming December 2025
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Tuesday, 2-December-2025 00:07:37 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN
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This month's "Retro Let's Play" for December is Colossus from 2005
The protagonist of the game is Wander, a young man whose goal is to resurrect a girl named Mono. The only established fact regarding Mono is that she was a maiden who was sacrificed because she was believed to have a cursed destiny. Assisting Wander in his quest to revive her is his loyal horse, Agro, who serves as his sole ally in defeating the colossi ...
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Thanks to Blinky, Lou and metamorphosis this week!
     
     
     
     
Friday Afternoon Reviews
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Friday, 28-November-2025 14:05:50 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Thanks to MUTMAN for putting this post together:
Audio Visual:
Beyerdynamic DT 270 PRO Compact Studio Headphones @ Madshrimps
MINISFORUM M1 Pro @ guru3D
Keyboard, Mouse:
Logitech Powerplay 2 Wireless Charging Mouse Pad @ LanOC
Turtle Beach Burst II Pro Wireless Gaming Mouse @ TweakTown
EPOMAKER RT85 Mechanical Keyboard @ ThinkComputers
Cases, Cooling:
InWin Prism (White) Case @ ThinkComputers
HYTE X50 Mid-Tower Chassis @ TweakTown
Storage:
Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro 2TB SSD @ TweakTown
BIWIN Black Opal NV7400 2TB SSD @ NikKTech
Corsair MP700 Pro XT 2 TB @ ThinkComputers
PNY CS3250 2TB SSD @ TweakTown
Ugreen NASync DH2300 @ TechPowerUp
Motherboard, CPU:
MSI MAG X870E TOMAHAWK WiFi Motherboard @ FunkyKit
Gigabyte Z890 Aorus Elite X Ice @ TechPowerUp
Inside Snapdragon X2 Elite @ HotHardware
Portable, Prebuilt:
The Top 40 Best Laptops Group Test (Black Friday Update) @ SMBtech
HP OmniBook 5 14" AI PC (Snapdragon X) Laptop @ TweakTown
Alienware 16 & 18 Area-51 Laptops @ HotHardware
MINISFORUM M1 Pro @ TechPowerUp
In 1982, a physics joke gone wrong sparked the invention of the emoticon. The whole episode started three days earlier when computer scientist Neil Swartz posed a physics problem to colleagues on Carnegie Mellon’s “bboard,” which was an early online message board. The discussion thread had been exploring what happens to objects in a free-falling elevator, and Swartz presented a specific scenario involving a lit candle and a drop of mercury.
BoM website redevelopment cost hits $96.5m. In this update we are responding directly to community feedback received during the beta phase and since launch in October, with a focus on making the rain radar and weather map easier to use. The update will be rescheduled as soon as the severe weather subsides, and we will have more on that when a date is determined. Watt defended the Bureau’s rationale for rebuilding the website - to address “massive cyber security risks around the old website” - but not the way the project was run. He also confirmed that he wants to see the BoM’s website and app more closely aligned.
Spinning Rust is Dead! Seagate wants you to hold its beer. Seagate's roadmap reveals that 6.9TB platters won't be used in official products until 2030. In the meantime, Seagate is working on developing 4TB, 5TB, and 6TB platters that will enter production in 2027, 2028, and 2029, respectively. But the company won't be stopping there; it projects that it will have 7TB to 15TB platters available from 2031 onward. Assuming nothing changes, Seagate could likely have petabyte-sized hard drives before 2040.
Australian teenagers ask High Court to block the proposed social media ban. A campaign group called the Digital Freedom Project said it launched proceedings in the High Court of Australia in a bid to block the law, with two 15-year-olds, Noah Jones and Macy Neyland, as plaintiffs in the case. More than one million accounts held by teenagers under 16 are set to be deactivated in Australia when the ban on platforms including YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and Meta's Facebook and Instagram starts on December 10. In a statement, the Digital Freedom Project said the ban "robs" young Australians of their freedom of political communication, an implied right in the constitution. Australia does not have an express right to free speech.
Necroprinting is when weird scientists use a dead mosquito proboscis as a high-resolution 3D printing nozzle. What the ... The female mosquito's proboscis has many qualities that make it well-suited for 3D necroprinting. Notably, its inner diameter of just 20 micrometers is ~100% finer than the best man-made tips, according to the researchers. These biodegradable nozzles are also remarkably straight, stable, and able to withstand internal pressures of up to 60 kilopascals.
The U.S. patent for MP3 audio was granted on this day in 1996. Key personnel behind the invention of MP3 included: Bernhard Grill, Karlheinz Brandenburg, Thomas Sporer, Bernd Kurten, Ernst Eberlein, and Dieter Seitzer. Brandenburg is often credited as being the father of MP3, for leading this and similar research since 1977, but Seitzer (for example) brought expertise in transferring music over standard phone lines.
Warner Music Group is partnering with Suno, the biggest AI-music platform. In the strongest sign yet that the world’s biggest record labels are embracing AI, leading AI-music platform Suno announced today that it has settled Warner Music Group‘s lawsuit over the use of its songs in Suno’s training data, and Suno and WMG are partnering on “next-generation licensed AI music.” “This landmark pact with Suno is a victory for the creative community that benefits everyone,” Robert Kyncl, CEO of Warner Music Group, said in a statement. “With Suno rapidly scaling, both in users and monetization, we’ve seized this opportunity to shape models that expand revenue and deliver new fan experiences.
Audio Visual:
Majority D100 Bookshelf Speakers @ NikKTech
AORUS RX 9070 XT Elite Review @ TweakTown
UMEVO Note Plus - Magnetic AI Voice Recorder @ FunkyKit
Keyboard, Mouse:
Epomaker Carbon X Wireless Optical Mouse @ APHnetworks
be quiet! Dark Mount Silent Linear Gaming Keyboard @ Madshrimps
Cases, Cooling:
Chieftec The Cube @ TechPowerUp
APNX V2 @ TechPowerUp
Thermaltake View 390 Air Mid Tower Chassis and 6.0'' LCD Screen @ FunkyKit
GAMDIAS ATHENA M4M Compact Micro Tower Chassis @ TweakTown
MSI MPG CORELIQUID P13 Liquid CPU Cooler @ ThinkComputers
Storage:
KLEVV CRAS C925G 2TB M.2 PCe Gen4x4 SSD @ Madshrimps
UGREEN NASync DH2300 @ TweakTown
Lexar NM1090 PRO 2TB PCIe 5.0 NVMe 2.0 SSD @ Neoseeker
PNY CS3250 M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen5 2TB SSD @ APHnetworks
PNY CS2150 2TB SSD @ TweakTown
Transcend MTE206S 2TB SSD @ TweakTown
Motherboard, Memory:
XPG LANCER NEON RGB 32GB DDR5 8000MT/s CL38 Dual-Channel Kit @ NikKTech
Colorful iGame Shadow II DDR5-6000 32 GB CL28 @ TechPowerUp
NZXT N9 Z890 @ TechPowerUp
PSU:
Chieftec VEGA M Series PPG-850-C 850W ATX 3.1 @ TechPowerUp
Video Card:
AORUS RX 9070 XT Elite Review @ Vortez
Portable, Prebuilt:
XMG 14 Evo (E25) @ TechPowerUp
ALLIWAVA U58 @ TechPowerUp
Minix Elite EU715-AI (Core 7 155H processor) Mini PC @ guru3D
Thanks to KonMan this week! Also thanks to MUTMAN for holding the fort while I was off trekking in Nepal for the last three weeks.
     
     
     
     
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