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Friday again! Enjoy the long weekend if you're having one.
     
     
     
     
Thursday Evening Reviews
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Thursday, 25-September-2025 18:51:55 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Storage:
Samsung 9100 Pro 8TB Gen5 SSD on ThePCEnthusiast.
KLEVV CRAS C925G 2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD on FunkyKit.
Micron 7600 Max 6.4TB Enterprise SSD Review - G9 Flash Hits the Datacenter on Tweaktown.
Crucial T710 Gen5 Solid State Drive on ThinkComputers.
Seagate IronWolf Pro 30TB SATA III HDD on NikKTech.
Cases:
Corsair Frame 4500X RS-R ARGB on TechPowerUp.
Corsair Frame 4500X Mid-Tower Chassis on Tweaktown.
Input Etc:
be quiet! Dark Mount Keyboard on Guru3D.
ASUS ROG Falcata Gaming Keyboard Review - Gaming Excellence on Tweaktown.
SteelSeries Rival 3 Wireless Gen 2 Gaming Mouse on MadShrimps.
Cooling:
Cooler Master Masterliquid 360 Atmos II CPU Cooler on Tweaktown.
Montech HyperFlow Digital 360 CPU Cooler on Tweaktown.
Montech HyperFlow Digital 360 AIO cooler on TechPowerUp.
Video Cards:
Silent Hill f Performance Benchmark Review - 30+ GPUs Tested on TechPowerUp.
Borderlands 4 Tested: GeForce RTX 5070 Ti & RTX 5080 Performance With and Without DLSS on Tweaktown.
Dying Light: The Beast Performance Benchmark Review - 30+ GPUs Tested on TechPowerUp.
Portable & Prebuilt:
Silent Hill f Handheld Performance Review on TechPowerUp.
Dying Light: The Beast Handheld Performance Review on TechPowerUp.
HP Z2 Mini G1a Workstation Review: Petite Power For Professionals on HotHardware.
GEEKOM A9 Max on TechPowerUp.
MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (Strix Point | RTX 5070 Ti) Laptop on Tweaktown.
Misc:
Patriot Viper Elite 5 DDR5-6000 UDIMM 64GB Dual-Channel Memory Kit on Tweaktown.
ASUS ROG STRIX GS-BE18000 Wi-Fi 7 Tri-Band Gaming Router on Tweaktown.
SilverStone Triton 1000Rz 1000W Power Supply on APHNetworks.
Friday again!
     
     
     
     
Friday Afternoon
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Friday, 19-September-2025 13:17:46 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Intel and NVIDIA have announced a new partnership, with NVIDIA investing $5B in Intel stock. The companies will focus on seamlessly connecting NVIDIA and Intel architectures using NVIDIA NVLink – integrating the strengths of NVIDIA’s AI and accelerated computing with Intel’s leading CPU technologies and x86 ecosystem to deliver cutting-edge solutions for customers. With Intel's financial woes and NVIDIA's incredible growth, could this be the first step of an acquisition/merger like we saw with AMD and ATI? Discussion here.
Old news, but Seagate have uncovered a counterfeit hard drive workshop. During the raid, authorities reportedly uncovered approximately 700 counterfeit Seagate hard drives, with SMART values that had been reset to facilitate their sale as new. The confiscated batch included several models from Seagate's extensive hard drive range, with capacities reaching up to 18TB. However, Seagate-branded drives were not the only items involved, as authorities also discovered drives from Kioxia and Western Digital.
Also old, this MOS 6502 CPU unboxing. Back in 1975, you could order a boxed 6502 CPU directly from MOS in Norristown, PA. Here are some high-res photos of such a box and its contents.
TechPowerUp compared 30 GPUs in Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater. Konami, in collaboration with Virtuos, has built Metal Gear Solid Delta on Unreal Engine 5, replacing the Fox Engine used in earlier versions. This modern engine allows for vast environmental detail and improved character realism, with persistent wounds, dirt, and camouflage effects. The remake also features greatly improved facial animation, cinematic lighting through UE5's Lumen technology, and enhanced physics. The game has support for upscaling technologies like NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR, but there is no frame generation support.
Social media will soon require age verification in Australia. Australia urged social media platforms to employ "minimally invasive" methods to check the age of users covered by its world-first teen social media ban, including account artificial intelligence (AI) and behavioural data. Still not entirely sure if/how this applies to OCAU.
Retro Gaming September 2025
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Friday, 19-September-2025 10:57:50 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN
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And while we all wait for Retro Misc Pics, there's still plenty of time to play this month's Retro Gaming Lets Play.
Set in a dystopian future, Strider follows our hero Hiryu as he attempts to end the tyrannical reign of Grandmaster Meio, for good. Strider's gameplay is cited as a major influence on the video game franchises Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry, and God of War. It became one of Capcom's early hits, praised for its innovative gameplay, diverse and unique music, and multilingual voice samples.
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Audio Visual:
GOOVIS G3 MAX 3D HMD @ TweakTown
Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S3 Headphone @ ThePCEnthusiast
beyerdynamic DT 1770 PRO MKII Studio Headphones @ TweakTown
ASUS ROG Strix XG32UCWMG @ TweakTown
Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) @ HotHardware
ASRock Phantom Gaming PG27FFX2A Gaming Monitor @ TweakTown
Alienware AW3425DW Gaming Monitor @ TweakTown
Aurzen ZIP Tri-Fold Portable Projector @ Neoseeker
Mouse:
Corsair SABRE v2 PRO Ultralight Wireless Gaming Mouse @ TweakTown
Epomaker Carbon60 Mechanical Wireless Keyboard @ Madshrimps
Case, Cooling:
Ocypus Sigma L36 PRO @ TechPowerUp
SilverStone Lucid 05 Computer Case @ aphNetworks
Storage:
ScaleFlux CSD 5320 7.68TB Enterprise SSD @ TweakTown
Silicon Power Inspire 1TB microSDXC Memory Card @ Madshrimps
Lexar NM1090 Pro 2TB Gen5 M.2 SSD @ NikKTech
Motherboard, Memory, CPU:
Gigabyte B850I Aorus Pro @ TechPowerUp
KLEVV CRAS V RGB DDR5-6000 32GB @ ThinkComputers
Epyc Embedded 4005 Processors For Edge Applications @ SMBtech
ASRock X870 LiveMixer WiFi @ TweakTown
ASRock Phantom Gaming X870 NOVA WiFi @ FunkyKit
KLEVV CRAS V RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6000 @ Madshrimps
Software, Benchmark:
Inside Our New Gaming Rigs @ TweakTown
Borderlands 4 Handheld Performance @ TechPowerUp
Borderlands 4 Performance @ TechPowerUp
Portable, Prebuilt:
MSI Raider A18 HX A9W @ TechPowerUp
Asus ROG Flow Z13 @ HighPerformanceLaptops
GIGABYTE AERO X16 EG61H CoPilot+ PC @ Vortez
Geekom A9 Max @ guru3D
Retro Misc Pics
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Friday, 12-September-2025 12:50:10 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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It's been a busy week here, so here's Retro Misc Pics from January 2013. Have a good weekend!
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NASA Name News
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Friday, 12-September-2025 12:30:53 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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RELEASE 25-060
SEPT. 9, 2025
MISSIONS
Launch Your Name Around Moon in 2026 on NASA’s Artemis II Mission
Boarding passes will carry participants' names on NASA's Artemis II mission in 2026.
Credit: NASA
NASA is inviting the public to join the agency’s Artemis II test flight as four astronauts venture around the Moon and back to test systems and hardware needed for deep space exploration. As part of the agency’s “Send Your Name with Artemis II” effort, anyone can claim their spot by signing up before Jan. 21.
Participants will launch their name aboard the Orion spacecraft and SLS (Space Launch System) rocket alongside NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
“Artemis II is a key test flight in our effort to return humans to the Moon’s surface and build toward future missions to Mars, and it’s also an opportunity to inspire people across the globe and to give them an opportunity to follow along as we lead the way in human exploration deeper into space,” said Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
The collected names will be put on an SD card loaded aboard Orion before launch. In return, participants can download a boarding pass with their name on it as a collectable.
To add your name and receive an English-language boarding pass, visit:
https://go.nasa.gov/artemisnames
To add your name and receive a Spanish-language boarding pass, visit:
https://go.nasa.gov/TuNombreArtemis
As part of a Golden Age of innovation and exploration, the approximately 10-day Artemis II test flight, launching no later than April 2026, is the first crewed flight under NASA’s Artemis campaign. It is another step toward new U.S.-crewed missions on the Moon’s surface that will help the agency prepare to send the first astronauts – Americans – to Mars.
To learn more about the mission visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/
Discussion in our Science forum.
Audio Visual:
AQIRYS SIRIUS PRO Gaming Headset @ Madshrimps
ASUS ROG Strix OLED XG27ACDNG @ TechPowerUp
Keyboard, Mouse:
Pulsar ZywOo The Chosen Mouse @ TechPowerUp
Razer BlackWidow V4 Low-Profile HyperSpeed Keyboard @ TweakTown
ASUS ROG Azoth Extreme Gaming Keyboard @ ThinkComputers
Epomaker x AULA F108 Mechanical Keyboard @ aphNetworks
Cases, Cooling:
be quiet! Pure Base 501 LX Mid-Tower Chassis @ TweakTown
Noctua NF-A14x25 G2 & NF-A14x25r G2 @ FunkyKit
Scythe Mugen 6 CPU Cooler @ HotHardware
be quiet! Pure Loop 3 360mm AIO @ NikKTech
Cooler Master V4 Alpha 3DHP Black @ TweakTown
Cooler Master MasterFrame 600 Computer Case @ aphNetworks
Storage:
TerraMaster F4 SSD NAS @ guru3D
PNY DUO LINK V3 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Dual Flash Drive @ FunkyKit
Motherboard, Memory:
ASUS TUF Gaming X870E-Plus Wi-Fi7 @ TechPowerUp
Kingston FURY Renegade 48GB CUDIMM @ NikKTech
PSU:
ASRock TC-1300T 80 PLUS Titanium ATX 3.1 PSU @ TweakTown
Video Card:
Zotac GeForce RTX 5070 Solid @ TechPowerUp
Portable, Prebuilt:
Kamrui GK3 Plus Mini-PC @ TechPowerUp
Lenovo Legion Go S @ HotHardware
Dell Pro 14 @ HotHardware
MSI Raider A18 HX A9W @ HighPerformanceLaptops
Acer TravelMate P6 14 AI @ TweakTown
Misc:
NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor - AI Boxen @ HotHardware
D-Link DWR-933M Wi-Fi 6 Mobile Hotspot @ TweakTown
Thanks to MUTMAN this week - and congrats to my folks on their 55th wedding anniversary today!
     
     
     
     
Friday Afternoon Reviews
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Friday, 5-September-2025 14:27:33 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Motherboard & CPU:
ASUS ROG Strix B850-I Gaming Wi-Fi on TechPowerUp.
ASRock X870 LiveMixer WiFi on FunkyKit.
Portable & Prebuilt:
MSI Katana 15 HX B14W on HighPerformanceLaptops.
Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 (Snapdragon X Plus) 14" Laptop on FunkyKit.
Acer TravelMate P6 14 AI (Lunar Lake) Business Laptop on Tweaktown.
Alienware 16X Aurora Review: Gaming Power, Premium Design, Solid Value laptop on HotHardware.
Power Supply:
VTOMAN Jump 2200 SuperSafe LIFEBMS Power Station on NikKTech.
ENERMAX REVOLUTION III 850W PSU on Vortez.
be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 1000W PSU on APHNetworks.
Memory:
Patriot Viper Elite 5 RGB DDR5-7000 32 GB CL38 on TechPowerUp.
Crucial Pro Overclocking 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5-6400 Black Kit on MadShrimps.
Video Cards:
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Expert OC on ThePCEnthusiast.
GeForce RTX 5050 Review Featuring Zotac SOLO – Is RTX 5050 Worth It on ThePCEnthusiast.
Audio Visual:
OBSBOT Tiny SE AI Powered PTZ Webcam on NikKTech.
ASRock PGO32UFS 32-inch 4K OLED Gaming Monitor on FunkyKit.
Corsair Xeneon Edge Review - The Widget Specialist touchscreen companion screen on TechPowerUp.
Storage:
Lexar Play 2280 SE Gen4 Solid State Drive on ThinkComputers.
WD Blue SN5100 2 TB Review - Impressive QLC on TechPowerUp.
Crucial T710 Gen5 SSD on ThePCEnthusiast.
SK hynix Platinum P51 (PCIe Gen 5.0 NVMe SSD @ 15GB/s) on Guru3D.
ADATA XPG MARS 980 BLADE 2TB NVMe PCIe 5.0 x4 SSD on FunkyKit.
Input Etc:
Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro Wireless Gaming Mouse - The New Gaming Champ on Tweaktown.
Melgeek MADE68 Air Gaming Keyboard on ThinkComputers.
Misc:
Creality Hi-Combo 3D Printer on NikKTech.
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Fiber on StorageReview.
MSI MPG CORELIQUID P13 360 CPU cooler on TechPowerUp.
Friday Morning Reviews
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Friday, 5-September-2025 01:05:33 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Motherboard & CPU:
MSI MAG B860 Tomahawk WIFI on Guru3D.
ASUS TUF Gaming B850-Plus WiFi Motherboard on Tweaktown.
Gigabyte B850 Eagle WiFi7 Ice on TechPowerUp.
Cooling:
SAMA A60E CPU Cooler on APHNetworks.
CRYORIG C5 cu CPU cooler on TechPowerUp.
Cases:
GAMDIAS Neso P1 Pro Full Tower Chassis on Tweaktown.
HAVN HS 420 VGPU Mid-Tower Chassis on Tweaktown.
Storage:
Seagate FireCuda 540 2 TB on TechPowerUp.
Samsung 9100 Pro 8TB SSD Review: High Capacity, Blistering-Fast Storage on HotHardware.
Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB SSD on Tweaktown.
Crucial T710 2TB NVMe PCIe 5.0 x4 SSD on FunkyKit.
SanDisk WD Blue SN5100 SSD on StorageReview.
Sandisk WD Blue SN5100 2TB SSD on Tweaktown.
Portable & Prebuilt:
MSI Crosshair 16 HX AI (Core Ultra 9 275HX + RTX 5070) Gaming Laptop on Tweaktown.
ASUS ROG Ally X Windows PC handheld on TechPowerUp.
Shuttle XPC slim DN11H5 Barebone on MadShrimps.
Acer Predator Helios 18 AI (Core Ultra 9 275HX + RTX 5090) Gaming Laptop on Tweaktown.
Google Pixel 10 Series phone on HotHardware.
Audio Visual:
Samsung 27-inch Odyssey OLED G6 (G60SF) Gaming Monitor on Tweaktown.
SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3X Wireless Gaming Headset on Tweaktown.
Philips 34B2U3600C Monitor on OCInside.
OnePlus Buds 4 Review: Mid-Range Wireless Earbuds That Rock on HotHardware.
Fractal Design Scape Headset on Guru3D.
OBSBOT Tiny SE AI Powered PTZ Webcam on NikKTech.
Input Etc:
Redragon ARTEMIS K719 PRO Anime Keyboard on ThinkComputers.
Redragon K1NG Ultra mouse on TechPowerUp.
Retro Gaming September 2025
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Tuesday, 2-September-2025 20:26:15 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN
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This month's "Retro Let's Play" for September is Strider from 1989
Set in a dystopian future, Strider follows our hero Hiryu as he attempts to end the tyrannical reign of Grandmaster Meio, for good. Strider's gameplay is cited as a major influence on the video game franchises Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry, and God of War. It became one of Capcom's early hits, praised for its innovative gameplay, diverse and unique music, and multilingual voice samples.
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