End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell

It is with great sadness that I find myself penning the hardest news post I’ve ever needed to write here at AnandTech. After over 27 years of covering the wide – and wild – word of computing hardware, today is AnandTech’s final day of publication.
For better or worse, we’ve reached the end of a long journey – one that started with a review of an AMD processor, and has end…
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https://www.anandtech.com/show/21542/end-of-the-road-an-anandtech-farewell

The Corsair iCUE LINK TITAN 360 RX RGB AIO Cooler Review: Meticulous, But Pricey

Corsair, a longstanding and esteemed manufacturer in the PC components industry, initially built its reputation on memory-related products. However, nearly two decades ago, Corsair began diversifying its product line. This expansion started cautiously, with a limited number of products, but quickly proved to be …
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https://www.anandtech.com/show/21538/the-corsair-icue-link-titan-360-rx-rgb-aio-cooler-review

The Cougar Poseidon Ultra 360 ARGB AIO Cooler Review: Bright Lights, Average Cooling

Cougar, established in 2008, has become a notable name in the PC hardware market, particularly among gamers and enthusiasts. While Cougar might appear to be a relatively recent addition to the industry, it is backed by HEC/Compucase, a veteran in the PC market known primarily for its OEM products. Cougar was cre…
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https://www.anandtech.com/show/21537/the-cougar-poseidon-ultra-360-argb-aio-cooler-review

Sabrent Rocket nano V2 External SSD Review: Phison U18 in a Solid Offering

Sabrent's lineup of internal and external SSDs is popular among enthusiasts. The primary reason is the company's tendency to be among the first to market with products based on the latest controllers, while also delivering an excellent value proposition. The company has a long-standing relationship wi…
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https://www.anandtech.com/show/21539/sabrent-rocket-nano-v2-external-ssd-review-phison-u18-in-a-solid-offering

The Endorfy Fortis 5 Dual Fan CPU Cooler Review: Towering Value

Standard CPU coolers, while adequate for managing basic thermal loads, often fall short in terms of noise reduction and superior cooling efficiency. This limitation drives advanced users and system builders to seek aftermarket solutions tailored to their specific needs. The high-end aftermarket cooler market is highly competitive, with m…
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https://www.anandtech.com/show/21536/the-endorfy-fortis-5-dual-fan-cpu-cooler-review

ACEMAGIC F2A 125H SFF PC Review: Mid-Range Meteor Lake at 65W

Intel's Meteor Lake series of processors was launched in September 2023 with a focus on mobile platforms. Multiple mini-PC vendors have utilized these processors to market offerings in the SFF / UCFF desktop market. ACEMAGIC is an Asian manufacturer with products in multiple categories including micro-PCs, UCFF (ultra-compact form-factor) and SFF …
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https://www.anandtech.com/show/21416/acemagic-f2a-meteor-lakeh-sff-pc-review

MediaTek to Add NVIDIA G-Sync Support to Monitor Scalers, Make G-Sync Displays More Accessible

NVIDIA on Tuesday said that future monitor scalers from MediaTek will support its G-Sync technologies. NVIDIA is partnering with MediaTek to integrate its full range of G-Sync technologies into future monitors without requiring a standalone G-Sync module, which makes advanc…
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https://www.anandtech.com/show/21535/nvidia-enables-g-sync-on-mediatek-s-scalers-makes-g-sync-monitors-more-accessible

Qualcomm Adds Snapdragon 7s Gen 3: Mid-Tier Snapdragon Gets Cortex-A720 Treatment

Qualcomm this morning is taking the wraps off of a new smartphone SoC for the mid-range market, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3. The second of Qualcomm’s down-market ‘S’ tier Snapdragon 7 parts, the 7s series is functionally the entry-level tier for the Snapdragon 7 family – and really, most Qualc…
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https://www.anandtech.com/show/21534/qualcomm-adds-snapdragon-7s-gen-3-midtier-snapdragon-gets-cortexa720-treatment

CXL Gathers Momentum at FMS 2024

The CXL consortium has had a regular presence at FMS (which rechristened itself from 'Flash Memory Summit' to the 'Future of Memory and Storage' this year). Back at FMS 2022, the company had announced v3.0 of the CXL specifications. This was followed by CXL 3.1's introduction at Supercomputing 2023. Having started off as a host to device interconnect standard, it had slowly subsumed…
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https://www.anandtech.com/show/21533/cxl-gathers-momentum-at-fms-2024

Fadu's FC5161 SSD Controller Breaks Cover in Western Digital's PCIe Gen5 Enterprise Drives

When Western Digital introduced its Ultrastar DC SN861 SSDs earlier this year, the company did not disclose which controller it used for these drives, which made many observers presume that WD was using an in-house controller. But a recent teardown of the drive shows that is not the case; ins…
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https://www.anandtech.com/show/21532/western-digital-uses-fadu-controller-for-pcie-gen5-enterprise-ssds