Author: Marvin Gabriel

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Akko 3108 Tokyo World Tour Review – Five-Side Dye Sub!

Marvin Gabriel

Today we have another Akko keyboard review for you guys, we’re taking a look at the Akko 3108 Tokyo World Tour edition, this is for our ladies out there and even though most of my subscribers are men, I still would like to give you girls some love. And boys, if you’re looking to get your girl into the mechanical keyboard world that we love, make sure to show her this review so she’ll understand more why we spend too much money and so that you can get away with…

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Lazada Mid-Year Festival Sale 2019 – Mechanical Keyboards

Marvin Gabriel
lazada mid-year sale 2019

Tomorrow, July 12, 2019, LAZADA Philippines will be having a Mid-Year Festival Sale and I think this is the perfect timing for anyone to get their hands on a Mechanical Keyboard. I’ve listed below some of the Mechanical Keyboards that will go on sale especially the ones that I’ve already reviewed.  Anne Pro 2 (Black Case/Gateron Brown) – From 4277 to 3700 PesosAnne Pro 2 (Black Case/Gateron Red) – From 4324 – 3800 PesosAnne Pro 2 (White Case/Gateron Brown) – From 4266 – 3800 PesosAnne Pro 2 (White Case/Gateron Blue)…

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AMD Unleashes the Ultimate 7nm Gaming Platform – Bang for the Buck!

Marvin Gabriel

AMD announced worldwide the availability of its new 7nm leadership PC gaming platform based on the AMD Radeon RX 5700 series graphics cards, 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen Desktop Processors, as well as Ryzen 3000 Series Processors with Radeon Graphics. Radeon RX 5700 Series, superior 1440p gaming, incredible visual fidelity, highly responsive gameplay Raising the bar for gamers with the all-new RDNA architecture, support for PCIe 4.0, and 8GB of GDDR6 VRAM, the Radeon 5700 Series graphics cards deliver up to 1.25X performance-per-clock and up to 1.5X performance-per-watt over the previous Graphic Core…

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Akko 3108 Dragonball Z Goku Review – Five-Side Dye Sub Spacebar

Marvin Gabriel

Today we’re going to review the Akko 3108 Dragonball Z Goku edition, But before that, I would just like to inform you that we’re giving away an Anne Pro 2 60% Mechanical Keyboard in partnership with one of our biggest channel supporter, banggood.com so make sure you read the entire article for the details. With that said, let’s get into it. Akko, in my humble opinion, is one of the best brands when it comes to mechanical keyboards with great build quality at a very competitive price point. I have…

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GIGABYTE Unveils Radeon™ RX 5700 Series Graphics Card

Marvin Gabriel

Taipei, Taiwan, July 7th, 2019 – GIGABYTE, the world’s leading premium gaming hardware manufacturer, today announced the launch of Radeon™ RX 5700 XT 8G and Radeon™ RX 5700 8G, the latest Radeon™ RX 5700 series graphics cards built upon the 7nm processor technology with new RDNA architecture and the world’s first GPU to support PCI Express 4.0. With RDNA gaming architecture, GIGABYTE RadeonTM RX 5700 XT 8G and RadeonTM RX 5700 8G are equipped with 2560 and 2304 stream processors respectively and both come with 8GB GDDR6 memory to deliver…

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Rakk Lam-Ang Pro Mechanical Keyboard Review – Universal Socket Keyboard!

Marvin Gabriel

Rakk Gears has been consistently improving their lineup of mechanical keyboards and I always been just a lurker, following their progress since their Kimat lineup, but to be honest, I haven’t really found myself wanting any of their previous keyboards, I feel like there’s really nothing special with them except for the recent one, the Rakk Ilis with its dual numpad/arrow keys function and interchangeable top cover. I felt like that was the start of innovation from Rakk Gears when it comes to mechanical keyboards. I had my eyes on…

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MSI Proudly Announced their New X570 Motherboards and Discovery Channel’s eSports – The Rise of the New King

Marvin Gabriel

MSI, the world leading motherboard brand, has proudly announced our brand new AMD AM4 motherboards with X570 chipsets. Not only tailored for enthusiast gamers, but we also offer more possibilities for content creation and office use, dedicated to all types of PC users to satisfy their needs. This time, we carefully prepared a great variety of advanced technology and features to help our customers create the most immersive experiences and maximize performance.  Furthermore, AMD E3 Tech Day shows MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE OC performance, and they are doing also the…

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Transcend Unveils Embedded 3D NAND SSD Solutions with Enhanced Reliability and Wide Temperature Range for the AIoT Market

Marvin Gabriel

Transcend Information Inc., a leading manufacturer of storage and multimedia products, proudly presents a new line of solid-state drives made for the high-end embedded market. Made of top-tier 3D NAND and featuring enhanced endurance as well as exceptional thermal tolerance, this latest line-up comprises SSDs in the 2.5” SATA III, PCIe M.2, and SATA III M.2 form factors. Rated to endure 3K P/E (Program/Erase) cycles, and engineered to withstand extreme operating temperatures from -40°C to 85°C, these SSDs are made to reliably operate with embedded applications, including AIoT (Artificial Intelligence…

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Choosing the Right External Storage for Your Needs

Marvin Gabriel

While storage capacity, portability, and price are key considerations when choosing an external storage drive, there are additional increasingly important factors to consider in determining the right external storage for you. Thus, when it comes to deciding between a portable hard drive (HDD) or solid-state drive (SSD), it is important to first identify the criterion that best complements your workflow and specific needs. These can be broken down to the following key factors: Pricing: HDDs offer larger capacity at more attractive prices. Portability: SSDs can be smaller, thinner, and lighter…

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Durgod K320 Corona Mechanical Keyboard Review – Cherry MX Silent Reds

Marvin Gabriel

Today, we are taking a look at the Durgod K320 Corona Mechanical Keyboard, a keyboard that looks and feel premium with the backing of the most popular mechanical switches from the German brand Cherry MX. And if you’re a frequent reader, you know for a fact that I love budget mechanical keyboards with the likes of the Anne Pro 2, or even the twin brothers the Geek Gk61 and GK64. While these budget mechanical keyboards are a good option, it is still a breath of fresh air to take a…

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Mech Collective 2019 – A Gathering for Mechanical Keyboard Enthusiasts

Marvin Gabriel

There is a saying that “One’s you go clack, you can never go back”, and that’s actually pretty accurate. I started this blog and my YouTube channel reviewing all types of tech gadget from a mere 120 pesos wireless earbud to a very expensive 10,000 pesos mechanical keyboard. When I was starting, my contents were all over the place, I have no focus on what particular niche to focus on. Basically, I review whatever I have and whatever is presented in front of me. But that changed when I first…

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Akko Steam Engine Keycaps Review – SA VS OEM profile

Marvin Gabriel
akko

Today we’re taking a look at a set of keycaps that can definitely make your keyboard look and feel even better than before. We have the Akko Steam Engine SA keycap set. We’re also going to do some quick sound test so that you can have an idea of how a keycap set can affect your keyboard not just for aesthetics, so let’s get into it. MY EARLY BREAKDOWN Pros: Sexy looking SA profile, Decent build quality, Decent dye sublimated legends Cons: SA profile needs a little time getting used to…

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X-Bows Ergonomic Mechanical Keyboard Review – Silent Gateron Brown

Marvin Gabriel
X-Bows Ergonomic Keyboard Review

I’ve already reviewed a few mechanical keyboards now with different layouts and form factor but nothing really stands out among all of them, they are all basically using the same ANSI standard. While that is a perfectly good choice since it is one of the oldest standards, it also suffers from one of the most overlooked design flaws when it comes to comfort. X-Bows, with its founder Dr. Wang saw that and created a very unique ergonomic keyboard that’s not so far away from a typical keyboard. A lot of…

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High-Performance AMD Radeon GPUs to Power All-New Mac Pro

Marvin Gabriel

Santa Clara, Calif. — June 4, 2019 — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced that its new AMD Radeon™ Pro Vega II GPUs will be included in the all-new Mac Pro. Built on industry-leading 7nm process technology, AMD Radeon™ Pro Vega II GPUs provide groundbreaking levels of graphics performance for computation-intensive tasks, including rendering, 8K video, video effects, and other high-end content creation workloads. AMD Radeon™ Pro Vega II GPUs provide exceptional computational performance by harnessing 7nm AMD Radeon Vega family GPUs, ultra-fast High Bandwidth Memory (HBM2), and AMD Infinity Fabric…

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True 1500R Super Immersive! AORUS CV27F Launched!

Marvin Gabriel
AORUS CV27F

Taipei, Taiwan, May 29th, 2019 –GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, launched a “true 1500R” curved monitor, the AORUS CV27F Tactical Monitor. The CV27F uses a 27 inch FHD (1920×1080 resolution, 16:9 ratio) 1500R curved VA panel. Comparing to 1800R curved panels, 1500R is more similar to the natural curve of the human eye which gives you a stronger immersive feel. The AORUS CV27F also gives you 1ms (MPRT) response time and 165Hz refresh rate, along with 90% DCI-P3 and 8 Bits color, for…

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Made for FPS gamers AORUS KD25F Tactical Monitor Launched!

Marvin Gabriel
AORUS KD25F

Taipei, Taiwan, May 29th, 2019 –GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, launched a tactical monitor made for FPS gamers, the AORUS KD25F Tactical Monitor. AORUS KD25F is a 24.5 inch Full HD (1920×1080 resolution, 16:9 ratio) monitor using a TN panel with ultra-fast liquid crystal technology which increases the panel response rate up to 70% giving the panel have an incredible response time of 0.5ms (MPRT). Along with a 240Hz refresh rate, this monitor is the perfect monitor for FPS gaming as gamers will…

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Top Streamers Converging at the Grand Finals Opening of the First Zotac Cup Charity Tournament Featuring $100,000 USD Price Pool

Marvin Gabriel
Zotac Gaming

HONG KONG – May 30th, 2018 – ZOTAC Technology, a global manufacturer of innovation, isthrilled to announce that the Grand Finals of ZOTAC CUP Fight For Charity League of Legends(LOL) Tournament kicks off today at COMPUTEX Taipei with a grand opening ceremonyconverging all the finalists, including top streamers like CooLifeGame from Spain, Guan Zongand Hao Kai from China, Voyboy and Kaypea from North America. The final showdown features a charity prize pool of $100,000 USD, which will be donatedtowards charity organizations worldwide, and will be live-streamed via ZOTAC CUP’s Twitchchannel,…

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Transcend Releases New 2TB Rugged Portable Hard Drive with USB Type-C Interface

Marvin Gabriel
Transcend_SJ25M3C

Transcend Information Inc., a leading manufacturer of storage and multimedia products, proudly announces the release of the StoreJet 25M3C, the latest USB Type-C portable hard drive to join Transcend’s expanding family of USB Type-C portable storage devices. Transcend’s StoreJet 25M3C ruggedized external hard drive features a native USB Type-C port, a USB 3.1 Gen 1 interface that allows users to store and back up their files at amazing speeds, and a ruggedized three-stage shock protection system that meets US military drop-test standards. Lightning-fast transfer speeds Transcend’s StoreJet 25M3C ruggedized external…

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Transcend Launches ESD350C Portable SSD for Breakneck Speeds

Marvin Gabriel
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Transcend Information Inc., a leading manufacturer of storage and multimedia products, is pleased to announce the release of its new Portable SSD, the ESD350C. Featuring a USB Type-C port and supporting the USB 3.1 Gen 2 interface, the drive delivers unrivaled performance and can be used with devices equipped with USB Type-C or USB Type-A ports. The ESD350C comes in large capacities for effortless storage expansion and is compact, portable, and shock-resistant.    Surprising transfers speeds The ESD350C is equipped with the USB 3.1 Gen 2 interface with the support…

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ID-Cooling FrostFlow X 240 AIO Review – Budget AIO!

Marvin Gabriel

As I complete the ShopzadaPHPCBuild which I am currently working on slowly by upgrading one part at a time due to budget restrictions, I’ve now decided that it’s time to upgrade my CPU cooler. The reason being is that I can not maximize the potential of my processor due to thermal issues using the stock cooler. As I mentioned in my article here, I had to turn off XFR and cripple my processor’s speed just to get decent temps. Today, we’re going to fix that. In this article, we are…

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