Bob Buskirk

GameSir, a pioneer in gaming peripherals, introduces the X3 Pro mobile gaming controller, a groundbreaking device designed to redefine the mobile gaming experience. With an integrated 900 mm² cooling plate, Hall Effect sticks, dual rumble motors, and detachable components, the X3 Pro combines cutting-edge technology with exceptional customization options for gamers seeking peak performance. The GameSir X3 Pro Mobile Gaming Controller is available for $79.99/£79.99 on Amazon, Amazon UK and the GameSir Official Website

About This Mod / Build: This week for Case Mod Friday we have the “Project Apex” build from Titan Rig! This build is done inside the Alphacool Apex Skeleton Pro and looks amazing!

ASUS is a brand we typically associate with things like motherboards and graphics cards, but their product catalog is actually quite large. Today we are checking out a product you might not have even known they made, a portable LED projector. Projectors are nothing new, but having one that is portable is a game-changer as it really offers portability and makes it so you can essentially set it up anywhere. The projector we are taking a look at today is the ASUS ZenBeam L2 which offers 960 lumens, a 1080p resolution, a 10W speaker, a Android TV Box from HAKO, and the ability to project a 120-inch image for 3.5 hours at full battery! Let’s take a look and see what the ZenBeam L2 is all about!

We are slowly rolling out our reviews of new Intel Z890-based motherboard and next on the test bench is the MSI MPG Z890 Carbon WiFi. While many enthusiasts are not all that excited about the processors that these motherboards support, the motherboards themselves are loaded with features and look great! This board sits in MSI’s MPG series, which is right below their top of the line MEG series. Positioned for performance gaming the MPG Z890 Carbon WiFi features a 20+1+1 power phase design with 110A power stages, five M.2 slots, Thunderbolt 4, tool-less installation and removal for multiple components, WiFi 7, 5G LAN, and much more! Let’s get to testing this board and see what it is all about!

This week on the podcast we go over our reviews of the of the MSI MPG Z890 Carbon WiFi Motherboard and ASUS ZenBeam L2 Portable LED Projector. We also discuss recent leaks of the Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 395 Strix Halo APU, the release of the Raspberry Pi 500 and Raspberry Pi Monitor, the NexLinq from Phanteks, some Steam news and much more!

About This Mod / Build: This week for Case Mod Friday we have Snef Computer Design’s TRYX LUCA build which is done inside the TRYX LUCA of course and features the TRYX ROTA RGB fans as well! What do you think of this one?

It looks like Zotac is prepping for NVIDIA’s RTX 50 series launch, which we expect to happen in January at CES 2025. Discovered by VideoCardz, Zotac has accidently published references to NVIDIA’s upcoming RTX 5090, RTX 5090D, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070 on their website. While we do not have the exact specifications for all of these models, this essentially confirms that these 5 models exist and we can assume this is what will be announced in January.

Since their inception it seems like HYTE has done things differently than most of the industry, and that is not a bad thing at all. I feel it is really what makes their products stand out. Today we are checking out their take on a mouse mat. The HYTE CNVS Intense Play mat is a 900 x 370mm desk mat that features a qRGB enabled lighting array that they say is brighter than other offerings out there. On top of that the polyester top part of the mat is both liquid and stain resistant! The lighting on the mat of course plus into HYTE’s Nexus software for ultimate customization. Let’s take a look and see if this is the desk mat you need!

It has been quite a while since we’ve taken a look at a graphics card and when it comes to NVIDIA’s RTX 40 series the only card we did not take a look at initially was their RTX 4070 Super. This of course came as part of NVIDIA’s refresh of the original RTX 40 series. When NVIDIA first launched their RTX 4070 and RTX 4070 Ti there was quite the performance gap between the two and AMD did take advantage of that with their Radeon RX 7800 XT. NVIDIA of course wants you to choose them in that price / performance segment so now we have the RTX 4070 Super. This card makes use of the same AD104 silicon as the RTX 4070, but brings with it a lot more performance. That is because you have 56 out of the 60 streaming multiprocessors (SM) on the AD104 enabled, instead of the 46 you had on the RTX 4070. This gives you 7168 CUDA cores, 224 Tensor cores, 56 RT cores, 224 TMUs, as well as 48 MB of L2 cache. The memory remains the same so you are getting 12GB of GDDR6X running across a 192-bit bus. Today we are taking a look at the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 Super Gaming OC 12G card specifically which does have an overclock on the GPU boost clock of 2565 MHz (Reference card: 2475 MHz), Gigabyte’s WINDFORCE cooling system, and of course some RGB lighting!

This week on the podcast we go over our reviews of the of the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 Super Gaming OC 12G Graphics Card and HYTE CNVS Intense Play Mat. We also discuss all of the RTX 50 series details which have been leaked, the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit, a new case from Antec, and we go over some of our favorite products of 2024!