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Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe SSD 512GB Review

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When it comes to high speed SSD, most tech enthusiast will turn to NVMe SSD. These SSDs doesn't runs on the typical SATA protocol due to the SATA protocol speed limitation. NVMe runs on a higher speed protocol which is the PCIe, as of today in the typical consumer market the best you can go is the 4 lanes PCIe SSD. Fast means it will comes with a great cost, most of the NVMe SSD could easily cost as much as double the price of the typical SATA SSD. The Samsung 970 Evo, one of the famous SSD at the point of this post is up cost around slightly under RM700 for a 500GB model. What if you could enjoy the performance of a NVMe SSD with the half the cost of Samsung 970 Evo? No, we are not talking about sacrificing the speed by going  for a 2 lanes PCIe SSD like the Kingston A1000. We are talking about the Adata SX8200 Pro SSD which runs on full 4 lanes PCIe protocol. Like most premium SSD, the Adata SX8200 Pro comes in a paper box. Diving into the box, we will find the NVMe SSD ...

Illegear Raven 2018 First Impression - Gaming on the Cheap?

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When it comes to gaming laptop brands, most people will immediately think of Asus ROG, MSI, Lenovo Legion, Dell Alienware or even Dell G Series. In Malaysia, when someone is trying to look for an affordable gaming laptop, they might encounter the brand Illegear. Illegear is a relatively new system integrator (comparing to the more matured brand such as Lenovo and Asus). Most if not all of their laptops chassis are usually based from an common chassis maker (for this model, they are using the Tong Fang GI5CN5E), what interesting and attracts consumer to their brand is their pricing. Today we have here a 2018 version of Illegear Raven, their entry model gaming laptop for just RM3,670 (during promotion). Below are the specifications: Display: 15.6" Full HD Anti-glare 144Hz IPS Display with sRGB 100% Wide Color & Wide View Processor: 8th Gen. Intel Core i5-8300H (Quad Core, 8M Cache, 2.3GHz to 4.0GHz) Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GB GDDR5 with Optimus (Pascal...