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Yahoo
6 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Amazon Prime Day hard drive deals 2025: Grab some early discounts on HDDs
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. You won't have to wait much longer for the Prime Day hard drive deals to start dropping. The big summer sale over on Amazon is running between July 8 - July 11. In the run up to Prime Day you can still get some great discounts on HDD. I'm an expert deal-hunter, and I've picked out some of the top hard drive deals you can get right now. I've also been looking for NAS drive deals for those who need super-fast, high-capacity units. Having tested the best external hard drives and the best external hard drives for Mac, I'm looking forward to seeing what offers are about over the four days of Prime Day sales from the likes of WD, LaCie, and Terramaster. For more discounts on storage, I'm rounding up the top Prime Day SSD deals I can find, and for more discounts across a whole world of technology, head over to our Prime Day deals hub for live updates on all the biggest savings. Out of stock items? Pricing mistake? Incorrect specs? Let me know via email Amazon: Save on portable hard drives Best Buy: Discounts and deals on hard drives Newegg: Save on selected hard drives WD: Get money off top portable hard drives Adorama: Big discounts on hard drives Micro Center: Savings on hard drives This tough HDD is rated to withstand shocks, drops, rain, dust, temperature changes, and the weight of a 1-ton car. Making it perfect for professionals who need reliable storage in tough environments – or just working on the road. It's compact and light, transfer speeds are fast, and in-built password protection keeps your files safe no matter where you're working. Also available in 1TB and 2TB capacities, and SSD variants. View Deal I don't often add renewed (or refurbished) drives, but this deal is just too good to miss thanks to its 12TB storage capacity and a generous five-year warranty. Ideal for heavy workloads, this is probably the cheapest large capacity hard drive deal you'll find over Prime Day (or any part of the year). View Deal A sleek and portable HDD, this WD Elements model boasts a 5TB storage capacity and fast transfer speeds with USB 3.2 Gen 1. As you'd expect, it's compatible with PC and Mac devices. View Deal This HDD is optimized for macOS but can be formatted for use on Windows machines too, it features a 5TB capacity, a 3-year warranty, and is one of the cheapest portable hard drives you can get for the storage space. This drive includes backup software and password Deal The Canvio Basics from Toshiba comes in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacities - but right now, only the 1TB unit is on deal. The Canvio uses USB connectivity with no external power supply, no software is required to use the drive, and the sleek, lightweight chassis makes slipping the drive into a pocket Deal This budget-friendly option from UnionSine won't blow you away, but at this price (possibly the lowest price we've seen for an external HDD) it's hard to avoid recommending it for anyone who occasionally needs to transfer large amounts of data across devices. The read and write speeds on USB 3.0 run as high as 133MB/s, which isn't fast by any stretch, but is fine for casual use. View Deal This desktop HDD has a good amount of storage for the price - 12TB, to be precise, ideal if you're storing a lot of large files but it's not portable. As a desktop-based drive, it needs to be plugged into the mains to power it. The benefit? Expect read/write speeds of up to 160MB/s / 110MB/s. View Deal Looking for Prime Day NAS device deals? We've tested and reviewed some of the best NAS devices and best NAS hard drives - and here's what caught my eye so far. Save 20% with code NLRHJKMO This NAS server is ideal for small to medium sized businesses that need high-performance storage. You can learn more in our full Terramaster F4-423 review. The device has a Celeron N5095 quad-core processor (2.0 GHz and maximum turbo to 2.9 GHz). It supports 4K video decoding, is compatible with uPnP/DLNA, and can stream videos to various multimedia devices, including computers, smart phones, media players, and televisions. Remember to use the code to get the full Deal Show more While we expect hard drive discounts across the board on Prime Day, the market has been a little slow moving so far. Positively, we've already seen massive discounts on the WD Elements desktop hard drive, and we expect other casual storage products like this to drop around Prime Day itself. Right now, though, other mainstream hard drives like the Seagate Portable, the Barracuda internal drive and the Toshiba Canvio Basics haven't actually been given a discount. Analysis of their historic pricing also finds them sitting at steady, consistent levels over the past few months. We recommend holding your nerve until Prime Day itself unless you need to buy basic storage right now. Wait a little longer and you'll likely get a bigger price drop. If you need to act sooner, we recommend installing a browser extension like Keepa or using a website like CamelCamelCamel to check if prices have dropped recently and to ensure you avoid pre-sale inflation. And because other companies join in the Prime Day fun, check out other retailers if the drive you want isn't yet discounted on Amazon. We've observed more discounts on specialist products, like the LaCie Rugged Mini outdoorsy drive and the WD Black P10 gaming SSD. The price drops aren't as drastic as the monster 44% drop on the WD Elements, but we don't expect those specialist products to see those kinds of reductions, anyway. In short, that's probably about as good as it'll get for specialist gaming or ruggedized drives, so you can buy now with confidence now rather than wait until Prime Day. No matter what kind of hard drive you want to buy, make sure you're getting the right product. Only shell out for a pricier portable or internal drive with loads of speed if you need the extra pace for high-end creative work tasks or gaming, and don't bother buying a rugged drive unless you regularly need to use it in tough environments. Buy kit like that without needing the features and you're simply throwing money away. Elsewhere, consider paying more for drives that include software packages, encryption and longer warranties if you want peace of mind for your data, and check customer reviews before purchasing to avoid any bugs, common pitfalls or performance issues. Be aware that Amazon sometimes offers coupons to drop prices further, and create alerts for lightning deals if you want to grab last-minute bargains on Prime Day itself. Amazon Prime Day will run between July 8 - July 11. The sales start at midnight on the 8th, and ends on July 11th at midnight in your territory. Yes, to get hold of these bargains, you will need a Prime membership. However, it's worth noting that some products will simply have a general discount, which can be purchased by anyone. You'll recognize these because they won't have a red Prime Day Deal tag. If you haven't been a member for a year, just sign up for a free thirty-day trial to take advantage of the price drops. And if you're already a member, you're golden. Amazon Prime currently costs $14.99 / £8.99 per month or $139 / £95 for a year. New subscribers can take advantage of the 30-day Amazon Prime free trial to buy the deals. You can only use this if you've never been a member before, so it won't be available if you've used it already or if you've signed up for Amazon Prime in the past. While on the free trial, you get all the other membership benefits including free shipping, access to Prime Video and much more. Do read our Amazon Prime review for full coverage of what you get as part of a membership. That can help you decide if you want to cancel Amazon Prime once your free trial has ended to avoid being charged the monthly fee. Hard drives are commoditized these days thanks to the popularity of SSDs and relatively cheap prices, so companies like WD, LaCie and Seagate are always keen to offer deals to help differentiate their products. I tend to see many of the same drives coming up for discount in these events, so check out last year's deals above to get a snapshot of what might be on sale this time around. ^ Back to top
Newsweek
7 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 – Release Date, Release Times, Editions and Pricing
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Activision did a fantastic job of ticking the nostalgia bone when it released Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 back in 2020, and now, five years later, it's back for another round. This week Activision will release the follow-up remake, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4, which as the name suggests is a remake of the third and fourth games in the series. These games are well-loved among fans and gamers of all stripes, with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 in particular being one of the best-reviewed games of all time. Tony Hawk skating in the Chicago skate park in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4. Tony Hawk skating in the Chicago skate park in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4. Activision Ahead of the game's launch, we've put together all the information you need to know about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4, including the release date for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4, as well as the exact release time for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4, and all the available Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 editions, their contents, and their pricing. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 Release Date Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 will be released on July 11, 2025 worldwide. The game is being published by Activision, a subsidiary of Microsoft, and will be available on just about every platform imaginable — PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC. Players who preorder the digital deluxe edition of the game – detailed in full below – will get access to the game three days early, on July 8, 2025. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 Release Times On console, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 will be released at 12:00am EDT on its release date. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 is following a rolling midnight release throughout the globe, at least on console. This means that it will be released at midnight in the easternmost timezone in each region — gamers in New York will get access to the game when it hits midnight there, and gamers in California will get access to it at the same time, which will be 9:00pm PDT on July 11. New Zealand will get access to it even earlier, as it hits midnight on the 11th 16 hours before New York. The digital deluxe edition advanced access for the game is also available at midnight, 72 hours prior to the release of the main game. PC players will be able to access the game at midnight via the Microsoft store – which should include Game Pass Ultimate and PC – where the game is an Xbox Play Anywhere title, but other platforms such as Steam may release at a later time. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4: Does the New Zealand Trick Work? Yes, the New Zealand trick works with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4. The "New Zealand trick" is a workaround that some console players use to get access to a game early, when the game is released in New Zealand, one of the easternmost regions in the world. This trick essentially involves having a New Zealand or Australian account – or changing their account region to New Zealand or Australia – and buying the game on that regional account. On some consoles, such as Xbox, this allows players to access the game as soon as it releases in New Zealand or Australia, typically 16 hours before the game is released in the US. The New Zealand trick typically does not work for PC games. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 Editions and Pricing Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 is available in two editions: a standard edition and a digital deluxe edition. The standard edition of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 costs $49.99 digitally, and includes just the game itself, plus preorder bonuses of a Tony Hawk wireframe shader and demo access, the latter of which isn't available on Nintendo platforms. The digital deluxe edition of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 costs $69.99 digitally, and comes with the base game, all preorder bonuses, and the following additional content: 3 days early access Doom Slayer and Revenant skaters Additional soundtrack songs Create-a-Skater items Is Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 on Xbox Game Pass? Yes, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 will be on Xbox Game Pass at launch. Subscribers to Game Pass Ultimate and Game Pass PC will be able to access the standard edition of the game through their subscription, or upgrade to the deluxe edition by paying an upgrade fee to play early. Subscribers on Xbox Game Pass Standard will have to wait to play the game without paying extra — new games typically don't come to the service for Game Pass Standard subscribers until at least six months after launch, and often longer. The same is true for Xbox Game Pass Core subscribers, who may not get the game for years, if at all.
Forbes
a day ago
- Forbes
TerraMaster F4 SSD NAS Enclosure Unveiled With Four Flash Storage Bays
The TerraMaster F4 SSD is a compact four-bay NAS device which takes NVMe SSDs and has a 5Gbps ... More Ethernet port. For the past 30 years, I've been using Apple Macs for all my work. I admit I was once a PC user, but those dark days are behind me ever since a dear friend pointed me in the right direction back in the 1990s. However, in all those years, I've never used a NAS like the TerraMaster F4 SSD NAS enclosure so I decided to take the plunge and try one out to see how easy a NAS would be to setup and absorb into a daily work schedule. What is a NAS? It's an acronym that stands for Network Attached Storage. Instead of plugging a hard drive or SSD directly into the USB port of your computer, a NAS device sits on your local network and provides plenty of data storage and, more importantly, a secure backup of your computer system. A NAS doesn't care what kind of device or operating system you use to access it. For example, it can be accessed by Windows, Linux and macOS users at the same time. A NAS will often be configured as a RAID. That's another acronym and it stands for Redundant Array of Independent Drives. The data stored on a RAID is shared or striped across several hard drives or SSDs inside the NAS enclosure. If one of those drives should fail, no data will be lost because it's cleverly distributed over several drives with multiple copies. It's the ultimate insurance policy for backing up your computer. The TerraMaster F4 SSD supports lots of popular networking standards. The Quiet TerraMaster F4 SSD NAS Enclosure In the past, most NAS devices used hard drives, but those old mechanical storage systems are now giving way to the more modern and faster storage technology in the form of Solid-State Drives or SSDs. Yet another acronym. TerraMaster is a company specializing in data storage solutions and the company has just announced the release of its next-generation home data center or NAS. The TerraMaster F4 SSD is a flash memory home data hub that runs silently in the background, ready to back up your data in case your computer crashes or it can be used to store data that needs to be accessed by many people. The F4 SSD has an all-flash architecture and runs on the intelligent TOS 6 management system. Like most NAS devices, the F4 SSD provides enterprise-grade security and it's relatively easy to set up as a fast, smart and secure NAS system. Any NAS has to be secure because it's running on a home or office network and that could leave it open to hostile attacks from the internet. At the rear of the TerraMaster F4 SSD are the 5Gbps Ethernet port and two USB-A 10Gbps and USB-C ... More 10Gbps ports which can have direct storage attached Ethernet That's 500% Faster The F4 SSD has a 5Gbps Ethernet port, which is 500% faster than the more common Gigabit Ethernet standard. The faster 5Gbps port can handle data-hungry applications like 4K video streaming or large photo libraries. The F4 SSD also has two USB-A and a USB-C port for adding external storage with a maximum speed of 10Gbps. The F4 SSD NAS can be set up for multiple users, which means it could be handy for an office where everyone needs access to a central store of resources and data. Thanks to some advanced specifications, the F4 SSD can handle large file transfers and remote external network calls. For example, you could be anywhere in the world and still be able to log into your cloud storage on the F4 SSD with a 'zero-lag, zero-wait' experience. Unlike many enterprise NAS systems for big business, the F4 SSD has some features that consumers will find useful. TerraMaster has developed the TNAS Mobile app, which runs on iOS or Android smartphones and can be used to initialize and set up an F4 SSD using a phone instead of a PC or Mac. Automatically Back Up Photos And Videos Once the NAS has been set up, photos and videos captured on a smartphone can be automatically backed up to the F4 SSD with uploading via Wi-Fi or mobile networks. This leaves the smartphone's storage ready for more photos while the phone's owner knows their precious photos and videos are safely stowed away on the NAS. The F4 SSDs even has a built-in AI-powered photo album that can automatically recognize human faces, pets and scenes. It can organize the photos into categories for easy access. The whole family could add images to the photo library and be able to access them from anywhere. The TerraMaster F4 SSD has local encryption and can be used to replace cloud storage on platforms like iCloud or Dropbox. This can save the user money, but could also grant them sovereignty over their data. The F4 SSD can even reduce or eliminate reliance on traditional cloud storage by using local hardware encryption and account isolation technology. The F4 SSD is a tool-free enclosure and it's easy to populate the M.2 NVMe SSD bays and the RAM. With support for more than 20 separate user accounts with shared device access and complete data isolation, the F4 SSD can have up to 32TB of space which is more than enough space for an extended family scattered across the globe or a small company that needs central data and resource storage so remote workers and those based in the office can have access to resources. The system manages to strike a balance between privacy and collaboration. Four Core Advantages The F4 SSD is compatible with uPnP/DLNA protocols and can stream 4K videos to the family TV, tablets and other devices to create a cinematic streaming experience. Using TerraMaster's Multimedia Server application, users can support popular media servers like Plex, Emby and Jellyfin. When using the cloud platform, users can access their TerraMaster F4 SSD NAS enclosure anytime, anywhere and even retrieve their files when they are away from home or the office. Thanks to multi-layered security, any data stored on the drive is protected from bad actors and hostile attacks. The TerraMaster F4 SSD can be fitter with four NVMe SSDs like SanDisk's WD Red SN700. TerraMaster's software offers a TRAID Flexible Array, which automatically optimizes how the space is used on the four SSDs while supporting redundancy in case of any of those modules fail. I tried the F4 SSD with four 2TB SanDisk NVMe Red SSDs. These aren't the fastest SSDs on the market, but they are specially designed for server use and more than fast enough for duty in a NAS such as the F4 SSD. Another useful feature on the F4 SSD is something called CloudSync. This can support Google Drive, OneDrive, Amazon S3, Dropbox and other major cloud platforms, enabling bidirectional data synchronization between your NAS and the cloud platforms, providing another level of local backup of data stored in the cloud. To ensure a strong level of security, the TNAS network verifies user permissions for any of the executable programs accessing resources on the NAS or for anyone using storage space on the F4 SSD. The F4 SSD has an all-flash architecture and runs on the intelligent TOS 6 management system. Is TerraMaster F4 SSD NAS Enclosure Easy To Use? Setting up the F4 SSD is relatively straightforward and the tool-free case is easy to open, making the installation of SSD and RAM upgrades very simple. The RAM slot inside the F4 SSD can be upgraded to a faster class of memory or more capacity if that's what's needed, but the version I tried showed no speed issues. Although SSDs run cooler than many hard drives and use less energy, they can still grow quite hot during use, especially when under load. To protect the SSDs, the F4 SSD has an intelligent cooling system that uses top-to-bottom convection airflow driven by two near-silent fans that produce a standby noise as faint as 19dB. For anyone not used to setting up and running a NAS, the F4 SSD does require a little study and some knowledge of the principles of NAS architecture. It's not confusing, but a little understanding of the foundations helps. I would love for TerraMaster to publish a simple beginner's explainer showing each step of the process and explaining what the TOS applications can do. The TOS6 system has lots of tools for monitoring the F4 SSD and the storage modules. Centralized Backup System Once it's set up and initially synchronized with the host device, the F4 SSD can be used to centralize the backup of photos and videos, file sharing and multi-device content synchronization. When first run, the installation can take a few hours to format the SSDs and lay down a copy of the system, but it's fine just to leave the NAD chugging away on the network doing its thing. You won't hear it. Photographers will appreciate the F4 SSD as a high-speed and centralized storage for RAW files. Its AI-powered photo recognition technology can be used to classify images instantly. Small businesses will appreciate the remote file access and data sharing, enabling teams of home workers or branch offices to have access to databases, marketing assets and customer records. Finally, audiophiles will find the F4 SSD useful for ripping their CDs into WAV files and for storing Blu-ray originals for watching on demand. For Mac users, the TerraMaster F4 SSD is a suitable drive to use with Apple's Time Machine app. The speed of the F4 SSD means backups are quick and easy to make or schedule automatically. It's a comfort to know there is always a backup available should you need to restore your Mac after a crash or a catastrophic storage failure. The TerraMaster F4 SSD home NAS is available to buy from the TerraMaster official store and other authorized channels. The price for the base unit without any storage is $399.99 / £379.99 / €429,99. You should budget around $600 for some server-grade SSDs like the SanDisk Red S700 SSDs. A 10% launch discount is available and Forbes readers can grab an extra 10% discount by using the code: 5UK98YYG. The F4 SSD comes with a two-year warranty and lifetime technical support. The full technical specifications of the TerraMaster F4 SSD NAS enclosure are extensive and you can view them here.
Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- Hindustan Times
Jammu: SI flees police station to escape CBI raid in bribery case
A police sub-inspector (SI) fled RS Pura police station to escape CBI officers, who had conducted a raid to arrest him for demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹50,000 from a complainant in a murder case of a young housewife, said officials. CBI has launched a hunt to nab the officer. (File) The absconding SI has been identified as Bashir Ahmed Malik. 'Recently a housewife, Pooja Devi, wife of Kulbir Singh of Sidher village, died at the house of her in-laws. Parents of the deceased woman suspected some foul play. The 13-year-old daughter of the deceased also recorded her statement under section 164 Cr PC before a magistrate,' said official sources. After FSL report, police converted the inquest proceedings into a murder case and started investigations, they added. A relative of in-laws of the deceased, who declined to be named, said, 'This police officer had also arrested my brother in law for questioning. Though we applied for bail from the court of law, this SI demanded ₹50,000 for providing police report, a pre-requisite to apply for bail.' We lodged a complaint with the CBI and accordingly, a trap was laid, he added. 'As soon as I handed him ₹50,000 in presence of independent witnesses and CBI officers entered the police station, he sensed that something is wrong and fled the police station from rear gate,' he said. CBI has launched a hunt to nab the officer.
Tom's Guide
3 days ago
- Tom's Guide
Nintendo Switch 2 was top of my gadget wishlist — then I played the Asus Rog Ally X
Hi, I'm Jeff. I'm on the wrong side of thirty-five and probably best described as a 'lapsed gamer.' The most up-to-date system I own is the OG Nintendo Switch from all the way back in 2017 and, like a lot of us with jobs, kids and other commitments — I don't get a whole lot of time to use it. Even so, I was lucky enough to get my hands on the Nintendo Switch 2 for a few hours before its release a couple of months back. Now it's here, I figured I'd almost certainly hand over my hard-earned cash for the new system before long. Then I spent a week with the Asus ROG Ally X — and it changed everything. It's hard to ignore the pure power the Asus ROG Ally X boasts, making it a beast of a PC gaming handheld. You get a superb AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor, a massive 24GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD and a 70Wh battery for extended gameplay sessions. With a $100 price cut, it's well worth it. To set the scene for just a second; I was facing a trip away with the family and idly wondered whether or not my Switch would make the cut for the carry-on. But the talk around Tom's Guide these days is all about handheld gaming over on the PC side of the aisle. Sensing an opportunity, I politely asked a colleague to fix me up with the Asus handheld. That way, I could strategically ignore family time with a bit of gaming under the pretext of doing it "for work." So, here we are — a week later and my first experience with a handheld PC has got me completely rethinking whether or not there's a Switch 2 in my future at all. Let me explain. For me, a handheld system offers the best gaming proposition. The TV in my house is frequently occupied by other members of the family and the portability of a handheld lets me throw it in a bag and take it on a trip, or to the office, and grab some gaming time as and when it presents itself. The Switch has always been good to me because it offered a nice blend of blockbuster and independent titles. I'm willing to look past technical shortcomings if the gameplay is good and experiences like Breath of the Wild and FIFA were enough for me. But then I fired up the Asus Rog Ally X and discovered I could pick up games not just from Steam, but also Xbox's excellent Game Pass (you get three months alongside the Ally X) as well as the Epic Game Store and GOG. A whole world of gaming — and the option to catch up on years of missed titles — suddenly opened up. Part of my problem with the Switch 2 is that I don't feel the need to replay yet another Mario Kart or Zelda game just yet. While it's great to see Nintendo's hardware improvements welcome more AAA third-party games to the system, the fact is many of these have been available on PC for a while. And thanks to frequent Steam sales, you can usually save some serious cash playing on PC, too. Windows 11 catches a lot of flak from gamers, it seems. SteamOS is where it's at and Microsoft's clunky OS just brings down the entire experience. This is undoubtedly true from a game-playing perspective. However, I think the only silver lining to having Windows on the ROG Ally X is that if you're traveling with it, you've got a fully functional PC in your bag. I don't make much of a habit of working on vacation, and I'm not going to try and defend Windows on a gaming handset. But I did get a bit of a thrill from having a gaming system and a productivity machine in one device. All I needed to do was bring along a slim keyboard like the Logitech Keys-to-Go 2 and a mouse and I could get work on documents or tend to emails. The one thing this does throw up for me is the lack of a kickstand on the ROG Ally X. In my opinion, any handheld should come with a built-in kickstand so you can use it with a controller or keyboard in a tabletop mode. But that goes double when you can use this as a laptop replacement. The Ally X also feels more like a high-powered product with those ergonomic grips and aggressive ROG styling. It's a little on the heavy side at 1.49lbs (which makes it all the more frustrating Asus didn't add a kickstand) but the thumbsticks especially feel premium with a great range of motion and just the right amount of tension built in. Nintendo has fixed itself firmly as 'the family console' and is going even further with GameChat on the Switch 2. Even if you're traveling with just the console, you can break off a Joy-Con and hand it to a friend or family member for some social Mario Kart racing. And that's wonderful, if it's what you're looking for. Me? I want to use gaming as a way to get away from other people. The same way I don't want to sit and read a novel with somebody else. I'll throw on a pair of the best noise cancelling headphones, kick back in a chair and go on my own personal adventure with Indiana Jones, thanks very much. Plus, since Asus added a second USB-C port, you can really go to town with a pair of Xreal or Viture AR glasses and shut out the outside world entirely. Now if only the amount of time I had equated to the battery life on the ROG Ally X. Asus doubled the capacity compared to the previous ROG Ally to an 80Wh cell. My colleagues got over three hours of juice while running the Gaming PCMark 10 benchmark test and the handheld can easily go for longer than a couple of hours playing some of the most demanding games. Device Battery life hh:mm (Gaming PCMark 10) Asus ROG Ally X 03:04 Lenovo Legion Go 01:59 Asus ROG Ally 01:43 I've not just been impressed with the Asus ROG Ally X, I've been blown away by how far handheld gaming has come since the Nintendo Switch in 2017. Now, I'm not immune to the issues of the ROG Ally X. That $899/£799 price point is a bitter pill to swallow and there is definitely a bit of a learning curve when it comes to tweaking and organizing performance compared to the boot-it-up-and-play nature of console gaming. The Switch 2 is a fantastic gaming system, no question. But the chances of me getting one just became a whole lot smaller now I've had my first taste of gaming on a PC handheld.
