Weekly Sun Cycle Vol. 52: GPUs, PSUs, Keyboard stuff featuring AKKO and MonsGeek

Another shipment of new goodies has arrived in Malaysia as Sun Cycle distributes them to resellers across the country. Let’s see what’s in store.

The 2023 edition of the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti by ZOTAC Gaming arrives with GDDR6X VRAM that gives it about 10% to 15% performance improvement against the original model so those who are aiming for a mid-tier rig right now and not patient enough to wait for the RTX 4060 can take a look at this.

For AMD’s side, the ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming is all you need for 4K gaming at a relatively lower price and better FPS-per-buck ratio when not factoring ray tracing into the experience. Armed with a striped ring fan, stylish design, and reinforced metal frame, this card has everything you need to start the “real gaming” in 2023.

Supporting the new GPUs is the FSP Hydro GT Pro series with wattages of 850W and 1000W. Its 80+ Gold certification means 90% high energy conversion while the semi-modular design keeps all the essential parts wired and the others are optional detachable parts. As this year’s PSU product, of course, it is PCIe 5.0 and ATX 3.0 compliant which means it has the all-important 12VHPWR cable as well.

Finally the keyboard stuff. First, we have the MonsGeek M1 barebone kit that touts as the most affordable aluminum DIY kit one can buy right now. With an exploded 75% layout and a knob, it keeps the F row for quick actions alongside the essential Home, Delete, PageUp, and PageDown keys. As it is QMK and VIA compatible, remap any keys into others or into macros and cool movements like zoom in/zoom out or the usual volume adjustment.

Available colorways include white, black, pink, and purple.

And there’s a bunch of Akko stuff as well which we’ll list down below.

Cables

Aviator Coiled Cable V2 – Macaw, Black and Pink

Switches

CS Wine Red Hand Lubed (Linear, 43g)
CS Jelly White Hand Lubed (Linear, 35g)

Keycaps

Cream Keycap Set (MDA Profile)
Cool Gray Keycap Set (Cherry Profile)

Prebuilt Keyboards

PC75B Plus Air (Top Mount, Tri-Mode, 3000mAh, OSA Profile, Air Switches)
MOD007 PC Blue on White (Gasket Mount, Wired Mode, Cherry Profile, CS Piano Switches)
3068S Shine Through (65%, Wired Mode, ASA Profile, CS Jelly Switches)
3068B Plus Blue on White (65%, Tri-Mode, 1800mAh, ASA Profile, CS Jelly Switches)
3084B Black and Gold / Black and Pink (75%, Tri-Mode, 3000mAh, ASA Profile, CS Jelly Switches)
5075B Plus Dracula Castle / Blue on White (Exploded 75%, Tri-Mode, 300mAh, ASA Profile, CS Jelly Switches)