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Here a round up of today's reviews and articles:

ASUS ROG Maximus X Apex Z370 & Intel Core i3-8350K Review
Best Storage For Notebook Battery Life
Comparison List Update: All Intel Coffee Lake Models
Creative Omni Portable Multi-Room Wi-Fi/BT Voice-enabled Speaker Review
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti FTW Ultra Silent Review
Future iPhone update will let you disable performance throttling
Genius Mobile Theater MT-20 Bluetooth Speaker Review
Xidax X-8 Gaming PC Review: Skylake-X And Dual GTX 1080 Ti Cards For The Win



ASUS ROG Maximus X Apex Z370 & Intel Core i3-8350K Review

On our test bench today is a specialized motherboard from the guys at ASUS Republic of Gamers, and oh boy, what a motherboard it is. I’m talking about the ROG Maximus X Apex Z370 motherboard which is built on the E-ATX form factor and brings another type of avenue to conventional gaming themed boards for Intel’s Coffee Lake 8th generation processors. I am of course talking about overclocking and performance. Also on the test bench is the Intel Core i3-8350K quad-core processor which notes a jump in the desktop CPU segment from 2 to 4 physical cores in the Core i3 models and an extra 2 cores on the Core i7 range. Is the i3-8350K a force to be reckoned with in gaming compared to other models in our graphs? Let’s take a look at the specifications of both.

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Best Storage For Notebook Battery Life

What type of storage is best for laptop battery life? Should I get a hard disk or solid state drive? For SSDs, NVMe or SATA? Let’s find out!

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Comparison List Update: All Intel Coffee Lake Models

Over time CPU manufacturers like Intel and AMD release numerous processors and it is very likely to lose track of all the models out there. Furthermore it is difficult to find complete comparison tables where you find all CPUs and their features listed. Following you find such a list regarding Intel's Coffee Lake processors.

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Creative Omni Portable Multi-Room Wi-Fi/BT Voice-enabled Speaker Review

This particular model impressed us regarding its ease of use on all interfaces (wireless, Bluetooth, SD Card/Aux); it is loud enough for most applications but we would have liked to have smoother volume steps from the hardware buttons in order to adjust it properly for any occasion. While with the previously tested Creative Halo we have noticed a lack of bass, this model, even if it does not have active drivers for this particular reason, it can deliver decent lows, which is impressive for a unit of its size!

Read full article @ Mad Shrimps

EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti FTW Ultra Silent Review

A Frankenstein card. What to do if the company that you base your GPUs on simply won't let you overclock out of the box? This is the quandary facing Nvidia's add-in board partners when considering the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti.

EVGA looks to get around this handicap by bringing a fifth GTX 1070 Ti to market, one that takes many of the features present in the other four and presents it as new SKU known as the FTW Ultra Silent. Priced from £520, let's take a closer look.

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Future iPhone update will let you disable performance throttling

Apple CEO Tim Cook addressed concerns over iPhone battery woes by promising a solution in the next iOS update.

Read full article @ TechRadar

Genius Mobile Theater MT-20 Bluetooth Speaker Review

Built to serve as a wireless bluetooth speaker with theater-like surround sound, the Genius Mobile Theater MT-20 makes a great wireless speaker that offers portability and surround sound on the go. The MT-20 comes with a sturdy built-in handle, a 3.5 mm AUX port, and a micro-SD card slot for playing music straight off a card. It also has a built-in seven watt subwoofer to enhance sound quality with music and videos. The MT-20 is available in two colors; silver and black. KYE Systems sent Benchmark Reviews their Mobile Theater MT-20 in black for this review.

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Xidax X-8 Gaming PC Review: Skylake-X And Dual GTX 1080 Ti Cards For The Win

If you've shopped for a custom built gaming desktops recently, you might have come across a company called Xidax, a relative newcomer to the boutique building scene. Xidax launched online in 2013, right in the midst of a resurgence in PC gaming. To some, it may have seemed downright crazy at the time to enter a market that had previously chewed up and spit out other players (does anyone remember Hypersonic?). But Xidax forged ahead anyway in hopes of rising in the ranks of brand recognition...

Read full article @ HotHardware