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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

Acronis True Image 2018 Review
Benchmarks Show Firefox 57 Quantum Doing Well, But Chrome Largely Winning
Cooler Master Cosmos C700P - the 22kg MONSTER
Cooler Master Cosmos C700P Full-Tower Chassis Review
E-Win Flash Series Gaming Chair
E-Win Flash Series Gaming Chair Review
Intel's Core i9-7980XE and Core i9-7960X CPUs reviewed
Synology DS416 Review
TUNAI DRUM High-Resolution Bass Enhanced Audiophile Earphone Review



Acronis True Image 2018 Review

Acronis True Image 2018 builds upon the 2017 version, placing the safety of your data as its top priority.

Read full article @ APH Networks

Benchmarks Show Firefox 57 Quantum Doing Well, But Chrome Largely Winning

With the hype this week around Firefox Quantum Beta with its user-interface refinements and more noticeably the performance improvements, I decided to run some benchmarks on my end with a variety of tests comparing Firefox 52 ESR, Firefox 56 stable, Firefox 57 Quantum beta, and Chrome 60. Here are those web browser benchmark results from the Linux x86-64 desktop.

Read full article @ Phoronix

Cooler Master Cosmos C700P - the 22kg MONSTER

Cooler Master Cosmos has an epic legacy that stretches back 25 years so it pleases us hugely to see the Cosmos C700P uses aluminium rails top and bottom that instantly remind us of the original design classic.

Naturally enough Cooler Master has brought the design screeching up to date with a tempered glass panel and a bunch of RGB lighting features. No high end case is complete without glass and RGB in 2017 however that is only the beginning of Cooler Master’s ambitions. There are two main thoughts behind the design of the Cosmos C700P that cause a certain amount of conflict. On the one hand it has interior panels that cover the drives and cables to keep the build immaculate and to focus your eyes on the motherboard, CPU, RAM and graphics. Balanced against that you can flip the interior over to enhance the cooling so your motherboard is mounted on the left side of the case and the GPU ends up above the CPU.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Cooler Master Cosmos C700P Full-Tower Chassis Review

Cooler Master's Cosmos C700P E-ATX full-tower chassis is easily one of the best, if not the best, computer cases we have ever reviewed.

Read full article @ TweakTown

E-Win Flash Series Gaming Chair

E-Win’s Flash chair is equipped with all the necessary ergonomics features and is constructed to be comfortable and safe at the same time. The steel frame and high-density cold-molded memory foam can support a body weight of up to 150 kg, which has it meet the needs of larger users as well.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

E-Win Flash Series Gaming Chair Review

E-Win’s Flash chair is equipped with all the necessary ergonomics features and is constructed to be comfortable and safe at the same time. The steel frame and high-density cold-molded memory foam can support a body weight of up to 150 kg, which has it meet the needs of larger users as well.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

Intel's Core i9-7980XE and Core i9-7960X CPUs reviewed

On the bench today, we have the 16-core, 32-thread Core i9-7960X and the newest Extreme Edition CPU: the 18-core, 36-thread Core i9-7980XE. The Core i9-7960X is a core-for-core, thread-for-thread match against the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X, while the Core i9-7980XE lays claim to what is perhaps the highest core and thread count available in a "consumer" CPU today.

Of course, neither of these chips come cheap. The Core i9-7980XE lives up to its Extreme Edition lineage with an eye-popping $1999 sticker price, and the Core i9-7960X isn't far behind at $1699. These price tags put the highest-core-count Skylake-X CPUs in a somewhat uncomfortable spot for a couple reasons. For one, that kind of money for a CPU is well within workstation-class territory, but neither of these CPUs do anything to address Threadrippers' higher CPU PCIe lane complement or ECC RAM support. Recall that Threadripper CPUs and the X399 platform have both ECC RAM support and 60 PCIe 3.0 lanes directly connected to the CPU. Those resources are available from every Threadripper, too.

Read full article @ The Tech Report

Synology DS416 Review

The Synology DS416 is aimed at small businesses or home users seeking a fast, high capacity central data storage with cloud functionality. Armed with a 1.4GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of DDR3 memory and dual Gigabit LAN, the DiskStation claims speeds of 220MB/s read and 140MB/s write. 40TB of data can be stored securely within the DS416, with single or dual-disk redundancy possible.

Read full article @ Vortez

TUNAI DRUM High-Resolution Bass Enhanced Audiophile Earphone Review

I put my hand up and admit that I was once a snob when it came to earphones, I had thought that getting a pair of good earphones meant I had to splash out a few bucks, but that all changed when I stumbled across a pair of Piston 3’s from Xiaomi a year or so ago when my regular earphones broke down after being in the washing machine too many times.

TUNAI is a relatively new Taiwan company looking to bring out audio products to the mass market that are not only innovative, but also not having to break the bank. Their first product was the FIREFLY, previewed at CES 2015, being one of, if not the smallest Bluetooth receiver in the world…..and all coming in at under US$35!

Read full article @ FunkyKit