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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

ASUS ROG GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum Review
BitFenix Pandora (Black, Windowed, Icon) Review
Corsair Gaming K70 RGB Mechanical Keyboard
Corsair Graphite Series 760T
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 2666MHz Review
Emtec International Power Plus X150 240GB Solid State Drive
Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3.0 OTG 64GB USB Flash Drive Review
Taiwan Tour: In Win
The TR Podcast 169: Windows 10, Elon's Musk, and the gimpy GTX 970



ASUS ROG GeForce GTX 980 Matrix Platinum Review

This product has been designed for the true aficionados that sub-zero cool the product in order to shatter a benchmark or two. it comes with a whopping 14-phase VRM. For the more regular folks there's still plenty off changes making this product super nice. It has a custom cooler, a custom PCB, quality components and a factory overclock, all that whilst staying silent. The card has 4 GB graphics memory, is energy efficient and factory overclocked for you. Oh and hey, it overclocks nicely as well to roughly 1500 MHz on the GPU boost frequency.

Nvidia GTX 980 GPU with 1342 MHz GPU Boost Clock
4GB, 7010 MHz (effective) GDDR5
3 x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI, 1x dual-link DVI-I display outputs
ROG color-coded load Indicator
ROG Edition GPU Tweak
DirectCU II cooler with CoolTech fan, 10mm matt-black heatpipes
Extreme OC Features: Memory Defroster, Safe Mode,
DIGI+ VRM power control with 14-phase Super Alloy Power and Black Metallic capacitors.


Read full article @ Guru3D

BitFenix Pandora (Black, Windowed, Icon) Review

BitFenix lists a number of variants of its Micro-ATX Pandora case. The basic Core model starts at £80 and rises to £84 if you add a windowed side panel. The regular Pandora has an ICON LCD display on the front and costs £90 with plain side panels or £95 if you go for the windowed version. The model we have here is the Pandora in black with windows and ICON display so it is the most expensive version at £95.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Corsair Gaming K70 RGB Mechanical Keyboard

Corsair's newest top-of-the-line gaming keyboard, dubbed K70 RGB, gets put to the test. The keyboard features fully customizable back lighting and full n-key roll-over over USB. You also get a huge driver suite and a choice between three of the most popular mechanical Cherry MX switches.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

Corsair Graphite Series 760T

Last month I had the chance to check out Corsairs 380T. It didn’t take long before it made it up near the top of my must buy list for a LANrig. Today I’m going to see what Corsair has going on in the full size market with their 760T. It shares a lot of the same features as the 380T so I have high hopes. Sadly, the 760T is only available in white or black so there isn’t an eye catching color like the 380T’s yellow but our “Graphite Black” sample still looked good at first glance. Let’s find out what it has going on when we give it a closer look.

Read full article @ LanOC Reviews

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 2666MHz Review

We revisit the Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB quad channel memory kit featuring four 4GB DDR4 memory modules following our initial look at the Intel X99 platform. Each module is rated at tested speeds of 2666MHz with 15-17-17-35 latency and 1.2V operation. It's still pricey at $250 for the kit, so hit our review to see what performance you can unleash for the price!

Read full article @ Neoseeker

Emtec International Power Plus X150 240GB Solid State Drive

Emtec, a new entrant into the low cost solid state drive business, seeks to offer a compelling product at value prices. That has been hard to do in the past but does not mean impossible now. We have the chance to review the new Emtec International Power Plus X150 240GB solid state drive. It is a lower cost alternative built with the same premium parts as the competition.

Read full article @ PureOverclock

Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3.0 OTG 64GB USB Flash Drive Review

I doubt there's a person out there who has never owned a USB flash drive (some girls i know haven't but you get my point) but lately with Tablets and large smartphones getting for good in our lives things have changed quite a bit. The reason is that conventional/standard USB flash drives can't be easily used (you can always purchase an adapter) with smartphones and tablets so if you happen to own one and you want to use it to its full extend getting one of the latest OTG (On the Go) models is obviously your best way out. Unfortunately until recently most OTG USB flash drives featured USB 2.0 compatible ports which were not ideal for copying large files and that at least to us was a large problem. USB 3.0 compatible OTG USB flash drives are now available however and the first one to land in our hands is the DataTraveler microDuo 3.0 64GB model by our friends over at Kingston.

Read full article @ NikKTech

Taiwan Tour: In Win

During our trip to Taiwan in the beginning of November of last year, we were also given the opportunity to visit In Win, a case manufacturer which has recently been producing an impressive amount of rather special enclosures. In the meantime, they mainly focus on making lots and lots of cases for OEM parties. They have multiple factories, and invited us to visit not one but two of them. We were more than happy to oblige.

Read full article @ Hardware.Info

The TR Podcast 169: Windows 10, Elon's Musk, and the gimpy GTX 970

Join us for another rousing episode of the TR Podcast. Our discussion topics include a slew of Windows 10 updates (including the Cortana assistant and Xbone streaming), Jordan's allegiance transfer from Steve Jobs to Elon Musk, Scott's investigative reporting on Nvidia's GeForce GTX 970, and much more!

Read full article @ The Tech Report