Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

8 monitor stands reviewed: a stand-off
Acer Go Review
ASRock Z170 OC Formula Intel LGA 1151 Motherboard Review
be quiet! Silent Base Orange 600 Window Chassis Review
Cooler Master V750 PSU Review
Creative Sound Blaster Roar 2
G.Skill MX780 RGB Gaming Mouse Review
G.SKILL RIPJAWS MX780 Laser Gaming Mouse Review
How to enable Software Collections on CentOS
MSI AfterBurner 4.2.0 Available for Download
MSI GTX 980 Ti SEA HAWK Overclocked 4K Review
No more ads in Firefox Tiles - A new hope
Schlage Connect Touchscreen Smart Z-Wave Deadbolt Lock Review
The Razer DeathStalker Chroma Gaming Keyboard Review
ThinkComputers Holiday 2015 Staff Wish List

8 monitor stands reviewed: a stand-off

"It looks great, but what a shame you can't adjust the height." We end up saying this all the time in our monitor tests. Of course one solution would be to use a monitor mount to improve your workplace ergonomics. We reviewed 8 different models, which allow you to adjust the width as well as the height. This is useful for those with a multi-monitor set-up, the cheaper alternative to a super widescreen monitor (like the ones we reviewed recently). 

Read full article @ Hardware.Info

Acer Go Review

Poor hardware banishes this cheap smartphone to the bargain bin

Read full article @ The Inquirer

ASRock Z170 OC Formula Intel LGA 1151 Motherboard Review

Today at OCinside.de we test the new ASRock Z170 OC Formula LGA1151 motherboard for overclockers with an Intel Core i5-6600K CPU and four Crucial Ballistix Sports DDR4-2400 4GB memory modules. Of course we have not just taken a look at the motherboard and created some benchmarks, but also heavily overclocked it as well. We have overclocked an unlocked Intel Core i5 6600K CPU with an open multi as well as the other a locked Intel Core i5-6400 CPU with fixed multiplier, for which we have already published a short Intel non-K OC guide. You have to see this motherboard!

Read full article @ OCInside.de

be quiet! Silent Base Orange 600 Window Chassis Review

Be quiet! That’s what they said to their new Silent Base series and boy, did it ever listen. This brilliant chassis will leave you happy with spending the extra few bucks for quality. The Silent Base line comes in four options, 600 or 800 each with window or no window option. Your choice in colours are orange, black, silver and exclusively in the 800, red. Today we will be working with the 600 Window Orange.

Read full article @ TechnologyX

Cooler Master V750 PSU Review

Cooler Master recently updated its lower-capacity V series, and today we take a look at the V750. This unit features 80 PLUS Gold efficiency, fully modular cabling and very small dimensions, which put it up against the SilverStone ST75F-GS V2.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Creative Sound Blaster Roar 2

Creative's newest portable speaker, dubbed Roar 2, gets put to the test. This new device with an MSRP of $170 aims to take on the big guys in the portable-speaker market by including a wealth of features. The new Roar 2 is 20% smaller than the original Roar it obsoletes.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

G.Skill MX780 RGB Gaming Mouse Review

Gaming mice are a very personal choice and with the myriad of options available to prospective buyers, choosing one can be very difficult. G.Skill are hoping that by offering a heavily customisable product it may just secure your interest, as its Ripjaws MX780 offers a number of tweakable options that help it stand out from the crowd.

RGB lighting options? Check. Adjustable weights? Check. Swappable finger and thumb grips? Check. Combine those with a barebones design, high-quality Avago A9800 sensor, unbranded Teflon feet and a number of other useful features and it seems like quite the little package.

Read full article @ KitGuru

G.SKILL RIPJAWS MX780 Laser Gaming Mouse Review

The gaming peripherals market (at least the PC one) may be overflowing with a huge number of devices ranging from keyboards, mice and mats and up to headsets, chairs and controllers but for the largest part the ones really worth owning bear the names of the well-known, established and respected manufacturers. This of course is not always the case but the sheer number of new and "average" companies making their debut on a daily basis doesn't help things. Luckily between old gaming peripheral manufacturers and very new ones there are also some manufacturers from others parts of the industry who expand their product lines to also include gaming peripherals and although that's not always a recipe for success still the ones that have done so have released decent products. Recently one of the largest and most popular memory module manufacturers in the world, G.SKILL also decided to expand their product line to include gaming peripherals and today we're taking a look at their RIPJAWS MX780 Laser Gaming Mouse.

Established in 1989 by PC hardware enthusiasts, G.SKILL specializes in high performance memory, SSD products and gaming peripherals, designed for PC gamers and enthusiasts around the world. Combining technical innovation and rock solid quality through our in-house testing lab and talented R&D team, G.SKILL continues to create record-breaking memory for each generation of hardware and hold the no. 1 brand title in overclocking memory.

Unlike some manufacturers who decide to rush their expansion into other areas of the market G.SKILL is taking things slowly (as they should) so for now they have just released the MX780 RIPJAWS Laser Gaming Mouse and the KM780 (RGB/MX) RIPJAWS Mechanical Gaming Keyboards. The MX780 RIPJAWS Gaming Mouse uses the Avago ADNS-9800 laser sensor (no stranger to us since we've seen it with many other mice in the past) that features a resolution of 8200DPI with framerate of 12000fps, 150IPS tracking speed and up to 30G's acceleration. G.SKILL has also used Omron micro-switches for the buttons (probably just the primary ones) that can achieve a very high lifecycle of up to 20 million clicks. The MX780 is also equipped with a total of 8 programmable buttons, 4-zone RGB illumination system, removable side grips (ambidextrous design), adjustable weight system (two 4.5g weights), 512kb onboard memory used to store all 5 profiles and a height-adjustable system which can be used to "calibrate" the rear of the mouse to your hand.

Read full article @ NikKTech

How to enable Software Collections on CentOS

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and its community fork, CentOS, offer 10-year life cycle, meaning that each version of RHEL/CentOS is updated with security patches for up to 10 years. While such long life cycle guarantees much needed system compatibility and reliability for enterprise users, a downside is that core applications and run-time environments grow antiquated as the underlying RHEL/CentOS version becomes close to end-of-life (EOF). For example, CentOS 6.5, whose EOL is dated to November 30th 2020, comes with python 2.6.6 and MySQL 5.1.73, which are already pretty old by today's standard.

Read full article @ Xmodulo

MSI AfterBurner 4.2.0 Available for Download

We just posted a massive update to AfterBurner (which Guru3D develops). You can now download MSI AfterBurner 4.2.0 - this new update offers many new improvements and adds graphics card support for the GTX980Ti Lightning model as well as AMD Fiji graphics processors family support. This reelase as well includes third party voltage control mode as well as an update for the RivaTuner Statistics Server towards version 6.4.1. Read more in the change list on the download page.

Read full article @ Guru3D

MSI GTX 980 Ti SEA HAWK Overclocked 4K Review

If 4K gaming with a single-GPU is high on your priority list, you will definitely want to read our MSI GTX 980 Ti SEA HAWK Overclocked 4K Review before you finish up your holiday shopping.

Our second installment with the MSI GTX 980 Ti SEA HAWK focuses in on gameplay at 4K and how viable it is with the fastest overclocked GTX 980 Ti we have seen yet. We will be using a reference GeForce GTX 980 Ti to show the full spectrum of the 980 Ti's performance capabilities and emphasize the MSI GTX 980 Ti SEA HAWK's value.

Read full article @ HardOCP

No more ads in Firefox Tiles - A new hope

I've written an important article about the bold decision by Mozilla to remove advertisement from Tiles in Firefox, perception and change in the community, discussion on strategy for Firefox and Firefox OS around integrated services and the future revenue model, call to action, and more. Take a look, please.

Read full article @ Dedoimedo

Schlage Connect Touchscreen Smart Z-Wave Deadbolt Lock Review

When it comes to locks, two companies come to my mind and Schlage is one of them. Schlage began in 1909 when Walter Schlage patented a door lock that was capable of turning lights on and off. Over the last century Schlage made many advancements with locks and also grew their company to what it is today. Now located in Colorado Springs, Colorado Schlage continues to be the leading lock company that services not only residential homes but also large corporations.

Fast forward today and not only do we have locks but we have smart locks that are capable of connecting to home automation systems like Wink or SmartThings. With this type of automation we can have our doors lock behind us, lock at certain times, and ensure its unlocked when we arrive home. We can also program multiple access codes, giving everyone in the family their own code or even one to the house cleaner.

Today we are going to take a look at a smart lock from Schlage called the Connect Touchscreen Deadbolt Lock which has Z-Wave technology built-in giving us the ability to sync with our SmartThings hub that we’ll also be showing the functions of.

Read full article @ Geek Inspector

The Razer DeathStalker Chroma Gaming Keyboard Review

Mechanical keyboards are all the rage among enthusiasts nowadays, with most of them offering advanced features such as fully programmable keys and RGB lighting. However, there are also those that want these features and do not really care about the mechanical keys themselves. Razers solution for this is the DeathStalker Chroma, an advanced programmable keyboard with RGB lighting, featuring chiclet keys.

Read full article @ Anandtech

ThinkComputers Holiday 2015 Staff Wish List

It is that time of year again, Holidays! We always ask our families for things we would like each year, but we don’t always get them. The staff here at ThinkComputers has compiled a list of products they would like this year for the Holiday. Even though we get the opportunity to review some pretty awesome products there are still some things we would like. Check out our wish lists for this year!

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org