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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 7 Review
Chuwi AeroBook Review
Essential Ubuntu MATE tweaks and configurations
Fish Tales: I watercooled my Vive
FSP Hydro PTM+ 850W Power Supply Review
Sapphire GearBox Thunderbolt 3 Review
Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB Review



ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 7 Review

X570 is around the corner, but ASRock hasn't forgotten the current king of gaming: Z390. The new Z390 Phantom Gaming 7 offers a new look, but the same great performance and rock solid stability ASRock has come to be known for.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

Chuwi AeroBook Review

For the last several years, Chuwi has been shaking up the bottom end of the PC market with low-cost alternatives to the big manufacturers that offer significantly more PC for the money than you’d typically see. But, until this year, Chuwi has focused only on the lowest cost notebooks. Their signature over the last couple of years has been more RAM, more storage, and a better display than most other notebooks in their price range, making them an easy recommendation in the value end of the spectrum. Today we are taking a look at the latest notebook from Chuwi, the AeroBook, and here Chuwi has deviated from their norms. Luckily these risks all result in a better user experience, but of course come at a cost.

Read full article @ Anandtech

Essential Ubuntu MATE tweaks and configurations

This be a guide showing how to make Ubuntu MATE 19.04 Disco Dingo more functional and accessible for everyday use, including MATE Tweak and desktop layout customization, themes and icons changes, use of a different application menu, Boutique software manager and extra applications, video tearing workaround, and more. Enjoy.

Read full article @ Dedoimedo

Fish Tales: I watercooled my Vive

Scott was right. Beat Saber is awesome. My story starts last year at the TR BBQ. It was the Friday night before the BBQ and the early gerbils had gathered for the traditional pre-BBQ pizza dinner. Scott was frenziedly detailing mechanical keyboard switch lubrication philosophies, but at some point during his gesticulated raving he passed along a recommendation: "You should really try Beat Saber, its awesome." The timing wasnt ideal; I had just moved my PC into our basement, postponing the use of VR in our household until it emptied out a bit.Fast forward almost exactly one year. Our youngest had doubled in age and something resembling normality appeared to be within our reach. Time exists again. We decided to have some friends, who would definitely appreciate the Vive being up and running, over.

Read full article @ The Tech Report

FSP Hydro PTM+ 850W Power Supply Review

The FSP Hydro PTM+ 850W is the only water cooled power supply in the market at press time that can push up to 1000W in the appropriate configuration.

Read full article @ APH Networks

Sapphire GearBox Thunderbolt 3 Review

Sapphire's GearBox makes it possible to add high-end graphics to any system with Thunderbolt 3 connectivity. The enclosure also supports gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.0. But it isn't as fast as we hoped.

Read full article @ Tom's Hardware

Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB Review

As I have mentioned many times in the past, Seagate is a constantly evolving company always on the move designing new solutions refreshing product lineups. Part of its latest refresh was the Backup Plus portfolio, today we have the latest 4TB Portable solution in house.

Read full article @ TweakTown