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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

Cooler Master Masterbox Q500L Case Review
Cooler Master MasterBox Q500L Review
Corsair VS650 PSU Review
Crucial P1 SSD Review
Digital Storm Lynx (i7 9700K + RTX 2070) Review
Huawei P30 & P30 Pro Review
HyperX Pulsefire Core Review
iStorage diskAshur PRO2 USB 3.1 Ultra Secure HDD Review
Noctua NH-U12A Dual Fan Air Cooler Review
PC Specialist Vortex S1 Review
Periodic Audio Be (Beryllium) In Ear Monitors Review
Scythe Kaze Flex 120 RGB Fan Review
Team Group MP34 NVME SSD (512GB) Review
World War Z Review



Cooler Master Masterbox Q500L Case Review

Thanks to the recent trend towards building smaller PCs we have started seeing more diversity in the mini to mid tower design space. Of course Mini and MicroATX cases have been on the market for quite some time and generally are just cut down versions of their full tower cousins. Today are looking at what may be the most versatile mid tower cases we have ever gotten here in the lab, the Cooler Master Masterbox Q500L.

Offering up the size advantage of a small form factor chassis with the ability to run a full ATX system certainly sounds promising. Let’s see if the Q500L can deliver!

Read full article @ Hardware Asylum

Cooler Master MasterBox Q500L Review

Last year Cooler Master released one of the coolest cases for their MasterBox series, Q300L. Q300L has Mini-Tower design which supports Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX motherboards. The case was designed with a great concern for mobility, style, and customizability.

Read full article @ Modders-Inc

Corsair VS650 PSU Review

The Corsair VS650 is a highly affordable power supply suitable for mainstream systems with modest needs.

Read full article @ Tom's Hardware

Crucial P1 SSD Review

Like a handful of other recently-released solid state drives that feature QLC (quad-level cell) NAND flash memory, the Crucial P1 series is designed to be a relatively high-performing, but still affordable storage option, versus legacy SATA-based solutions. When it initially arrived, the Crucial P1’s MSRPs didn’t necessarily reflect this design goal, but now that availability has ramped and street prices have settled, the Crucial P1 could represent a significant upgrade for users still hobbling along with slower storage or planning a new, budget-friendly build, and it won't break the bank...

Read full article @ HotHardware

Digital Storm Lynx (i7 9700K + RTX 2070) Review

Digital Storm looks to please with the Lynx Ultimate Gaming PC. Featuring a balanced build with exceptional attention to detail, this fully loaded system delivers solid performance with a heavy dose of RGB illumination.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

Huawei P30 & P30 Pro Review

The last year has been extremely exciting period for Huawei and its products: Starting with the P20, the company’s flagships have been truly transformative in terms of their camera photography capabilities. The P20 and P20 Pro last year were extremely intriguing products for the industry, as they ushered in the first step towards an ever more prevalent aspect of modern cameras: computational photography.

Huawei had pioneered the technique to bring new innovative use-cases such as the introduction of multi-frame combination mechanism for low-light capture (a.k.a. Night Mode), which really raised the bar and lead the way in terms of what we expect smartphone cameras be capable of in low light. Huawei didn’t only innovate in terms of software, but also using quite exotic hardware camera sensors, such as the 40MP units in the P20 Pro and the Mate 20 Pro.

This year, Huawei doubled down on the photography aspects of its predecessors with the introduction of the new P30 and P30 Pro. The two new flagships pick up where the P20s left off, and provide yet again a new set of generational improvements to the camera setups. This year, along with software optimisations, we yet again see big changes in the hardware of the cameras, with the introduction of an industry first RYYB 40MP main camera sensor, as well as the addition of an even more exotic 5x telephoto camera module that is enabled via a prism mirror and a 90° sensor layout.

Read full article @ Anandtech

HyperX Pulsefire Core Review

The Pulsefire Core is HyperX's budget option for a gaming mouse, but according to its specifications, it can easily compete with more expensive mice. It features a 6,200 CPI PixArt PAW3327 optical sensor, Omron switches rated for 20 million clicks, 7 programmable buttons and customizable RGB lighting—all for less than 30 dollars.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

iStorage diskAshur PRO2 USB 3.1 Ultra Secure HDD Review

The iStorage diskAshur PRO2 is an ultra-secure, PIN authenticated hard drive. Having won every security industry award going, we were excited to take a look.

Read full article @ Play3r

Noctua NH-U12A Dual Fan Air Cooler Review

We are often accused here at eTeknix of occasionally having a touch of fanboy-ism. The accusations generally tend to rotate between AMD and Intel depending on seemingly the day, weather and shoe size of the person in question. Wed say the subject, but that doesnt seem to come into it.

Read full article @ eTeknix

PC Specialist Vortex S1 Review

A GeForce RTX base unit for under £900. The arrival of Nvidia's latest mid-range graphics cards can be viewed as a good opportunity to upgrade an ageing rig without breaking the bank. GeForce GTX 1660, GTX 1660 Ti and RTX 2060 have all emerged since the turn of the year, offering latest-generation Turing goodness in the more agreeable £200 to £350 window.

Such parts are vital for system integrators hoping to ship mainstream base units in high volume. Scan Computers has already impressed with the 3XS Gamer 1660 Ti, priced at £970, and now PC Specialist's Vortex S1 is hoping to go one better by offering RTX credentials for just £899.

Read full article @ Hexus

Periodic Audio Be (Beryllium) In Ear Monitors Review

Periodic Audio is a new "player" in the market and today we're testing their top of the line Be (Beryllium) In-Ear Monitors which are catered towards demanding audiophiles.

Read full article @ NikKTech

Scythe Kaze Flex 120 RGB Fan Review

Looking back through many of the RGB solutions in fan kits we have seen recently, there is one overwhelming feature that drives through many of them, and that is control.

Read full article @ TweakTown

Team Group MP34 NVME SSD (512GB) Review

A week or so ago Team Group announced a new NVMe SSD (M2), the MP34 series is aimed to be a properly fast NVMe proposition at a reasonable price. We had the opportunity to test the 512GB model thoroughly.

Read full article @ The Guru of 3D

World War Z Review

With no new entry in the series in nearly a decade, Left 4 Dead fans are feeling pretty ravenous. Plenty of developers have attempted to whet their appetite, but few games from the latest crop of co-op shooters (we’ve had Strange Brigade, Overkill’s The Walking Dead, Generation Zero, and more in just the past year)

Read full article @ Wccftech