Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

AMD Quietly Unveils Radeon M400 Series: Starting With Rebadges
Corsair K70 RGB Mechanical Keyboard Review
Dell UltraSharp U2515H review: famous pioneer
DOOM Benchmarked: Graphics & CPU Performance Tested
Kingston HyperX Cloud Revolver Gaming Headset Review
Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum Review
NVIDIA Pascal and Phanteks EVOLV Casemodding
RIOTORO Prism CR1280 Review
Samsung T3 250/500/1000/2000GB review: new USB 3.0 SSDs
Snap - I've got the package!
Zalman ZM-K700M Mechanical Keyboard Review

AMD Quietly Unveils Radeon M400 Series: Starting With Rebadges

As our long-time readers are keenly aware, the product cycles followed by PC OEMs and ODMs for their laptops and desktops are rarely perfectly in sync with the development cycles of the underlying processors. With a desire to refresh their PCs on a yearly basis – whether or not new processors are available – OEMs lean on their suppliers to come up with newer parts to fill out these devices. Consequently, it has become a semi-annual ritual for the GPU vendors to rebadge parts of their lineups to meet the needs of OEMs, shuffling together old and new parts as part of a continuous cycle of upgrades and replacements.

Kicking off this latest cycle, this week AMD quietly updated the laptop GPU section of their website to add the Radeon M400 series, the latest generation of AMD’s notebook (and AIO desktop) GPUs. And to cut right to the chase, while this year is going to be an important year for AMD with the launch of their Polaris architecture and its accompanying GPUs, Polaris isn’t upon us quite yet. Instead what AMD has published are the customary 28nm rebadges that will be fleshing out the M400 line, presumably positioned around where Polaris will land a bit later this year.

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Corsair K70 RGB Mechanical Keyboard Review

NVIDIA finally unveiled their latest GeForce GTX 1080 and 1070 graphics cards based on innovative latest Pascal™ architecture (still can't believe that this monster uses just one power connector) so as it is typical after such launch events we expect many gamers, enthusiasts and professionals to gear up with one or more of these cards soon after their appearance in the market (especially since they will cost less) by NVIDIA partners. Upgrading your gaming rig however takes more than just a brand new graphics card so once again we are tasked with performing even more reviews of gaming peripherals and that goes double for mechanical gaming keyboards since you all seem to enjoy reading about them. Corsair recently released the K70 RGB Mechanical Keyboard with the brand new Cherry MX Speed switches but since we've been wanting to test the model with Cherry MX Red (50 million keystrokes and 45g actuation force) for quite some time now we decided to start with that.

Founded in 1994, Corsair supplies high-performance products purchased primarily by PC gaming enthusiasts who build their own PCs or buy pre-assembled customized systems. The company's award-winning products include DDR3 and DDR4 memory upgrades, computer cases, PC cooling products, gaming headsets, gaming keyboards, gaming mice, power supply units, USB flash drives, solid-state drives and system monitoring and control devices.

The K70 RGB has been around for roughly 2 years now (our sample is one of the latest Gen.3 ones) and is the successor to the even older and popular Vengeance K70 mechanical keyboard and although it shares many features with its predecessor including the same black aircraft-grade anodized-aluminum deck, dedicated media controls and a detachable full-length wrist rest as clearly stated by its name it also offers per-key adjustable full RGB illumination. You can also assign macro commands on any of the keys (no dedicated ones like the K90/K95 models) while in terms of specifications once again we have a 1000Hz polling rate (1000/500/250/125Hz), 100% anti-ghosting and 104-Key rollover. Unfortunately unlike the original Vengeance K70 however the K70 RGB doesn't feature a rear built-in USB pass-through (although it still takes up two USB ports due to the extra power needed for the onboard ARM CPU and memory). The K70 has already won countless awards around the globe so we know it has to be good but the time has finally come for us to see for ourselves.

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Dell UltraSharp U2515H review: famous pioneer

We usually do not review a product that has been out on the market for over a year, but sometimes you just have to make an exception. For instance when our readers choose the product as the best of its class - this also helps us to convince the manufacturer to lend us a sample. We're talking about the Dell UltraSharp U2515H, a monitor that is considered a pioneer and one of the most popular monitors in our price comparison tool that we didn't test yet. We felt that we had to change that.

We have already mentioned before that obtaining samples of Dell monitors isn't always very simple, but recently the brand has lent us a good amount of monitors. We appreciate this a lot of course, because of the popularity of mainly the UltraSharp models under our readers. The UP2715K, the S2716DG and the UP2716D recently all passed our test bench, but one model remained untested: the U2515H.

Read full article @ Hardware.Info

DOOM Benchmarked: Graphics & CPU Performance Tested

The Doom reboot is a gift to the PC Master Race. The 4K visuals are amazing, excellent high resolution textures cover every surface, the lighting and shadows are on point and this all comes together to make those glory kill animations look insane. The question that remains now is, what kind of hardware do you require to enjoy those glory kills in all of their gory glory?

Read full article @ TechSpot

Kingston HyperX Cloud Revolver Gaming Headset Review

As I am preparing for interviews to enter in the working world, I have been looking at typical interview questions to get myself ready. One of the questions I ran into was, "What makes a good leader?" It may seem a bit odd to expect this question, especially for a junior level position, but from a human resources perspective, it makes a lot of sense. Companies are not just hiring for the present, but also for the future. Thus when I think of a good leader, I often think of a responsible and fair person. However, one aspect I think is just as important is the ability to delegate tasks effectively to the appropriate person. This also involves the capability to know when to jump in to help or possibly take over the task. It definitely is a balancing act between ensuring your resources, including people, are managed well. At CES 2016, we were introduced to the Kingston HyperX Cloud Revolver, the first pair of headphones designed and developed in the HyperX division. I spoke with one of the representatives, and they believed they built up enough know-how to release their own gaming headset. To give some history, their first pair of audio cans was produced in cooperation with SteelSeries, called the HyperX Siberia v2. The next sets were made with QPad, under the Cloud and Cloud II monikers, with several other variations. Now today with the HyperX Cloud Revolver, I think it is only natural to wonder if Kingston was actually right in their decision. Will the Cloud Revolver blow us away like its predecessor, or will it be proof the HyperX was just not ready? Read on to find out!

Read full article @ APH Networks

Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum Review

Logitech have a new ambidextrous flagship on the block. The G900 boasts quality, accuracy and great battery life. Let's explore if the claims are true, or just full of hot air.

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NVIDIA Pascal and Phanteks EVOLV Casemodding

Every couple of years NVIDIA launches a new GPU followed by a plethora of advanced technologies to better serve the gaming community. This year they launched a new GPU architecture called Pascal which is the culmination billions of dollars worth of research and development to create the fastest and most efficient GPU ever created.

Read full article @ Hardware Asylum

RIOTORO Prism CR1280 Review

I'll start with what I like about the CR1280. The style - while it doesn't break the standard mold for tower cases, it does have a fresh, clean look, and the large side window does it for me. The layout of the top I/O panel is nice too, with adequate spacing of the USB ports (a typical peeve of mine), the separation of the start and reset buttons (another peeve), and the top-facing angle (no USB drives sticking out to get bent over when you walk by). And then there is the size - the CR1280 can handle an extended ATX (eATX) motherboard, supports liquid cooling and long GPUs, and it has decent hard drive capacity. Speaking of liquid cooling, you have mounting space for a top 360mm radiator, a front 240mm radiator, and a rear 120mm radiator. From a functionality perspective, the absence of optical drive bays really opens the case up. The CR1280 has great airflow and the ability to control the fan speed is a plus. Fan speed control is at the tip of your finger. Need some more cooling, or maybe you want a little more peace and quiet? Just push the button. The grommet size and locations are well planned and contribute greatly to the clean cable management.

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Samsung T3 250/500/1000/2000GB review: new USB 3.0 SSDs

Samsung is one of the latest companies to release a new line of external SSDs. The Samsung T3 series may be a USB 3.0 device, but thanks to its optimization it should be much faster than its predecessor. We got hold of four T3 SSDs: the 250, 500, 1000 and 2000 GB versions.

Early last year, we tested the Samsung T1 1TB. With speeds above 400MB/sec, this SSD's performance blew us away and it received our Gold Award. The T1 remained champion, until the Sandisk Extreme 900 was released a little while ago. Thanks to its up-to-date USB 3.1 interface, the Extreme 900 outperformed other external SSDs.

Read full article @ Hardware.Info

Snap - I've got the package!

Ba-ba-bam. Now, the number of puns and historic and cultural references that can be applied here is way, way too high. We have the mandatory Eurodance homage, but also the Google Chrome throw-a-hissy page and the Lonely Island Mother Lover song words. All good and well. But have you thought about Ubuntu, at all? My latest OCS-Mag article explains everything.

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Zalman ZM-K700M Mechanical Keyboard Review

Zalman's top of the line ZM-K700M mechanical keyboard heavily targets gamers, but the keyboard still has a reserved-enough look that it wouldn't look entirely out of place in a professional setting.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware