Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

ASUS Maximus VIII Gene Review
Corsair Strafe Gaming Keyboard
CRYORIG H7 CPU Air Cooler Review
Huawei Mate S Review
Kingston 32GB Data Traveler Micro Duo 3C Review
Kingston DataTraveler microDUO 3C USB 3.1 Drive Review: Compact Reversatility
Netgear Powerline 1200 PLP1200 Adapter Set Review
NVIDIA Announces GeForce GTX 980 GPU For High-End Gaming Notebooks
Synology DiskStation DS715 & DS215+
XFX R7 370 4GB Double Dissipation Graphics Card Review

ASUS Maximus VIII Gene Review

With the Maximus VIII Gene, ASUS shows their next generation mATX gaming and overclocking motherboard, which is based on Intels latest Z170 chipset. Like it's predecessor this board wants to convince with a balanced feature mix that pleases overclockers as well as gamers. At this point we're very curious to find out what this small ASUS board is capable of.

Read full article @ ocaholic

Corsair Strafe Gaming Keyboard

Corsair's newest mechanical keyboard is dubbed the Strafe and features per-key back lighting, among other tricks. It is equipped with Cherry MX-switches and is supported by the Corsair CUE driver suite. At US$109, this is one feature-packed keyboard for the price.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

CRYORIG H7 CPU Air Cooler Review

Those of you in need of a new CPU air cooler should read our evaluation of the CRYORIG H7 this afternoon. Decent performance at a great price, who can argue with that

CRYORIG mates its Hive Fin Technology with a smaller design that allows for better RAM module fitment without interference with its H7 CPU Air Cooler. Its "compact" 145mm tall design, excellent mounting configuration, and dollar value are winners for sure. Its new Quad Air Inlet™ fan design gives us high hopes about its performance.

Read full article @ HardOCP

Huawei Mate S Review

An uninspiring, if technically decent, Android 5.1 smartphone

Read full article @ V3

Kingston 32GB Data Traveler Micro Duo 3C Review

Kingston's Data Traveler Micro Duo 3C is not going to be the fastest drive out on the market, but that is not what it is built for. It is built to provide unparalleled interoperability between many different platforms and operating systems using the USB 3.1 standard, while being backwards compatible with older USB standards. As far as performance goes, it hits all the right results and over-delivers against the rated speeds for the drive. From a functionality perspective, you will need a USB 3.0 or USB 3.1 port on your chosen device to maximize the performance potential of the drive. Available for use with Windows, Linux, Chrome, and MAC OS X devices, Kingston has the majority of the market covered with compatibility for USB 3.1/3.0 and USB 2.0 functionality. Not a bad scenario when you get down to it.

Read full article @ OCC

Kingston DataTraveler microDUO 3C USB 3.1 Drive Review: Compact Reversatility

Despite the wide adoption of cloud solutions, physical storage remains strong although it has evolved a lot from what was just common portable media before the advent of online storage. Compact sizes are expected and drives that are seemingly just USB connector ends are much more common, although having much faster transfer rates than what compact and floppy discs offer. … Read more.

Read full article @ Modders-Inc

Netgear Powerline 1200 PLP1200 Adapter Set Review

WiFi is widely considered to be one of the most important technologies people currently use so it's no wonder that you find it pretty much everywhere you go from cafeterias, bars, clubs, fast food joints and restaurants up to airport terminals, shopping malls, hotels, parks and even in hospitals. Well there's no denying that WiFi has opened new horizons in the industry since thanks to that people can have access to the internet (amongst things including personal and public content) without the need of cables but wireless connectivity is far from perfect and due to signal strength limitations it's not really suitable for every possible scenario. Powerline adapters have come a long way since their introduction in the market several years ago and now offer much higher data transfer rates and much further compared to most WiFi enabled modem/routers. The latest Power line model by Netgear is the Powerline 1200 (PLP1200) and that's what we'll be looking at today.

Read full article @ NikKTech

NVIDIA Announces GeForce GTX 980 GPU For High-End Gaming Notebooks

NVIDIA’s power-efficient Maxwell GPU architecture is a perfect fit for the notebook market, as evidenced by the slew of strong products up and down the company’s mobile GPU line-up. But today NVIDIA is taking things is a slightly different direction at the ultra-high-end, and introducing a “new” mobile GPU, that’s not really a mobile part—the GeForce GTX 980.

Notice, there’s no “M” on the end of that model number. We're talking about what's essentialy the full desktop GeForce GTX 980, optimized for mobile form factors...

Read full article @ HotHardware.com

Synology DiskStation DS715 & DS215+

Today we are checking out the DS715 and DS215+, both are 2-bay NAS devices from Synology’s latest DSx15 series. The DS715 is designed for home to business workgroup usage while the DS215+ is aimed at small and medium businesses. Both come armed with new Annapurna Labs Alpine SoC’s and support features such as Hardware Encryption and Link Aggregation…

Having reviewed numerous high-end DSx15 models already, we were keen to check out the more affordable dual bay offerings. The DS2015xs was the first NAS we tested that adopted an Annapurna Labs processor and with inspiring results we were keen to see more.

Read full article @ Legion Hardware

XFX R7 370 4GB Double Dissipation Graphics Card Review

Starting a new build? Maybe you are looking for an intense gaming rig to play your games in 4K, or maybe you are looking for a budget build that lets you find that happy balance between performance and quality. A good place to start is with our graphics card today, the XFX R7 370 Double Dissipation.

Read full article @ TechnologyX