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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

AORUS NVMe Gen4 SSD Review
Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus Wi-Fi Review
Biostar A10N-8800E Motherboard Review
EVGA RTX 2070 Super XC Review
Iiyama ProLite XB3288UHSU-B1 31.5in Professional Monitor Review
IKEA SYMFONISK Review
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT EVOKE OC 8 GB Graphics Card Review
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT EVOKE OC Review
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Evoke Review
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Evoke Review
Native Union Stow Organizer Review
Novatech Reign Paladin MKII Gaming PC Review
PowerColor 5700 RED DEVIL Review
PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil Review
Powercolor RX 5700 XT Red Devil Review
RIOTORO CR1288TG Full Tower Review
Toshiba BG4 SSD Review



AORUS NVMe Gen4 SSD Review

One of the biggest features of AMD’s expensive X570 motherboards is PCI-Express 4.0, especially when it comes to storage. Typically the fastest PCI-Express 3.0 NVMe drives averaged around 3500 MB/s, but with PCI-Express 4.0 you are going to get around 5000 MB/s or 5GB/s! That is a massive increase in speed and in a world where time is money and no one wants to wait for that transfer or game to load the extra cost for that speed is worth it. Today we are going to be taking a look at one of the first PCI-Express 4.0 NVMe drives and it comes from AORUS. The drive makes use of the Phison PS5016-E16 PCI-Express 4.0 x4 controller, Toshiba BiCS4 96-layer 3D TLC NAND, and a DDR4 cache chip from SK Hynix.

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus Wi-Fi Review

Like the Gigabyte X570 Aorus Elite we recently reviewed, the X570-Plus Wi-Fi also hails from the budget end of AMD’s pricier new X570 platform and is priced at a penny under $200 / £233.99 at Newegg at time of publishing. It comes with PCIe 4.0 support, dual PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots, Wi-Fi and a USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C port out back, among other features.

Asus’ TUF lineup has changed from the ultra-robust, heavy shielding it was known for in years past and has evolved more toward gaming-centric boards with protection on individual parts such as the PCIe and DIMM slots. ESD guards and additional surge protection measures and military-grade components are still a part of the TUF lineup and more necessary than any hardened motherboard would be in most use cases. This change has pushed the products down the product stack a bit, but still offers users a good platform to build on. To that end, the Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus Wi-Fi is the second-least-expensive board in the Asus X570 product stack, with the X570-P at $170 taking the entry-level spot.

Read full article @ Tom's Hardware

Biostar A10N-8800E Motherboard Review

The Biostar A10N-8800 motherboard is a mini-ITX SoC option with an integrated AMD FX-8800P processor. Also featured is support for up to 32 GB of DDR4-2133 memory, a single full-length PCIe 3.0 x16 slot, and a Realtek RTL8111H Gigabit Ethernet port. The AMD FX-8800P is traditionally a mobile SKU with a TDP of 15 W and Biostar integrates into a small form factor package for desktop users with four CPU cores and eight Radeon R7 graphics cores.

Read full article @ Anandtech

EVGA RTX 2070 Super XC Review

Nvidia's recent release of their Super versions of the RTX line-up has given gamers another choice to power their sessions. So how does the EVGA RTX 2070 Super XC stack up, especially compared to the more expensive Radeon VII as well as an AIB base 2070?

Read full article @ MMORPG

Iiyama ProLite XB3288UHSU-B1 31.5in Professional Monitor Review

It's a 4K panel from iiyama aimed at the professional user - is it any good for £400? The catchily-named XB3288UHSU-B1 bears the usual serious black design of Iiyama ProLite monitors. The basic specification is as expected for a VA panel, with a high 3,000:1 contrast and mid-range 300cd/m2 brightness. Pixel response is a reasonable 3ms, but this is no gaming screen – the maximum refresh at 4K is 60Hz, although you can get up to 75Hz below the native resolution, and AMD FreeSync is supported too.

While you do get two HDMI inputs and a single DisplayPort, there’s no USB-C input. However, for a business environment there are built-in 3W stereo speakers as well as a minijack output for headphones. There’s also a USB hub with a couple of ports on the side.

Read full article @ KitGuru

IKEA SYMFONISK Review

Sonos and IKEAs home decor meets smart speaker collaboration has an interesting challenge: will it blend? Not in the squeeze-it-in-a-blender sense; will it blend in with your home and fit your taste?
Like sound, design preference is highly subjective. Whats not is just how versatile the new SYMFONISK lineup can be. Sonos and IKEA have bundled a Play:1 level Wi-Fi speaker inside a table lamp and bookshelf end cap. Useful features and attractive prices make both speakers worth considering even if youre not in the Sonos ecosystem.

Read full article @ 9to5Mac

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT EVOKE OC 8 GB Graphics Card Review

AMD’s Radeon RX 5700 series is finally getting the much-awaited custom variants and MSI is out with an entirely new lineup designed just for RDNA based graphics cards. Launched last month, the AMD Radeon RX 5700 lineup introduced very competitive prices for mainstream tier graphics cards which would go against the NVIDIA GeForce RTX lineup, now AIBs are further expanding the lineup with their own non-reference variants that offer better cooling performance and higher out of box clock speeds.

The Radeon RX 5700 series uplifted AMD by bringing a modern architecture design and moving away from their GCN design. This allows AMD to bring more streamlined graphics performance in modern workloads and gaming titles. AMD was already ahead of the curve in utilizing new techs such as HBM and smaller process nodes and Navi is no exception. Aside from the new graphics architecture, AMD has also introduced GDDR6 memory and a smaller 7nm process node for their mainstream lineup which is a big update from the 14nm process on Polaris and Vega series cards.

Read full article @ Wccftech

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT EVOKE OC Review

It is the week of custom Radeon RX 5700 XT graphics cards being released, where my first review out of the custom Navi gate was SAPPHIRE's far-better-than-reference Radeon RX 5700 XT PULSE OC. Today... MSI's new Radeon RX 5700 XT EVOKE OC.

MSI's new Radeon RX 5700 XT EVOKE OC features an interestingly-styled 2.5-slot and dual-fan design, something that celebrates AMD's huge 50th anniversary with its gold styling. MSI engineers have worked overtime on the RX 5700 XT EVOKE OC, with the dual-fan cooler keeping the Navi 10 GPU even cooler than SAPPHIRE did with its PULSE OC card.

Read full article @ TweakTown

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Evoke Review

The MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Evoke is a completely new line of graphics cards by MSI. Visually, this factory-overclocked board pleases with a champagne-gold cooler and matching backplate. Temperatures of the triple-slot, dual-fan card are excellent, and idle-fan-stop is included, too.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Evoke Review

Custom NAVI is here, yes meet the MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Evoke that we review today. It has increased clocks, increased looks and well is just customized all the way. Fabricated at a 7nm node and capable of battling with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 2060 and 2070 we'll check out how well it holds against the reference card as well.

Read full article @ The Guru of 3D

Native Union Stow Organizer Review

Whether its your daily carry or a longer trip, Apple accessories can quickly become troublesome to keep organized and easily accessible. Native Unions Stow Organizer is designed specifically with Apple users in mind to tame your cables, dongles, power adapters, and more. It even has Apple Pencil storage and a zippered interior pocket for small items like SD cards and flash drives. Read on for a closer look at this handy Apple accessory organizer.

Read full article @ 9to5Mac

Novatech Reign Paladin MKII Gaming PC Review

When it comes to owning or building a PC, we all want the best possible specifications we can get for a price we can afford. There is, however, always the difficult part of knowing exactly what to do and where to start. Put simply, building a PC isn’t always easy. Let alone if you don’t know how to do it in the first place!

Fortunately, Novatech, as one of the UK’s leading PC designers, looks to take the hard part out of this for you by offering excellent systems at wallet-friendly prices! – This time, however, they have really pushed the boat out!

Read full article @ eTeknix

PowerColor 5700 RED DEVIL Review

Check the beast, the PowerColor 5700 RED DEVIL that we review today. It has increased clocks, increased looks and well is just customized all the way. Not just that, it is marketed at a retail price of $389,-

Read full article @ The Guru of 3D

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil Review

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil is overclocked out of the box and uses a massive triple-slot, triple-fan cooler that delivers outstanding noise levels. It's actually the quietest Radeon card we ever tested, and quieter than all NVIDIA RTX cards, except for just one custom-design.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

Powercolor RX 5700 XT Red Devil Review

Powercolor sets with the RX 5700 XT Red Devil a decent mark - both in the performance and the massive cooler as well as in the price. In addition, there is a switchable Silent-BIOS that really lives up to its name. But I don't want to spoil too much, I want to test. So read it yourself.

Read full article @ IgorsLAB

RIOTORO CR1288TG Full Tower Review

The brand new CR1288TG Full Tower is the current flagship in the RIOTORO line-up and today we're checking it out to see if it delivers where it really counts.

Read full article @ NikKTech

Toshiba BG4 SSD Review

Toshiba announced its next-generation BG4 solid state drive all the way back at CES in early January of this year. The diminutive, little Toshiba BG4 isn’t about the latest and greatest in bleeding-edge SSD storage performance or pushing the envelope in terms of throughput. However, it does still represent a significant step forward in regard to power and performance in the smallest of form factors – you’ll see exactly what we mean in a couple of the photos below...

Read full article @ HotHardware