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Anno 2205: Performance Analysis
ASUS Maximus VIII Gene Review
Asus ROG Matrix GTX 980Ti Platinum Edition
Asustor AS6202T Review
Best PSUs
Best Sony Xperia Z5 accessories
BlackBerry Priv Review
Club3D R9 Nano 4GB HBMv1 Graphics Card Review
Cooler Charts: 52 Models tested - update SilverStone Tundra TD02-Lite
Huawei Watch Review: A Premium Android Wear Timepiece @ HotHardware.Com
In Win 805 Aluminium and Glass Mid-Tower Chassis Review
MSI Z170A Gaming M7 LGA 1151 Motherboard Review
Noontec ZORO II Wireless Bluetooth Headphones Review
Seagate Backup Plus 4TB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive Review
Synology DS214+ NAS Review
Tech Armor ActivePower 12000 Mobile Power Bank Review
Two Weeks with the iPhone 6s: An Android user's perspective - Part 2



Anno 2205: Performance Analysis

The latest installment of the Anno Series sends you to the moon, to harvest precious minerals. We tested the game using 11 of the latest graphics cards, at four resolutions each, to determine what kind of hardware is required to play Anno 2205 at highest settings.

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ASUS Maximus VIII Gene Review

Cutting right to the chase, it's easy to see that ASUS is able to deliver an M-ATX motherboard that has all the overclocking chops the ATX form factor Maximus VIII Hero has, but in a smaller package. First, the performance delivered by the Maximus VIII Gene is going to fall in the same small envelope when running at stock speeds. That's a given in this day and age when motherboards are so well built and tuned from the factory. It's where you go from there that really makes a board such as this from ASUS' ROG product stack a worthwhile investment. If you do not plan to at least use ASUS AI Suite III or EZ Tune utility for some free CPU horsepower, you can still enjoy the rest of the features that make this board a great choice for a gaming centric build.

Read full article @ OCC

Asus ROG Matrix GTX 980Ti Platinum Edition

With Christmas just around the corner, what better time to treat yourself to a new graphics card? Time to put that old card to pasture and invest in a new GTX980 ti. If you fancy something really fast and expensive then the mouth watering Asus Republic Of Gamers GTX980 Ti Platinum Edition might sate your appetite. As we would expect from an Asus flagship solution, the Matrix Platinum is a complete ‘no-compromise’ design.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Asustor AS6202T Review

Today we have the new Asustor AS6202T on hand for some testing, the first Intel Braswell powered NAS to market. Packed with some serious power and loads of features Asustor knows the AS6202T is something special and they aren’t giving them away cheaply, in fact this is the most expensive 2-bay NAS money can buy...

Asustor has been busy this year as the company has released a number of new NAS products. Kick starting 2015 we checked out the Asustor AS5104T, an Intel Celeron 2.0GHz quad-core processor powered 4-bay NAS that offered loads of performance, making it very cost effective. The exact processor at the heart of the AS5104T was the Celeron J1900, a "Bay Trail-D" (22 nm), which as we mentioned provided plenty of grunt while consuming very little power.

Read full article @ Legion Hardware

Best PSUs

Here are the best power supplies for gaming PCs. These PSUs offer the best reliability, performance and protection for your components.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Best Sony Xperia Z5 accessories

Was spending hundreds on the Sony Xperia Z5 not enough of a bank account battering for your liking? Why not siphon off a bit more of your life savings with these accessories?We jest: accessories aren't just a way for companies to make an extra buck off you. They can let a phone radically extend its tendrils into your life. And while that may sound terrifying, we might as always just lean into it. Mobiles rule our worlds, folks. From fancy cases to speakers and accessories that'll turn your Sony Xperia Z5 from Android phone to movie jukebox, here's our pick of the best Z5 extra bits.

Read full article @ TechRadar

BlackBerry Priv Review

BlackBerry's Android smartphone gives its big-name rivals a run for their money

Read full article @ The Inquirer

Club3D R9 Nano 4GB HBMv1 Graphics Card Review

eTeknix has fought hard over the last few months to be able to bring you the Fiji articles that we have, some may have been a little late, but we have managed to get them out to you one way or another. Stock levels of the Fiji core and HBM have been extremely limited, so AMD had to make the tough decision to only allow an severely limited number of media samples and plumb the rest to the consumer market.

So here it is, our R9 Nano article supplied by Club3D. Right up until launch, we covered a lot about the card and something we knew was almost exactly how the card would look. An R9 Fury X copy with a fan instead of a water cooling solution. From there we took guesses at other specifications, would it feature the Fiji core or a cut-down version like in the R9 Fury with my money on the latter due to the massively decreased size and only single fan; I was extremely surprised when I found out that it uses a full Fiji core as found in the R9 Fury X.

Let’s find out how this miniature monster performs in today’s review.

Read full article @ eTeknix

Cooler Charts: 52 Models tested - update SilverStone Tundra TD02-Lite

In our comparison tables, you can find test results regarding 52 recent air and watercoolers. Furthermore we do not comment the benchmark values. The idea and also the goal is to present to you a market overview which helps you choose the right cooler.

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Huawei Watch Review: A Premium Android Wear Timepiece @ HotHardware.Com

One of the sharpest, classiest, most alluring Android Wear smartwatches yet has arrived, and it's manufactured by a company that many American consumers may not be familiar with. The Huawei Watch is just about as good as it gets for a smartwatch currently. The reason? It's a watch first, and a smartwatch second. For those clamoring for a timepiece that looks like a tried-and-true premium wristwatch, look no further.

Huawei has made phones, tablets, and other gizmos for years, though it has had more success in Asia than in the U.S. Standing out in the U.S. marketplace is difficult. A company typically won't get very far without wide distribution and a massive marketing budget. The Huawei Watch is the type of device that can be the foundation of a widespread marketing push to advance the brand in this market -- it is a beautiful device...

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In Win 805 Aluminium and Glass Mid-Tower Chassis Review

n Win, the modern masters of chassis design, are back once again. Today we’ll be taking a look at the In Win 805, a slightly more accessible product for the masses that takes many of the style points of the premium ranges that In Win offer. We’ve been blown away by their more creative products such as the S-Frame, H-Frame, H-Tower, D-Frame, Tao and many more, but it is nice to see these wonder-chassis filtering down into a more consumer friendly package, both in terms of price and ergonomics.

The 805 is designed to impress, with an aluminum frame which features LED highlighting, as well as glass panels on the left, front and right sides, giving you a great look at the chassis interior, perfect for showing off your build. There are three colours available, which colour coordinate the front I/O panel with the LED In Win logo on the side of the chassis.

Read full article @ eTeknix

MSI Z170A Gaming M7 LGA 1151 Motherboard Review

Our evaluation of the MSI Z170A Gaming M7 LGA 1151 motherboard is now online. If you are shopping for a quality motherboard, and overclocking is high on your priority list, this could be the board you are looking for.

MSI has changed gears as of late vowing to be the number one motherboard manufacturer in the "gaming" segment. While a "gaming" motherboard MSI is still focused on overclocking with this model. We look at the Z170A Gaming M7 to see if it brings MSI one step closer or a step away from that very goal.

Read full article @ HardOCP

Noontec ZORO II Wireless Bluetooth Headphones Review

For those of you that are not familiar with Noontec, they were founded in Australia in 2002 with a focus on fashion Hi-Fi headphones, HD media players, internet TV BOX and mobile accessories. Over the last few years they have released several headsets that balance the latest styles with a price point that is competitive in the market. While not typically associated with audiophile sound quality, their ZORO and Hammo lines of headphones have received pretty good reviews over the last several years. When they offered to send us their latest second generation Zoro II on ear Bluetooth 4.0 wireless headphones we were interested to see how they compared to other products in this category.

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Seagate Backup Plus 4TB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive Review

USB flash drives may be the to go solution for most consumers looking for a compact storage media device with plenty of storage capacity to carry their files around with them but portable hard drives are still unsurpassed in terms of capacity and in many cases even reliability. Sure there are even 1TB USB flash drive models currently available in the market many of which are much faster than any mechanical drive out there and offer exceptional MTBF numbers but when it comes to price per GB there's simply nothing better than a classic portable hard drive. This of course goes double now since the very first 4TB 2.5" USB 3.0 PHD models made their debut a couple of months back by Seagate and Samsung and although we weren't certain of just what to expect from these new drives the Backup Plus 4TB by Seagate arrived in the lab just in time to alleviate our concerns.

Read full article @ NikKTech

Synology DS214+ NAS Review

Thanks to data theft and surveillance scandals, systems such as Network Attached Storage - or briefly NAS, again have a growing fan base. Today we have a NAS of a well-known manufacturer in our review - the Synology DiskStation DS214+. Whether it is a high-performance data storage at home, and if it can keep up with current cloud solutions, we will determine in this review.

Read full article @ OCInside.de

Tech Armor ActivePower 12000 Mobile Power Bank Review

Tech Armor is a very interesting story. Their goal when they started was to create a very high-quality product at a minimal cost and also offer a great warranty and customer service. Their screen protectors, mobile device cases, and cables have been #1 best sellers on Amazon and many of their products have lifetime warranties, which is something you don’t typically see. Being in the mobile space they are now offering mobile power banks, which have become extremely popular over the past few years. Today we will be taking a look at their ActivePower 12000 which is a 12000 mAh power bank that is about the size of a hockey puck, which means it can fit in your pocket! Let’s check it out!

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

Two Weeks with the iPhone 6s: An Android user's perspective - Part 2

Part one of this series focused on software. This second part will focus mostly on the iPhone 6s’ hardware, and how it compares to some of the best Android devices I’ve used this year. Apple is widely respected for their hardware design, both on the inside and outside of their phones, but just how good is it in 2015?

Read full article @ TechSpot