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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 CPU Review
Antec High Current Gamer 850W PSU Review
CentOS 7.4 & Realtek Wireless issues
Corsair One Desktop PC Review
NZXT H200i/H400i Mini-Tower Review
SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD Review
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection Review
Windows 10 build 17682 for PC (and earlier): Everything you need to know



AMD Ryzen 5 2600 CPU Review

AMD's Ryzen 5 2600 pushes six execution cores into a $200 price point. But it's only $20 less expensive than the 95W Ryzen 5 2600X. As a result, Ryzen 5 2600's 65W TDP seems to be the CPU's main differentiator. AMD's Ryzen 5 2600 boasts six cores and the ability to execute two threads per core, just like the company's pricier Ryzen 5 2600X. But the 2600 operates at lower base and boost frequencies than the X-class model (after all, it's supposed to be $30 cheaper). Don't let the dialed-back performance bother you too much though; the 2600 does employ higher clock rates than AMD's previous-gen Ryzen 5 1600. Plus, it features a familiar unlocked ratio multiplier for overclocking. Rest assured that the 2600 is faster than anything AMD has ever sold for $200.

Read full article @ Tom's Hardware

Antec High Current Gamer 850W PSU Review

Antec teamed up with Seasonic for its latest PSU designs. The High Current Gamer family is based on Seasonic's Focus Plus Gold platform, with its strongest member featuring 850W capacity and an 80 PLUS Gold certification.

Thanks to a close working relationship with Seasonic, we're finally seeing new power supplies from the once-pervasive Antec. Besides its EarthWatts Gold Pro family (we covered the flagship model in our Antec Earthwatts Gold Pro 750W PSU Review) the High Current Gamer line-up was also revamped recently. And fortunately for enthusiasts, the company is building these higher-end models using Seasonic's Focus Plus Gold platform as a foundation. Inherently, then, they serve up solid performance in a compact form factor. Only the chassis and labels are different.

Read full article @ Tom's Hardware

CentOS 7.4 & Realtek Wireless issues

Several weeks ago, I upgraded my CentOS instance, forming a part in the eight-boot setup on the Lenovo G50 laptop, to the latest release, version 7.4. Remember? Well, everything was peachy, including the networking. Then, a couple of reboots later (and more importantly, full system power offs), CentOS 7.4 would no longer recognize the Wireless interface! The Realtek RTL8723BE module was not being loaded anymore!

I decided to explore and troubleshoot this in detail, because I hate seemingly random issues, especially since it worked once, it should continue working. Intermittent problems are the worst. Let's see if we can understand the problem and fix it. After me.

Read full article @ Dedoimedo

Corsair One Desktop PC Review

The Corsair One Elite is the highest-priced configuration of the company's first gaming PC. The Corsair One is the company’s first gaming PC, taking form as a monolithic small form factor (SFF) desktop system with two 240mm all-in-one (AIO) liquid coolers for the CPU and GPU. The Elite model is the highest priced configuration of the One, featuring an Intel Core i7-8700K, a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics card, 32GB of DDR4-2666, a 480GB M.2 NVMe SSD, and a 2TB HDD. The “dangerously quiet” Corsair One Elite’s premium configuration and performance justifes its near $3000 price tag.

Read full article @ Tom's Hardware

NZXT H200i/H400i Mini-Tower Review

These mini and mini-ITX towers offer strong performance and value. Our recent review of NZXT’s H700i revealed a premium case with impressive performance, held back by its equally premium, $200 price tag. Thankfully, the rest of NZXT H-Series line of cases retain that same performance, while ditching the price tag, which in turns leads to a good-looking pair of high-performance cases that are also excellent values.

Read full article @ Tom's Hardware

SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD Review

Thunderbolt portable SSDs received a lot of attention at CES, but USB is still more common, ensures maximum compatibility, and is very fast. SanDisk leveraged its new 3D flash technology to produce a stylish high-speed portable storage device targeted at photographers on the go. The new Extreme Portable SSD is IP55 rated for splash and dust resistance, but the USB 3.1 Gen chip inside also gives you access to speedy transfer speeds while maximizing compatibility across platforms. The 2018 Extreme Portable SSD has a new stylish case design that is more attractive than the perforated matte finish the company used in the past.

Read full article @ Tom's Hardware

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection Review

The Street Fighter series will always remind me of different moments of time in my life. I can remember playing (and losing) a lot of games of Street Fighter II: Championship Edition on the Mega Drive as a very young child, improving slightly by the time Street Fighter Alpha 2 arrived on the Saturn and eventually becoming decent after the release of Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike on the PlayStation 2. Despite the age of these games, they’ve managed to age so well while maintaining very unique feels to each of the three series (SFII, SFA and SFIII). Capcom released a game that celebrated the 15th anniversary of Street Fighter, but it wasn’t done anything like this.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Street Fighter series, Capcom has released the Street Fighter Collection – bringing together all twelve of the main games in one package. Spanning from 1987 all the way to 1999, fans can play through the garbage beginnings of Street Fighter 1 to the pinnacle of fighting games that is Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. Out of the twelve available games, only four of them are playable online: SFII: Hyper Fighting, SFII: ST, Street Fighter Alpha 3 and SFIII:3S.

Read full article @ Wccftech

Windows 10 build 17682 for PC (and earlier): Everything you need to know

Here are all the changes you'll find with Windows 10 build 17682, 17677, and 17672.

Microsoft has just made available Windows 10 build 17682 for PCs enrolled in the Fast ring and on the Skip Ahead lane. This is the fourteenth preview that testers are getting as part of the Redstone 5 update coming later this year. In this release, you won't find a lot of significant changes, but there's a good number of welcome additions.

This flight includes a few new changes for Sets, and Microsoft is also improving the projection experience. In addition, you'll find changes on Settings, Microsoft Edge introduces Web Authentication support to make it easier to sign in to websites, post-upgrade setup gets updated for older installations, and a lot more.

Read full article @ Windows Central