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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Vs Intel Core i9-9900K IPC Shootout
ASRock X570 Taichi ATX AM4 Motherboard Review
E-Lektron EL12-DA Professional Speaker Review
Enermax Equilence Mid-Tower Chassis Review
FSP Hydro G PRO 850W Power Supply Review
ID-Cooling DASHFLOW 360 CPU Cooler Review
Intel Q2 FY 2019 Earnings Report: Datacenter Drop
NZXT H700i Review
Patriot Viper Steel DDR4 3866 MHz Memory Review
Tecware Haste Gaming Mouse Pad Review



AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Vs Intel Core i9-9900K IPC Shootout

AMD's new Ryzen CPUs can clock as high as 4.5 GHz, a notable bump over previous models, but what about AMD's purported IPC gains?

Did AMD close the IPC (Instructions Per Clock cycle) performance gap with 3rd Gen Ryzen?

Read full article @ HotHardware

ASRock X570 Taichi ATX AM4 Motherboard Review

ASRock's X570 is the first board I get my hands on to test with the new Ryzen 3700x we reviewed last week. The most premium new board in ASRocks 3rd generation Ryzen lineup, the heft price comes with hefty features. In this review we?ll find out if it's worth it.

Read full article @ MMORPG

E-Lektron EL12-DA Professional Speaker Review

The EL12-DA Professional Speaker by E-Lektron is among their most powerful and compact models and we've had it with us for just over a month now.

Read full article @ NikKTech

Enermax Equilence Mid-Tower Chassis Review

Enermax is a chassis manufacturer which we have not seen in a while. Last time we saw an Enermax case pass through, it was one of the best they had sent, with the Steelwing chassis in 2017. Before that we had the Ostrog advanced in 2016 which unfortunately did not fare nearly as well. Now we have the Equilence which is a tower much like the Ostrog, and I think it's about time to see if Enermax has continued the trend of improvement with this chassis.

Read full article @ TweakTown

FSP Hydro G PRO 850W Power Supply Review

The FSP Hydro G Pro 850 has excellent build quality, loads of connectors and compact dimensions. Is all that enough though to justify the $139 MSRP?

Read full article @ Tom's Hardware

ID-Cooling DASHFLOW 360 CPU Cooler Review

In our last ID-Cooling AIO review, we mentioned that there were two main ways to go about cooling a CPU. While that rings true, there is a subsection of AIOs in which the design is to have an open-loop system versus a closed or sealed loop.

For those who are not in the know, what this means in the most basic terms, is that some AIOs are made with removable parts so that one can swap in other liquid cooling elements such as a reservoir, GPU block, or any other block available for the various PC components. Typically, we tend to see this from manufacturers that usually offer all of the custom parts already, but in the same vein, there have been companies that did not offer individual components, offering up coolers like this, like ID-Cooling is now trying for the first time that we can recall. In previous examples of open-loop AIO kits, we have seen various fittings used, some with aluminum radiators, some with copper, and many with added bits like fan hubs, but with all of the previous submissions, the cooler stood out on its own as a product you felt could handle the task with more blocks added into the loop.

Read full article @ TweakTown

Intel Q2 FY 2019 Earnings Report: Datacenter Drop

Intel announced their earnings for the second quarter of their 2019 fiscal year. Overall, revenue dropped 3% year-over-year to $16.5 billion, with gross margins still below the 60% that Intel likes to maintain, but at 59.8%, the are improved significantly over last quarter’s 56.6%. Operating income for the quarter was down 12% to $4.6 billion, and net income down 17% to $4.2 billion. This resulted in earnings-per-share of $0.92, down 12% from a year ago.

Read full article @ Anandtech

NZXT H700i Review

The NZXT H700i is not just a bigger version of the H500i. NZXT has gone ahead and included plenty of additional features within this sleek metal chassis to justify the larger size on the insides as well.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

Patriot Viper Steel DDR4 3866 MHz Memory Review

There are several companies people think of when it comes to good memory. G. Skill and Corsair just to name a few. However, in my humble opinion, one company that too often gets overlooked is Patriot. This is something that even I was guilty of at one point. However, over the last year or so, I’ve had the privilege …

Read full article @ Modders-Inc

Tecware Haste Gaming Mouse Pad Review

Tecware has two mouse pads in their new Haste-series, which are extended 900 and 800 mm wide mats, so there's plenty of room for your keyboard, too. They have micro-woven tops and textured rubber backings, and one even has RGB lighting integrated into its edge stitching.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp