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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

AMD Ryzen DDR4 Memory Scaling Tests On Linux
AMD Ryzen Performance Update Released For Ashes of the Singularity
Amped Wireless ALLY Plus Whole Home Smart Wi-Fi System Review
ASRock Z270 Killer SLI/ac ATX Motherboard Review
ASUS ROG Strix Z270G Gaming Review
Corsair Gaming K63 Mechanical Keyboard Review
Epicgear Morpha X Fully Modular Optical and Laser Gaming Mouse Review
Fnatic GEAR CLUTCH G1 Optical Mouse Review
GDC 2017 and NVIDIA Editor's Day Coverage
Gigabyte Aorus AX370-Gaming 5 Motherboard Review
Intel i7-7700K vs. AMD Ryzen R7 1700 in Gaming
MSI GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X review
MSI X370 XPower Gaming Titanium Motherboard Review
Noontec-TerraMaster D2-310: Direct Attached Storage with a kick
Samsung Galaxy S8 And S8+ Hands-On Demo And First Look From Unpacked 2017
Seasonic PRIME 850W Platinum PSU Review
SteelSeries' Rival 700 gaming mouse reviewed
WASD CODE Keyboard Review



AMD Ryzen DDR4 Memory Scaling Tests On Linux

This week MSI finally released an updated BIOS for the X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM that we've been using for a majority of our Ryzen Linux benchmarks. With that motherboard improving memory compatibility and allowing us to finally run the board at higher DDR4 memory clock frequencies, I've run some fresh AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Ubuntu Linux benchmarks at various memory frequencies.

Read full article @ Phoronix

AMD Ryzen Performance Update Released For Ashes of the Singularity

When the AMD Ryzen 7 platform was released many of the reviews were critical of the 1080P gaming performance on the Ryzen 7 processor series. AMD promised that we would see a series of game and engine updates for the new Ryzen architecture fairly quickly and the first game title to become optimized for Ryzen is Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation! We tested the old build (version 2.10.25624) versus the build that came out tonight (version 2.10.26118) and the differences are huge. Read on to see just how big they are!

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

Amped Wireless ALLY Plus Whole Home Smart Wi-Fi System Review

The Amped Wireless ALLY Plus Whole Home Smart Wi-Fi System is an impressive approach to setting up a Wi-Fi network that makes it easy to cover your entire house in reliable, high speed access. Setup is easy, and even though my home is much smaller, I am prone to agree that it could cover up to 15,000 square feet. The coverage in the yard was strong and far reaching, which might not be a plus for those in densely packed neighborhoods, but for me it is ideal.

Read full article @ Bigbruin.com

ASRock Z270 Killer SLI/ac ATX Motherboard Review

Does adding 802.11ac Wi-Fi endow a mainstream gaming motherboard with better value?

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

ASUS ROG Strix Z270G Gaming Review

With the ROG STRIX Z270G Gaming, ASUS has a well equipped micro-ATX motherboard in its portfolio, which comes with a bunch of interesting features. There are for example two M.2 Gen 3 x4 slots and an internal USB 3.1 connector. Apart from that ASUS refined the design of their STRIX Gaming series motherboards, removing all the orange accents that we've seen on X99 STRIX Gaming products.

Read full article @ ocaholic

Corsair Gaming K63 Mechanical Keyboard Review

Corsair has long been one of the most popular choices for PC gamers, and given the enormous selection of award-winning and feature packed mechanical gaming keyboards that Corsair has on offer, it's easy to see why. Recently, we took a look at their latest flagship gaming keyboard, the Corsair K95 RGB Platinum, and it was truly epic. However, it may be complete overkill for a lot of people, and if you're in the market for a much more compact, lightweight and focused gaming keyboard, especially for competitive eSports and LAN gaming, then the new K63 looks set to grab your attention.

Read full article @ eTeknix

Epicgear Morpha X Fully Modular Optical and Laser Gaming Mouse Review

EpicGear is quickly growing into one of the best gaming brands on the market today, with a range of unique and very exciting gaming peripherals coming to market recently that are certainly grabbing our attention. Their completely bonkers and excellent DeFiant Mechanical Gaming Keyboard was a lot of fun to review, and the modular switches and accessories were cool too. That mentality follows on to their new Morpha X, which comes with swappable sensors, switches, top panels, and weights! Giving you a lot of customisation and performance options to play around with.

Read full article @ eTeknix

Fnatic GEAR CLUTCH G1 Optical Mouse Review

Targeted primarily towards serious gamers the CLUTCH G1 Optical Mouse by Fnatic GEAR with its ergonomic shape, soft touch finish, RGB illumination and the very fast and accurate Pixart PMW3310 IR LED sensor is without doubt one of the best gaming mice the market has to offer today.

Read full article @ NikKTech

GDC 2017 and NVIDIA Editor's Day Coverage

Mark made the trip to San Francisco to take a look at exciting new augmented and virtual reality technologies showcased at the GDC 2017 conference earlier this month, and lived to tell the tale. He even got invited to the NVIDIA Editor's Day conference where the chipmaker officially unveiled the GTX 1080 Ti, which we recently reviewed. Check out his impressions of the events in our latest report!

Read full article @ Neoseeker

Gigabyte Aorus AX370-Gaming 5 Motherboard Review

Gigabyte has given several of its AM4 X370 motherboards the Aorus treatment. We examine the Aorus AX370-Gaming 5 – a £205 motherboard that features Gigabyte’s Smart Fan 5 system and RGB Fusion LED lighting. Storage geeks will be happy to see the inclusion of M.2 and U.2, as well as 10Gbps USB 3.1 Gen 2, while users looking for a straightforward running process will appreciate Gigabyte’s UEFI-based XMP memory support.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Intel i7-7700K vs. AMD Ryzen R7 1700 in Gaming

So at the Ryzen launch I took a look at the 1800X and the 1700X and compared them to the Intel i7-6900K and the i7-7700K and I followed that up with the Ryzen R7 1700. Well around that time Intel sent over the i7-7700K, the one I did my previous testing on was a loaner. So rather than cover everything everyone has already seen with the 7700K I wanted to change things up. I posted up on our Facebook asking people what they would like to see compared between the 7700K and the R7 1700 and I ended up with a list of games and someone also mentioned streaming performance. I decided to combine that list with all of the games we already test our video cards with and I put together a big list of games to check out. After a LOT of testing, I’m ready to finally sit down and check out the results. Are you guys ready? I know I am!

Read full article @ LanOC Reviews

MSI GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X review

We review the all new MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X. In this article we'll look at the fastest graphics card your money can get you, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti based on Pascal architecture. Armed with 11GB of GDDR5X graphics memory.

Read full article @ Guru3D

MSI X370 XPower Gaming Titanium Motherboard Review

MSI is giving the X370 chipset its Titanium treatment with the vendor’s flagship AM4 motherboard. Sporting the unique style that has become representative of MSI’s range, the X370 XPower Gaming Titanium is targeting enthusiasts who want a stack of features and strong overclocking potential from their motherboard. Priced at £300, this is the most expensive X370 offering currently on the UK market. Does it live up to its billing?

Read full article @ KitGuru

Noontec-TerraMaster D2-310: Direct Attached Storage with a kick

D2-310 is a direct attached storage device by Noontec-TerraMaster. Most of the market is moving away from DAS devices to network based devices however, there is still a need for simple and fast solutions to store data locally. D2-310 offers USB 3.1 connectivity and supports RAID redundancy in a two bay shell.

Read full article @ Modders-Inc

Samsung Galaxy S8 And S8+ Hands-On Demo And First Look From Unpacked 2017

We spent the better part of this morning at Lincoln Center in New York City attending Samsung’s Unpacked 2017 event, where the company unveiled its brand-new Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones and a few new accessories. If you missed our early coverage of the event, you can check out the initial announcement and the new Gear 360 Camera, cool DeX Dock, and Gear VR accessories on the main page.

While at Unpacked 2017, however, we also got some hands-on time with both devices that we captured on video that we wanted to share with you...

Read full article @ HotHardware

Seasonic PRIME 850W Platinum PSU Review

It has been only a few days since we had a new Seasonic power supply in our labs for analysis. We have already looked at their 1200W and 1000W PRIME Platinum models in recent weeks, and today we analyse the 850W model. These power supplies are pure modular by design and feature low noise high grade Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) cooling fans.

Read full article @ KitGuru

SteelSeries' Rival 700 gaming mouse reviewed

SteelSeries' Rival 700 is one of the first mice on the market with a tactile-feedback system built in, courtesy of a vibration motor inside. We took the Rival 700 to the mat to see whether its unique feature set enhances the gaming experience.

Read full article @ The Tech Report

WASD CODE Keyboard Review

The CODE keyboard is a collaboration between a keyboard manufacturing company and a famous software developer, making it designed with one thing in mind - lots of typing. Offering rare Cherry MX Green and MX Clear switches, and dip switches to toggle between pre-programmed keyboard layouts, the CODE is built to last and built to code on.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp