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AeroCool Integrator MX 700w Power Supply Review
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX Review
be quiet! Pure Power 11 600W Power Supply Review
Best AMD Motherboard Picks 2018
Cooler Master MasterCase SL600M Review
Cooler Master MasterCase SL600M Review
FiiO M3K Portable High Resolution Music Player Review
New GIGABYTE X299-WU8 Workstation Motherboard: Dual PLX8747, but Built for Core-X?



AeroCool Integrator MX 700w Power Supply Review

AeroCool is one of the best-known brands in terms of PC system components. Between their chassis designs, power supplies, cooling solutions and gaming ‘furniture’ they have continued over the years to produce products that always impress us here at eTeknix. A particular highlight has been their power supplies which have always proven to be solid and reliable.

With this in mind, we take a closer look at their latest offering, the Integrator MX. The specific model we have to test is the Integrator MX 700w power supply. A modular power supply which has just been recertified to a ‘Silver’ level of power efficiency. While it isn’t uncommon for power supplies to occasionally be ‘upgraded’ in terms of their efficiency rating, it is a little unusual for sure.

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX Review

AMD's Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX comes with staggering 24-cores and 48-threads, clocked at up to 4.2 GHz. We take a closer look at application and gaming performance in this review, and test the new "Dynamic Local Mode", which automatically prioritizes busy applications.

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be quiet! Pure Power 11 600W Power Supply Review

Today we are taking a look at the brand new be quiet! Pure Power 11 600W power supply which has an improved 80PLUS Gold efficiency rating (over the Pure Power 10) and comes with a now longer 5-year warranty.

One of the key features of the new Pure Power 11 includes a lower RRP entry price onto the market when compared against the previous Pure Power 10 series. be quiet! have also increased the warranty from 3 years to 5 years which shows their confidence in the components used and they have also made them quieter. This is something be quiet! are well known for in their products and their charge to impeccable performance combined with solid acoustical performance is something not to be sniffed at.

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Best AMD Motherboard Picks 2018

Once again it's time to break down the best AMD motherboards for both the Gaming (AM4) and Enthusiast (sTR4) platforms. There are a lot of brands and sub-class variations to choose from, but have no fear we crunched the numbers for you.

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Cooler Master MasterCase SL600M Review

The Cooler Master MasterCase SL600M is a sleek, quiet chassis with an interesting and unusual layout within. On top of trying to cover both the low-noise and well cooling corners of the rink, it aims to be easy on the eyes as well. Throw in some cool features like lit up USB ports and a plenty of storage space, the SL600M may just be on to something.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

Cooler Master MasterCase SL600M Review

Cooler Master launches a new iteration in the MasterCase series, the SL600M it a new concept with quite a few eye-catching and notable features. The design is a little odd even as this aluminum and tempered side glass based chassis (steel base) internally is nothing like you have seen or are used too. The power supply is hidden behind a cover on the upper front side, you get chimney cooling with air intakes at the bottom and exhausting at the top side. You may mount horizontally and vertically position graphics cards, it has USB ports that lit up when you move your hand over them, and yeah it's just a really stylish looking product. The chassis series breathes pure DIY PC building and has space for motherboards up-to-standard ATX form factors, it comes with side panels and some new innovations that will make your eyebrows raise.

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FiiO M3K Portable High Resolution Music Player Review

The FiiO M3K Hi Resolution Music Player may lack several of the features found in its higher-end brothers but it still shines when it comes to audio performance, build quality and battery life.

Read full article @ NikKTech

New GIGABYTE X299-WU8 Workstation Motherboard: Dual PLX8747, but Built for Core-X?

In what appears to either be a silent launch, GIGABYTE has launched a new workstation motherboard called the X299-WU8. The new GIGABYTE X299-WU8 has a total of seven full-length PCIe 3.0 slots with a consumer-professional convergent aesthetic due to waves of stainless steel PCIe armor slot protection as well as offering full support for NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics cards and server grade network ports.

The crux of the GIGABYTE X299-WU8 includes the implementation of two Broadcom PLX8747 PCIe switches. This allows the board to operate at either x16/x16/x16/x16 or x16/x8/x8/x8/x8/x8/x8, for GPUs or FPGAs or other PCIe accelerators. The GIGABYTE X299-WU8 is based on the Intel X299 HEDT chipset and according to the supported CPU list on the GIGABYTE website, looks ready for the new Inel Basin Falls Skylake-X refresh such as the new 18-core i9-9980XE processor which is just around the corner to being released onto the market. While there is no official information on the boards inclusive power delivery, the X299-WU8 features dual 8-pin 12 V CPU power inputs, a 24-pin ATX 12 V motherboard power input and a single 6-pin PCIe power input for the boards PCIe slots.

Read full article @ Anandtech