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Alienware Aurora R7 & Other Gaming Products Revealed
AOC AG352UCG Curved G-Sync Gaming Monitor Review
AORUS Z370 Ultra Gaming Motherboard Review
ASRock X299E-ITX/ac Motherboard Review
ASUS Prime X299-Deluxe - Maximum connectivity speeds with Thunderbolt 3
Coffee Lake Z370 Mini-ITX Motherboards
Cooler Master MasterAir MA610P Review
Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB Special Edition Torque DDR4 Memory Review
Corsair ST100 RGB Premium Gaming Headset Stand Review
Creative Sound BlasterX Siege M04 Optical Mouse Review
Crucial’s FREE Momentum Cache Works on Any NVMe SSD! - Our First Look at RAM Caching on NVMe SSDs
Eizo Foris FS2735 144 Hz
F1 2017 On Linux With 23 Graphics Cards Using Vulkan
How to Block a Phone Number on iOS
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Titanium 8G Review
Noctua NH-L12S CPU Cooler Review
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition Review
Patriot Hellfire 240GB SSD Review



Alienware Aurora R7 & Other Gaming Products Revealed

Introducing the new *Alienware Aurora R7 gaming desktop*, and the *latest Alienware gaming products* from curved gaming monitors to gaming keyboards!

Read full article @ Tech ARP

AOC AG352UCG Curved G-Sync Gaming Monitor Review

Gamers shopping for a hi-res ultra-wide monitor may want to look at AOC’s Agon AG352UCG, a 35” AMVA panel with an 1800R curve, 3440x1440 resolution, and G-Sync.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

AORUS Z370 Ultra Gaming Motherboard Review

With the launch of Intel’s 8th Generation “Coffee Lake” processors we have a whole lineup of Z370 motherboards. Gigabyte’s high-end gaming brand AORUS currently has six Z370 motherboards. Today we are checking out the Z370 Ultra Gaming, which sits right in the middle of the lineup. This board will definitely be a great option for many people moving over to the Z370 platform as it has a low cost and of course in typical AORUS fashion plenty of RGB lighting. This ATX motherboard features dual M.2 slots, ALC1220 120dB SNR HD Audio with a Smart Headphone Amp, Intel LAN, Smart Fan 5 support, and USB 3.1 support. Let’s get this board on our test bench and see what it can do!

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

ASRock X299E-ITX/ac Motherboard Review

ASRock's X99 Mini-ITX was one of a kind, and with the advent of Intel's X299 chipset, ASRock once again breaks the monotony of full-sized ATX motherboards and shrinks the HEDT X299 platform for small form factor (SFFPC) builds. The X299E-ITX/ac has many advantages over its predecessor. For starters, you get three M.2 slots for drives, quad channel memory (albeit SO-DIMMs), a nice VRM, and even a custom water block you can buy separately. In fact, after working with the motherboard, I highly recommend buying the Bitspower full cover block if you plan on heavy overclocking, as it also cools down the VRMs. Without further hesitation, let's see what the X299E-ITX/AC has to offer.

Read full article @ TweakTown

ASUS Prime X299-Deluxe - Maximum connectivity speeds with Thunderbolt 3

The Asus Prime X299-Deluxe is an ultra-fast motherboard that features future-proof connectivity with front panel USB 3.1 for next-gen PC cases and other devices.

Read full article @ DailyTech

Coffee Lake Z370 Mini-ITX Motherboards

With the launch of the Intel's new Z370 Express chipset all large motherboard vendors have updated their miniITX models. At the moment there are five different models available and prices range from 130 up to 190 Euro. This article will allow you to compare all these boards in order to find the one most suitable for your needs.

Read full article @ ocaholic

Cooler Master MasterAir MA610P Review

If you'd ask an enthusiast to part out their dream build, most, if not all would include some kind of liquid cooling. However, in the real world, many people are discouraged from water cooling due to its high cost. Also, the thought of mixing liquids and electronics can also put people off.

Read full article @ Modders-Inc

Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB Special Edition Torque DDR4 Memory Review

Corsair is still one of the dominant forces in the PC market, however they have widely diversified their product range over the years. From initially being just focused on memory kits they expanded their range to gaming peripherals, cooling solutions and enclosures. At Computex 2017 we even saw some early samples of upcoming "Do It Yourself" water cooling products; however, the showstopper for many of the press was the new DDR4 limited Edition memory flagship, the Dominator Special Edition Torque kits. Quite a mouthful isn't it? Two 32GB versions were introduced, both based on the Samsung B-Die ICs, one kit being a Dual Channel version sporting two 16GB modules; the second version is the Quad Channel version, thus with four times 8GB modules. What made these so special was the intriguing look the Corsair Team managed to achieve; secondly that these are a limited edition only made people drool even more. Time to explore what the Torque hype is all about!

Read full article @ Mad Shrimps

Corsair ST100 RGB Premium Gaming Headset Stand Review

Corsair recently released the ST100 RGB Premium Headset Stand. Made out of aircraft grade aluminum and featuring two USB 3.1 Gen1 pass thru ports, along with a built-in sound card that is capable of producing 7.1 virtual surround sound, the Corsair ST100 RGB Premium Headset Stand is definitely aimed towards a specific crowd of PC enthusiasts. Read on to see if this Gaming Headset Stand is right for you!

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

Creative Sound BlasterX Siege M04 Optical Mouse Review

The Sound BlasterX Siege M04 is a good looking mouse with fascinating RGB lighting, and it is also quite pleasant to use.

Read full article @ APH Networks

Crucial’s FREE Momentum Cache Works on Any NVMe SSD! - Our First Look at RAM Caching on NVMe SSDs

You heard that right. This is the first time we are exploring RAM caching on an NVMe SSD in this fashion. While many RAM caching softwares exist, no other SSD manufacturer has yet to enable RAM caching for NVMe SSDs in quite the way Crucial has. Crucial’s Momentum Cache feature, part of Crucial Storage Executive, is unlocked for all NVMe SSDs, or at least the ones we have tested in our Z170 test system; the key here, of course, is that a compatible Crucial SSD must initially be on the system to enable this feature at all. So…we have a OCZ RD400 in our system. When we install Crucial Storage Executive on the system with a Crucial MX300 installed as well, Crucial Momentum will work on just about any NVMe SSD. Remove the Crucial SSD and Crucial Momentum will still cache the OCZ RD400 NVMe SSD. The key here is, as long as the Crucial drive is there initially, the software works on any number of NVMe SSDs.

Read full article @ The SSD Review

Eizo Foris FS2735 144 Hz

Eizo Foris FS2735 is a feature-packed 27" 1440p gaming monitor that comes with 144 Hz refresh rate and FreeSync support. Its price tag is hefty, but it performs well enough to be used by eSports professionals, both in terms of in-game responsiveness and picture quality.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

F1 2017 On Linux With 23 Graphics Cards Using Vulkan

Following various F1 2017 Linux gaming benchmarks over the past few days since this game's Linux release this past Thursday with a port to Vulkan, here is a 23-way graphics card comparison for this formula one racing game while having coverage of the NVIDIA, AMDGPU-PRO, and RADV Vulkan drivers atop Ubuntu Linux.

Read full article @ Phoronix

How to Block a Phone Number on iOS

Ah, cold callers, telephone spammers, telemarketers whatever you want to call them, theyre annoying. Frankly, its remarkable that companies still try the decades-old technique in this era, but I guess people still fall for the bait (or theyd stop doing it). Of course, the ability to block calls is also useful in more personal situations. Sure, you can block people on Twitter, Facebook, and all the other social networks, and you can send their emails straight to your Junk folder. But its also important to be able to stop people from contacting you by phone.

Read full article @ MakeUseOf

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Titanium 8G Review

In this article, we'll test, benchmark and review the MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Titanium 8G edition. With a slightly revised look, we review and test the Titanium edition card from MSI which comes custom cooled with a metal themed TwinFrozr VI cooler and that excellent custom PCB design.

Read full article @ Guru3D

Noctua NH-L12S CPU Cooler Review

We are used to see high quality products under the Noctua logo so it’s not a surprise that we expect a lot from the NH-L12S cooler. The NH-L12S is a compact cooler designed for both AMD and Intel processors and looking at the specification, it can handle nearly all desktop processors.

We are going to check how the NH-L12S works on the mini ITX platform based on the AMD Ryzen. Eight cores of the 1700X processor will be good test for this small cooler. Since more gamers are moving to smaller builds then I think it will be also interesting for all who are thinking about small, yet powerful gaming PC.

Read full article @ FunkyKit

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition Review

FE worth £419 of your cash? Nvidia's release of the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti GPU further cemented the firm's PC gaming credentials in the premium end of the market. With cards available for £420 from the usual bevy of add-in board (AIB) partners, the Ti variant, a conflation of the GTX 1070 and GTX 1080, represents business as usual.

True, except that this launch has been different because Nvidia has taken the unusual step of stopping partners from overclocking their cards out of the gate. Every GeForce GTX 1070 Ti we have come across features the same 1,607MHz core and 1,683MHz boost speeds, along with GDDR5 memory chugging along at 8Gbps. Such a strategy makes it very difficult for an AIB to sell its premium GTX 1070 Ti offering based on speed alone.

Nvidia's undisclosed rationale is that enabling partners to overclock as they wish, preserving the status quo that has existed for a long time, would put GTX 1070 Ti OC's performance too close the GTX 1080's for comfort. Does such thinking mean you should look at the cheapest GTX 1070 Ti, priced at £419, and run with that, overclocking as you go?

Read full article @ Hexus

Patriot Hellfire 240GB SSD Review

Patriot’s Hellfire M.2 SSD, the company’s first NVMe drive, is built on a 2280 format with a PCIe 3.0 x4 interface. It uses a combination of a Phison PS5007-E7 controller and 2D MLC NAND.

Read full article @ KitGuru