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Here a roundup of today's hardware reviews, including a review on the Datacolor SpyderX Pro Colorimeter Monitor Calibrator, the ASUS ROG Phone II smartphone, and the OWC Envoy Pro EX Thunderbolt 3 and Plugable TBT3-NVME2TB Portable SSDs.



Displays:

PC Perspective: Datacolor SpyderX Pro Colorimeter Review: Advanced Monitor Calibration

A lot of love and attention is being given to the lights on motherboards, GPUs, memory and enclosures but what about the most important RGBs on your computer, your displays? When you shop for a monitor you research the capabilities, such as resolution, dynamic refresh rates and brightness and quite possibly even colour gamut but how can you know you are getting the best performance out of your display just with a few clicks in the OSD options panel?



Datacolor SpyderX Pro Colorimeter Review: Advanced Monitor Calibration - PC Perspective

Graphics Cards:

OCC: Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GamingPro Review

Palit is one of those companies that have been around for ages, yet never really in the limelight in North America. You often find one listed on a website with little to no information or reviews. Which is a shame because I always had a good experience with the brand. Palit tends to keep things simple and forego the over-the-top extravaganza, which, unfortunately, lack of over the top flare doesn't make for good a news topic. Nonetheless, I appreciate Palit keeping things as it was for so many years; GPU, heat sink, fans, and done! It cannot get simpler than that.

Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GamingPro Review

The FPS Review: ASUS ROG STRIX RX 5700 XT O8G GAMING Review

AMD launched its Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 5700 video cards this past summer on July 7th, 2019. At the top of its lineup is the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT with an MSRP of $399. This price point shocked everyone as we were expecting a more expensive video card before launch. However, AMD came to its senses and initiated a price drop before the video cards were even launched. This was a good thing because it made the video cards much more competitive.

ASUS ROG STRIX RX 5700 XT O8G GAMING Review - The FPS Review

MMORPG.com: MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT GAMING X Review

AMD’s RX 5700 XT finds itself in a tricky space: remain budget-friendly while overshadowing their competition with pure frames-per-second performance power. Into this cluster of new Navi-based GPUs, MSI releases a new challenger: the MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT GAMING X.

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT GAMING X Review - MMORPG.com

KitGuru: PNY RTX 2080 Ti XLR8 Gaming Review

Looking for the fastest card going? You'll want a 2080 Ti - what about PNY's XLR8 model? Nvidia’s RTX 2080 Ti launched over a year ago, and since then it has remained the fastest consumer graphics card on the market, withstanding challenges from AMD’s Radeon VII and Nvidia’s own RTX 2080 SUPER. We’ve reviewed a number of ultra high-end 2080 Ti custom cards, many costing close to £1500. If you don’t want to spend quite so much, PNY’s 2080 Ti XLR8 Gaming may be worth a look – it’s a triple-fan card that’s priced just over £1000.

PNY RTX 2080 Ti XLR8 Gaming Review | KitGuru

Headphones:

MMORPG.com: TIN HiFi P1 Planar Magnetic In-Ear Headphone Review

TIN HiFi has developed a name for themselves as one of the most affordable high-end brands on the market. Back in September, we looked at the T2 Pros, a powerhouse set of earbuds if ever we saw one for the cost. Today, we’re looking at the TIN HiFi P1s, a premium planar magnetic in-ear headphone. Planar magnetics are rare and expensive in the in-ear world making these headphones an especially interesting find indeed. Are they worth $169? Let’s find out.

TIN HiFi P1 Planar Magnetic In-Ear Headphone Review - MMORPG.com

Input:

The Guru of 3D: ASUS ROG STRIX Scope keyboard review

ASUS offers a new model in their keyboard line, the ROG STRIX Scope RGB version has been fitted with Cherry MX red switches with full RGB LED lit keys that can be animated and profiles. It's a keyboard aimed at FPS gamers.

ASUS ROG STRIX Scope keyboard review

eTeknix: MSI Vigor GK50 Low-Profile Mechanical Keyboard Review

I’ve reviewed a lot of keyboards over the years, a few of them membrane, but most of them were mechanical. We don’t see many slim models come through the office, and even less so, mechanical and slim together. A lot of our readers are enthusiast gamers, and they tend to favour mechanical keyboards, which are rarely available in a slim format. Now MSI thinks they’ve found the solution, with the slim and mechanical MSI Vigor GK50 Low-Profile gaming keyboard. Using a new custom switch type, it promises MX Blue style clicky switches in a keyboard that stands just 34mm at the thickest part, giving it a pretty slick design.



MSI Vigor GK50 Low-Profile Mechanical Keyboard Review | eTeknix

Play3r: Roccat Kain 120 AIMO Gaming Mouse Review

Roccat take aim at the upper mid range mouse market with their very well specced Kain 120 Aimo, can this compete in this very competitive market?



Roccat Kain 120 AIMO Gaming Mouse Review | Play3r

Modders Inc.: Thermaltake Level 20 GT RGB Razer Keyboard

Introduction to the Level 20 GT Keyboard I am, or better yet was one of those people who built a new rig and didn't pay enough attention to my input devices.



Thermaltake Level 20 GT RGB Razer Keyboard

Windows Central: VicTsing's RGB Gaming Keyboard review: Both awesome and affordable

VicTsing has recently come out with a brand new RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, but is it worth getting? Absolutely. Here's our full review.



VicTsing's RGB Gaming Keyboard review: Both awesome and affordable

Mobile:

HotHardware: ASUS ROG Phone II Review: A Mobile Gaming And Battery Life Beast

The ASUS ROG Phone II is a purpose-built gaming phone decked out with high-end hardware, useful software optimizations, and an ecosystem of add-ons



ASUS ROG Phone II Review: A Mobile Gaming And Battery Life Beast

Anandtech: Best Android Phones: Q4 2019

It’s autumn and we’re nearing the holiday season – more importantly, every smartphone vendor has released their 2019 devices and we now have a complete overview over the competitive landscape. The biggest change in product offerings compared to Q3 is the new release of Samsung’s Note10 series, OnePlus refreshing their devices with the new 7T series, and lastly Google’s new release of the Pixel 4. Although we’re covering only Android devices here, Apple’s newest release of the iPhone 11 series does have an important impact on the value comparisons we make at this point in time and how the value argument has evolved for the different devices in 2019.



Best Android Phones: Q4 2019

Storage:

ThinkComputers: ADATA SU750 1TB Solid State Drive Review

Today we will be taking a look at ADATA’s SU750 which makes use of the Realtek RTS5733DMQ controller and 3D TLC NAND. This will give you sequential read and write speeds of 550 MB/s and 520 MB/s respectively.



ADATA SU750 1TB Solid State Drive Review

Anandtech: OWC Envoy Pro EX Thunderbolt 3 and Plugable TBT3-NVME2TB Portable SSDs Review

Portable SSDs with NVMe-based internal drives and a Thunderbolt 3 interface are the fastest bus-powered storage devices currently available in the market. We have been following this market since inception with a steady review of incoming products, while also experimenting with DIY models. The recent glut in the flash market with low-priced, yet high-performance, 3D TLC memory and the availability of Phisons Thunderbolt 3 external SSD reference platform has enabled vendors to put out relatively cheap high-capacity Thunderbolt 3 SSDs. Today, we take a look at two 2TB Thunderbolt 3 SSDs that do not break the bank - the OWC Envoy Pro EX Thunderbolt 3 (Standard Edition) and the recently launched Plugable TBT3-NVME2TB.



OWC Envoy Pro EX Thunderbolt 3 and Plugable TBT3-NVME2TB Portable SSDs Review

TweakTown: Seagate FireCuda 520 1TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 SSD Review

Seagate delivers on Gen4 NVMe performance with its new FireCuda 520 SSD Series. Here's our full review.



Seagate FireCuda 520 1TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 SSD Review