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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

Computers: Dell Precision 5550 Workstation Review, HP Omen 15 Gaming Laptop Review
Cases: Fractal Design Era ITX Case Review
CPUs: AMD Reportedly Prepping 10-Core Ryzen 4000 Processors with Curve Optimizer, Intel Pentium Silver and Celeron "Jasper Lake" Lineup Detailed, MAGIX Vegas Pro 18 Processor & Graphics Card Performance
Gaming: Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning Review - A Great Return, Secretlab League of Legends K/DA Edition Gaming Chair Review: Akali’s Throne, Destroy your opponents with elemental magic in Spellbreak
Graphics Cards: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Topples TITAN RTX in New OpenCL Benchmarks
Mobile: Red Magic 5S Review - A Gaming Beast
Motherboards: MSI MEG Z490I Unify Motherboard Review
Networking: Guide to Turning a Project TinyMiniMicro Node into a pfSense Firewall
Storage: ASUSTOR AS6602T Lockerstor 2 NAS Review, Crucial P5 500GB M.2 NVMe SSD Review, G-Technology ArmorLock Encrypted NVMe SSD Review, Netac Z7S 960GB USB 3.2 Gen 2 Portable SSD Review, Samsung 870 QVO SATA SSD Review (8TB), SK hynix shakes up the SSD market with its Gold P31 SSD, Synology DS920+ 4-bay NAS Review - Good but Pricey, VAVA SSD Touch Review





Computers:

StorageReview.com: Dell Precision 5550 Workstation Review

The Dell Precision 5550 is a lightweight mobile workstation that boasts solid performance for its class with lost of room to upgrade.



Dell Precision 5550 Workstation Review - StorageReview.com

OCInside.de: HP Omen 15 Gaming Laptop Review

Today we are testing the brand new HP Omen 15 2020 gaming laptop with the extremely powerful AMD Ryzen 7 4800H processor, GeForce GTX 1650 TI graphics card and 144Hz IPS display at OCinside. With Full-HD resolution and 4GB GDDR6 VRAM, HP tries to create the balancing act between smooth gaming experience and low purchase price. If this is possible with the HP Omen 15 laptop, we will show in the following review.

HP Omen 15 Gaming Laptop Review

Cases:

ThinkComputers: Fractal Design Era ITX Case Review

The Fractal Design Era ITX is a 16 L case with a very unique design with aluminum panels and available in 5 different colors. It has support for graphics cards up to 295 mm, SFX or ATX power supplies, and even a 240 mm radiator.



Fractal Design Era ITX Case Review

CPUs:

The FPS Review: AMD Reportedly Prepping 10-Core Ryzen 4000 Processors with Curve Optimizer

The current Ryzen lineup comprises 4-, 6-, 8-, 12-, and 16-core processors. That could be changing.



AMD Reportedly Prepping 10-Core Ryzen 4000 Processors with Curve Optimizer - The FPS Review

TechPowerUp: Intel Pentium Silver and Celeron "Jasper Lake" Lineup Detailed

Intel is giving finishing touches to six new Pentium Silver and Celeron "Jasper Lake" entry-level processors. Built on the 10 nm silicon fabrication process, these processors leverage the "Tremont" CPU cores, or the "small" x86-64 cores Intel is deploying on its "L...



Intel Pentium Silver and Celeron "Jasper Lake" Lineup Detailed

Techgage: MAGIX Vegas Pro 18 Processor & Graphics Card Performance

MAGIX's Vegas Pro 18 has recently launched, so we've decided to not just pay it a visit, but throw a dozen or so CPUs and GPUs at it, and see where strengths from each vendor pop up. In addition to the encode and playback tests we've run before, we're adding three new tests to this round, each...



MAGIX Vegas Pro 18 Processor & Graphics Card Performance

Gaming:

Wccftech: Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning Review - A Great Return

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning is a well-crafted remaster that does justice to the original, but does little to address its outdated design



Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning Review - A Great Return

Tom's Hardware: Secretlab League of Legends K/DA Edition Gaming Chair Review: Akali’s Throne

Akali gone couture with Secretlab's themed gaming chair.



Secretlab League of Legends K/DA Edition Gaming Chair Review: Akali’s Throne

Windows Central: Destroy your opponents with elemental magic in Spellbreak

Proletariat, Inc. has created a brand new free-to-play battle royale game that centers around magic. But is it worth playing? Find out in our review.



Review: Destroy your opponents with elemental magic in Spellbreak

Graphics Cards:

The FPS Review: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Topples TITAN RTX in New OpenCL Benchmarks

Compute-performance metrics for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 have made their way onto Geekbench, and just like yesterday's CompuBench numbers, the results are positively inspiring.



NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Topples TITAN RTX in New OpenCL Benchmarks - The FPS Review

Mobile:

Wccftech: Red Magic 5S Review - A Gaming Beast

Red Magic 5S features a 144Hz AMOLED display, no-compromise flagship CPU and GPU performance with active cooling, up to 55W fast charging, a feature set targeted towards gamers, and much more, for a price starting from just $579



Red Magic 5S Review - A Gaming Beast

Motherboards:

TweakTown: MSI MEG Z490I Unify Motherboard Review

MSI's MEG Z490I Unify Mini-ITX motherboard might be small, but manages to pack a sizable punch. Join us as we take a close look.



MSI MEG Z490I Unify Motherboard Review

Networking:

ServeTheHome: Guide to Turning a Project TinyMiniMicro Node into a pfSense Firewall

Our guide to turning a STH Project TinyMiniMicro node into a pfSense firewall for a high-quality and low-cost firewall including IDS and IPS



Guide to Turning a Project TinyMiniMicro Node into a pfSense Firewall

Storage:

TweakTown: ASUSTOR AS6602T Lockerstor 2 NAS Review

ASUSTOR's AS6602T Lockerstor 2 NAS provides 2.5Gbe networking and m.2 NVMe support, which makes it definitely worth checking out.



ASUSTOR AS6602T Lockerstor 2 NAS Review

FunkyKit: Crucial P5 500GB M.2 NVMe SSD Review

Recently we had a chance to take a look at the P2 SSD from Crucial. As I promised during that review, we will continue to present new Crucial products, and this time we will take ...



Crucial P5 500GB M.2 NVMe SSD Review - FunkyKit

StorageReview.com: G-Technology ArmorLock Encrypted NVMe SSD Review

The G-Technology ARMORLOCK Encrypted NVMe SSD is the first product of WD’s new ArmorLock Security platform with 1GB/s secure performance



G-Technology ArmorLock Encrypted NVMe SSD Review - StorageReview.com

NikKTech: Netac Z7S 960GB USB 3.2 Gen 2 Portable SSD Review

The Z7S line of USB 3.2 Gen 2 Portable SSDs is the latest one by Netac and today with me I have the 960GB model which as always I’ll be comparing with a good number of similar models.

Netac Z7S 960GB USB 3.2 Gen 2 Portable SSD Review

StorageReview.com: Samsung 870 QVO SATA SSD Review (8TB)

This is best highlighted by the Samsung 870 QVO 8TB SSD. Using the SATA interface, the drive can hit up to 560MB/s read & up to 530MB/s write



Samsung 870 QVO SATA SSD Review (8TB) - StorageReview.com

Windows Central: SK hynix shakes up the SSD market with its Gold P31 SSD

SK hynix has now entered itself into the M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD market with the Gold P31. It's more affordable than a lot of the other top options, yet it delivers similar or better performance and long-lasting endurance.



Review: SK hynix shakes up the SSD market with its Gold P31 SSD

TechPowerUp: Synology DS920+ 4-bay NAS Review - Good but Pricey

The Synology DS920+ is a solid NAS server with lots of features and options for users who can pay its high asking price. Upgrades over the older DS918+ are not significant, though. Besides a stronger SoC and faster RAM, the rest of the hardware is about the same. HDMI and 2.5 Gbit Ethernet ports would have made a nice addition.



Synology DS920+ 4-bay NAS Review - Good but Pricey

StorageReview.com: VAVA SSD Touch Review

The VAVA SSD Touch is a stylish little portable SSD that easily slips into a pocket and sturdy enough to absorb a shock if it falls



VAVA SSD Touch Review - StorageReview.com