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Here a roundup of todays reviews and articles:

Benefit of OC Socket on ASUS' X99 motherboards proven
CentOS 7 review - It's finally here
Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB DDR4 Review
Fall 2014 System Guide
Gigabyte FORCE H3X Headset Review
HMDX Craze Bluetooth Earbuds Review
Intel Core i7 4790K / i5 4690K Devil's Canyon review: Haswell for overclockers
Intel X99 motherboard review part 2: 20 boards tested
iOS 8.1 Review
Netgear Nighthawk R7000 AC1900 Review
Silicon Power Mobile OTG X20 USB 2.0 Flash Drive Review
The Best Android Smartphones of 2014
The Shellshock FAQ: Here's what you need to know



Benefit of OC Socket on ASUS' X99 motherboards proven

Back in our launch review of fifteen Intel X99 motherboards for Haswell-E processors we weren't entirely sure about the purpose of ASUS' OC Socket, which contains more pins than the sockets other manufacturers incorporate in their boards. Haswell-E processors do indeed have more than 2011 contact points, a number of which are not actually used in the official socket.

Read full article @ Hardware.Info

CentOS 7 review - It's finally here

OK, I have written a review of CentOS 7 64-bit KDE edition, a distribution based on RedHat Enteprise Linux (RHEL) 7, covering live session, installation and post-install use, including Wireless (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth, Samba sharing, partitioning difficulties and installer errors, desktop look & feel, command-line only package management, problems with third-party repository contents, applications, customization, desktop effects, printing, resource usage, stability, suspend & resume, various, and more. Take a look.

Read full article @ Dedoimedo

Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB DDR4 Review

Today, we are looking at their Ballistix Sport which is a range designed for both enthusiasts and mainstream users alike. They certainly look the part; low-slung with silver heatsinks atop of a black PCB. Ballistix are renowned for being good overclockers so we anticipate this aspect of the DDR4 modules with verve. So without further delay let's move on to the specifications of these modules.

Read full article @ Vortez

Fall 2014 System Guide

Join us for another System Guide update, this time with just about all the tools you need to build a holiday PC early. We've got Nvidia's new GeForce GTX 900-series graphics cards, one of AMD's recently discounted A-series APUs, and much more.

Read full article @ The Tech Report

Gigabyte FORCE H3X Headset Review

In the world of gaming, graphics are King. It’s no surprise, and graphics cards tend to get all the hype. Look at the shiny new game engine! Look at those particle effects! You’ll find no argument here, but have you ever stopped for a minute and turned off the sound in one of those gorgeous games? Think about it for a second: when was the last time (if ever) that you simply unplugged your headset or turned off your speakers when gaming? I’m willing to wager you’ve never done it. If you have, you probably died very quickly at the hand of any noob adversary.

Why? As popular as graphics may be, it is arguably the sound that makes a game immersive or memorable in many ways. It is that special audio connection that sets the atmosphere. It is also that audio that often means the difference between life or death in an online multiplayer gaming environment.

Read full article @ PureOverclock

HMDX Craze Bluetooth Earbuds Review

HMDX is best known for their award winning Jam Bluetooth speaker line. While Jamz Audio and HMDX Audio are now separate companies, many of their designs are still very similar. HMDX has the Craze Bluetooth ear buds, while JAM Audio has the Transit. If you take a look at these, they are nearly identical, with just slight variation in design and a difference in cost. The HMDX Craze Bluetooth ear buds, are self-explanatory, they are wireless earbuds that connects to bluetooth enabled devices. Read on to see how they perform!

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

Intel Core i7 4790K / i5 4690K Devil's Canyon review: Haswell for overclockers

Last month Intel Introduced the Haswell Refresh processors. The newly introduced processors can easily be described as being the same 4th generation Core-processors we already knew, with the same price with a model number which is 20 points higher and a clock frequency which has been raised by 100 MHz. 
Two processors however didn't receive an update: the Core i7 4770K and the i5 4670K, the uncocked models aimed at overclockers.

Read full article @ Hardware.Info

Intel X99 motherboard review part 2: 20 boards tested

At the end of August Intel introduced the Haswell E processors and we published a comparative test of 15 Intel X99 motherboards. Since our last test we have received another few new motherboards and we have retested some boards that did not perform optimally in our original test. In this update we introduce the new boards on the market and show the updated test results of all 20 motherboards.

Read full article @ Hardware.Info

iOS 8.1 Review

Apple might be playing catch-up, but iOS 8 is worth the wait. APPLE IS HERALDING iOS 8 as its biggest software update since the launch of the App Store, which seemingly is true, given that we had to clear over 4GB of free space on our iPhone to install it, and almost 6GB on our 16GB iPad.

Read full article @ The Inquirer

Netgear Nighthawk R7000 AC1900 Review

We are late to the game with this particular review, but we had so many requests from readers to look at the NetGear Nighthawk R7000 that we decided it was worth a (belated) look. No doubt you will have a instant love-it-or-hate-it reaction to the appearance of the Netgear Nighthawk R7000 router. It is certainly no object of beauty but instead looks very purposeful.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Silicon Power Mobile OTG X20 USB 2.0 Flash Drive Review

The Silicon Power Mobile OTG X20 USB 2.0 Flash Drive is very compact, comes with 32GB of space for storing our multimedia content or other files and aids data transfer between the mobile devices and our PC. This product is also very affordable, so it can be found online for about $16.

Read full article @ Madshrimps

The Best Android Smartphones of 2014

Throughout this year I have reviewed and had hands-on time with a large number of smartphones, especially from the Android camp, simply because there’s such a sheer volume of them on the market today. I’ve used all the flagships from HTC, Samsung, LG, Motorola, Sony and more. These are some of my thoughts on the best that’s out there.

Read full article @ Techspot

The Shellshock FAQ: Here's what you need to know

Am I vulnerable? How serious are the attacks? The answers to these and many other Shellshock questions are here for you.

Read full article @ ZDNet