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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

Acer Predator Z35 35″ 2560×1080 VA 200Hz G-SYNC Monitor Review
Best PC Builds
Intel Core i5-6600K Stock versus 4.5GHz Overclocked
Monoprice UHD Matte 28-inch Monitor Review
Mushkin Striker 480GB Solid State Drive Review
PNY CS1311 & XLR8 CS2211 SSDs Review
Razer Wildcat Review
SilverStone TD03-Slim Liquid CPU Cooler Review
TP-Link AV500 Powerline ac Wi-Fi Kit Review
Vertagear S-Line SL4000 Gaming Chair Review



Acer Predator Z35 35″ 2560×1080 VA 200Hz G-SYNC Monitor Review

The Acer Predator Z35 is a 35-inch curved ultra-widescreen G-Sync display with a VA panel, aimed at gamers looking for ultimate performance. Its standard refresh rate is a tasty 144Hz, but this can be raised all the way to 200Hz, in what is one of the highest refresh rates in a consumer gaming display.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Best PC Builds

Here are eight gaming PC builds that are recommended by the Tom’s Hardware community. These builds range from $500 to $2,000.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Intel Core i5-6600K Stock versus 4.5GHz Overclocked

In this article we're going to have a closer look at what difference overclocking your CPU makes regarding performance in several different recent games. For that purpose we're going to test our Intel Core i5-6600K CPU at stock clocks as well as overclocked to 4.5 GHz.

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Monoprice UHD Matte 28-inch Monitor Review

Monoprice's new 28-inch Ultra HD monitor features an anti-glare layer, which offers great viewing angles. But can the new UHD match the performance to the company's CrystalPro 4k display?

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Mushkin Striker 480GB Solid State Drive Review

It has been a while since we had a closer look at Mushkin’s lineup of solid state drives which makes today’s review a little more interesting than just looking at a great perming drive. On the test bench today is the Mushkin Striker 480GB 7mm slim solid state drive and I’ll put it through the usual tests to see how well it performs.

Mushkin built the Striker series with a performance that should satisfy the most demanding users, at least on the SATA3 connection. The Striker is built with Phison’s PS3110-S10 quad-core 8-channel controller which is coupled with quality MLC NAND. Three of the cores are dedicated for flash management and the controller also supports 256-bit AES encryption and Opal 2.0. These things coupled make for a great performing drive and this 480GB model is rated for up to 565 MB/s read and 550MB/s write speeds. The IOPS are rated around 90K for both read and write.

Read full article @ eTeknix

PNY CS1311 & XLR8 CS2211 SSDs Review

PNY, a relative lightweight in the SSD market now has two heavyweight SSDs: the CS1311 & XLR8 CS2211. Solid performance and good price have been paired up with an awesome 4 year warranty.

Read full article @ Hardware Canucks

Razer Wildcat Review

Razer have had a presence with the Xbox console for a while, releasing the Onza controller for the Xbox 360 in 2011. The Onza was a well received entry by Razer, yet many felt it was poorly implemented with many complaints about build quality. Since then, Razer have been working away to refine their game pads and have since released various controllers including the Sabertooth for 360, and now the Wildcat for Xbox One. Enthusiast/tournament game pads are now in full swing, the overwhelming popularity of the Xbox Elite controller solidifies this fact, yet some haven't quite found the perfect partner with the Elite controller. Some find it too heavy for prolonged use and others are getting frustrated about the back paddles are too easy to hit, causing mistakes/misclicks in game. These properties are strong blows from Razer, with the Wildcat weighing a mere 260g, and having 2 additional bumper buttons on the top, and two aluminium triggers on the underside.

Read full article @ Vortez

SilverStone TD03-Slim Liquid CPU Cooler Review

We’ve been on a SilverStone kick lately, covering nearly their entire all in one water cooling line up. So far what has been most impressive is the high quality nature of their coolers. Everything from the hardware that is included, to the fit and finish of the cooler itself, Silverstone knows how to make a highly polished product. Today we’re going to round things out with one final AiO cooler, the TDO3-Slim. This is a 120mm radiator equipped cooler and if you didn’t guess from the name, it’s quite thin. Let’s go ahead and take a look at what we’ve got and see if this cooler belongs in the SilverStone line-up.

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

TP-Link AV500 Powerline ac Wi-Fi Kit Review

Also known as TL-WPA4530 KIT, is this the remedy for complete network coverage?

Read full article @ Hexus

Vertagear S-Line SL4000 Gaming Chair Review

Sometimes we face a grueling task while other times we think to ourselves, "boy this will be easy." As many times as we face a task that seems easy — and we tell ourselves that it will be easy — it may end up being difficult, but we still want to assume it will be easy.

Read full article @ Modders-Inc