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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

ASUS GTX 950-2G Unplugged Review
Asustor AS3202T 2-Bay NAS
CyberPower CP1000PFCLCD Tear-Down
Intel Skull Canyon NUC6i7KYK Review: A mini PC aimed at gamers @ TechSpot
Midnight (Night Mode) for Android review
Radeon Software 16.7.1 Performance Comparison
Rise of the Tomb Raider gets improved DX12 multi-GPU support
SilverStone Redline Series RL05 Mid-Tower Chassis Review
Synology DiskStation DS916+
X99 Charts: 16 Boards - ASUS Rampage V Edition 10
Zotac Sonix 480GB PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive Review



ASUS GTX 950-2G Unplugged Review

Back in early 2014 Nvidia first demonstrated its Maxwell architecture, based on a 28nm process, and in unorthodox fashion the first graphics card to emerge was the low-power GTX 750 Ti. It wasn’t until later on that year that Maxwell was rolled-out to the high performance segment, with the GTX 980.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Asustor AS3202T 2-Bay NAS

The AS3202T is equipped with a quad-core Intel CPU, which enables it to handle up to 4K resolution multimedia content playback. This means the AS3202T can also play a central role in a multimedia set-up while still acting as a regular NAS with up to 16 TB of storage capacity.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

CyberPower CP1000PFCLCD Tear-Down

Due to popular demand, personal curiosity and a convenient sale, here comes a tear-down of one of those “Pure Sine Wave” models from CyberPower, the CP1000PFCLCD.

Read full article @ Tom's Hardware

Intel Skull Canyon NUC6i7KYK Review: A mini PC aimed at gamers @ TechSpot

Intel's brand new NUC is targeting gamers with the Iris Pro Graphics 580. The NUC6i7KYK is said to be designed for intense game play but it's not meant as a cost effective gaming solution. The barebones NUC6i7KYK sells for $630 and requires you to bring your own storage, memory and OS, which could easily push the price beyond $1,000.

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Midnight (Night Mode) for Android review

Midnight (Night Mode) is a free application for Android devices to reduce the screen brightness automatically or manually. Bright screens can be a problem, especially late at night, early in the morning or in places where it is dark.

Read full article @ gHacks

Radeon Software 16.7.1 Performance Comparison

Following the Radeon RX 480 power draw controversy, AMD released the Radeon Software 16.7.1 driver, which also comes with a 3% boost in performance for the Polaris architecture.

So we decided to take a look at the performance improvements it delivers in the Radeon RX 480. We also took a look at how it affects the Radeon R9 380 graphics card, which is based on the previous-generation Fiji architecture. Check it out!

Read full article @ Tech ARP

Rise of the Tomb Raider gets improved DX12 multi-GPU support

And Async Compute support on AMD GCN 1.1 or above, and Nvidia Pascal graphics cards.

Read full article @ Hexus

SilverStone Redline Series RL05 Mid-Tower Chassis Review

SilverStone has a long history of high-end and occasionally crazy chassis designs, but in recent years, they have also been working hard to make their chassis more affordable and available to a wider audience, while also integrating many of the features that made their high-end and crazy products so popular to begin with. The new RL-05 looks set to be a perfect example of this, with its extreme looks, high functionality, and exceptional value for money.

“The Redline series RL05 was created with the goal of exceeding user experience and expectation for affordable PC chassis by offering punchy styling and features reserved often for more expensive models. RL05 includes two 140mm LED fans as intakes to inject large amount of air flow through filter for SilverStone’s signature positive pressure setup that not only provides great cooling but also minimal dust buildup.” – SilverStone

With room for large graphics cards, ATX motherboards, and an ATX PSU, the RL05 has all the basics, but you’ll also find USB 3.0 Type-C support, two pre-installed 140mm fans, a PSU shroud, dust filters, and more. So let’s stop picking through the bullet points and get the RL05 out of the box!

Read full article @ eTeknix

Synology DiskStation DS916+

For review we have the latest Synology DiskStation aimed at home users as well as small businesses, the DS916+. Powered by an Intel Pentium N3710 quad-core SoC, we are keen to see how well the DS916+ performs. Out of the box this NAS can house four 3.5” hard drives, giving it a maximum capacity of 32TB using the latest 8TB drives, while adding the DX513 expansion unit can boost capacity to a whopping 72TB...

Synology DiskStation DS916+

The DiskStation DS916+ is as close to perfect as any desktop NAS available right now. Synology has followed their proven formula very closely, delivering the 4-bay flagship NAS we all expected. The result being a powerful class leading NAS backed by the very best software.

Read full article @ Legion Hardware

X99 Charts: 16 Boards - ASUS Rampage V Edition 10

So far we've tested 16 X99 motherboards and we have to say that sometimes we got quite interesting results. What we've also done is, we have added results gathered with Right Mark Audio Analyzer in order to chek the quality of the onboard audio

Read full article @ ocaholic

Zotac Sonix 480GB PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive Review

We have finally entered the new storage era and it is no longer just a few selected manufacturers that have NVMe drives on the market. More competition and more options are great for us consumers and it is a pleasure for me to take Zotac’s Sonix PCIe-based NVMe SSD with 480GB capacity for a test drive here at the office today.

Zotac describes the drive as a silent silver bullet and that is not a far-fetched statement. NVMe is a standard created for solid state drives where SATA was made for mechanical drives and originates all the way back from IDE. NVMe can handle a lot more and in return, we get improved access times and blazing fast transfer speeds. This is to part due to better components, but mainly the ability to utilize the CPU a lot better and take advantage of modern architectures.

Read full article @ eTeknix