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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

Asus STRIX 2.0 Headset Review
Asustor AS3102T 2-bay NAS
Case Mod Friday: TriStellar Whetstone
inStream SeptimusB 7 Port Fast USB Charger Review
Lenovo Stack Review: Modular Gadgets For Road Warriors
MSI Gaming 27 6QE Review
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs. AMD Radeon R9 390 CF
Overclocking Locked Intel Skylake CPUs is Now Possible, Tested
V-MODA Crossfade Wireless Bluetooth Headset Review



Asus STRIX 2.0 Headset Review

Over the last 18 months, Asus has been expanding on its STRIX brand with new headsets. Today, we are taking a look at the STRIX 2.0, which packs in 60mm drivers, multi-platform compatibility and a unique dual microphone design. How does it stack up to the competition?

Read full article @ KitGuru

Asustor AS3102T 2-bay NAS

The AS3102T is an affordable NAS by Asustor, capable of 4K-multimedia playback. On top of that, it is equipped with an HDMI port and features hardware encryption, which allows it to provide good speeds with encrypted file transfers.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

Case Mod Friday: TriStellar Whetstone

Welcome to another Case Mod Friday showcase! This week we have alain-s's “TriStellar Whetstone” build. Which has to be one of the best DeepCool TriStellar mods that we've seen so far! Here is what they had to say about it, "Hello guys, Time start a new project. I hope you all will have as much fun as I will have."

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

inStream SeptimusB 7 Port Fast USB Charger Review

It seems everything these days is charged via a USB connection, our smartphones, tablets, wireless headphones, fitness bands, and even cameras. With this outlets and power strips are packed with all of the charging bricks that are associated with these devices. Well inStream wants to change this with their SeptimusB 7 Ports Fast USB charger. This device uses a single power connection but gives you 7 powered USB ports. On top of that it has a built-in surge protector to protect your devices and intelligent technology which distributes the maximum power to each device plugged in. Let’s see what the SeptimusB is all about!

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

Lenovo Stack Review: Modular Gadgets For Road Warriors @ HotHardware.com

There's a reason the Lenovo Stack has a ThinkPad logo emblazoned on each component. Over the years, the name ThinkPad has become synonymous with mobile professionals. For the most part, ThinkPad has been reserved for tablets and laptops, but with the Lenovo Stack the company is introducing the brand to an entirely new category: accessories.

First unveiled at CES 2015, Stack is as much a new concept as it is a product line. In a nutshell, this is Lenovo's take on a line of peripherals that all work with one another - or stack together - via a custom connector...

Read full article @ HotHardware.com

MSI Gaming 27 6QE Review

The practise of building a customised computer system from a selection of components is a daunting task for some users and having the space to accommodate a prebuilt system from a system integrator can also be a hinderance for others and this is where the All-in-One PC comes in.

It isn’t common to see an All-in-One PC, in fact, looking around there are very few to choose from. But today we’ll be taking a look at a highly capable machine from MSI dubbed the GAMING 27 6QE. GAMING 27 blends together a lineup of the very latest technologies which include Intel’s Skylake, NVIDIA’s GTX 970M, 16GB DDR4 and M.2 SSDs in Super RAID 4. All of this hardware sits behind a 27” display for a neat, minimalist design.

Read full article @ Vortez

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs. AMD Radeon R9 390 CF

Maybe you're one of the gamers out there who simply can't have enough power coming from the graphics department or maybe you want to assemble a gaming rig with a given budget and you want to get the very maximum out of it. In both cases the following article might be interesting and it might be quite surprising to see how two Radeon R9 390 in CF stack up against a mighty GTX 980 Ti.

Read full article @ ocaholic

Overclocking Locked Intel Skylake CPUs is Now Possible, Tested

In overclocking circles it was recently noted that BCLK (base clock) overclocking might become a possibility in Skylake processors. Last night Asrock contacted us with an updated BIOS that enabled this. We jumped at the opportunity and have already tested and benched a Core i3-6100 Skylake CPU with a 1GHz overclock (4.7GHz) on air cooling.

Read full article @ Techspot

V-MODA Crossfade Wireless Bluetooth Headset Review

A story was told of a bunch of English scientists digging down a kilometer into the ground, and found traces of copper wires a thousand years old. For this, they came to the conclusion their ancestors had a telephone network a millennium ago. In response to that, Scottish scientists, not to be outdone by their English counterparts, dug two kilometers down, and found traces of fiber optic cables dating back to the time of Jesus. As such, the Scottish scientists concluded their ancestors already had high speed internet a thousand years before the English. The following week, Irish scientists, not to be outdone by either the British or the Scottish, made headlines on UK newspapers. Having dug five thousand kilometers below the ground, they found absolutely nothing, came to the conclusion their ancestors were already using wireless communication technology five thousand years ago. Now, we all know where this story is getting at, but I think it brings up an interesting side point: Humankind has always had the affinity for wireless technology for as long as electricity was discovered. In fact, as early as the late 1800s, Nikola Tesla experimented with wireless power transfer and the possibility of wireless communication systems. Is it because wireless is more reliable than wired transmission? No. Is it because it delivers better performance? Far from that. But the sheer mystery -- and convenience -- of moving energy through the air has always carried a drive of superiority against its tethered counterparts to continue to inspire us to invest lots of time and money in this area. A few months ago, we reviewed the V-MODA Crossfade M-100, a brilliant over-ear headphones that sounds great, looks great, and feels great. Today, we will take a look at the Crossfade Wireless, which, as its name suggests, is a wireless version of the Crossfade M-100. Designed to operate over Bluetooth for an extra $30 over its wired counterpart, have we found a winner of a winner? Before we begin, let me just point out one thing: Unplugging your Crossfade M-100 will not turn it into a Crossfade Wireless, but plugging in your Crossfade Wireless will sure make it a Crossfade M-100.

Read full article @ APH Networks