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Adata SD600 External SSD Review
ADATA SD700 512GB External SSD Capsule Review
AMD Ryzen ThreadRipper: 16C/32T 3.7GHz sample teased
ASUS MAXIMUS IX FORMULA
ASUS ROG Rampage V Edition 10 Review
Computex 2017: Corsair goes high-concept
Corsair ONE PRO Review
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 Review
G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB DDR4-3600 Review
Intel Fires Warning Shot At Qualcomm And Microsoft Over Windows 10 ARM Emulation In X86 Birthday Blog Post
Kaby Lake Apple iMacs have upgradeable CPUs and RAM
Lenovo IdeaCentre AIO Y910 Gaming PC Review
Linksys WRT3200ACM AC3200 Wireless Router Review
MINIX NEO Z83-4 Fanless Mini PC Review: Affordable, Dead-Silent Media Streaming
NVIDIA's new GPU mining system: 8 x GP106 GPUs, and more
Patriot Viper V770 RGB Mechanical Keyboard Review
PCIe 4.0 has 64GB/sec bandwidth, PCIe 5.0 has 128GB/sec



Adata SD600 External SSD Review

Up to 512GB of fast and nimble USB storage. What is it that makes rugged items so appealing? I don't tend to go walking in the rain, yet I do like a good pair of Gore-Tex boots, and though I won't be climbing Everest anytime soon, I do want a jacket that can withstand hurricane-force winds.

Understanding that this fascination exists among consumers, hardware manufacturers are keen to put forth robust products that can withstand a fair bit of abuse. One category that frequently undergoes a rugged makeover is storage, and Adata has bolstered its portfolio with the SD600 External SSD.

Read full article @ Hexus

ADATA SD700 512GB External SSD Capsule Review

​Flash-based external direct-attached storage (DAS) devices have been rapidly evolving over the last few years. The USB Type-C interface standard has prompted vendors to release updates to their lineup, but, the legacy USB 3.0 interfaces continue to remain popular. On the storage media side for SSDs, there has been a shift from MLC to TLC, and now, to 3D TLC. Flash has recently been at a premium as the foundries ramp up 3D NAND production while bringing down the MLC and regular TLC volume. This has led to SSDs and other flash-based products being sold at a premium. Amongst companies that dont manufacture their own flash memory, ADATA was one of the first to announce and ship products based on 3D NAND (purchasing the flash from IMFTs 3D NAND output).

We have already reviewed the ADATA Ultimate SU800 SSDs on the internal drive front. Along with the Ultimate SU800, ADATA also launched the SD700, an IP68 rated external SSD with 3D NAND. The unit comes with either an yellow or a black jacket, and its shell makes it shockproof in addition to its dust- and water-proof nature.

Read full article @ Anandtech

AMD Ryzen ThreadRipper: 16C/32T 3.7GHz sample teased

The first engineering sample of AMD's upcoming Ryzen ThreadRipper is reportedly here, with the Ryzen ThreadRipper 1920 processor rocking 12C/24T of CPU performance.

Read full article @ TweakTown

ASUS MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

ASUS' ROG brand has long been a favorite of a good majority of the PC enthusiast community, and with each generation, the experience only gets better. The MAXIMUS IX FORMULA is the perfect example of what makes ASUS so popular.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

ASUS ROG Rampage V Edition 10 Review

Overclocking comes in several flavors on the Rampage V Edition 10. Using ASUS F11 tool in the BIOS or choosing one of several options in the Extreme Tweaker section of the UEFI BIOS let you sit back and watch the tools work. In this case, a solid 3.875GHz overclock was as simple as choosing the tool in the BIOS and selecting it. Using the 5-Way Optimization tool in AiSuite III within the operating system follows the same algorithms, but adds a few more twists into the mix by tuning fan performance, as well as the CPU and DRAM performance settings. Manual overclocking is going to get you the highest overclock with most boards and this one is no different in that regard. A speed of 4.4GHz is the maximum all core overclock my Core i7 6950X can deliver with even the custom water cooling solution I use. However, if you want a no fuss overclock, this board delivers and you can always push a little harder.

Read full article @ OCC

Computex 2017: Corsair goes high-concept

In the finest auto-show spirit, Corsair filled its Computex booth with exotic visions of future hardware, as well as some road-ready improvements to its popular liquid coolers. Join us as we recount our guided tour of the company's latest.

Read full article @ The Tech Report

Corsair ONE PRO Review

With their ONE series Corsair has a new range of small form factor gaming systems in it's portfolio. Today we're going to have a look at the ONE PRO, that packs well-performing components under the hood. This model is equipped with an Intel Core i7-7700K processor and a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 pixel accelerator. We're going to put this PC up against our ocaholic reference test system for PC reviews and apart from that we're also going to look at all the other details such as design and build quality.

Read full article @ ocaholic

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 Review

Saving the best until last? Rumours on the grape vine suggest that AMD will struggle to match the speed of the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti when its brand-new Vega architecture comes to bear in a couple of months' time. This is why, when we were out in Taiwan for Computex, most Nvidia add-in board (AIB) partners didn't seem unduly perturbed by AMD's imminent arrival. Of course, rumours are just that, so wait to see if there is actual meat on this rumour's bones.

What's clear is that, admittedly expensive, the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti will remain very much a premium choice for the remainder of 2017. We have looked at plenty of said cards in the preceding few months, and today's offering is likely to be the last for a while. Let's make a good 'un, right?

Read full article @ Hexus

G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB DDR4-3600 Review

With programable RGB LEDs, a high DDR4-3600 data rate, and solid CAS 16 timings, is G.Skill’s latest lighted RAM the best of everything? I’m not much for long product names, but Trident Z RGB doesn’t seem too excessive. Add the DDR4-3600 to it, and it’s getting slightly lengthy. Oh, and there’s the CAS 16 rating. Fortunately, G.Skill makes its model numbers a little easier to read than many of its competitors, as the “4” stands for DDR4, 3600 is the data rate, C16 is the latency, the Q means quad-DIMM, 32 is the gigabytes of capacity, and GTZ is the style. Unfortunately, R stands for RGB on its black-and-gray heat spreaders, where G.Skill uses the same letter on other modules to denote the color red. And with that, model F4-3600C16Q-32GTZR is born.

So much for the decoder ring. On to the details.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Intel Fires Warning Shot At Qualcomm And Microsoft Over Windows 10 ARM Emulation In X86 Birthday Blog Post

It is expected that Windows 10 PCs running Snapdragon 835 processor will arrive in the fall, just in time for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.

However, Intel at this point seems poised to make sure that the launch meets serious opposition, one way or another...

Read full article @ HotHardware

Kaby Lake Apple iMacs have upgradeable CPUs and RAM

They are the first iMacs since 2012 to offer such expansion / upgrade facilities. Earlier this week Apple held its annual WWDC, where quite a lot of shiny, slim new Apple hardware (and new OS software) was launched. We duly noted the first content creator professional targeted iMac, the aptly named Apple iMac Pro, and also a pair of powerful and sleek new iPad Pro tablets, again fishing for high-end content creator customers. With such headlining products the refreshed iMac line didn't earn many column inches. However, as revealed by a new iFixIt teardown, the refreshed Kaby Lake iMacs are the first since 2012 to feature a non-soldered Intel CPU, and the first to offer removable / upgradeable RAM since 2013.

Read full article @ Hexus

Lenovo IdeaCentre AIO Y910 Gaming PC Review

The words all-in-one PC and gaming typically don’t go together. All-in-one PCs are typically made to be productivity computers that offer a very small footprint. Well Lenovo is changing the idea of an all-in-one PC with their IdeaCentre AIO Y910 Gaming PC. Since it is designed for gaming inside you’ll find a Core i7-6700 processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card, 16GB of DDR4 memory, 256 GB PCIe SSD, and a 1TB hard drive. All of this is inside of what is basically a 27-inch monitor. The monitor itself is pretty awesome too, rocking a 2560 x 1440 QHD resolution and edgeless display. Could this be the ideal solution for a gamer on the go? Or someone who does not have that much space to work with? We are going to put it through the paces and see just how well it performs!

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

Linksys WRT3200ACM AC3200 Wireless Router Review

After our recent adventures with mesh networking in the shape of the NETGEAR Orbi (http://www.kitguru.net/peripherals/james-morris/netgear-orbi-ac3000-tri-band-router-review/) and Linksys Velop (http://www.kitguru.net/peripherals/james-morris/linksys-velop-ac2200-triband-router-retest-and-new-features/) , it’s time to bring things back down to earth a bit with a more mainstream router. This isn’t to say that the Linksys WRT3200ACM is run-of-the-mill. But the sub-£200 price and features make it more like the kind of device you would consider as a sensible improvement over or replacement of the wireless router that came with your broadband.

Read full article @ KitGuru

MINIX NEO Z83-4 Fanless Mini PC Review: Affordable, Dead-Silent Media Streaming

We dig burly, decked-out gaming PCs stuffed with powerful hardware as much as the next guy around here. Sleek, ultra small form factor systems like the MINIX Neo Z83-4 we’ll be showing you here today, however, also have a certain appeal. Powerful gaming PCs are awesome for their intended purpose, but try sticking one in a typical home theater setup and things can so sideways. Not only will it usually look out of place, but there are power, heat, and noise considerations to worry about.

Read full article @ HotHardware

NVIDIA's new GPU mining system: 8 x GP106 GPUs, and more

It looks like the rumors of NVIDIA working on a new Pascal-based cryptocurrency mining solution were right, with VideoCardz posting a new article teasing the GPU mining beast. The new GPU cryptocurrency mining station rocks 8 x GP106-100 mining cards that are passively cooled, and have no display outputs. T

Read full article @ TweakTown

Patriot Viper V770 RGB Mechanical Keyboard Review

The Viper V770 is Patriot's flagship mechanical gaming keyboard that follows the V730 and V760 input devices in the product stack. It uses an 104+5 key ANSI layout and sports full RGB-backlit keys like the V760. As the flagship keyboard, the Viper V770 adds several conveniences over the previously released V760.

Read full article @ Modders-Inc

PCIe 4.0 has 64GB/sec bandwidth, PCIe 5.0 has 128GB/sec

PCI-SIG, the organization that defines the PCIe standard and its specifications with 730+ members across the world in the biggest countries on Earth including Qualcomm, NVIDIA, AMD, Dell, Intel, and many others - has announced the specifications for the PCIe 4.0 and PCIe 5.0 standards.

Read full article @ TweakTown