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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4 ATX Motherboard Review
Corsair Carbide Clear 600C ATX Fat-Tower Case Review
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Hybrid Gaming Video Card Review
GIGABYTE GTX 980Ti G1 & XTREME GAMING Review
In Depth: Acura ILX Review
Phanteks Eclipse P400S Case Review
Samsung PM863 240 Gigabyte SSD Review
SanDisk Extreme 900 480GB Portable USB Type-C SSD Review
Ventev’s USB Charging Hub 400 Review - Stay Charged!



ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4 ATX Motherboard Review

ASRock constantly seeks value awards, but is its Z170 Gaming K4 really worth $15 more than the cheapest Z170 product we've tested? Today we examine the features and overclocking abilities of the Z170 Gaming K4 motherboard.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Corsair Carbide Clear 600C ATX Fat-Tower Case Review

With room for two large radiators and four graphics cards, Corsair's Carbide 600C specifications read like a list of reasons to buy oversized. It looks good too, but is it really a full tower or just a wide mid-tower?

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Hybrid Gaming Video Card Review

It’s hard to believe that the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is still a viable cutting edge graphics card today as it first debuted along with the GeForce GTX 980 in September 2014! Over the past 1.5 years the GeForce GTX 970 has become a very popular card for 1080P gaming as it features a competitive price point and you can more times than not get 60 FPS on average with the image quality cranked up in game titles. The add-in board (AIB) partners have continued to release new GeForce GTX 970 video cards over the years and just before 2015 ended our friends over at EVGA announced that the EVGA HYBRID line was being expanded to include GeForce GTX 970. This is great news for those that are concerned about GPU temperatures as you can now buy purchase a GTX 970 that features a maintenance free closed loop ‘all in one’ water cooling solution that significantly lowers the GPU operating temperature.

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

GIGABYTE GTX 980Ti G1 & XTREME GAMING Review

For NVIDIA the GeForce GTX 980Ti has been a great success and has allowed the graphics giant to take the single-GPU crown. Since the GTX 980Ti’s arrival in May 2015 there have been a catalogue of options to choose from with custom designs and factory overclocks but today we’re to look at what GIGABYTE has to offer in two of their premium solutions – the G1 Gaming and Xtreme Gaming.

Both the G1 Gaming and Xtreme Gaming arrive with GIGABYTE’s prolific WindForce cooling configuration and each have a conservative factory overclock to ensure even more performance is achieved through a variety of uses.

As we progress through today’s review of these two exciting graphics cards, we’ll be identifying their differences and highlighting how well they perform in terms of gaming, thermals, power usage and more!

Read full article @ Vortez

In Depth: Acura ILX Review

Acura always held an odd spot in the auto world – the Honda luxury sub brand was a step up from its mainstream cars, but not quite on the same level of refinement and performance as rivals Lexus or Infiniti. Aside from the legendary NSX sports car, every Acura in history starts out as a front-wheel drive (FWD) car based off a Honda platform.Sure, some models offer all-wheel drive, but they're mostly FWD cars. That brings me to today's vehicle, the 2016 ILX that Acura sent techradar for review. Acura released the ILX as a 2013 model year vehicle and, for the first time since the discontinuation of the Integra sedan in 2001, the brand finally had a compact vehicle in the US, again. Initial reactions to the Civic-based compact were disappointing. I spent some time in the 2013 ILX and was not impressed. The interior used low quality materials and it didn't offer much over a fully-loaded Honda Civic – all at a higher price.However, Acura went back to the drawing board and substantially updated the 2016 ILX with more premium interior materials, driver assist features and LED lights. The ILX Acura sent to techradar for review is the top-of-the-line Technology Plus and A-SPEC package configuration that carries an MSRP of $35,830 (the car isn't available outside of North America).

The exterior updates for the 2016 refresh, while minor in the grand scheme of things, alter the looks for the better. The former projector beam headlights were replaced with Acura's Jewel Eye LEDs, which use three bright LEDs for the low-beam and two for the high beams. The tail lights are LEDs, too. I'm impressed by the sculpted exterior, with its subtle creases and curves. The wheels are stylish, with black accents and a silver face – the look reminds me of fan blades.

Read full article @ Techradar

Phanteks Eclipse P400S Case Review

Phanteks' Eclipse P400S is being launched into an extremely competitive budget case market and even with a price of just $70, it still manages to become one of the best ATX enclosures available.

Read full article @ Hardware Canucks

Samsung PM863 240 Gigabyte SSD Review

Next to the SM863 Samsung has also launched the PM863 series. This drive is equipped with TLC 3D-V-NAND flash memory chips and therefore it's suitable for read-intensive workloads, preserving precious write cycles. Nevertheless, compared to the predecessor endurance has been improved by factors. Furthermore TLC NAND allows for a highly competitive pricing, which you will get with this drive. Overall we're curious to see how this drive is going to perform.

Read full article @ ocaholic

SanDisk Extreme 900 480GB Portable USB Type-C SSD Review

With USB 3.1 and Type-C starting to become a bit more common, it is about time we start to see devices really take advantage of it. Today, we are taking a look at the SanDisk Extreme 900, a 480GB portable SSD using the USB Type-C connector, can this drive really offer 9x the performance of a traditional external HDD? Let’s find out.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Ventev’s USB Charging Hub 400 Review - Stay Charged!

Having a mobile device with a dead battery is a simple fear we can all share. Now what do you do when you forgot your charging block and you don’t have any open USB ports on your workstation computer? Where that’s where Ventev’s USB Charging Hub 400 comes into play. With its four USB ports and its own 5 foot power cable this tabletop tool is one handy tool we can all appreciate.

Read full article @ TechnologyX