Here a roundup of todays reviews and articles:

8 Reasons to Install CyanogenMod on Your Android Device
Adata PV100 4200mAh USB Battery Review
Anime Expo 2014 – Part 1: A Quick Live Look
Anime Expo 2014 – Part 2: Panels, Exhibits and Cool Things
Antec High Current Pro Platinum 850 W
ASRock Z97 Extreme6 Motherboard Review (w/ Samsung XP941 M.2 SSD)
BIOSTAR Hi-Fi Z97WE LGA1150 Motherboard Review
Deck 108 Hassium Pro Mechanical Keyboard Review
Intel Core i7 4790K – Haswell gets a refresh
Keyed Up Labs KUL ES-87 Mechanical Keyboard Review
Kingston HyperX Cloud Gaming Headset Review
Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB 1866MHz Memory Kit Review
Kingston Mobilelite Wireless G2 Review
Logitech Harmony Smart Control Review
MIME Types Explained: Why Linux and Mac OS X Don’t Need File Extensions
Samsung Pro microSDXC UHS-1 U1 Card Review (64GB)
Synology DS414slim 4-Bay NAS Review
Thecus N2310 Budget 2-bay NAS Review

8 Reasons to Install CyanogenMod on Your Android Device

CyanogenMod is the most popular custom ROM for Android devices. While its an unofficial build of Android, it probably provides an experience closer to Googles original vision than the software on your current Android phone or tablet does!

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Adata PV100 4200mAh USB Battery Review

Modern day smartphones are awesome, we can use them to make phone calls (although fewer people do these days), text message, use a wide range of apps, play games, browse the internet, check out emails or most importantly, share cat memes with each other. It doesn’t matter how you use your phone, truth is we’re all using them more and more. Our mobile devices are getting more and more powerful each year, while also becoming more and more energy-efficient, but the issue remains that our battery life is rarely enough to get us through a full day of wasting time on our favourite device.

There is of course a solution to our power needs and that is mobile recharging devices such as the Adata PV100 that I will be taking a quick look at today. These small devices come in all shapes and sizes, but more often than not they’ll feature a rechargeable internal battery and a USB port for connecting your device. Plug them into your phone, tablet or similar device and you’ll be able to recharge on the go, handy for those times you’re nowhere near a plug socket, or don’t have time to stop and charge.

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Anime Expo 2014 – Part 1: A Quick Live Look

Thereâ€'s lots of sassy energy bouncing off the floor at Anime Expo 2014 where the exuberance of youthful vigor attracts people and families who enjoy anime, manga, cosplaying, and Japanese culture into a single location for one long weekend. While this year'€™s event was my first Anime Expo, it didn’t come entirely as a surprise due to the fact that I’ve been following the past events every time photos from my friends slam into my Facebook news feed. While this is very much some random coverage for Legit Reviews which we may or may not do again, the following content is in ways a test as much as this adventure is a new....

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Anime Expo 2014 – Part 2: Panels, Exhibits and Cool Things

Check out coverage on the Exhibit Hall, Entertainment Hall, guest of honor panels at Anime Expo 2014 featuring the Kill la Kill cast and Spiral Cats.

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Antec High Current Pro Platinum 850 W

We are testing the smallest member of the antec HCP family with 850 W capacity and Platinum efficiency. The unit promises very high build quality, top-notch performance, and high efficiency, so stay tuned to find out more.

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ASRock Z97 Extreme6 Motherboard Review (w/ Samsung XP941 M.2 SSD)

Packed to the brim with modern, high-speed storage interfaces, ASRock agrees that storage connections faster than 10Gbps are relevant in today’s market. Utilised on the Z97 Extreme6, ASRock’s Ultra M.2 connection routes four PCIe 3.0 lanes from an LGA 1150 CPU to provide a storage interface with up to 32Gbps of bandwidth.

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BIOSTAR Hi-Fi Z97WE LGA1150 Motherboard Review

The first Z97 board from BIOSTAR takes part of the mainstream segment, but is packed with enough features to keep potential buyers happy while keeping the price to a minimum. Besides the Broadwell future compatibility, we have Dual GbE LAN with Link Aggregation support, one PCI-E M.2 connector which supports high-speed SSDs and the audio interface is isolated for providing minimum background noise.

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Deck 108 Hassium Pro Mechanical Keyboard Review

As far back as i can remember I’ve always used regular sized 101-109 key keyboards not because that was my preference but because there wasn't anything else in the market to choose from. As a matter of fact it's only been a while since we've seen quite a few manufacturers offer keyboards that either lack the numeric keypad, are modular and thus can be arranged according to what the user thinks is best for him or have the keys placed differently. A few weeks ago with us we had the latest mechanical keyboard from Deck Keyboards called the 87 Francium Pro which is basically a somewhat compact keyboard due to the fact that it lacks the numeric keyboard entirely and thus only offers 87 keys. Deck however didn't forget all of you who are used to using regular sized keyboards and so they also released the brand new 1080 Hassium Pro a full-size mechanical gaming keyboard with a total of 108 keys.

TG3 Electronics, Inc. is a leading supplier of engineered input solutions. These solutions include; standard and custom keyboards, bump bars, and control panels. TG3 was incorporated in 1986 by its founder, Tom Giles. With an international sales force and the best engineers in the industry, TG3 has grown steadily over the past 23 years. Headquarters is located in a 45,000 square foot, state of the art facility in Kenosha, WI. TG3 also has a major manufacturing interest in Zhuhai China and Hong Kong. TG3 sells into a very diverse marketplace that includes but is not limited to; medical, industrial, point of sale, military, mobile data, telecommunications, white goods, and gaming. Whether your input requirements are large or small, complex or simple, TG3 can handle your application from concept to completion.

Just by taking a quick look at both the 87 Francium Pro and the 108 Hassium Pro it's very easy to see that to save as much space as possible Deck has tried to keep things very simple so the first thing you will probably notice is the lack of the typical lock LEDs placed at the top right corner of virtually every keyboard in the market. That however is not the only similarity these two keyboards have and so they also share the same Cherry MX mechanical keys (Full N-Key Rollover), programmable LED illumination effects (thanks to the NUC123 32-bit Cortex-M0 microcontroller that runs at 72MHz and features 10-bit ADC with 20KB SRAM), direct macros and of course the same high build quality. Now as you all know the 87 Francium Pro lacks the numeric keypad found in the 108 Hassium Pro but on the other hand for reasons unknown to us Deck seems to have left out the media control key markings with the 108 Hassium Pro (F1 through F6) and although i can't say i care much for that feature still some people might not feel the same. So the time has come to move forward with this review and take a closer look at the 108 Hassium Pro.

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Intel Core i7 4790K – Haswell gets a refresh

Now that I have completely derailed the new Devils Canyon article I guess its time to veer this ship back on course. Now to present day Ivy Bridge came out and was some pretty hot runners, then Haswell came out and there was mass hysteria about the hotter running chips due to the quality of thermal material used between the die and the IHS. Well there’s not alot you could do about that unless you wanted to remove the IHS or “Delid” the CPU and replace the TIM and thereby void your warranty all in the effort for acceptable temps and better performance. Well with that on the new Devils Canyon chips Intel instituted a new TIM which is said to drastically reduce temps and also included additional capacitors on the lower side of the CPU to ensure smoother power delivery to the die which is claimed to help with overclocking stability and performance overall. If you look above you can see the old vs new comparison from 4770K to 4790K with the extra capacitors in place.

There is one more thing worth mentioning and this is the fact that the new 4790K comes out of the box with all 4 cores with HT at 4.0GHz base clock speed and can turbo up to 4.4GHz depending upon loading, This makes the Devils Canyon refresh one of the largest performance jumps we have seen in at least the last few generations.

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Keyed Up Labs KUL ES-87 Mechanical Keyboard Review

A few weeks ago, we told you about an upcoming product from new Taiwanese keyboard manufacturer, Keyed Up Labs. The main draw of their first product, the KUL ES-87, was that it would offer a reasonably priced way to get a mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Clear switches. We’ve spent several weeks with one now, and we’re ready to tell you more about it. There are some great things about the KUL ES-87, along with a few drawbacks. So let’s get started.

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Kingston HyperX Cloud Gaming Headset Review

When it comes to video games, three attributes sell the game: audio, graphics, and game play. However, I’ve found that many game developers really focus on the graphics and game play more so than the audio. It’s such a shame when you miss the full game’s experience due to dull, uneventful, or canned game audio. In fact, I find that more realistic audio makes for a higher quality game all around. That said, reviewing headsets or audio cards is truly a subjective art. And at Futurelooks, we can be really tough on them. So, it’s nice when there is an event to give other gamers the opportunity to collaborate on a more unified opinion.

We received the Kingston HyperX Cloud Headset just before Intel Lanfest Infernalan just a few weekends ago. And I couldn’t think of a better place to test the headset given all the different games around. Now that I’ve had plenty of time to evaluate the headset, taking into consideration some of the feedback from fellow gamers too, it’s time to let you know what “WE” think of Kingston’s new headset.

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Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB 1866MHz Memory Kit Review

Memory products are one of the areas I cover here at eTeknix, but I wasn’t able to visit CES 2014 this year to check out the newest memory products on offer. Thankfully, Kingston held a special event in London on February the 6th to show us their new releases from CES 2014, and in case you missed Kingston at CES 2014 we’re going to give you a quick run down of their newest memory products. Kingston showed us two of their newest memory product lines, both of which are quite different as they are targeting different markets.

Up first is Kingston’s new HyperX PnP kits, of which they demonstrated to us some of their new SODIMM variants. Kingston showed us the KHX18LS11P1K2/16 kit which consists of two high density 8GB SODIMM modules running at an impressive 1866MHz with 1.5 volts. Being part of the PnP series these SODIMM modules come with plug and play support making notebook or small form factor PC upgrades a piece of cake. Of course Kingston also offer these modules in standard DDR3 DIMM form factors for desktop PCs. Like all Kingston memory products these modules are tested for compatibility with all leading brands of motherboards. Consumers will be pleased to know a lifetime warranty with free technical support is offered on all HyperX PnP purchases.

At the event in London Kingston demonstrated the KHX18LS11P1K2/16 kit running on Gigabyte’s latest BRIX PRO small form factor gaming PC. Kingston’s HyperX PnP SODIMMs are ideal solutions for any system that takes SODIMM DDR3 memory modules. You can find more details about Kingston’s new HyperX PnP range here.

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Kingston Mobilelite Wireless G2 Review

Almost everyone have mobile phones and tablets these days. They help to run our chaotic lives and store photos, videos, and documents now just as our PCs do. However, with more powerful devices and larger media and document files comes the need for more battery power and capacity. Typically when one buys a phone or tablet, there usually is no upgrade path for capacity or larger batteries such as laptops. Most devices do not include any ports for expansion.

Don't you hate it when you are jamming out to your favorite song or browsing the web and you see your battery is low and you are unable to charge it because you are on the go? Or want to record a video but your storage capacity is almost full?

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Logitech Harmony Smart Control Review

I have the time, kept my eye out before buy Universal Remote Control for meaningful reviews to inform me in detail about the product. What I have found about Uncle Google, were nice products that have well read, but hardly went beyond the prospectus truth.

As I thought to myself, which was lacking but 'What: Real World Experience in daily operation. And so this article came about. Some of you will be the development of my review have already noticed, now she is finally ready and online.

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MIME Types Explained: Why Linux and Mac OS X Don’t Need File Extensions

Coming from Windows, file extensions on Linux and Mac OS X can seem a bit strange. The operating system seems to know what files are without relying on the file extension it does this using MIME types.

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Samsung Pro microSDXC UHS-1 U1 Card Review (64GB)

A few months ago Samsung launched their new series of SD and microSD cards. They are segmented into three categories. The lowest being their Standard series for the typical every day, non-performance oriented consumer. Next up is their EVO series, marketed towards those who want a little more performance out of their storage with transfer speeds up to 48MB/s. Finally, they have their Pro series, aka professional performance. Their Pro series cards are advertised for read speeds up to 90MB/s!

For this review, we have the Samsung Pro microSDXC 64GB card. This is a UHS-I U1 speed rated SD card, thus it should provide those with the need to record HD and 3D video ample write bandwidth and consistency to do so.

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Synology DS414slim 4-Bay NAS Review

When looking at bulk storage and consequently network storage, the generic blueprint that virtually every vendor follows is a desktop or rackmount system with an even number of drive bays, each with the capacity to hold the largest drives that can be bought on the market today – which come in a 3.5″ format, although we do find a few situations where 2.5″ SSDs are used based on the application of the storage array. Whilst this blueprint is perfectly fine, on the consumer end of the market where we are not always looking at jaw dropping capacities and performance, a typical 4-bay system is not exactly the easiest of things to tuck away under the desk or in the closet and then we have to factor in the cost of getting up and running. 3.52 drives are the only way to go if you want large amounts of storage on hand, but if you want a more modest setup with a system the doesn’t end up acting like a foot rest under your desk, there are barely any options out there to choose from.

2.5″ drives are, for the most part, forgotten about when it comes to mass storage. Unless you are talking about solid state drives, we generally find people taking the 3.5″ route, without even considering 2.5″ spinning platters, which are left for the entry-level notebooks and budget ultra-SFF systems and this is reflected [as highlighted above] in the NAS market from bottom to top. Wanting to break away from this generalised blueprint, Synology have made an ambitious move to shrink down their popular DS414 line of systems into a tiny, baby-NAS like package which runs solely on 2.5″ drives, making the presence of a NAS in the home a lot more subtle than before.

With a top end raw capacity of only 4TB, Synology’s DS414slim is not going to be a storage monster for those who have tons of films, music and photos to store, but for the average Joe who is looking for a tidy, compact system to blend in with their minimalist desktop setup with a nice and reasonable storage capacity of 3TB (when in RAID5), the slim does start to sound like an interesting investment. It’s size is not a sign that we are working on skeleton features either. Whilst we only find a pair of USB3.0 ports and a pair of GbE ports alongside four drive bays, the number of software features that are at your disposal are virtually the same as those found on a full-on NAS such as the DS414 which this is related to. By the time we factor in the lower cost of drives; around £55 / $76 each for one of Western Digital’s 1TB Red drives which are build primarily for the consumer NAS market and what you can have here is a tidy little system that offers just as much as its larger siblings.

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Thecus N2310 Budget 2-bay NAS Review

The consumer NAS market segment is growing at a very fast rate, with 2 and 4-bay solutions leading the trend. While some vendors choose to compete on feature set (which tends to push up the price), others choose to approach from the cost perspective. Thecus has solutions from both perspectives. While the N2560 (review) was an Evansport NAS which presented a host of media-centric features, the N2310 that we are going to look at today cuts down the features (both hardware and software) to target entry-level users at a low price point. Read on to find out how the N2310 fares in our NAS evaluation.

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