Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

Air Versus Water Cooling on AMD Ryzen Threadripper With Noctua Coolers
CRYORIG R1 Ultimate
Fractal Design Focus G Case Review
Intel Core i7-8700K delidded
Maingear Vybe Desktop Review
ROMOSS Mobile Power Banks Review
SilverStone TS-11C Docking Station Review
Synology DiskStation DS418j NAS Review

Air Versus Water Cooling on AMD Ryzen Threadripper With Noctua Coolers

If you are looking at building an AMD TR4/SP3 platform for either a Ryzen Threadripper or Epyc processor you’ll likely find yourself looking for a CPU cooler. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-core processor has a default TDP of 180 Watts and a maximum temperature of 68C for proper precision boost operation and 95C before thermal shutdown. One wouldn’t expect there to be many coolers that can hand that, but there are now over 20 all-in-one water cooling solutions and at least five air cooler options that are able to handle a Ryzen Threadripper processor at stock clock speeds. Read on to see how the Noctua NH-U9 TR4-SP3, Noctua NH-U12S TR4-SP3 and Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3 do on a Threadripper 1950X CPU as we compare them to a liquid cooler!

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

CRYORIG R1 Ultimate

CRYORIG's R1 Ultimate looks to deliver top notch cooling even the R1 Universal cannot match. Eschewing the thin fan on the Universal, the Ultimate uses two full-size 140 mm fans for maximum cooling potential. Can it overcome the competition and reign as King of air coolers or will it fall short?

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

Fractal Design Focus G Case Review

The Focus G offers a host of cooling options, 120mm and 140mm fans, as well as support for 240mm and 280mm radiators in the front or the top (240mm limitation on top) of the chassis. Fractal Design even has a slew of colors to choose from: white, black, mystic red, petrol blue, and the case I received, in gunmetal gray. Included with the case are two Fractal Design SIlent Series 120mm fans pre-installed in the front of the case, which also have white LED’s.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Intel Core i7-8700K delidded

Here's how i7-8700K looks under the hood. Intel Core i7-8700K with die size around 150mm2 Intel was not really planning to share this information with anyone yet, but thanks to guys over at HKEPC we get to see what is hidden under the IHS. The die is the same width as Kabylake 7700K, but it is noticeably longer. The 6-core Coffeelake-S CPU has a die size around 151mm2. This is not accurate because the calculations are based on the pixel area, but it it's good enough for now.

Read full article @ VideoCardz.com

Maingear Vybe Desktop Review

When Maingear sent us a premium configuration of its Vybe gaming desktop, we were definitely feeling it.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

ROMOSS Mobile Power Banks Review

Over the past few years mobile power banks have become a very common thing, pretty much all of my friends have them. This is likely a combination of phone manufacturers trying to keep their phones thin and the fact we are using our smartphones more and more, with many people using their smartphone as their main computing device. With that we need to constantly keep our phones charged, and if you are on the go that can be difficult. That is where mobile power banks come in. ROMOSS has sent us three of their mobile power banks to check out, all of which can be used in different situations. These include the UPower 10000mAh, ACE 10 10000mAh, and Q Series 5000mAh. Let’s take a look a see if one of these will suit your mobile charging needs.

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

SilverStone TS-11C Docking Station Review

The SilverStone TS-11C is a docking station with build quality and performance in a golden package.

Read full article @ APH Networks

Synology DiskStation DS418j NAS Review

Last year we had an opportunity to review Synology’s DiskStation DS416j, a Network Attached Storage device. We liked every aspect of this device and based on the benchmarks and in depth discoveries gave a highest rating we could. This year Synology is releasing a newer model of 'J' series, DS418j.

Read full article @ Modders-Inc