Here a roundup of todays reviews and articles:

A first look at AMDs Mullins mobile APU
Acer Iconia W4-820-2466 Review
AMD Beema and Mullins Low-Power 2014 APUs Tested
AMD Low-Power APUs: Beema and Mullins Preview
ASUS A88X-Pro Motherboard Review
ASUS Maximus VII Hero Preview
ASUS Z97-DELUXE Motherboard Hardware Review
ASUS Z97-Pro (Wi-Fi AC) Motherboard Preview
CM Storm Sirus-C Gaming Headset Preview
Corsair Obsidian 450D Mid-Tower Computer Case
Feenix Dimora Gaming Mousepad Review
Guru3D Rig of the Month April 2014
Mionix Naos 7000 and Avior 7000 Optical Gaming Mouse Review
MSI GS70 STEALTH Laptop Review
MSI Next-Gen GAMING 5 Preview
Nanoxia Deep Silence 4 Review
Noctua NH-U14S Review
Raijintek Pallas Low-Profile CPU Cooler Review
ROCCAT Kave XTD 5.1 Digital Gaming Headset Review
Silicon Power 32GB Superior microSDHC UHS-1 Flash Card Review
SteelSeries Stratus Wireless Controller for iOS 7
Testing NVIDIA Optimus / DRI PRIME On Ubuntu 14.04

A first look at AMDs Mullins mobile APU

A couple weeks ago, AMD flew us down to its Austin, Texas campus for a first look at Mullins and Beema, two low-power APUs aimed at the next wave of Windows tablets and low-cost laptops. Today, we're able to share what we learned from that expedition€”as well as benchmarks from the first Mullins tablet.

Read full article @ The Tech Report

Acer Iconia W4-820-2466 Review

The Acer Iconia W4-820-2466 is a bright, compact 8-inch Windows 8 slate tablet. With a full copy of Microsoft Office Home and Student and almost 10 hours of battery life, it's a viable alternative to carrying an ultraportable laptop to class or meetings.

Read full article @ TechReviewSource.com

AMD Beema and Mullins Low-Power 2014 APUs Tested

A couple of weeks back, we got the chance to get some hands on time with AMD’s upcoming mainstream and low-power APUs (Accelerated Processing Units), codenames Beema and Mullins. These APUs are the successors to last year’s Temash and Kabini APUs, which powered an array of small form factor and mobile platforms. With this release, however, AMD was laser focused on improving power consumption and efficiency, expanding the platform’s capabilities through both hardware and software tweaks, and of course improving performance over the previous generation.

Beema and Mullins are based on the same piece of silicon, but will target different market segments. Beema is the mainstream part that will find its way into affordable notebook, small form factor systems, and mobile devices. Mullins, however, is a much lower-power derivative, designed for tablets and convertible systems...

Read full article @ HotHardware.com

AMD Low-Power APUs: Beema and Mullins Preview

ARM has already established itself as a designer of low-power silicon, and their products and derivatives from manufacturers like Qualcomm are nearly universally found in iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. While five years ago ARM wasn’t recognized as a high performing architecture type, they’ve come a long way with some seriously powerful, low-watt SoCs that we find in tablets like the iPad Air -- the A7 is designed by Apple based on ARM's 28-nanometer ARMv8 architecture.

The Windows and x86 story is different. X86 has always been a performance powerhouse, being the instruction set of choice for the world’s most powerful systems. In recent years, companies like Intel and AMD have been focused on reducing their x86 chips’ power consumption, producing results like Bay Trail and Temash, the former being a highly popular choice for mainstream Windows tablets.

Read full article @ Techspot

ASUS A88X-Pro Motherboard Review

When AMD announced the launch of the new FM2+ based socket for the up coming “Kaveri” APU Processor, manufacturers were in full force with the launch of new motherboards. Over the next few weeks we caught a glimpse of the up coming releases, and its design and aesthetics caught our attention. In the past, we have seen some nice products for the APU socket line, but the motherboards were never as fancy as some of the enthusiast boards we have come to see with the higher end chipsets and processors, like the AMD FX Series, the 990FX chipset line.

With AMD’s FX Series road map unclear, and AMD’s APU series processors rising success, it was only a matter of time before we start to see more enthusiast style motherboards hit the market. Today, we have the pleasure of taking a look at an ASUS motherboard that sports the fancy aesthetics and brings to the table the full enthusiast experience that the APU market has missed out on before.

Today we have the ASUS A88X-Pro Motherboard which runs the flagship A88X chipset. This is one of the 3 chipsets launched for the FM2+ based Kaveri APU. So, the question that most of us have today is does all this fancy aesthetic meet the demands of an enthusiast’s desire? Well today we are going to put the ASUS A88X Motherboard to the test and find out.

Read full article @ PureOverclock

ASUS Maximus VII Hero Preview

ASUS has decided to equip their Hero motherboard with the new Z97 Express chipset from Intel. Other than that ASUS also decided to reposition the Maximus VII Hero on the market and today the Hero doesn't mark the entry into ASUS' ROG class. The Hero comes with a bunch of interesting features and it could be one of these products that perfectly match a sweet spot in case of price/performance.

Read full article @ ocaholic

ASUS Z97-DELUXE Motherboard Hardware Review

Where ASUS really pulls away from their competition is with digital power control for memory and processor, utilizing up to 16 power phases to ensure absolute precision stability. All hardware points are controlled by Dual Intelligent Processors 5, which consists of DIGI+ Power Control, TPU, EPU, Turbo App, and Fan Xpert. ASUS Z97-DELUXE and Z97-PRO models feature dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11ac (a/b/g/n/ac) and BlueTooth 4.0 wireless functionality. In this article Benchmark Reviews showcases the ASUS Z97-DELUXE (NFC & WLC) motherboard, and reveals the many hardware features packed onto this mainstream channel desktop board.

Read full article @ Benchmark Reviews

ASUS Z97-Pro (Wi-Fi AC) Motherboard Preview

The ASUS Z97 Pro (Wi-Fi AC) is the first of the new Intel Z97 chipset motherboards to hit the Legit Reviews bench. The ASUS Z97-PRO (Wi-FI AC) carries an MSRP of $219.99 USD and is considered one of the higher-end Intel Z97 motherboards offered by ASUS
Read on to find out more about this motherboard!

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

CM Storm Sirus-C Gaming Headset Preview

Recently CM Storm, the gaming brand which is part of Cooler Master, announced the latest in their range of Sirus headsets. The Sirus-C is a multi-platform device with 2.2 channel technology and support for PS4; today we take an initial look at one of the first samples available.

Read full article @ HardwareHeaven.com

Corsair Obsidian 450D Mid-Tower Computer Case

Corsair introduced early this year at the CES fair another case to the strong Obsidian lineup: the Obsidian 450D. Being labeled as the smaller 750D variant it blends in perfectly between the existing range from the humongous full-tower 900D model to the cube shaped Obsidian 250D. The 450D model is here to satisfy the need for a spacious interior combined with an optimized air flow, ready to fit crazy customized water cooling equipment. Nevertheless combining this with the sleek looks and design, typical of the Corsair Obsidian series.

Read full article @ Madshrimps

Feenix Dimora Gaming Mousepad Review

Up for review today I have a gaming mousepad from Feenix called the Dimora and I like it a lot, it’s very well made and offers excellent tracking no matter how fast of slow you move. The Dimora is black in color with a rough surface to it but the surface allows the mouse to just glide effortlessly across it. The pad is plastic and it’s fairly plain looking except for the Feenix logo in the right corner, it does have a glossy border and overall it makes for a nice presentation. Read on to learn more…

Read full article @ TestFreaks

Guru3D Rig of the Month April 2014

We just adore hardware. And sometimes some you guys really make a PC that really stands out. We ask you to answer a few simple questions and send in photo's of your rig. Each month we'll have a look at the entries and perhaps pick you and post your PC with photo's and everything here at Guru3D.com

Read full article @ Guru3D

Mionix Naos 7000 and Avior 7000 Optical Gaming Mouse Review

One of the hardest decisions to make when you’re a PC gamer is deciding what kind of mouse you want to use. It’s certainly a tough choice to make, and with good cause. The wrong mouse can be the difference in an excellent gaming experience and a horrible one. Today we’re going to be taking a look at two of the offerings available to you in the gaming mouse world. We’re looking at the Naos 7000 and the Avior 7000. These are two of the latest offerings from the Swedish peripheral maker, Mionix.

Read full article @ TechnologyX

MSI GS70 STEALTH Laptop Review

The GS70 STEALTH is a slim gaming laptop from MSI, with a 17” Full HD screen, fourth-generation Core i7 CPU, a GeForce GTX 765M video card, two SSDs in RAID configuration, Killer network controller, and much more.

Read full article @ Hardware Secrets

MSI Next-Gen GAMING 5 Preview

New products from Intel are on their way, and today, we take our first look at what the next-gen Intel platforms have to offer, starting with MSI's Next-Gen GAMING 5. This 3rd-generation GAMING design by MSI takes all the best of past GAMING products and adds new features to solve some of the problems users ran into with past products, all with a new take on what motherboards have to offer.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

Nanoxia Deep Silence 4 Review

Some of you will remember Nanoxia and today we are going to analyze one of their most interesting cases, which is part of their Deep Silence series. The first model was introduced in 2012 and, in the following year, the company inserted three additional models on the market. Deep Silence 4 is a case for mATX motherboards with very interesting features.

Read full article @ ocaholic

Noctua NH-U14S Review

Recently we reviewed the NH-U12S from Noctua, an efficiently designed tower cooler sized to combat most of the negative aspects that air coolers tend to face and we were pleasantly surprised by the performance. Today we take a look at the much larger NH-U14S from Noctua with a similar focus reasonable sizing and space for RAM and other board components while still bringing that top tier Noctua performance we have all come to expect. Will the U14S improve upon its smaller counterparts numbers or will we be left wanting? Join me to find out.

Read full article @ LanOC Reviews

Raijintek Pallas Low-Profile CPU Cooler Review

Raijintek is a new name in the PC cooling market with coolers designed in Germany. Raijintek is not thoroughly focused primarily on silence but on performance while delivering high-quality builds.

Read full article @ Modders-Inc

ROCCAT Kave XTD 5.1 Digital Gaming Headset Review

A headset of any kind is a very important accessory for your PC. Whether you are gaming or simply listening to music a headset allows you to immerse yourself in what you are doing on your PC. ROCCAT’s original Kave 5.1 headset was a huge hit and their mission with the new Kave XTD 5.1 Digital was to rebuild the successful headset from the ground up. One thing that really sets this headset apart from others is the desktop remote, which acts as an audio command center for your PC. Will this be the best headset we have seen all year? Read on as we find out.

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

Silicon Power 32GB Superior microSDHC UHS-1 Flash Card Review

The new Superior 32GB UHS-1 microSDHC cards from Silicon Power are the new high-speed variants while keeping the same footprint. The current model has rated speeds of 90MB/s reads and 45 MB/s writes and succeeds to distance itself quite a bit from the Class 10 variants. The new cards can be used in old readers too (are backwards compatible) but this way we will not be able to benefit from the enhancements these offer.

Read full article @ Madshrimps

SteelSeries Stratus Wireless Controller for iOS 7

Don’t get me wrong. I fully appreciate the power and convenience that mobile gaming has brought to the table. Playing casual games on our smartphones and tablets has really changed the video game industry as a whole. That said, while swiping around on a touchscreen is perfectly fine for Angry Birds and 2048, I want a real controller if I’m going to play an FPS, beat ‘em up or driving simulation. And one of the newest options to join the fray is the SteelSeries Stratus Wireless Gaming Controller, which takes advantage of the new baked-in controller support in Apple’s iOS 7.

Read full article @ MEGATech

Testing NVIDIA Optimus / DRI PRIME On Ubuntu 14.04

With Ubuntu 14.04 LTS there is improved support for multi-GPU laptops (commonly what's branded as NVIDIA Optimus configurations) where there is a discrete NVIDIA GPU used for high performance workloads to complement the low-power Intel integrated graphics. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS features better support for these Optimus / DRI PRIME configurations on both the open and closed-source graphics drivers. Here's the Ubuntu 14.04 multi-GPU experience along with some OpenGL benchmarks and power consumption numbers between the different configurations.

Now that Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is out the door, I tested it out on a ASUS Zenbook Prime ultrabook with an Ivy Bridge class Intel Core i7 3517U CPU that has HD Graphics 4000 plus a discrete NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M 1GB GPU.

Read full article @ Phoronix