Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

AMD Radeon RX 470 4GB Review
AMD Radeon RX 470 Graphics card Review
AMD Radeon RX 470 Review
AMD Radeon RX 470 Review: Polaris Gets Even More Affordable
AMD RX 470 Review (ASUS STRIX)
AMD's Radeon RX 470 graphics card reviewed
Arctic Liquid Freezer 120 AIO Water Cooler Review
Asus Radeon RX 470 Strix Gaming OC 4GB Review
ASUS Radeon RX 470 STRIX OC 4 GB
Asus RX 470 Strix Gaming OC Aura RGB 4GB
Cryorig R1 Ultimate Review: The Cooling Force of Mass + Acceleration
GAINWARD GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix GS 8GB Graphics Card Review
HyperX Cloud Revolver Pro Gaming Headset Review
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal) Review
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal 12 GB
OnePlus 3 Review: The real 2016 flagship killer
PowerColor Red Devil RX 470 Graphics Card Review
Sapphire Nitro+ RX 470 OC Graphics Card Review
Sapphire RX 470 Nitro + OC 4GB Review
The AMD Radeon RX 470 4GB Review
Western Digital Adds Helium-Filled WD Gold 10 TB HDD to Lineup
XFX Radeon RX 470 4GB Black Edition Video Card Review
XFX RX 470 RS Black Edition

AMD Radeon RX 470 4GB Review

We love to lust after the latest high-end hardware. It’s in our DNA. But just as most coffee enthusiasts can only dream of owning a $7000 La Marzocco, Titan X cards are simply beyond most gamers’ budgets. In fact, according to the July 2016 Steam hardware

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AMD Radeon RX 470 Graphics card Review

We review the MSI Radeon RX 470 Gaming X, and this round it is fitted with 8 GB of graphics memory. The Radeon RX 470 with 4 GB and 8 GB graphics memory is bound to impress for the money. Join us in this article where we'll tell you all about its performance and features. This mainstream graphics card series will allow you to play your games in both the Full HD 1080P range and perhaps a game or two as well in the WQHD (2560x1440) range for a price of under 200 USD and all that at a very reasonable price as well. See, the 4 GB variant will start selling at $179 / 200 EURO. At the Full HD domain, 4 GB we feel is plenty of graphics memory. These cards come with 2048 shader processors and are clocked at a dynamic boost frequency of up-to 1206 MHz on the reference cards.

In this review we'll look at temperatures, noise, performance and go with the latest game titles on the globe.

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AMD Radeon RX 470 Review

The RX 470 should be an exciting product for a few reasons. First, this is an affordable sub-$200 GPU within the reach of most gamers. Coming from the first Polaris 10 board, we expect this to be an extremely capable 1080p gamer while 1440p should also be playable. The RX 470 also only comes in a 4GB version, which I personally feel is the right choice here.

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AMD Radeon RX 470 Review: Polaris Gets Even More Affordable

AMD has released virtually all of the Radeon RX 470's pertinent details over the last few weeks. If you've been paying attention to the graphics space lately, there's a good chance you're already familiar with the Radeon RX 470's GPU configuration, specifications, pricing, and expected performance levels.

Today though, we're able put the final pieces of the puzzle together and reveal what AMD's board partners have in store for the Radeon RX 470 and we've got an array of benchmarks and other related data to share as well...

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AMD RX 470 Review (ASUS STRIX)

Those who like to view the latest high-def content on Netflix and Amazon can do so over HDMI 2.0b and DisplayPort 1.4 and the RX series supports HDR both in gaming and video playback. Streamers will look to use the built in GPU compute functionality which works with leading capture software such as OBS, minimising CPU use and maximising performance. Then, as far as VR goes, Polaris is fully compatible with Oculus Rift and HTC Vive and through features such as native support for asynchronous compute should offer optimal performance.

TrueAudio Next is also built into this product, offering real-time GPU audio physics processing and AMD’s software is also receiving a few tweaks, one of the most notable being the launch of Radeon WattMan. An overclocking and tweaking experience for enthusiasts. Fine tune the graphics card to your exact power, thermal and acoustic needs in a much more advanced way than previous cards/control panels allowed.

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AMD's Radeon RX 470 graphics card reviewed

AMD's Radeon RX 470 graphics card uses a slightly cut-down Polaris GPU to deliver a big jump in performance at the $180-and-up price point. We extensively tested the card to find out just how much those cuts hurt.

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Arctic Liquid Freezer 120 AIO Water Cooler Review

Several manufacturers have released so called All-in-one water coolers in the past couple of years. The Swiss cooling expert Arctic also expanded into this segment. Today we test the compact 120mm cooler Arctic Liquid Freezer 120 on OCinside.de.

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Asus Radeon RX 470 Strix Gaming OC 4GB Review

The second-rung Polaris examined. The AMD Radeon RX 480 came into town in late June laden with the promise of an excellent bang for buck. It's taken a while for partners to get hold of the Polaris 10 GPU, though the stock situation is now becoming slightly better. Our pick of the initial RX 480 bunch is the £200 Sapphire Nitro 4GB. It's a card that offers a solid experience at a 1440p resolution in the latest games.

AMD made no secret that it planned to distill the Polaris architecture down to even more agreeable price points. The first prong of this strategy is to release the RX 470 at a lower price point for those that can't quite justify the $200 price tag of its bigger brother.

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ASUS Radeon RX 470 STRIX OC 4 GB

Even as NVIDIA has a somewhat top-down approach to the market with this generation by launching its top-performing "Pascal" GPUs in quick succession, including the "big chip" with the recent TITAN X Pascal, AMD's approach appears to be the opposite - bottom-up. The company debuted its "Polaris" architecture with GPUs that target the most voluminous market segment, $100-300, which AMD says to constitute the vast majority of discrete GPU sales.

Following up on the June launch of its $199-239 Radeon RX 480, AMD is launching the second, cheaper GPU based on the "Polaris" architecture, the Radeon RX 470. This SKU's price is expected to be below $200, although some custom-design cards, such as the ASUS Radeon RX 470 STRIX 4 GB we're reviewing today, could go slightly over it. This could confuse buyers because the 4 GB variant of the faster RX 480 is priced at $199 and gives you more performance.

The Radeon RX 470 is based on the same Polaris 10 "Ellesmere" silicon as the RX 480, featuring fewer shaders and lower clock speeds. The chip features 32 out of the 36 Graphics CoreNext (GCN) compute units (CUs) physically present on the chip, which makes for 2,048 stream processors. The TMU count is proportionately lowered to 128. The memory bus is untouched at 256-bit GDDR5, and the ROP count stays at 32. Reference clock speeds are set at 928 MHz core and 1206 MHz boost, and the memory runs at 6.6 Gbps, which works out to a bandwidth of 211 GB/s. ASUS overclocked its Radeon RX 470 STRIX graphics card to feature a boost frequency of 1270 MHz and left the memory untouched.

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Asus RX 470 Strix Gaming OC Aura RGB 4GB

Today is the second of AMD’s recent graphics card releases. While AMD sampled reference solutions for RX 480, they are relying on partner cards for the RX 470 launch. Today we take a close up look at the Asus RX 470 Strix Gaming which arrives with a custom cooler, RGB lighting and enhanced ‘out of the box’ speeds.

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Cryorig R1 Ultimate Review: The Cooling Force of Mass + Acceleration

Having a large surface area to transfer heat into is an easy solution when creating a CPU air cooler. There has been a lot of demand for smarter designs over the past few years however, incorporating  creative solutions that squeezes cooling efficiency further on smaller space to create greater thermal headroom. For CRYORIG's flagship R1 Ultimate CPU cooler, the solution … Read more.

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GAINWARD GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix GS 8GB Graphics Card Review

With VR gaming advertised 24/7 not only by VR headset manufacturers but also by both NVIDIA and AMD in order to promote their newest graphics cards (GeForce GTX 1080/1070/1060 models by NVIDIA and Radeon RX480/470/460 models by AMD) and even system builders it doesn't really come as a surprise that everyone's looking to get ready for this "revolution". Now we do all believe that VR gaming has come a long way since the models released in the early 2000's and can help gamers experience their favorite games like never before (can also be used in medical and professional applications) but it still feels that it has a long way to go before it becomes the means to really immerse ourselves into that world (full dive systems perhaps?). Still right now this is what current technology has to offer and so owning a graphics card capable of handling one of the new and upcoming VR headsets actually makes sense especially from a gamers perspective. That being said no matter how one feels about NVIDIA the GeForce GTX 1080 currently sits at the top of the charts but since it's still quite expensive for most people today we're going to test the GeForce GTX 1070 Phoenix GS (Golden Sample) 8GB model by Gainward which promises similar performance levels (through a substantial factory overclock) but at a much lower price point.

Gainward was founded in 1984 with a commitment to develop the most advanced graphics accelerators in the industry and ensuring the highest level of customer satisfaction. Received great reputation for manufacturing of leading edge products for the enthusiastic market. Gainward “Golden Sample” (GS) and “Golden Sample Goes Like Hell” (GS-GLH) are two signature synonyms for aggressive over-clocked and extreme over-clocked graphics cards in the gaming society. As one of the top graphics cards leading brands, Gainward continues to provide cutting edge products with excellent quality. Furthermore, Gainward brand name symbolizes our belief in gaining trusts and respects from our valued customers. With Headquarter based in Taipei, Taiwan, factory in Shenzhen, China and European Headquarter in Munich, Germany. Gainward is ambitious to address worldwide market and cooperates closely with its globally localized channel partners.

The GeForce GTX 1070 is based on a cut-down version of NVIDIA's brand new Pascal architecture (GP104 processor) and so unlike the more powerful GeForce GTX 1080 this model features 1920 CUDA cores, 120 TMUs (texture mapping units), 64 ROPs (raster operations pipelines) and a 256 bit memory interface along with a total of 8GB GDDR5 RAM clocked at 2GHz (8GHz effective). Of course even though this is a cut-down version of the GP104 processor it still offers the same technologies including Fast Sync (eliminates frame-tearing), Simultaneous Multi-Projection (optimal surround-view output), Ansel (in-game snapshots), HDR (10/12-bit High-dynamic-range imaging) and Asynchronous Compute (ability to run graphics and compute workloads concurrently). Much like most factory overclocked cards thanks to its custom dual-fan cooling system the Phoenix GS (Golden Sample) GeForce GTX 1070 by Gainward features a good performance boost (compared to the "stock" founders edition model) so the base clock is set at 1671MHz (165MHz over the stock base clock) while the memory clock is set at 2127MHz (125MHz over the stock clock).

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HyperX Cloud Revolver Pro Gaming Headset Review

When Kingston Technology first launched the HyperX line back in 2002 we knew exactly what we were in for, high end memory with a focus on enthusiasts. That’s why when the first HyperX Cloud gaming headset was released in 2014 it flew a bit under the radar.

That doesn’t happen anymore, their Cloud II may be the best gaming headset for the money on the market today. In this review we will be looking at the latest offering from HyperX, the Cloud Revolver Pro Gaming headset. Dubbed the Ultimate Gaming Stereo Headset, the HyperX Cloud Revolver has a lot to live up too!

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Nvidia Titan X (Pascal) Review

In this article we'll look at something that rises like Phoenix, the new generation Nvidia Titan X based on that all new Pascal GPU. Armed with 12GB of GDDR5X graphics memory and that all new GP102 GPU we are certain, we're gonna break some records today as it is a first and true 4K60 GPU.

There is no way of denying it, the 'new' Nvidia Titan X has been released a little silent and perhaps may I name it awkward ? See Nvidia this week made the Pascal iteration of the Titan X available on the market, you can purchase it from selected system builders as well as their website. Now I called this a bit backwards as two days ago I was talking to a staff member about the Titan X. And he said, "huh, but the Titan X is already in your benchmark charts ever since last year" ... and that's the awkward bit. See Nvidia released a 'new' Titan X, the 'older' one was released back in March 2015 and it is based on Maxwell GPU architecture. The new model comes with the new Pascal GP 102 graphics processor and faster memory. That GP102 graphics processor features 3584 shader cores and has been tied towards 12GB of GDDR5X memory running over a 384-bit bus, a product that is selling for give or take $1200. You have been able to see very few reviews on this new product, Nvidia really isn't aiming at gamers with this release. it is supposed to be a professional series or pro-sumer product aimed at deep-learning, really that is what this iteration of Pascal GP102 is about. But we all know (including Nvidia) that a product like this will be worshipped and embraced by many gamers in the sense of haing that Ferrari in their PC opposed to the Porche. As such for gamers the new Nvidia Titan X isn't even going to make much sense as at 1920x1080 you'll be hugely limited by your processor, yes even the fastest eight and 10 core processors will not be able to keep up properly. The few gamers that can and will purchase this product will need to focus at Ultra HD gaming mostly. Below that resolution, honestly .. go look at a GTX 1070 or 1080. The Pascal GP102 , fabbed at a 16 nm node with fins, that smaller 16 nm FinFET fabrication process works out really well for Nvidia. The 1060, 1070 and 1080 have been a high clocked success story ever since their launch. Meanwhile the Gp102 really wasn't supposed to be launched already (we think), but it is the Summer of 2016 and both AMD and Nvidai decided to unleash everything and anything that normally launches in an entire year, within a 3 month time-frame.

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NVIDIA Titan X Pascal 12 GB

NVIDIA released their new Pascal based Titan X earlier this week. It is based on a brand-new GP102 graphics processor, which is even more power efficient than the one in GTX 1080. In our review of this $1200 card, we take a closer look at whether there is a way to justify the purchase somehow.

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OnePlus 3 Review: The real 2016 flagship killer

The OnePlus 3 is a superb piece of hardware at a very affordable price point. This 5.5-inch handset is powered by a Snapdragon 820 SoC, and there’s a huge 6 GB of RAM complemented by 64 GB of storage as standard, a fingerprint scanner, and a 16MP rear camera with OIS. It's not just the hardware that impresses: OnePlus has finally ditched their ludicrous invite system too.

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PowerColor Red Devil RX 470 Graphics Card Review

PowerColor’s Red Devil series has quickly gained a reputation for being some of the fastest factory overclocked versions of popular AMD graphics products like the R9 390. The company’s latest endeavour is no different and utilises the highest boost clock I’ve encountered on an RX 470 aftermarket solution. Of course, it’s still early days and other partners could reach a higher figure but the likelihood of this occurring is quite slim. The PowerColor Red Devil RX 470 features two BIOS modes which you can cycle between using a manual switch. The more conservative profile opts for a 1220MHz boost while the ultimate overclock mode races ahead to 1270MHz. To put this into perspective, the 1270MHz boost is 10MHz faster out-of-the-box than the highly-acclaimed Sapphire Nitro+ RX 470 OC. Clearly, PowerColor’s stringent selection of Polaris 10 chips is paying dividends and allowing them to include the samples with superior overclocking headroom.

Even though the RX 480 is an affordable proposition, a large number of consumers have a tight budget and cannot justify spending the extra on a graphics card. I’ve always advised consumers to purchase the best graphics card with a particular budget until the price to performance ratio plummets, and the RX 470’s appeal, especially when it comes to high-end versions will greatly depend on the launch price. At the time of writing, I’ve not received official confirmation of the PowerColor Red Devil RX 470’s price but it’s probably going to remain fairly close to the RX 480. If this is the case, I hope the RX 470 is able to keep up with its bigger brother and try to warrant the minor price difference. Putting that concern aside, I’ve always enjoyed PowerColor’s Red Devil brand and expect their premium variant of the RX 470 to outperform cheaper models by a decent margin.

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Sapphire Nitro+ RX 470 OC Graphics Card Review

The RX 480 is AMD’s flagship product in the Polaris range and designed to make premium VR gaming more accessible to a mainstream audience. While a great deal of media publicity surrounds higher-end products like the GTX 1080, it’s important to remember that this is a niche section of the market. According to AMD’s internal research, a staggering 84% opt for a graphics card within the $100-$300 price range. Up to this point, the overwhelming majority of affordable graphics card struggled to cope with the vigorous demands of modern games especially when using a 1440P or ultrawide monitor. Thankfully, the RX 480’s astounding price to performance ratio encourages more people to give the PC platform a try and ensure those with a tighter budget can still enjoy a rewarding experience. Of course, there is competition from the recently launched GTX 1060 and it will be interesting to compare the performance results. Sadly, the RX 480’s launch was overshadowed by reports of the card exceeding the PCI-E power specification although this has since been rectified in a driver update. Also, the stock cooler wasn’t great which resulted in temperatures around 85C. This restricted the overclocking headroom substantially and the noise output from the blower design left a lot to be desired. After speaking to AMD, they’ve acknowledged that AIB partners will produce better designs and the reference model was simply a way of introducing the Polaris series.

When it comes to aftermarket AMD solutions, Sapphire is up there with the best and has a long standing history of designing a number of impeccable coolers. The Tri-X and Nitro graphics cards quickly gained a reputation for their extraordinary build quality and low temperatures. The company’s latest endeavour is already catching people’s attention and looks like a major upgrade compared to the RX 480’s default configuration. Sapphire’s custom version supports two profiles; a silent mode which prioritises quiet operation and features a 1266MHz clock. Selecting the boost mode, allows you to acquire a maximum speed of 1342MHz. Please note this is for the 8GB model and a cheaper 4GB edition supports a boost up to 1306MHz. Other notable additions include removable fans, a stylish yet subtle RGB lighting system and new dual ball bearing fan design. Priced at £249.95, the Sapphire Nitro+ RX 480 OC is only £27.96 more than the cheapest XFX reference unit and is much cheaper than I initially envisioned. This raises the question, is the Sapphire Nitro+ RX 480 OC the best value graphics card on the market today? Let’s find out!

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Sapphire RX 470 Nitro + OC 4GB Review

Yesterday AMD launched their new RX 470 graphics card, and we were on hand to cover the Asus Strix Gaming OC solution. Today we take a look at the new Sapphire RX 470 Nitro + OC 4GB which features a custom dual fan cooler with enhanced core and memory clock speeds.

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The AMD Radeon RX 470 4GB Review

If I would say that I wanted to have a frank discussion about entry-level graphics cards, many of you would likely respond with a resounding “Yeah, let’s not”. You’ll then go on to read about the affordable yet high-flying RX 480 or the equally impressive GTX 1060 and call it a day. Historically the reason for this reaction was pretty straightforward: the GPUs within the $200 to $300 are typically the ones which provide the most bang for your buck. With the RX 470 AMD is attempting to change that equation in a big way, by providing a low cost gaming solution but not offering up performance like a sacrificial lamb.

The sub-$200 segment has always been an interesting one for graphics cards and I use the term “interesting” loosely. Truth be told, it’s been likened to the garbage bin of GPU performance since cards within it may be low priced but paying just a few bucks more usually netted you a much better gaming experience. Nonetheless, it is here where vendors achieve their volume shipments. These are the GPUs bought by the vast majority of budding gamers, are included in many pre-configured off the shelf systems, populate thousands of computers in Asia’s “PC Bang” facilities and are the darlings of eSports leagues. That’s a massive potential market for the AMD RX 470 and with its specifications and feature set, there’s a good chance it could become a dominating presence in short order.

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Western Digital Adds Helium-Filled WD Gold 10 TB HDD to Lineup

Western Digital has this week introduced its new 10TB datacenter-class helium-filled WD Gold hard drive. This drive, according to WD, boasts higher performance compared to its predecessor combined with lower power consumption. The new WD Gold 10 TB will be Western Digital’s flagship HDD for data-centers and will compete against hard drives of similar capacity from Seagate and HGST.

The WD Gold 10 TB drive (WD101KRYZ) shares the hermetically-sealed 3.5” platform with the WD Gold 8 TB, which was introduced earlier this year. The new drive is based on multiple PMR (perpendicular magnetic recording) platters, features a 7200 RPM spindle speed, a double-size 256 MB DRAM cache and is based on the SATA 6 Gbps interface (right now, WD does not offer Gold HDDs with SAS interface). Just like the other WD Gold HDDs, the new 10 TB model was designed for a variety of server applications, including small to medium-scale machines, as well as rack-mount data center servers and storage enclosures. The drive is promoted as being optimized for RAID environments and supports enhanced RAFF technology that protects against vibration (by monitoring linear and rotational vibration in real time) as well as head positioning system with two actuators, which increases positional accuracy. In addition, the WD Gold 10 TB also supports time-limited error recovery technology (TLER), which prevents drive fallout caused by extended HDD error recovery processes.

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XFX Radeon RX 470 4GB Black Edition Video Card Review

Now that the AMD Radeon RX 480 video card has been successfully rolled out for $199 on the 4GB model and $249 for the 8GB model, AMD’s able to shift focus on bringing their 14nm FinFET GPU technology down to lower price points. The next card AMD will be releasing launched earlier today and that would be the Radeon RX 470 4GB graphics card at $179. This card is aimed at 1080P gamers that are looking for 60+ FPS performance on AAA game titles with Anti-Aliasing enabled.

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XFX RX 470 RS Black Edition

The dust has hardly settled and cards still aren’t in stock consistently from the RX 480 launch, but it's already time for AMD to introduce their next card, the RX 470. The RX 470 is based on Polaris 10 GPU like the RX 480 but its GPU has a slightly lower number of stream processors. All in all, where the RX 480 was promoted as a premium VR card, the RX 470 is their HD gaming card. There aren’t going to be reference cards in this model, so today I’m actually going to be taking a look at the XFX RX 470 RS Black Edition. This is XFX’s highest overclocked RX 470 so we should get a good look at the highest possible performance from the RX 470 platform to see how it compares to our reference RX 480 and the GTX 1060.

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