Here a roundup of todays reviews and articles:

AMD RX VEGA – hit or miss?
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 3 1200 AM4 CPU Review
ASUS ROG Strix XG27VQ Available: 27” Curved, FHD@144Hz & FreeSync w/ELMB
AVADirect Whitebook 16K2 Gaming Laptop Review
Cooler Master MasterPulse MH320 Gaming Headset Review
CORSAIR Hydro Series H115i Liquid CPU Cooler Review
Corsair K68 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
Enermax LIQMAX II 240 Liquid CPU AIO CPU Cooler Review
Fedora + Plasma + Unity = Nice looks?
Fractal Design Define C TG (Tempered Glass) Case Review
Gigabyte Aorus X5 v7 Review: Overclockable GTX 1070 Laptop Beast
Gigabyte X399 Aorus Gaming 7 Review
GPU Charts 2017 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB
HyperX Alloy Elite Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review
MSI X299 SLI Plus
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB and 2TB Performance Review
Samsung Portable SSD T5 Review (500GB/2TB) - The Industry Standard
The Corsair Neutron NX500 (400GB) PCIe SSD Review: Big Card, Big Pricetag
TP-Link Deco M5 review: affordable mesh

AMD RX VEGA – hit or miss?

Earlier this week Luke Hill reviewed AMD RX Vega64. Due to tight time constraints we didn’t get our Vega56 review published in time, but its underway as we speak.Today Luke takes a look at VEGA at this point – the crazy prizes, performance characteristics and the noise levels. For those interested – very soon we publish some tests and results we managed to run on the upcoming custom ASUS RX Vega card – but more on that later this week.

Read full article @ KitGuru

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 3 1200 AM4 CPU Review

With the release of the AMD Ryzen 3 CPUs, the entire Ryzen CPU family is finally complete. Unlike the Ryzen 7s which will find home in high-end PCs and the Ryzen 5s which are a great bang-for-buck mainstream performance CPU, the new Ryzen 3s offer something that AMD has not had in a while

Read full article @ Modders-Inc

ASUS ROG Strix XG27VQ Available: 27” Curved, FHD@144Hz & FreeSync w/ELMB

ASUS is about to start shipments of its ROG Strix XG27VQ display — an inexpensive curved 27” screen with a high refresh rate and AMD’s FreeSync technology designed for gamers and modders. The monitor has all the features that one expects from the ROG trademark as well as one brand new tech from ASUS, the so-called Extreme Low Motion Blur (ELMB). Besides, the XG27VQ is among the first monitors to have the ASUS Aura RGB lighting on the back along with a customizable light signature projector on the bottom. With the launch of the ROG Strix XG27VQ, ASUS not only releases a moderately-sized curved LCD, but also makes a ROG-branded monitor more accessible since the new model costs $349.99. The product will soon be joined by a  more advanced ROG Swift PG27VQ.

ASUS is gradually expanding its family of curved monitors. Unlike some of its rivals, the company started introduction of curved displays into its lineup from the very high-end with the ultra-wide ROG Swift PG348Q aimed at gamers in mid-2016. Since then, the company has released two curved Designo displays for those looking for style, a couple of inexpensive curved monitors for gamers and even the ROG Swift PG35VQ (the successor of the PG348Q) with a 200 Hz refresh rate, HDR and quantum dots. One of the distinguishable features of all ASUS’ curved displays so far was their diagonal size: all of them were 32” and larger. While some argue that curvature makes sense only for very large monitors, there are manufacturers, which produce considerably smaller curved screens.

Read full article @ Anandtech

AVADirect Whitebook 16K2 Gaming Laptop Review

Many vendors add a bit too much gamer flare to their thin and light gaming laptops. AVADirect does the opposite with the Whitebook 16K2.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Cooler Master MasterPulse MH320 Gaming Headset Review

As we mentioned in our review of the Cooler Master MasterSet MS120, Cooler Master is launching some very inexpensive gaming accessories to get you going. When building a new PC one of the last things you think about is the accessories, but they are needed and you want products that are going to perform, not a 5-year old keyboard and earbuds that came with your phone. That is where the Cooler Master MasterPulse MH320 comes in. This large headset is ready for all of your gaming situations with large over the ear ear cups, a comfortable self-adjusting headband, and and fold away boom microphone. Let’s take a look!

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

CORSAIR Hydro Series H115i Liquid CPU Cooler Review

Thanks to its impressive performance and affordable price tag the latest Hydro Series 280mm H115i Liquid CPU Cooler by CORSAIR is the ideal choice for gamers, enthusiasts and professionals who place cooling efficiency and price before all else.

Read full article @ Nikktech

Corsair K68 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

The Corsair K68 is a full size mechanical keyboard featuring genuine Cherry MX Red switches, full keyboard backlighting, support for their powerful Corsair Utility Engine software driver, and IP32 rated dust and spill resistance - all at a sub-$100 price point.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

Enermax LIQMAX II 240 Liquid CPU AIO CPU Cooler Review

Enermax is extremely proud of its Liqmax II 240 CPU AIO cooler. It is one of the few coolers you will find that it proudly displays its TDP rating right on the front of the box, which happens to be "350W+." With its Batwing fan blades, ceramic bearing pump, and Shunt-Channel-Technology it is a sure winner, right? Let's find out.

Read full article @ HardOCP

Fedora + Plasma + Unity = Nice looks?

Geeks just wanna have MORE fun: here's a short article about the Unity transformation pack for the Plasma desktop environment, including KDE 5.9 setup, theme setup, basic tweaks, look & feel, inconsistencies, and why you should not do this in the first place. Explore away.

Read full article @ Dedoimedo

Fractal Design Define C TG (Tempered Glass) Case Review

Fractal Design has earned a very good reputation for its quality cases, but until very recently the company had refrained from joining the latest market trend and using tempered glass panels. That looks to have changed, however, as today we are looking at the Define C TG (Tempered Glass) chassis, a compact full-ATX chassis that wastes no space yet retains plenty of worthwhile features.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Gigabyte Aorus X5 v7 Review: Overclockable GTX 1070 Laptop Beast

Gigabyte’s enthusiast gamer brand, Aorus, has never skimped on hardware for their top-of-the-line laptops. The brand new Aorus X5 v7 is no exception: it brings an overclockable Intel Kaby Lake CPU, powerful GeForce GTX 1070 graphics and even a high-resolution display to a sleek and compact chassis. While it doesn’t qualify as an Nvidia Max-Q laptop, the extra size that pushes it just above Max-Q spec has ensured an uncompromised gaming experience.

For hardware, we’re looking at a quad-core Intel Core i7-7820HK processor; and yes, that is a K-suffix, indicating the CPU can be overclocked. GTX 1070 graphics with 8GB of GDDR5 is paired with a high-resolution G-Sync display: either 2880 x 1620 or, in the case of our review unit, 4K resolution. 16GB of RAM is standard, but again Aorus went all out with their review unit, kicking that up to 32GB. Storage comprises of an M.2 SSD and a hard drive.

Read full article @ TechSpot

Gigabyte X399 Aorus Gaming 7 Review

We review the Gigabyte X399 Aorus Gaming 7, this motherboard for Ryzen Threadripper processors has five PCI-Express x16 slots, an array of OC buttons as well as a diagnostic POST LED and thee m2 slots. She is pretty alright, we'll have a lot to talk about.

Read full article @ Guru3D

GPU Charts 2017 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB

Our GPU charts contain benchmark results of recent graphics cards. We've tested each card with at 1080p, 1440p and 2160p. Apart from that we also show live price tags for all models, temperatures, noise levels and power consumption.

Read full article @ ocaholic

HyperX Alloy Elite Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review

I’m not a professional gamer but gaming takes significant part of my free time. I’m also not reviewing keyboards often but I’m using them everyday and as every user I have my favourite type of hardware which is the best for my needs or fits into the best performance to price category.

In this review we will present the latest HyperX Alloy Elite mechanical gaming keyboard which is designed for the most demanding gamers. Let’s check what a typical gamer has to say about this keyboard.

As usual we will start from couple of words from manufacturer.

Read full article @ FunkyKit

MSI X299 SLI Plus

If you aren’t into flashy builds or if you are building a PC to be used in an office environment it seems like it is getting harder and harder to find simple but feature filled motherboards. Thankfully a few of the manufacturers like MSI have Pro focused lines. This is especially important with X299, a platform that overall seems better focused on workstation builds. Well MSI just happened to send over the X299 SLI Plus from their Pro lineup and today I’m going to check it out and see what it has going on.

Read full article @ LanOC Reviews

Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB and 2TB Performance Review

Samsung today announced their newest Portable Solid State Drive (PSSD), the Samsung Portable SSD T5. This portable SSD uses the latest 64-layer V-NAND technology and USB 3.1 Gen 2 interface to get up to 540 MB/s sequential read and up to 515 MB/s sequential write speeds. Read on to see if we can hit these speeds on a PC with the proper USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports!

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

Samsung Portable SSD T5 Review (500GB/2TB) - The Industry Standard

Our report today is on Samsung’ newest T5 2TB and 500GB SSDs, and at this point in the game, few might argue that Samsung sets the industry standard in all that is SSD. Including a 2TB capacity into their newest T5 release, as they did for the T3 prior, one might say that 2TB is also the norm… but knowing what capacity they could fit into their palm-sized external T5 SSD would blow your mind. It all comes into play with their newest 64-Layer V-NAND flash technology.

Read full article @ The SSD Review

The Corsair Neutron NX500 (400GB) PCIe SSD Review: Big Card, Big Pricetag

Today were taking a look at Corsairs Neutron NX500 SSD . This is the companys second PCIe SSD, again based on the Phison E7 controller, but this time distinguishing itself with a custom heatsink, larger overprovisioning than almost any consumer SSD, and twice the DRAM cache of a typical consumer SSD. The price tag matches the premium specifications, but the real-world performance does not justify the premium.

Read full article @ Anandtech

TP-Link Deco M5 review: affordable mesh

Slowly but surely there are more and more mesh-systems available. After Linksys, TP-Link also follows suit with their Deco M5-system. Remarkable is that Deco, despite having three nodes, is a lot cheaper than the competitors we have covered thus far. This is in part thanks to the more straightforward technical implementation, which makes us wonder: has TP-Link found the middle-ground between affordable wireless coverage and performance?

Read full article @ Hardware.Info