Here a roundup of todays reviews and articles:

ADATA XPG SX8000 PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive Review
AMD Ryzen 5 1400 & 1600 Review
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X and Ryzen 5 1600X (14nm Zen) Review
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X & 1500X CPU Review
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X & 1500X Performance Review
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X & 1500X Processor Review
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X & 1500X Review
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X CPU Review
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Processor First Look
AMD Ryzen 5 CPUs
AMD's Ryzen 5 1600X and Ryzen 5 1500X CPUs reviewed, part one
AORUS GTX 1080 Ti XTREME Edition Review
be quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 Case Review: Chunky But Funky
Cooler Master MasterAir Pro 4 Review
Corsair Sabre RGB Gaming Mouse Review
Gamdias Hermes P1 RGB Test
Kingston Ultimate GT 2TB Flash Drive Review – All that Space!
LG G6 Review: Design Elegance And Efficiency A Winning Combination
MSI Z270i Gaming Pro Carbon AC Motherboard Review
Sound BlasterX Weapons Crate Review
The AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core i5 Review: Twelve Threads vs Four at $250

ADATA XPG SX8000 PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive Review

While we got our first taste of PCI-Express solid state drives in 2016, I feel that 2017 is going to be the year of PCI-Express M.2 solid state drives. Almost every new motherboard that comes out has at least one PCI-Express M.2 slot if not more than that. PCI-Express M.2 drives are extremely fast and take up literally no space inside your case. Today we have ADATA’s first PCI-Express M.2 2280 drive, the XPG SX8000. This drive offers read and write speeds of 2400 MB/s and 1000 MB/s respectively. ADATA is offering the drive in 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB version. We have the 256 GB version in the test system today, let’s see what it can do!

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

AMD Ryzen 5 1400 & 1600 Review

Ryzen 5 follows in the footsteps of Ryzen 7, offering a range of 4core/8thread and 6core/12thread parts that promises to give the mainstream consumers, content creators and gamers excellent performance and highly competitive prices. Today we are looking at the Ryzen 5 line up from the bottom up, the cheapest available CPU is the 1400, which is a 4c/8t CPU clocked at 3.2GHz with a turbo to 3.4GHz, as well as the Ryzen 1600 which is a similarly clocked 6c/12t CPU with a turbo to 3.6GHz. As the 1600 is a 6core part, that means there are two CCX components activated with two cores disabled, this means that the two cores that are enabled, has full access to the shared 8MB L3 cache, giving it a total of 16MB L3 Cache; the same as Ryzen 7.

Read full article @ Vortez

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5 GHz

Today AMD launched their Ryzen 5 processors. We review the $190 Ryzen 5 1500X, which promises to be a cost-effective alternative to sub-$200 Intel models. Thanks to integrated SMT-multithreading and various Boost technologies, overall performance is quite good.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X and Ryzen 5 1600X (14nm Zen) Review

Bringing Ryzen to the mainstream. The first half of 2017 is proving to be an interesting one for AMD. There's promise of next-generation RX Vega graphics coming to a PC in May or June, bringing much-needed competition to the high-end space, and AMD already has a trio of Ryzen eight-core CPUs out in the wild. Excelling in multi-core activity and offering a better bang for buck than Intel, premium Ryzen CPUs have been disruptive.

Yet the real CPU push arrives with Ryzen 5, launched today in 1400, 1500X, 1600 and 1600X flavours. A key difference between these chips and the range toppers is the marketing choice to split Ryzen 5 into four- and six-core models.

Read full article @ Hexus

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X & 1500X CPU Review

We join in on the Ryzen 5 fun with a look at the new Ryzen 5 1600X and 1500X CPUs from AMD. With the Ryzen 5 1600X offering 3.6GHz base (4.0GHz boost) and the 1500X featuring 3.5GHz base (3.7GHz boost) clocks at a MSRP of $249 and $189 USD, respectively, AMD intends on delivering power-packed solutions to budget-minded enthusiasts and gamers.

Read full article @ Neoseeker

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X & 1500X Performance Review

The Ryzen 5 1500X and 1600X may not look like the most impressive CPU's but some surprising benchmark numbers make their price to performance ratio one the best around, beating even the Ryzen 7 series!

Read full article @ Hardware Canucks

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X & 1500X Processor Review

Here we are at the end of Ryzen Part Deux and I have to say that, for the most part, scaling the architecture down does hit on some performance points. As you might expect, the results to show and prove that dropping the core count by 50% on the Ryzen 1500X did reduce performance in multi-threaded benchmarks by close to 50%. No real surprise there since 50% of the core count should equate to roughly 50% of the performance of a similarly clocked Ryzen processor. No real surprises are to be had either when you look at the R5 1600X. It fits that sweet spot right between the R5 1500X and R7 1700 perfectly as a six-core / 12 thread part. The IPC improvements with AMD's Ryzen architecture allow these two lower core count Ryzen 5 offerings to stay ahead of AMD's previous powerhouse, the FX 9590 that is clocked 1.1GHz higher than the R5 1500X right out of the box. The added core count of the R5 1600X pushes that performance envelope higher so that it's more competitive with the Intel product stack in our benchmarks.

Read full article @ OCC

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X & 1500X Review

As we begin to recover from the roller coaster ride that was Ryzen 7, we now have Ryzen 5 to address. AMD has announced four models in this series, including a pair of six-core CPUs as well as two quad-core models. We'll be pitting the sub-$200 1500X against the locked Core i5-7500 and the 1600X against the unlocked 7600K which compete in the $250 price range.

Read full article @ TechSpot

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6 GHz

The Ryzen 5 1600X is AMD's flagship Ryzen 5 processor model. It comes at an affordable $250, with a base clock of 3.6 GHz. Thanks to AMD XFR it will boost up to 4.1 GHz, which helps gain single-threaded performance over Intel's offerings. In our testing the Intel Core i5-7600K looks defeated.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X CPU Review

The Ryzen 5 series tackles the gaming market head on with four- and six-core models with SMT technology and low price points.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Processor First Look

Here is our first look at the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X. This is the top-of-the-line quad-core processor in the AMD Ryzen 5 family, with a large 16 MB L3 cache.

Read full article @ TechARP

AMD Ryzen 5 CPUs

So last month AMD introduced Ryzen to the world with their Ryzen 7 processors. I took a look at all three and also did some more in depth gaming testing. Well, now it's finally time for AMD to introduce the Ryzen 5 CPUs for those who are looking for more of a budget friendly option. A few weeks ago they sent over a kit with the Ryzen 5 1600X and the 1500X and I’ve had a little time to spend with them. So today I’m going to run through the new series then take a look at how the new 4 and 6 core flagships from AMD perform. Then tomorrow I’m going to check out the coolers they bundle with them as well.

Read full article @ LanOC Reviews

AMD's Ryzen 5 1600X and Ryzen 5 1500X CPUs reviewed, part one

AMD's Ryzen 5 CPUs are here. In part one of our review, we go Inside the Second to see whether the Ryzen 5 1600X and Ryzen 5 1500X can hang with Intel's most powerful Core i5 CPUs when we ask them to feed a powerful graphics card.

Read full article @ The Tech Report

AORUS GTX 1080 Ti XTREME Edition Review

Today we'll be exploring the delights of the ferocious GTX 1080 Ti XTREME Edition from AORUS. Just like the GTX 1080 XTREME before it, the Ti version carries a reinvented cooling solution which involves a triple stacked fan arrangement and double copper-base plate engineering. Since we're dealing with an XTREME edition, we also have factory overclocks applied to the GPU and memory, marking this card out as currently one of the fastest GTX 1080 Ti cards available!

Read full article @ Vortez

be quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 Case Review: Chunky But Funky

When it comes to system building, size equals convenience with large full-tower cases offering plenty of room to work with. Since the case market is extremely crowded and competitive however, simply creating a large case for the sake of creating a large case is not enough.

Read full article @ Modders-Inc

Cooler Master MasterAir Pro 4 Review

A likeable CPU cooler that won't break the bank. Considering purchasing a new CPU cooler? Then tread with caution, as it's easy to get carried away and find yourself spending in excess of £100 on a seemingly trivial component. Today's best liquid coolers demand sizeable premiums, as do top-end air solutions from the likes of Noctua, but such lavish cooling is overkill for most users, and it's easy to tame an overclocked chip on a much smaller budget.

With cost effectiveness very much in mind, Cooler Master has introduced a new range of CPU coolers under the MasterAir umbrella. Designed to slot-in above the firm's popular range of mainstream Hyper coolers, MasterAir is initially available in a choice of three flavours; triple-heatpipe Pro 3; quad-heatpipe Pro 4; and range-topping octo-heatpipe Maker 8.

Read full article @ Hexus

Corsair Sabre RGB Gaming Mouse Review

Any serious gamer needs a serious gaming mouse, and there are certainly a lot of them on the market to choose from. Premium vendor Corsair offers no fewer than five such mice, ranging from entry-level (for Corsair) items to multi-button mice for MOBA gaming. Today Benchmark Reviews has in hand one of what Corsair refers to as part of their “lightweight gaming mice” lineup, the Corsair Sabre RGB wired USB gaming mouse, equipped with a 10,000dpi optical sensor and multi-zone RGB lighting.

Read full article @ Benchmark Reviews

Gamdias Hermes P1 RGB Test

OCInside.de hat die Gamdias Hermes P1 RGB Tastatur getestet

Dieses Mal haben wir auf OCinside.de eine weitere mechanische Tastatur im Test. Und zwar die Gamdias Hermes P1 RGB. Zudem gibt es wieder ein Video mit den LED Effekten in unserem OCinside YouTube Channel. Der Hersteller Gamdias besteht nun seit 5 Jahren am Markt und hat eine breite Palette an Gaming Peripherie zu bieten. Von Gamdias erhält man Mäuse, Headsets und sogar Gaming Handschuhe oder wie in diesem Fall Gaming Tastaturen

Read full article @ "Redaktion ocinside.de"

Kingston Ultimate GT 2TB Flash Drive Review – All that Space!

A flash drive was dropped at my door a few days back that, not so long ago, I would never have foreseen. It is the Kingston Ultimate GT USB 3.1 Gen 1 flash drive and its storage capacity is an amazing 2TB. Considering that it is probable twice as thick as a normal flash drive, it’s pretty amazing that I can throw a device in my pocket, capable of containing 34,000 hours of music, 1000 hours of video or 620,000 pictures.

Read full article @ The SSD Review

LG G6 Review: Design Elegance And Efficiency A Winning Combination

LG obviously launched the new LG G6 right in the middle of the marketing buzzsaw that is Samsung's Galaxy S8 launch. And while it's fair to compare the G6 against the backdrop of the Samsung dynamic duo, some of the reviews we've seen so far, in our humble opinion, are unnecessarily critical of LG, largely due to timing. Since when did we become so jaded, like undercover restaurant critics in our own inner circle, that we can't judge a product based on its own merits?

We're here to tell you that the LG G6 is likely a competent alternative to the Samsung Galaxy S8. No doubt, there are caveats, as there will be with Samsung's new bauble. But let's not be so dismissive, shall we? We're going to take a different, more balanced view here.

The LG G6 is, quite simply, a beautifully-designed, premium Android Nougat-driven smartphone - and yep, that's just the lead-in...

Read full article @ HotHardware

MSI Z270i Gaming Pro Carbon AC Motherboard Review

If a Z270 Kaby Lake upgrade is on the horizon then a compact mini-ITX motherboard unlikely to be the first port of call in a market dominated by ATX. However, buyers need not be so hasty to dismiss mini-ITX motherboards of the Z270 generation since most are very well equipped, even for a power user. MSI’s Z270i Gaming Pro Carbon AC illustrates this point well and is an interesting proposition for anyone looking to down-size their PC.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Sound BlasterX Weapons Crate Review

There’s just something about a limited edition bundle that always peaks my interest and Creative Labs has created an awesome bundle to celebrate the release of hot new Sound BlasterX Siege M04 RGB gaming mouse and Vanguard K08 RGB mechanical gaming keyboard. This bundle also includes the new Sound BlasterX AlphaPad mouse pad as an added bonus.

In addition to the attractive bundle of enthusiast level products at a great price, Creative’s marketing team packs them into a numbered hard shell Weapons Crate that definitely looks like it means business. Only 200 of these limited numbered packages are available so read on and don’t hesitate if this is the package for you!

Read full article @ Hardware Asylum

The AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core i5 Review: Twelve Threads vs Four at $250

Since the announcement of AMD’s mid-range offerings, it was clear that Ryzen 5 is going to have some major advantages over its direct price competition. For $250, the top Ryzen 5 1600X gives six cores and twelve threads of AMD’s latest microarchitecture, while $250 will only get you four cores and no extra threads for the same price. Even though the Intel Core i5 based on Kaby Lake will have an instructions-per-clock advantage, it’s a hard hill to climb when the competition has 50% more cores and 300% more threads. In this review, we take the Ryzen 5 1600X and see if it smashes the market wide open.

Read full article @ Anandtech