Here a roundup of todays reviews and articles:

A Bridge too far: migrating from Sandy to Kaby Lake
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X flagship listed at €519 in Europe
AMD Ryzen processor box art revealed by Thai retailer
Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 6 Chassis Review
Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 6 Review
Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro L RGB Review
Corsair K95 RGB Platinum Keyboard Review
Crucial MX300 525GB SSD Review
Dell XPS 13 2-In-1 Review: Portable And Flexible Living On The Infinity Edge
Epiphan AV.io 4K Review
GeIL Super Luce DDR4-3000 16GB Memory Kit Review
Genius Scorpion M8-610 Mouse Review: Clicker's Delight
Gigabyte Xtreme Gaming XTC700 CPU Cooler Review
Qnap TS-231P Review
Radeon Fury X vs. GeForce GTX 980 Ti: Are They Still Worth Buying?
Review: Linksys Velop Mesh Wi-Fi Router System
Sniper Elite 4 PC graphics performance benchmark Review
Sniper Elite 4: Performance Analysis
Thermalright True Spirit 140 Direct Slim-Tower CPU Cooler Review
WD Black 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD Review
Z270/Z170 Motherboard Charts: 25 Models tested - ASUS ROG Strix Z270I Gaming

A Bridge too far: migrating from Sandy to Kaby Lake

The question of whether it's worth upgrading from Intel's Sandy Bridge chips accompanies every new TR CPU review. For one TR contributor, the arrival of Kaby Lake finally motivated him to make a move. See what the upgrade to a more modern platform did for him.

Read full article @ The Tech Report

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X flagship listed at €519 in Europe

There are plenty of rumors regarding AMD's upcoming Ryzen CPUs floating around and the latest one shows some of those SKUs listed in Europe, including the flagship Ryzen 7 1800X CPU priced at €519 ex. VAT.

Originally spotted by Videocardz.com, a Belgian retailer/e-tailer has listed a couple of AMD Ryzen SKUs, with prices listed at €319 ex. VAT for the Ryzen 7 1700 SKU, €409 ex. VAT for the Ryzen 7 1700X and €519 ex. VAT for the flagship Ryzen 7 1800X. With a 21 percent VAT in Belgium, these prices add up to €386, €495 and €628, respectively.

Read full article @ Fudzilla

AMD Ryzen processor box art revealed by Thai retailer

And another European retailer spills its high end Ryzen 7 prices. Another day, another AMD Ryzen leak / rumour / news morsel… or two. Particularly interesting today we see what is claimed to be an AMD Ryzen box art matrix from Thailand. The web images don't only show the products which will be soon on sale but the prices, in Thai Baht naturally. In a similar vein a Belgian online retailer has let slip its prices for the AMD Ryzen 7 range of CPUs.

Read full article @ Hexus

Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 6 Chassis Review

Do you love high-end gaming PCs? We're guessing you do, and do you love them with big hulking carry handles, lairy LED lighting and aggressive aesthetics that make your gaming system look as savage as its performance? Then we've got good news, Cooler Master already have that chassis and it's brilliant, check out our review of the MasterCase Maker 5t, or even the Pro 5, you can't go wrong. However, what if you're the kind of person who wants high-performance, but prefers the looks of a Bentley over a Zonda? That's where the MasterCase Pro 6 comes into play, the same high-end hardware support, but a much sleeker exterior finish and a focus on quieter acoustics, for those who would rather shy away from the visually louder “gamer” aesthetics.

Read full article @ eTeknix

Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 6 Review

Here at KitGuru we have eagerly followed the various MasterCases and MasterBoxes that Cooler Master have released over the last year or two. Today we are looking at the brand-new MasterCase Pro 6. It is priced at £139.99 here in the UK, so a key part of this review will be finding out if this is good value for money.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro L RGB Review

Taking inspiration from their popular Quick Fire XTi mechanical keyboard, the MasterKeys Pro L RGB gets re-engineered to accommodate the largest and brightest LEDs available for a vibrant and colourful shine that is aided by the reflective metal backplate.

Read full article @ Vortez

Corsair K95 RGB Platinum Keyboard Review

What is the main reason to spend money on a “gaming” mechanical keyboard vs a regular keyboard? With membrane based gaming keyboards, your purchase depends mainly on features that you can only utilize during gameplay. But with a gaming mechanical keyboard, your priorities in performance to value are more broad. You’re looking for a long life keyswitch that offers tactile feel and a comfortable typing experience as well. This is what we should all look for in a gaming mechanical keyboard, does the K95 Platinum live up to these expectations? We’ll find out in this article for Benchmark Reviews.

Read full article @ Benchmark Reviews

Crucial MX300 525GB SSD Review

We review the Crucial MX300 525GB SSD that leverages new components like Micron's TLC 3D-NAND flash chips supported an updated controller for improved storage and thermal efficiency. With suggested retail pricing of $149.99 USD for 525GB, it aims to deliver a lot per gigabyte.

Read full article @ Neoseeker

Dell XPS 13 2-In-1 Review: Portable And Flexible Living On The Infinity Edge

The Dell XPS 13 2-In-1 is clearly a variant of the company's XPS 13 13-inch ultrabook product. It is still built with Dell’s beautiful 13.3-inch near-bezelless Infinity Edge display and premium carbon fiber construction, but Dell has made some interesting design decisions here that you might not have expected and the results may surprise you as well...

Read full article @ HotHardware

Epiphan AV.io 4K Review

We've been using the Epiphan AV.io 4K for over two months now and cannot praise it enough. Prior to this we were using the Razer Ripsaw which was another great capture device but sadly, lacked the 4K support. There are very few 4K capture solutions on the market at the consumer level and the AV.io 4K can quite easily therefore monopolize in this field.

Read full article @ Vortez

GeIL Super Luce DDR4-3000 16GB Memory Kit Review

There are quite a lot of different choices when it comes to choosing DDR4 memory for your next build. It has been a while since we’ve taken a look at memory from GeIL. They have actually sent us their entire DDR4 lineup, so today we will be starting with their Super Luce DDR4-3000 16GB Memory Kit. This high performance memory kit runs at 300 MHz with timings of 15-17-17-35 at 1.35V. We received the version of memory that has the frost white heatspreader with blue light bar. The light bar features GeIL’s own patented iLUCE Thermal-beaming Technology, which will pulse the light bar based on the temperature of the memory. Let’s take a look and see what this memory can do!

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

Genius Scorpion M8-610 Mouse Review: Clicker's Delight

While it is easy to get lured by fancy colors and flashy design when looking for a gaming mouse, it always comes down to functional consistency above all else. Aside from the keyboard, the mouse allows users to communicate with the computer and to the wider world online. By the time it is ready to retire, an average mouse has … Read more.

Read full article @ Modders-Inc

Gigabyte Xtreme Gaming XTC700 CPU Cooler Review

While many enthusiasts love their water cooling setups, there's still a lot of love out their for air cooling. Even here at eTeknix we have most of our rigs running on air coolers, such as the Noctua NH-D15, and they'll run circles around many of the AIO coolers on the market, and they'll run quieter too. Gigabyte knows this, and that's why they've set out to create their own high-end air cooler, which notonly promises great cooling performance, but also quiet acoustics and a competitive.

Read full article @ eTeknix

Qnap TS-231P Review

An affordable dual-bay NAS for today's connected home. Picking a network-attached storage solution can be tricky simply because there's so much choice. Qnap, one of a handful of well regarded vendors, already has an enormous catalogue to choose from and new models are arriving thick and fast. For the typical home user seeking sage buying advice, our recommendation would be to spend somewhere in the region of £100-£200 on a dual-bay unit with a reliable and well-known operating system.

Fitting into the upper end of that price bracket, Qnap's TS-231P, at £180, seems a viable option and goes up against the likes of the Synology DS216play as a potent centralised storage server for the modern home.

Read full article @ Hexus

Radeon Fury X vs. GeForce GTX 980 Ti: Are They Still Worth Buying?

Back in their heyday, the GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Radeon R9 Fury X were highly desirable graphics cards. Today, the Fury X can be found for $300 to $400, while the GTX 980 Ti is only available via second-hand deals for around $300. At those prices these may still be a worthwhile investment. Let's find out.

Read full article @ TechSpot

Review: Linksys Velop Mesh Wi-Fi Router System

Back at CES earlier this year, one of Linksys’s biggest announcements was their new Velop Mesh Wi-Fi System which is Linksys’s first entry into the Mesh Wi-Fi market. As we recently got our hands on a test unit, today we’ll be reviewing Linksys Velop to see if it’s actually lives up to its claims...

Read full article @ Custom PC Review

Sniper Elite 4 PC graphics performance benchmark Review

We will look at Sniper Elite 4 from Rebeliion - in our PC graphics performance and PC gamer way. The 4th iteration of the game now is DirectX 12 compatible with ASYNC enrolment. We'll test the game on the PC platform relative towards graphics card performance with the latest AMD/NVIDIA graphics card drivers. Multiple graphics cards are being tested and benchmarked. We have a look at performance with the newest graphics cards and technologies.

Read full article @ Guru3D

Sniper Elite 4: Performance Analysis

We test Rebellion's new shooter on 10 modern graphics cards, with the latest game optimized drivers from AMD and NVIDIA. A surprise is that AMD gains up to 27% performance from switching to DX12 with Async Compute, while the performance uplift for NVIDIA users is only up to 5%.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

Thermalright True Spirit 140 Direct Slim-Tower CPU Cooler Review

Thermalright’s lower-priced True Spirit 140 Direct is big, slim, and fairly cheap. How does it perform?

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

WD Black 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD Review

Last month we told you that WD was announcing the WD Black PCIe Solid State Drive (SSD) series that just happens to be the very first WD-branded client PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe-based SSDs. WD recognizes that enthusiasts and the high-end computing market have moved over to PCIe SSDs to get many times more performance than traditional SATA storage drives. The WD Black PCIe SSDs have sequential read/write speeds of up to 2050MB/s read and up to 800MB/s write with the backing of a nice 5-year limited warranty...

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

Z270/Z170 Motherboard Charts: 25 Models tested - ASUS ROG Strix Z270I Gaming

Meanwhile you can find benchmark values of 25 recent Z270 and Z170 motherboards in our comparison tables. We do not comment the benchmark values. The idea and also the goal is to present to you a market overview which helps you choose the right motherboard simply based on facts in the form of numbers.

Read full article @ ocaholic