Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

29 CPU coolers, reviewed: tested using our latest method
AMD Exascale Heterogenous Processor sports 32 Zen cores
AMD x86 16-core Heterogenous EHP Processor revealed
anidees AI7m
Buying Guide: 6 best mobile workstations 2015: ideal laptops for business
HIS R9 380 IceQ X2 Review
Intel Core i7-5775C LGA1150 Broadwell Processor Review
Intel Skylake Core i7-6700K and i5-6600K packaging leaks online
Kinkoo 40W 6-Port High Speed USB Charger Review
KitGuru visit Cooler Master HQ in Eindhoven
Logitech's MX Master and MX Anywhere 2 mice reviewed
Microlab B77 Speakers Review
Microsoft Edge Review
Moto Pulse Review
MSI GeForce GTX 960 GAMING 4G Video Card Review
MSI R9 380 Gaming 4G Graphics Card Review
OS X flaw leaves Macs vulnerable to attacks, no password required
Seagate Desktop SSHD ST4000DX001 4TB Hybrid Hard Drive Review
Shuttle DS57U Barebone Review
Silverstone Tundra TD02-E Watercooler Review
Strontium Nitro Plus Nano USB 3.0 64GB Flash Drive Capsule Review
Synology DiskStation DS1515 Review
The Intel Broadwell Review Part 2: Overclocking, IPC and Generational Analysis
Wiko Highway Pure 4G Review

29 CPU coolers, reviewed: tested using our latest method

Each product type deserves its own testing methodology. CPU coolers, which we regularly put to the test, are no exception to this. Within this article, we introduce our latest test method, which allows us to even more accurately assess which models offer the best balance between cooling performance and noise. Keep reading to learn all about our new testing methodology, and which coolers you should purchase according to it.

Ever since the inception of Hardware.Info some sixteen years ago, we have performed at least one large round-up of CPU coolers every year. Naturally, we try to ensure that our tests are as scientifically sound as possible. Competing publications often times simply place a CPU cooler on a real processor, use certain software to push said processor to its limit, and then measure the resulting temperatures. This approach has a number of flaws, in our opinion. For one, when using real CPUs, you can never guarantee that they'll produce an identical amount of heat during each test. Furthermore, the temperature sensors that are incorporated in processors are far less accurate than monitoring software such as Coretemp and Realtemp would have you believe.

Our first few generations of CPU cooler test setups consisted of power resistors whose dimensions were approximately equal to those of contemporary processors. By means of a variable power supply, we were able to have our resistors draw a consistent amount of power, causing our setup to always generate an identical amount of heat. Because a power resistor, much like a processor, doesn't emit any light and doesn't have any moving parts, the law of conversation of energy teaches us that all of the absorbed power will be converted into heat.

Read full article @ Hardware.Info

AMD Exascale Heterogenous Processor sports 32 Zen cores

Plus HBM2 and Greenland graphics, to create AMD's "vision for exascale computing". AMD has released information concerning an upcoming 'Exascale Heterogeneous Processor', or EHP. In a paper submitted to the IEEE AMD details an APU which packs a multitude of Zen cores, Greenland graphics and up to 32GB of HBM2 memory. It says this processor is an embodiment of its "vision for exascale computing". According to the source that first published the news of this paper, this new HPC/Workstation APU from AMD will be launched between 2016 and 2017.

Read full article @ Hexus

AMD x86 16-core Heterogenous EHP Processor revealed

Fudzilla has reported back in April abou AMD's t Exascale Heterogeneous Processor (EHP) with 16 cores and a Greenland APU and now it seems that the rest of the world has caught up.

A paper was submitted at IEEE and it was the first time AMD mentioned sixteen Zen cores wrapped around the GPU and powered by HBM 2 memory. We believe that this is a 16-core processor with 32 thread support and not 32 core as many reported. We will know soon enough and then can have another "we told you so headline." 
We would not be surprised if we hear more about this AMD processor at the Hot Chips conference on August 23rd. The EHP computing solution uses a silicon interposer and an APU chip that packs a GPU and CPU.  All this will be surrounded by die-stacked DRAM.

Read full article @ Fudzilla

anidees AI7m

The anidees AI7m offers full mATX compatibility in a cube chassis, while retaining the ability to equip your system with a large CPU cooler. Having reviewed anidees cases in the past, it'll be interesting to see what the new line of enclosures brings to the table. Those interested in the AI7m can go for a solid or windowed version, and it comes in black or white.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

Buying Guide: 6 best mobile workstations 2015: ideal laptops for business

Few productivity decisions are more important and, in turn, nerve-racking than selecting the right mobile workstation for your employees.Making the wrong choice could mean saddling your employees with a bad computer. So what do business owners look for?

A great display, computing power and exceptional battery life without breaking the bank. There are few mobile workstations that can do this and we've rounded them up here.

Update: Windows 10 Enterprise is finally here, and you can test drive it for free. But before you do that, be sure to read our review and our initial impressions of the consumer versions of the operating system. If you'd prefer a Best Desktop Workstation roundup or, if you're interested in a business laptop that isn't necessarily a workstation, we've got you covered.

Read full article @ Techradar

HIS R9 380 IceQ X2 Review

When the recent AMD R9 300 series cards were announced, it became apparent that AMD went more for a modest splash than a big plunge. The reason for this is quite simple: the 300 series cards are more evolutionary than revolutionary. In fact, the new cards have quite a bit in common with the previous-gen 200 series products. It does make sense from a business perspective; many gamers, if not most, simply cannot afford to keep the latest high-end hardware in their system.

What we essentially get for the R9 380 is a rebranded R9 285. AMD took the Tonga core, spun an update and tweak, and renamed it to Antigua. The specs are still largely the same, with a 28nm process, and coming with 1792 stream processors, 32 ROPs, and 112 texture units.There’s support for DX12, both Mantle and Vulkan API, Freesync, and Virtual Super Resolution. The core speed is juiced faster than the R9 285, however, as is often the case when we see tweaks and respun cores.

Read full article @ PureOverclock

Intel Core i7-5775C LGA1150 Broadwell Processor Review

The (5th Gen) Broadwell Core i7-5775C has a 14nm core while the (4th Gen) Devil's Canyon Core i7-4790K (reviewed here) has a 22nm process. The goal of this reduction in size is to reduce power consumption, manage thermal output and improve performance. In this respect, Broadwell is ideal for mobile devices that face the never ending battery-to-performance battle. It can also prove useful in desktop applications where total system power consumption is an issue. That's why the Intel Core i7-5775C Broadwell processor is designed to be a desktop CPU.

The Intel Core i7-5775C offers many familiar design features as well as a couple new ones like a more powerful Iris Pro Graphics 6200 GPU. Unlike the 4GHz 4790K, the 5775C has a base 3.3GHz frequency turbo jumping to 3.7 GHz. But what does this mean in terms of performance? Lets find out!

Read full article @ Futurelooks

Intel Skylake Core i7-6700K and i5-6600K packaging leaks online

Packaging confirms key specifications of these soon-to-launch processors. Photos apparently showing the retail packaging for the Intel Skylake Core i7-6700K and i5-6600K processors have appeared online. These processors are expected to be officially revealed at the Gamescom show in Cologne, which runs from Thursday to Sunday, later this week (6th to 9th of August). As with many modern technology launches we have seen a drip-drip of information in the run-up to the official launch/announcements including; leaks concerning specs and performance and related official information from supporting component (memory, motherboard) makers.

Read full article @ Hexus

Kinkoo 40W 6-Port High Speed USB Charger Review

Today for review I’ve got the Kinkoo 40W 6-Port High Speed USB Charger with iPower Technology and like the name suggests it’s a six port USB charger or charging station. The Kinkoo charger features what they call iPower technology that automatically senses or knows what type of device you plug in and what its power requirements are and then quickly and efficiently charges it. Read on to learn more…

Read full article @ Technogog

KitGuru visit Cooler Master HQ in Eindhoven

Cooler Master held a Press briefing at their European HQ in Eindhoven. In part they wanted to show off their new building but mainly they wanted to talk some more about their ‘Master’ concept.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Logitech's MX Master and MX Anywhere 2 mice reviewed

Logitech's MX Master and MX Anywhere 2 mice represent the pinnacle of the company's productivity-oriented pointing devices. We spent some hand time with each one to see whether they're truly the overlords of the office.

Read full article @ The Tech Report

Microlab B77 Speakers Review

Microlab is back with a new line of speaker systems for 2015. Today we are taking a look at the B-77 bookshelf stereo speakers, making them a bit smaller and more suited for desk use than the giant Solo 8C speakers we reviewed last year (http://www.kitguru.net/peripherals/speakers/matthew-wilson/microlab-solo-8c-stereo-speakers-review/4/) .

Read full article @ KitGuru

Microsoft Edge Review

A smart and speedy browser, but still a work in progress. Among the various new features in Windows 10 is, at long last, a replacement browser for Internet Explorer (IE). Microsoft Edge is a fresh start, an attempt to change the perception of Microsoft's browsers as slow and clunky, and present a real challenge to the dominance of Chrome and Firefox.

We were cautiously impressed with Edge when we first saw it in action, and now we've spent a few days using it, it's time to see whether Google and Mozilla really do have cause for concern.

Read full article @ V3

Moto Pulse Review

As convenient as cutting the cord and going with wireless headphones can be, it's difficult to ignore their usual high asking price. Sometimes, they can go for $50 or $100 more than a set of wired ones with similar sound performance. Not the Moto Pulse.I would say that Motorola, the company behind some of the most well-known phones, is merely dipping its toes in the headphone market with the Pulse. But for $59 (about £37, AU$80 but not currently available outside the US,) Motorola is cannon-balling with these Bluetooth headphones, which are stocked with features, offer full sound quality and stellar battery life.DesignI expected it to be an easy task to point out all the spots on the Pulse where Moto opted for cheap build materials or boring design to cut down costs. I can find a few, but not nearly as many as I thought.The on-ear makeup of the Moto Pulse is 80% headband, 20% ear cups. It's skull-spanning headband is flexible and coated all around with a breathable, mesh fabric.

Read full article @ Techradar

MSI GeForce GTX 960 GAMING 4G Video Card Review

Today we are examining the MSI GeForce GTX 960 GAMING 4G model, which features a custom build from MSI with the Twin Frozr V thermal design. We will compare the MSI GTX 960 4G to the XFX R9 380 4G, including the highest obtained overclock. Additionally we will examine the GTX 960 2GB and 4GB models clock-for-clock.

Microstar International (MSI) is a Taiwan-based computer hardware manufacturer founded in 1986. Primarily a designer and manufacturer of PC motherboards, MSI has expanded its business into barebones PCs, servers and workstations, communications devices, consumer electronics, Notebooks, Netbooks, graphics cards, and other various electronic products. Its company motto, "Quality Products Create Faithful Customer," believes its underlying corporate strategy of designing and manufacturing quality devices for various markets and letting its high-quality reputation earn it the trust and respect of electronics consumers worldwide.

On our test bench today is the MSI GTX 960 GAMING series, the MSI GeForce GTX 960 GAMING 4G video card.

Read full article @ HardOCP

MSI R9 380 Gaming 4G Graphics Card Review

AMD’s 300 series has been overlooked by a lot of people. Their Fury series really took all of the spotlight, but not everyone has that much money to spend on a graphics card. If you are an AMD fan the 300 series still does have a lot to offer. Today we will be taking a look at a R9 380 graphics card, which is more or less a rebranded R9 285. The card is based on the 28nm process and features 1792 stream processors, 32 ROPs, 112 TMUs. On the review block today is the MSI R9 380 Gaming 4G graphics card. MSI has given this card their “Gaming” treatment, which we are big fans of. So you have the Twin Frozr V cooling solution, a factory overclock, fans that turn off when you are not gaming, and of course the MSI Gaming styling on the card itself. Let’s take a look and see what this card is all about!

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

OS X flaw leaves Macs vulnerable to attacks, no password required

The latest version of OS X contains a serious flaw that hackers can use to attack your computer without ever needing your password. The issue is around a hidden document -- Sudoers -- which is effectively a list of permissions as to which pieces of software are allowed to mess around with your computer. Unfortunately, a change to how Yosemite stores the list means that it's now possible to add malware to the register. As such, it hasn't taken long before hackers can take advantage of your computer's unwitting hospitality to install crapware like VSearch and MacKeeper.

Read full article @ Engadget

Seagate Desktop SSHD ST4000DX001 4TB Hybrid Hard Drive Review

A few months ago, my friend asked me what the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta is. "Well," I explained. "It is a political party that is neither progressive nor conservative." While I am not here to debate politics here on APH Networks (Although I will still stand by my opinion that Ralph Klein is still the best premier Alberta ever had), if you think about it, the name of the party seems to be self-contradictory. However, if you look a bit more deeply into what they stood for, in the golden days of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta, it was progressive on issues that needed to be progressive, and conservative on issues that needed to be conservative. One could say, in Hannah Montana terms, the "best of both worlds". Over the years, that vision dwindled, and became something that is -- as I have joked about -- neither progressive nor conservative. Unfortunately, this meant instead of getting the best of both worlds, we ended up with a party that stood for nothing, and carried the short end of both ideologies. Last month, I reviewed the Seagate Laptop SSHD ST500LM000 500GB solid state hard drive. Carrying an ostensibly self-contradictory name, I was worried it will neither be solid state in performance, nor a hard drive in capacity and price. What I found was, unlike the modern Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta, the ST500LM000 offered a great balance between performance, capacity, and price. Today, we will take a look at yet another hybrid drive from Seagate. With capacity sitting at a lofty 4TB, and retailing for about $160 at press time in 3.5" desktop form, will the Seagate Desktop SSHD ST4000DX001 be yet another winner? We took one in to see it for ourselves.

Read full article @ APH Networks

Shuttle DS57U Barebone Review

Shuttle has built the DS57U inside a proven chassis, which takes quite little space and succeeds to cool the internal components without the need of extra fans; one of the case laterals is acting like a huge heatsink and in this case it only remains warm even when the system is stressed to the max. Besides the Intel Celeron 3205U, we will also find models on the same platform with the Intel i3-5005U CPU (DS57U3), the Intel i5-5200U CPU (DS57U5) or the Intel i7-5500U CPU (DS57U7). For extra value we are also offered a VESA mount and screws, in order to easily install the unit behind our office monitor (when applicable).

Read full article @ Madshrimps

Silverstone Tundra TD02-E Watercooler Review

Performance cooling can be separated into two segments, air and water. On the air side we have some very impressive heatsinks dominated by dual cooling towers and fan sizes around 140mm. The reason for this is to both increase performance and lower the noise footprint. On the water side the same principles apply however we are using water to store the heat energy and can then direct it anywhere we want. This can give us flexibility in radiator location and size so we can dial in our performance requirements.

In this review we will be looking at the Silverstone Tundra TD02-E. This is a dual fan AIO watercooling unit that has taken the Silverstone design principles and applied them to every aspect of this product from the pump and block design to even the unique radiator. Their idea was to create a more efficient watercooling experience that not only looks good but performs well under pressure.

The waterblock is one of the most important parts of any watercooling system and Silverstone has created an aluminum unibody to hold the block and pump combo. Mounting brackets are constructed from an extruded piece of aluminum for extra strength and will attach to the nickel plated housing.

Read full article @ Hardware Asylum

Strontium Nitro Plus Nano USB 3.0 64GB Flash Drive Capsule Review

Flash drives are a dime a dozen these days, and most of them carry uninteresting specifications. In particular, flash drives advertising smaller physical footprints have tended to carry disappointing performance numbers. We were surprised when Strontium sent us their announcement of the Nitro Plus Nano USB 3.0 flash drive with 100 MBps+ read speeds. We had reviewed the Mushkin Atom 64GB flash drive with a similar form factor, and the numbers claimed by Strontium were quite a bit more than what we managed to get with the Mushkin Atom. Intrigued by Strontiums performance claims, we got a sample in for further evaluation.

High-performance flash drives have traditionally employed a SATA SSD controller behind a USB 3.0 - SATA bridge. However, this increases the drive cost in what is essentially a price-sensitive market. Vendors have recently begun to introduce native high-performance USB 3.0 flash controllers, and the Strontium Nitro Plus Nano sports one such controller.

Read full article @ Anandtech

Synology DiskStation DS1515 Review

For review we have the latest Synology DiskStation aimed at home users as well as small businesses, the DS1515. Powered by an Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-314 quad-core SoC, we are keen to see how well the DS1515 performs. Out of the box this NAS can handle five 3.5” hard drives, giving it a maximum capacity of 40TB using the latest 8TB drives, while the addition of two DX513 expansion units boosts capacity to a whopping 120TB...

Synology began pushing out their latest DSx15 series almost a year ago now with the release of the DS415play, a multimedia NAS designed to allow home users to centralise their high-quality videos, photos, and music in one place.

The DS415play was built around Intel’s Atom CE5335 and to date the majority of the DSx15 series feature an Atom SoC, the DS415+, DS1515+ and DS1815+ for example all feature the Atom C2538.

Read full article @ Legion Hardware

The Intel Broadwell Review Part 2: Overclocking, IPC and Generational Analysis

In our first part of our Broadwell coverage, we rushed to test both the i7-5775C and the i5-5765C in our new benchmarking suite against the previous generation of Haswell processors as well as AMDs Kaveri lineup. In Part 2, we have spent more time with the architecture to see how it stacks up against the last four years of Intel, as well as probing the high end overclocking capabilities.

Read full article @ Anandtech

Wiko Highway Pure 4G Review

With the Highway Pure 4G, Wiko has a stunning looking new smartphone in its portfolio. Apart from that the pricing is also on a very competitive level. Overall we're curious to find out whether the Highway Pure 4G is capable of convincing in our review.

Read full article @ ocaholic