Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

Alienware 13 Review
AMDs 12C/24T and 16C/32T CPUs called ThreadRipper
ASRock X370 Taichi AM4 Motherboard Review
Asus Xonar Essence STX II 7.1 Review
Be Quiet! Pure Base 600 Window Mid-Tower Review
be quiet! Pure Base 600 Window Review
BitFenix Shogun E-ATX Case Review @ Benchmark Reviews
Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 6 Case Review
Cooler Master MasterLiquid Pro 280 Review
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4-3200C16 32GB Review
Gigabyte Aorus AX370 Gaming 5 Review
Intel Launches Kaby-Lake based Xeons: The E3-1200 v6 Family
Passive Cooling: XFX RX 460 Heatsink Edition Vs. Palit GTX 1050 Ti KalmX
Samsung EVO Plus 128GB MicroSDXC Memory Card Review
Thermalright True Spirit 140 Direct
Thermalright True Spirit 140 Direct Review

Alienware 13 Review

If you want a reasonably small and portable gaming laptop, the Alienware 13 is one of the leading options on the market. With its 13.3-inch display, the footprint of this laptop is smaller than a typical 15-inch laptop, and if you're willing to put up with extra thickness and weight, it's possible to use it as a portable workstation instead of an ultraportable.

Read full article @ TechSpot

AMDs 12C/24T and 16C/32T CPUs called ThreadRipper

When we delivered the world exclusive news that AMD would be calling its next-gen CPUs Ryzen, some very early details arrived on something called 'ThreadRipper', and at the time we thought ThreadRipper was AMD's version of SMT, which Intel calls Hyper-Threading. But now we are seeing different reports that ThreadRipper is the name of AMD's upcoming HEDT platform, with the teased 12C/24T and 16C/32T processors coming over from the Naples CPU family (which teases 32C/64T).

AMD will reportedly deploy ThreadRipper onto a new LGA SP3 socket, with up to 32MB of L3 cache, and up to 4GHz boost on certain ThreadRipper processors. There's an announcement reportedly planned for Computex, which is only two months away, and a retail launch in the weeks after Computex, into the end of June.

Read full article @ TweakTown

ASRock X370 Taichi AM4 Motherboard Review

AMD's Ryzen processors may have found the ultimate motherboard with ASRock's X370 Taichi. From overclocking to stock performance and features, this board seems to have it all!

Read full article @ Hardware Canucks

Asus Xonar Essence STX II 7.1 Review

Dedicated sound card or onboard sound chip? Sparkling wine or sparkling water? This question should have been asked by every user from time to time. About 20 years ago this was not an issue. The sound cards of the company Creative Labs were beyond any doubt and no one dared to question their right to exist. Nowadays, the situation is somewhat different. The sound chips that are installed on the motherboards are becoming more powerful and the decision for a dedicated sound card is usually discarded in favor of the onboard solution. That is why today we would like to present one of these dedicated solutions, the sound card Xonar Essence STX II 7.1 from the company Asus. Whether this card is next to the Sound Blaster series in the Hall of Fame, or more likely to adorn a place on the wall of the visitors’ toilet, we find out … as always at OCinside.de

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Be Quiet! Pure Base 600 Window Mid-Tower Review

It may not be as silent as what we've come to expect by be quiet! over the years but thanks to its tempered glass side panel and spacious interior the brand new Pure Base 600 Window has great potential especially in the hands of gamers and enthusiasts.

Read full article @ NikKTech

be quiet! Pure Base 600 Window Review

Pure Base 600 was released at the beginning of the year and focusses on the essentials in computer case engineering. Fast forward to March 2017 and we have a slightly modified version named "Window" which carries a tempered glass panel. Inside, be quiet! has equipped this case to house high-performance hardware; including a plethora of locations for different sized water cooling kit.

Read full article @ Vortez

BitFenix Shogun E-ATX Case Review @ Benchmark Reviews

The Shogun is the new top of the line super mid-tower computer case from BitFenix. But what makes it super? The Shogun is roughly the same size as a standard mid-tower case, but it can house an E-ATX motherboard with the included E-ATX bracket. It features BitFenix’s modular Quick Custom Design, curved exterior aluminum panels, three GPU Safe support brackets, a hybrid power supply SSD bracket with RGB LED’s, and dual tempered glass side panels. Benchmark Reviews will be taking a look at the BitFenix Shogun with ASUS Aura Sync RGB SSD Chroma modules, so let’s jump into a quick overview on this super mid-tower case.

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Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 6 Case Review

I have been a fan of Cooler Master's MasterCase series of cases since I first reviewed the MasterCase 5.  MasterCase was sort of a reinvention of the CoolerMaster brand, they really went back to basics and built a case that catered to builders and enthusiasts.  Since then all of the MasterCase cases were designed with similar elements that made building in them easy and trouble free.  Today we have the latest addition to the MasterCase series, the MasterCase Pro 6.  With the MasterCase Pro 6 Cooler Master is going for a subtle and sleek look.  This look is achieved with the new discreet air vent design, which allows you to "pop-up" the top and front panels to allow for airflow in and out of the case.  Being a builders case you have room inside for the latest hardware, plenty of cooling options including 3 included cooling fans, and a modular internal design.  Let's see what the MasterCase 6 is all about!

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

Cooler Master MasterLiquid Pro 280 Review

All-in-one liquid cooling for those eager to overclock. All-in-one liquid cooling took the industry by storm at the turn of the decade when a number of key players helped bring simple water-cooling solutions to anyone preferring not to take the DIY route. The initial batch did exactly that, yet with multiple brands sourcing parts from the same few manufacturers, the coolers soon started to feel a little samey, and the pumps of that time tended not to be as quiet as a traditional heatsink and fan.

Fast forward to today and innovation appears to have returned to the all-in-one market. The current crop of user-friendly liquid coolers are sleeker, quieter and able to offer better performance as well as eye-catching looks. We've recently been impressed with the simplicity of be quiet!'s Silent Loop 240mm and if you prefer more jazz then NZXT's Kraken X52 is worth a shout. Next on the review table is one of Cooler Master's latest efforts, the MasterLiquid Pro 280.

Read full article @ Hexus

Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4-3200C16 32GB Review

With their Vengeance LED modules Corsair has some good looking DRAM modules on the market. The customer receives a red illumination, which in combination with the black heatspreader, looks rather compelling. Apart from that the specs are interesting as well and DDR4-3200 should definitely pack some punch.

Read full article @ ocaholic

Gigabyte Aorus AX370 Gaming 5 Review

In this review we check out the Aorus AX370 Gaming 5 from Gigabyte. This motherboard is incredibly nice looking and perhaps a perfect match for your Ryzen series 5 or 7 processor. The X370 motherboard is seated in the high-end Ryzen motherboard spectrum. A motherboard with a black and white design with gorgeous looks and some extras.

Read full article @ Guru3D

Intel Launches Kaby-Lake based Xeons: The E3-1200 v6 Family

For the several generations previous, it has become customary for the Xeon equivalents of consumer processors to hit the market several months later. We saw the launch of Kaby Lake on the consumer desktop in January, with quad-core parts up to 4.0 GHz coming to retail. The Xeon E3 launch will be in the similar vein to previous years, designed for entry-level workstations, small business servers and storage servers, and Intel’s main comparisons for these Xeons will be to replace similar builds that are more than three years old.

A total of eight processors will be launched today under the E3 v6 name, with some models receiving a corresponding low-power version later down the line. All desktop replaceable CPUs will be using the LGA1151 socket, the same as the previous generation E3 v5 Xeons.

Read full article @ Anandtech

Passive Cooling: XFX RX 460 Heatsink Edition Vs. Palit GTX 1050 Ti KalmX

After hacking together our own passively-cooled card, we now compare off-the-shelf solutions based on AMD and Nvidia GPUs. Was our attempt amateurish or could there be a more general problem with passively cooling current-gen graphics processors?

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Samsung EVO Plus 128GB MicroSDXC Memory Card Review

When the Samsung 128GB Pro+ Class 10 microSDXC memory card came out in March 2016 it had wicked fast sequential speeds of 95 MB/s Read and 90 MB/s Write with an MSRP of $129.99. Over the past year the price on that card designed to be used by prosumers in action cameras, DSLRs, high-end smartphones, and Tablet PCs has fallen down to $84.00 shipped. We have a feeling that price might drop a little more as today Samsung introduced the equally impressive Samsung Pro EVO Plus 128GB microSDXC memory card. This brand new model in the more affordable thanks to the lower $99.99 MSRP and features sequential transfer speeds of up to 100 MB/s Read and 90 MB/s Write. That makes the Samsung EVO Plus the fastest microSDXC solution offered by Samsung...

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Thermalright True Spirit 140 Direct

Thermalright looks to impress with the True Spirit 140 Direct; long name, exceptional results. This ultra-quiet tried and "True" design now utilizes HDT technology for improved cooling performance.

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Thermalright True Spirit 140 Direct Review

Thermalright looks to impress with the True Spirit 140 Direct; long name, exceptional results. This ultra-quiet tried and "True" design now utilizes HDT technology for improved cooling performance.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp