Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

AMDs 7nm APU is Gray Hawk
Arctic Liquid Freezer 240 AIO CPU Cooler Review
Cooler Master Seidon 240V AIO CPU Cooler Review
GE 12718 Z-Wave Plug-In Smart Dimmer
Sony MDR-1000X Wireless Headphones Review
Zalman Z9 & Z11 NEO Review

AMDs 7nm APU is Gray Hawk

A few of you might remember that we exclusively posted the news that AMD is working on a 7nm CPU codenamed Starship. The 7nm APU is codenamed Gray Hawk and it aims to attain lower TDPs.

The AMD Starship X86 CPU is a 7nm unit with up to 48 cores and 96 threads and this definitely targets the high end server market as well as performance desktop computers. These CPUs will have a range of TDP values from 35W all the way to 180W. It is safe to assume that the version with 35W TDP ends up with much less than 48 cores.

Read full article @ Fudzilla

Arctic Liquid Freezer 240 AIO CPU Cooler Review

Typically, the better performing 240mm+ watercooling AIOs command a price premium. After all, in our 6 way round-up back in July, the coolers which claimed the top two spots both cost in excess of 100 pounds. However, Arctic are trying to change that with the Liquid Freezer 240, which costs just £75.95.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Cooler Master Seidon 240V AIO CPU Cooler Review

Cooler Master have some of the best and most popular coolers on the market, from their iconic 212 air cooler to their MasterLiquid series, they’ve got a little something for the everyone. Now they’re throwing their engineering skill to the budget AIO water cooling market, as we take a look at their brand new Seidon 240V.

“The Seidon 240V is the latest AIO watercooler that boasts an excellent value for performance. The compact 240mm radiator fits in virtually every case. Thanks to dual Silencio fans designed for silence, Seidon can unleash a powerful cooling storm at your command and keep it silent. Durable FEP Tubing provides the advantages of nearly no moisture absorption, high thermal stability and high pressure tolerance which all contribute to a long operating life.” – Cooler Master

The Seidon 240V looks to tick all the boxes for a simple yet effective AIO water cooler, with a slim radiator that ensures high compatibility with chassis designs, a compact and low-profile pump to prevent motherboard conflicts, slim and super flexible tubing, silent fans and hopefully some robust cooling performance.

Read full article @ eTeknix

GE 12718 Z-Wave Plug-In Smart Dimmer

So maybe after reading the first two reviews in this series (one / two) you have decided home automation is not for you; in my opinion that would be a mistake. That said, I can understand the apprehension some may have about messing with their electrical system, so what if you could achieve much of the same functionality by simply plugging something in?

Again Jasco delivers with the Z-Wave GE 12718 Plug In Smart Dimmer. This is a super simple device, and as with the others covered so far, this one is designed for indoor 120V 60Hz use though they do offer an outdoor version. It is rated for 300W incandescent, 100W CFL/LED or 1500W 12.5A resistive load. Operating temperatures are the same as other the devices at 32-104F (0-40C). It has one Z-Wave outlet with a claimed 100 foot range and one un-switched outlet which is also rated for 1800W resistive load. This device is UL listed and comes with a 2 year warranty.

Read full article @ Bigbruin.com

Sony MDR-1000X Wireless Headphones Review

Here we go again. Another Bose QuietComfort 35 competitor. Samsung just made the Level On Pro Wireless, and now Sony's crashing the party with its MDR-1000X. It can feel, at times, like we're just beating the dead active noise-cancelling horse here.It's an exceptionally fierce competition, but while there are some definite similarities between them – they're all noise-cancelling headphones with four microphones, a 20-hour battery life and their own codec that promises Hi-Res Audio when paired with any of the brand's music players, for example – Sony's MDR-1000X brings its own bag of parlour tricks to the table. It's these tricks, this attention to the minor details, that gives the MDR-1000X the edge on the QC35s, especially if you take into consideration Sony's X-factor: the LDAC codec and DSEE HX that converts uncompressed or lossless 44.1kHz/16bit files to near Hi-Res quality sound.Announced at CES in 2015, LDAC is Sony's play into the high-resolution audio space replacing, or rather enhancing, Bluetooth by promising 96kHz/24bit music in wireless mode for anyone rocking a Sony Xperia Z series phone (Z3 or later), Hi-Res models of Walkman, 4K Sony TVs, AV receivers or a Sony-branded wireless speaker.

Read full article @ TechRadar

Zalman Z9 & Z11 NEO Review

Reviewing both cases at the same time makes it interesting. You get to directly compare them with each other. Both of these cases are similar in size, and the feature sets are also fairly close. Neither case stood out much from the other - I like the style of the Z11 a little more, but the Z9 comes with a better compliment of fans. The use of space is also similar in both cases, although the I like the cable management a little better on the Z9 with the lower compartment that hides the power supply - but then you are covering up a power supply you may want to show off. And the Z11 has the cool, removable hard drive cages.

Read full article @ OCC