Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT Taichi OC+ Review
ASUS Prime X570-Pro Review
Best gaming mouse 2019: the best gaming mice we've tested
Best Thermal Paste in 2019
Corsair Virtuoso RGB Wireless Review
DeepCool Assassin III Review
KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super EX Gamer Black Review
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Gaming Z Review
Nubia Red Magic 3 Review: A 90Hz Gaming Phone With Active Cooling
Philips UpBeat SHB2505 Wireless Earbuds Review
Sapphire TriXX Boost Analysed
SteelSeries Arctis 1 Wireless Headset Review
Synology DiskStation DS1019+ 5-Bay NAS Server Review
Testing Out 8K Blackmagic RAW Speed Test On Fifteen CPUs
The Killer AMD Threadripper Build You'll Love To Hate
The Surge 2 Review: Take Me Down To Jericho City
Tripowin TP10 10-Driver IEM Review

ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT Taichi OC+ Review

The ASRock RX 5700 XT Taichi OC+ is the fastest factory overclocked Navi card we've tested so far. We measured it to run almost 2 GHz real clock on average in our real-life, mixed, gaming load. Temperatures are good, too, and the cooler includes idle-fan-stop.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

ASUS Prime X570-Pro Review

The X570-Pro tries to offer a balance between price and performance that their Republic of Gamers brand tends to exceed. Things like exotic LAN implementations and fancy board-wide RGB lighting has been omitted but powerful 14-phase VRMs and clever power-saving technologies have been employed.

Read full article @ Vortez

Best gaming mouse 2019: the best gaming mice we've tested

For any of the PC games you want to play, getting the best gaming mouse possible will feel like night and day. If you really want to get the most out of that best gaming PC, then a gaming mouse can be the final piece in your rig to help you reach your gaming performance potential.

One thing to keep in mind though is that just because a mouse is more expensive, doesn’t mean it’s always better. For example, with the SteelSeries Sensei 310, you can get a great-looking mouse with a first-rate sensor for less than the cost of a new AAA game.

Your gaming mouse is incredibly important to your gaming experience in 2019, and you want to get one that will last and get the job done. Sure, you can pick up the most expensive gaming mouse of 2019, but really, what's more important is to grab one with good value. And, if you're buying a gaming mouse in 2019, you can't forget about picking up the best gaming mouse pad – if your mouse pad doesn't have RGB lights, what are you even doing?

Read full article @ Techradar

Best Thermal Paste in 2019

Thermal paste is one of the most critical components of any PC build. It's what ensures direct even contact between the CPU and cooling application, but not all thermal paste is created equal. Here are some of our favorites.

Read full article @ Windows Central

Corsair Virtuoso RGB Wireless Review

The Virtuoso RGB Wireless Headset features a matched pair of precisely tuned 50mm high-density neodymium drivers which deliver 7.1 surround sound with a frequency range of 20Hz - 40,000Hz and it also boasts premium memory foam earcups as well as memory foam padding in the headband.

Read full article @ Vortez

DeepCool Assassin III Review

We test and review the DeepCool Assassin III, a heat pipe cooler that is showing very impressive results in both cooling performance and low acoustics. DeepCool even asked us to specifically compare with the NH-D15 from Noctua, is their confidence in this cooler warranted?

Read full article @ The Guru of 3D

KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 Super EX Gamer Black Review

It has been a while since we've tested a KFA2 product, but they are back with their look and vision on the GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER series, today we'll focus on their Super EX Gamer Black version. Armed with a three-fan based cooling solution it is bound to remain chilled nicely. It has been a strange year for NVIDIA as the GeForce RTX 2060, 2070 2080 and 2080 Ti became available. People had been very interested and were warmed up for DLSS (Tensor) and the ability to play Battlefield V in that hybrid Raytraced way. NVIDIA initiated massive internet virals to gain media coverage. But then it all kinda exploded in their face as end-users looked the other way when they learned about the very steep price level. There is no audience more critical than a PC Gamer, and when they have to pay a large sum of money for visual differences that are often hard to spot and cost a lot of FPS, you bet that can (and did) backfire. None the less, NVIDIA chose a direction that in my opinion was the right course to follow, and something they cannot back away from. So what to do in the meantime to satisfy the budget-conscious PC gamer? Well, with the help of the RT and Tensor-less GTX 1650, 1660 and 1660 Ti NVIDIA got the noses of many gamers pointed in the right direction again. However, graphics cards anno 2019 has become seriously expensive, that fact alone and all by itself is increasingly endangering the GPU related industry, as to why pay 500 to 1000 bucks for just a graphics card when you can buy a complete console for less? That is the core and rudimental essence of the root problem that NVIDIA and AMD are fighting right now. None the less, a few weeks ago, NVIDIA started teasing a new Super series, which we still like to refer to as a supercharged product. With AMD's NAVI based Radeon RX 5700 series coming out of the closet soon, NVIDIA figured that it was important enough to release a new series smack down in the middle of vacation time, the summer. Today sees the release of two out of three cards; that's right, there will also be a GeForce RTX 2080 Super, but not a 2080 Ti Super. There are subtle differences to be found in an increased shader count as well as the usage of GDDR6 graphics memory. The new "Super GeForce RTX 2060" cards are a "Turing Refresh" with higher GPU clocks, 256 more shader processors and 8GB GDDR6 memory.

Read full article @ The Guru of 3D

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Gaming Z Review

After falling in love with MSI's high-end GeForce RTX 2080 Ti LIGHTNING Z, the mid-range GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING Z went up on the review chopping block. It's the fastest out-of-the-box RTX 2060 with huge GPU boost clocks, plenty of room to OC, and some low temps/noise from the fans. Now it's the slightly higher-end GeForce RTX 2070 GAMING Z that we're looking at today, offering GeForce GTX 1080 Ti levels of performance, but with RTX abilities. The new RTX 2070 is powered by the new Turing GPU architecture which has a plethora of improvements alongside the inclusion of the super-powered GDDR6 memory. We have 8GB of GDDR6 at 14Gbps on the RTX 2070 GAMING Z, like all RTX 2070s on the market.

Read full article @ TweakTown

Nubia Red Magic 3 Review: A 90Hz Gaming Phone With Active Cooling

We’ve covered many smartphone vendors here at AnandTech over the years, but one vendor we never had the chance to have a look at is ZTE, or more precisely, its associate company Nubia. I’ve encountered the vendor’s products at trade shows over the years, but never really took a second look at its models given the vendor was still mainly focused in its home Chinese market.

In our search to find Snapdragon 855 devices and to determine which had the best implementations, the Red Magic 3 certainly wasn’t amongst the line-up of devices I had first thought of. In fact, amongst our readers I’d actually be surprised to hear if there’s any substantial percentage aware of the company, much less about the Red Magic 3’s existence, as the phone’s marketing efforts certainly isn’t comparable to that of bigger brands.

The Red Magic 3 ended up as quite an intriguing device: A gaming-oriented phone design powered by the Snapdragon 855, showcasing a 90Hz OLED screen, and a massive 5000mAh battery. Certainly, that combination alone is more than enough to make the RM3 stand out amongst other devices, and piqued our interest to go and try out the phone.

Read full article @ Anandtech

Philips UpBeat SHB2505 Wireless Earbuds Review

Anyone who knows me would never consider me to be an overly active person. I’m white and pasty and well beyond overweight. But there are times you need to be an adult and slip outside and do some maintenance around the house. For me weakly that includes mowing the yard. This is also one of the only chances I have to put some music on my phone and toss earbuds in and jam. After moving I upgraded from a push mower to a riding mower, but one of the downsides of this has been issues with me pulling my earbuds out by the cord when driving and when driving around low trees. It’s a big concern and frankly, mowers can be dangerous so I have been thinking about trying out wireless earbuds for a while. Well a few weeks ago Philips sent over their UpBeat wireless Earbuds and I have been playing with them. Today I’m going to take a look at them and talk about how they have worked for me. Let’s go check them out!

Read full article @ LanOC Reviews

Sapphire TriXX Boost Analysed

Today we look at TriXX Boost - Sapphire's software-based feature to increase your frame rates. Since AMD launched its Navi graphics cards almost two months ago, we’ve reviewed a couple of partner cards from Sapphire – namely their Pulse and Nitro+ models. While we focused almost exclusively on the hardware for those reviews, Sapphire has also created an interesting tool on the software side of things, which it calls TriXX Boost. In a nutshell, this lets you lower your resolution scale to increase frame rates while gaming, but offsets the lower image quality by enabling Radeon Image Sharpening.

Read full article @ KitGuru

SteelSeries Arctis 1 Wireless Headset Review

One headset to rule them all and in the darkness bind them? Well, that’s certainly the main goal for SteelSeries today. I don’t think their overall intentions for the Arctis 1 Wireless are as ominous as the One Ring or Sauron for that matter. However, for those who game on their PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Mobile, well, they’ve certainly got you covered.

It’s not short on party tricks for connectivity either. It’ll connect with lossless and ultra-low-latency to PC and PS4 easily enough. You can connect to mobile and other USB Type-C devices such as the Nintendo Switch, which also gives you wireless connectivity. Or, if you’re in a pinch, the 3.5mm cable should allow you to hook up to just about any audio device from the last few decades.

Read full article @ eTeknix

Synology DiskStation DS1019+ 5-Bay NAS Server Review

Synology has always been my go to recommendation for anyone looking for a NAS server, and I can certainly add the DS1019+ to that long list of recommended products. The DS1019+ is very well made, the drives are easy to access and install, RAM is plentiful and is easily accessible, and the addition of M.2 NVMe slots for cache is a great feature. With the quad-core Celeron J3455 processor and 8GB of RAM, the DS1019+ is fast!

Read full article @ Bigbruin.com

Testing Out 8K Blackmagic RAW Speed Test On Fifteen CPUs

As we talked about yesterday in our post taking a look at strong Zen 2 performance in Adobe Lightroom, we mentioned that we’ve been augmenting our test suite for the next set of CPU launches. Lightroom is one (re)addition that’s being made, while Blackmagic RAW Speed Test is another. While we plan to integrate real-world DaVinci Resolve testing soon, we wanted to get something added into the next suite revision since our tests are not quite built yet.

Little did we realize, Blackmagic released BRAW Speed Test last month, and while it takes no time to run, it seems to give reasonable results, and most importantly, repeatable and scalable results. BM says that if your target resolution and compression ratio passes the 60 FPS mark, then it can be considered “ideal”. That’s even in the event your source footage is less than 60 FPS, because it’s not uncommon to double up on streams in production for side-by-side action (or picture-in-picture). In effect, if you manage to hit 90 FPS in one test, that should effectively mean you could hit up to 3x 8K/30 (although you wouldn’t have any headroom left).

Read full article @ Techgage

The Killer AMD Threadripper Build You'll Love To Hate

We recently had the chance to spend some time with the folks at Maingear HQ and built a beautiful, water-cooled AMD Rzyen 3000-based rig. That system was destined for Dave’s lab and has become his daily workhorse – in fact, that rig produced the video you’ll see below. Not long after we took that trip to Maingear though, my personal rig started acting up. I have been rocking an Ivy Bridge-based system for about 7 years now that has made it through multiple OS upgrades and served me quite well. I had been planning to build a new rig for many months, but my current rig had been so reliable, and my personal and professional workloads so intense, I just couldn’t pull the trigger. Well, my old rig decided to start randomly crashing and making some funky sounds (I think some caps need replacing on the mobo), and I’ve got a severe case of Maingear-envy, so the time for a new system was now...

Read full article @ HotHardware

The Surge 2 Review: Take Me Down To Jericho City

The Surge 2 is a follow-up to the Deck 13's 2017 hit The Surge. The Soulsborne style of gameplay is back, this time bringing players to Jericho City, along with some clever new tricks, story and personality. So how does it hold up?

Read full article @ MMORPG

Tripowin TP10 10-Driver IEM Review

Our team has reviewed lots of different headphones but today we?re marking a first: with the Tripowin TP10, we've officially went hands-on with a ten driver headphone. At only $59.99, they?re also some of the most affordable multi-driver IEMs we?ve come across. With an extended frequency range and balanced armatures each tuned to tight frequency ranges, should the Tripowin TP10s be your next gaming and music headphone? Join us as we find out!

Read full article @ MMORPG