Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

Acer ProDesigner PE320QK Monitor Review
ASRock Z370 Extreme4 ATX Review: A Solid Coffee Lake Board for Value-Minded Enthusiasts
Crucial MX500 1 TB SSD Review
Huawei Mate 10 Pro Review: Impressive Camera, Battery Life And A Funky UI
Intel microcodes now updated for all products from last 5 years
Intel SSD 760p 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD Review
MSI Vigor GK70 Gaming Keyboard
MSI Z370 SLI Plus Review
Nitro Concepts Series S300 Gaming Chair Review
NZXT H700i Computer Case Review
Picture of ASUS X470 ROG “Hybrid” motherboard leaks out
RAVPower HyperAir 7.5-Watt Wireless Chargers Review
Razer Core v2 Review
Silicon Power Armor A62 4TB USB 3.1 Gen 1 Portable Hard Drive Review
SteelSeries Rival 600 Gaming Mouse Review
SwagArch 18.02 - U Got Swag?
Train Sim World Founders Edition Xbox One Review
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 Review

Acer ProDesigner PE320QK Monitor Review

The PE320QK is Acer’s latest professional-level monitor aimed at designers, photographers and videographers who require the utmost in image quality. As well as a massive 32-inch screen size and 4K resolution this display boasts IPS panel technology for stable image quality and wide viewing angles, plus 10-bit colour that allows it to cover 100% of the Rec.709 and 90%+ of the DCI-P3 colour space.

Read full article @ KitGuru

ASRock Z370 Extreme4 ATX Review: A Solid Coffee Lake Board for Value-Minded Enthusiasts

Can the Z370 Extreme4 balance features, performance, and overclocking against a midrange price for a value victory? Before the idea of an enthusiast motherboard broke completely away from the general consumer market and shot into the price stratosphere, $180 would get you a “high end” board that could be appreciated by gamers and power users alike.

Buyers of such boards would usually get an extra local storage controller, an extra high-bandwidth external interface, and a big voltage regulator that wouldn’t be likely to burn out when the CPU was overclocked. In more recent times, though, “high end” has since come to mean something completely different to enthusiasts. Welcome, ASRock’s Z370 Extreme4, to the enthusiast mainstream.

Read full article @ Tom's Hardware

Crucial MX500 1 TB SSD Review

A few weeks ago Crucial introduced their new MX500 series with 64 Layer 3D TLC NAND. After the MX100, MX200 and MX300 follows not the MX400 SSD, but now the MX500 SSD. The Crucial MX500 is available in capacities from 250GB over 500GB and 1TB up to 2TB and offers a number of features designed to provide greater stability and data security. In our previous test of the Crucial BX300 we were already enthusiastic about the Silicon Motion SMI 2258 controller and we are curious to see how the new second generation 3D NAND will perform in combination with this controller.

Read full article @ OCinside.de

Huawei Mate 10 Pro Review: Impressive Camera, Battery Life And A Funky UI

In most major sports, there are a handful of teams that dominate the competition and garner the lion's share of attention from fans. The same is true in the smartphone market where there are relatively few established players at the top. Every so often, however, a contender comes along to potentially disrupt the hierarchy, and that is what Huawei hopes to accomplish with its newest flagship phone, the Mate 10 Pro...

Read full article @ HotHardware

Intel microcodes now updated for all products from last 5 years

And in a blog post it gives notice of hardware level fixes in processors from H2 this year. In an email to HEXUS, and an associated blog post, Intel has announced that it has updated the microcode for all of the products it has launched in the past five years. Of course, it is talking about the CPU product range and their mitigations against the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. It may seem like this work has taken an eternity, but it has only been 74 days since the vulnerabilities came to light outside of a tight circle of security researchers and chip makers.

Read full article @ Hexus

Intel SSD 760p 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD Review

When Intel launched the SSD 600p Series back in 2016 they rocked the storage market with a solid performing PCIe NVMe SSD series that was available at affordable prices. Intel was able to do this by pairing the Silicon Motion SM2260 controller with Intel 32-layer TLC NAND Flash memory. The result was a series of drives that were was capable of sequential read/write performance of up to 1800 / 560 MB/s and random read/write performance of 155K / 128K IOPS. In January 2018, Intel released the successor to that series with the SSD 760p Series. Intel did some major updates under the hood on the SSD 760p Series as they went with newer Silicon Motion SM2262 controller with custom firmware and the latest Intel 64-layer 3D TLC NAND Flash memory. Read on to see what those changes did on Intel's budget PCIe NVMe drive series.

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

MSI Vigor GK70 Gaming Keyboard

When we think of keyboards, we see a large bulky device with lots of keys and specific functions. MSI has provided us with an elegant compact gaming keyboard, the MSI Vigor GK70 Gaming Keyboard. Does the MSI Vigor GK70 Gaming Keyboard’s elegance end at its looks? We will explore this GK70 and find out.

Read full article @ Modders-Inc

MSI Z370 SLI Plus Review

With the SLI Plus, MSI has a well equipped mid-range motherboard in its portfolio, which comes with a bunch of interesting features. There are for example two M.2 Gen 3 x4 slots and RGB backlight. Apart from that the SLI Plus features a black color scheme with white accents and on top of that this particular model should feature a rather interesting price.

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Nitro Concepts Series S300 Gaming Chair Review

The Nitro Concepts S300 is an affordable, very comfortable chair with quite a lot of features for its price. It is available in eight different color combinations to cover all tastes, and its dimensions are ideal for larger users.

The S300 uses that almost omnipresent bucket seat design and integrates basic ergonomics at a low price. It comes in eight different color combinations. Notwithstanding its affordable price tag, the S300 differentiates itself in a couple of ways that make it even more alluring when compared to other chairs with a similar price tag. This chair is covered with fabric, and its sitting surfaces is wide enough despite raised edges. The steel frame and class 4 gas lift allow it to support someone with a weight of up to 135 kg (297.62 lb), and the S300 is also certified with a DIN EN 1335 German office chair certification, which gives German companies a "green light" to use this chair in their offices. According to Nitro Concepts, not many "gaming" chairs are able to obtain this certification.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

NZXT H700i Computer Case Review

I have been recently chatting with a few of my friends to reflect on how I behave affects the way people relate to me. While I would like to believe that I generally relate well to my peers, there are still quite a number of areas that I still need to work on. One could say my behavior is mostly a result of my personality type -- ESTJ, or "the executive" -- that is inherent to my nature, it is no excuse to avoid changing to become a better person. One of my biggest challenges is I often think I know better than other people. Back in the days, I used to pick arguments with others who do not agree with me on topics I am passionate about. I do not recall losing any debates over the years, but it sure did not make me a lot of friends. I also used to fact-check people and point out the things they say incorrectly, and I realized that was quite annoying as well. To overcome this, I stopped doing the above, learned to listen better, and tried to genuinely consider what other people are saying. What still needs work, however, is the fact I like people to think I know better than other people because I think I know better than other people. The resulting behavior is a lot of things I say implicitly or explicitly tries to prove something about myself. But why do I constantly need to prove myself? As I thought about this more deeply, I glanced over to the place where my NZXT H700i computer case resides. Our premium matte black and red mid-tower is stunning to look at and beautiful to behold. It simply has nothing to prove about its presence. Is the NZXT H700i a chassis I can take a few life lessons from? Read on to find out!

Our review unit of the NZXT H700i arrived in a large brown corrugated cardboard box from the company's American headquarters in City of Industry, California, USA. I was a bit surprised to see a plain brown corrugated cardboard box for a mid-tower land on my doorstep here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, since cases usually come shipped in its retail packaging. As I found out later, the actual retail box was located inside the shipping box for additional protection. Using FedEx International 2day, our H700i arrived in excellent condition for our review today. There were small bumps and bruises along the way, but I consider these usual business and nothing to worry about.

Read full article @ APH Networks

Picture of ASUS X470 ROG “Hybrid” motherboard leaks out

An anonymous tipper has just sent us a picture of upcoming ROG X470 motherboard from ASUS. The motherboard has no branding, except for "Republic" and "Hybrid", so we are not sure if this is a motherboard from Crosshair series, STRIX series or something new like Zenith. There are some Chinese letters on the board, so it could also be designed for a specific market.

So far we are only aware of following X470 motherboards from ASUS: PRIME X470-PRO, ROG STRIX X470-F GAMING, ROG STRIX X470-I GAMING, ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO, ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (WI-FI), and TUF X470-PLUS GAMING

Read full article @ VideoCardz.com

RAVPower HyperAir 7.5-Watt Wireless Chargers Review

We're starting to see more 7.5-watt wireless chargers hitting the market, and RAVPower is another popular charging accessory manufacturer that's getting into the mix. RAVPower's previous Fast Wireless Charger has been one of my favorite chargers for the iPhone X, but the company has also been working on improvements leading to a recently launched series of chargers under "HyperAir" branding. The lineup includes flat charging bases, a charging stand, and even a power bank that can wirelessly charge your iPhone.

RAVPower promotes its new HyperAir accessories as supporting both 7.5-watt iPhone and 10-watt Android charging with optimal efficiency, using intelligent temperature monitoring and improved heat dissipation to maintain charging speeds for longer periods of time.

Read full article @ MacRumors

Razer Core v2 Review

Can a laptop and external graphics enclosure replicate desktop performance? The arrival of the 8th Gen Blade Stealth Ultrabook came as no surprise - Razer was always going to take the opportunity to refresh its machine with a quad-core processor - but we hadn't expected to see a new-and-improved external graphics enclosure quite so soon.

Core v2, launched alongside the upgraded Blade Stealth, follows in the footsteps of the original by promising to "seamlessly transform highly mobile Thunderbolt 3 laptops into a desktop-class gaming experience." The premise is simple enough; take a desktop graphics card, pop it inside the Core v2 enclosure, attach to a compatible laptop via a single Thunderbolt 3 Type-C cable and tap into all of that GPU goodness.

Read full article @ Hexus

Silicon Power Armor A62 4TB USB 3.1 Gen 1 Portable Hard Drive Review

If you're out in the market looking for a high-capacity 2.5" rugged portable hard drive that isn't lacking in performance then the latest Armor A62 line by Silicon Power is certainly worth checking out.

Just like the rest of the Armor line of PHD's the A62 model features a rugged IPX4 water and scratch resistant enclosure (made out of hard plastic this time over) which is also shockproof certified (via an internal suspension system) for drops from up to a height of 122cm (USA military transportation test - procedure IV). Silicon Power actually makes two A62 PHD's currently the slim (14.9mm - uses 7mm drives) A62S model available in 1/2TB capacities and the "thicker" (22.8mm - 15mm drives) A62L which is available in 2/3/4/5TB capacities. Inside the USB 3.1 Gen 1 compatible enclosure of the A62L 4TB model Silicon Power has placed a WD Blue Mobile SATA III 2.5" 15mm thick drive (WD40NPZZ model) which spins at 5400RPM (features WD's IntelliSata and IntelliPower Technologies) and is equipped with 8MB of cache.

Read full article @ NikKTech

SteelSeries Rival 600 Gaming Mouse Review

After installing two 4g weights on each side of the mouse, we started gaming in CounterStrike: Global Offensive, Guild Wars 2, Diablo III but also tried a bit of Agents of Mayhem; Rival 600 succeeded to keep the comfort level optimal even 2-3 hours of continuous gaming and during this time we did not spot any erratic movement. While our lift-off setting was set at 0.5mm, players that use to lift the mouse more during the sessions should adjust the value as necessary. The main sensor (SteelSeries TrueMove 3) remains the same as with the Rival 310, but sports a more aggressive appearance, while much more RGB segments are available for configuration.

Read full article @ MadShrimps

SwagArch 18.02 - U Got Swag?

Do not read this, unless your SWAG score is at least 5/7. 'Tis a review of SwagArch, an Arch-based Linux distribution with Xfce desktop environment, tested in a dual-boot configuration on a laptop with Nvidia graphics, covering live session, installation and post-install use, including look & feel, network support, multimedia support - HD video and MP3 playback, partitioning, applications, package management, proprietary graphics drivers, customization, fonts, many problems like system time update, no Samba sharing, broken packages and dependencies, visual glitches, and more. Have fun.

Read full article @ Dedoimedo

Train Sim World Founders Edition Xbox One Review

Train Sim World Founders Edition is an extensive, detailed simulator that will teach you many aspects of the process of driving trains and managing a schedule.

Most genres have found a place on the Xbox One, and everything from shooters to puzzle games are common on the console. However, one type of game rarely seen on Xbox is simulators. Aside from Zoo Tycoon, Kerbal Space Program, and Farming Simulator, not much else exists on the Xbox Marketplace.

The arrival of Train Sim World Founders Edition changes that, and thanks to how extensive and authentic it is, people looking for a top-notch simulation experience will be more than happy with this locomotive-themed title. Though some bugs and performance issues exist, they shouldn't stop you from giving Train Sim World a shot.

Read full article @ Windows Central

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 Review

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 succeeds in carrying over everything that was great about the first game while managing to push the genre forward in a fresh way. After spending several late nights hacking and slashing my way through hordes of ratmen and other evils I can honestly say that it's the most fun I?ve had in a co-op shooter in a long time. So grab that coffee, kick back and enjoy our review of Warhammer: Vermintide 2.

Read full article @ MMOPRG