Here a roundup of todays reviews and articles:

Antec P380
Asus RX 480 Strix Gaming OC Aura RGB 8192MB
HP Updates The Z240 Workstation With The Core i7-6700K
Reeven Six Eyes II Fan Controller Review: Rediscovering the Joys of Analog
Tesoro GRAM Spectrum RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
Thermaltake Pacific RL360 D5 RGB Water Cooling Kit Review
UE Roll 2 Review
Xtorm AP175 Mobile Solar Panel (SolarBooster) Review
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP! Edition Graphics Card Review

Antec P380

The Antec P380 is a full-tower chassis that aims to offer an understated and clean look by employing solid and thick aluminum panels and excellent steel construction. The no-frills interior goes for a useful feature set - all at a price that seems to make sense.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

Asus RX 480 Strix Gaming OC Aura RGB 8192MB

AMD launched their RX 480 at the end of June and I was on hand to offer my analysis of the reference card at the time. Today we present our review of the new Asus RX 480 Strix Gaming OC, a custom solution featuring enhanced clock speeds, a modified triple fan cooler and ‘Aura’ RGB lighting. At £289.99 inc vat the Asus card hits the same price points as many Nvidia GTX 1060 solutions, so we have high hopes it can compete.

Read full article @ KitGuru

HP Updates The Z240 Workstation With The Core i7-6700K

HP has an interesting announcement today - they are refreshing their existing Z240 workstation, which is targeted towards small and medium-sized businesses, with a non-Xeon Core i7 based processor. It was already available with Skylake based Xeon CPUs, up to the Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5. That’s a 3.7-4.0 GHz Xeon, with 4 cores, 8 MB of cache, with an 80-Watt Thermal Design Power (TDP). That’s certainly an excellent choice for a lot of workloads that workstations are tasked with, and with support for ECC memory, reliability under load is also a key factor. But HP has been talking to their customers and found that many of them have been choosing to forgo the error checking capabilities of ECC and have been building or buying equivalent gaming-focused machines in order to get more performance for the money. Specifically, they have been building desktops with the Core i7-6700K, which is an unlocked 4.0-4.2 GHz quad-core design, with a 91-Watt TDP, and in pure frequency can offer up to 13% more performance than the fastest Skylake Xeon.

So armed with this data, HP has refreshed the Z240 line today, with the usual Skylake Xeons in tow but also an option for the Core i7-6700K. This desktop sized workstation supports up to 64 GB of DDR4-2133, with ECC available on the Xeon processors only. It’s a pretty interesting move, but can make a lot of sense if most customers would probably rather purchase a workstation from a company like HP so that they get the testing and support offerings found with workstation class machines. If some of them had to resort to building their own in order to get the best CPU performance, HP has made a wise decision to offer this.

Read full article @ Anandtech

Reeven Six Eyes II Fan Controller Review: Rediscovering the Joys of Analog

Fan control is a feature integrated in some PC cases but that is not quite an accurate word to use considering these are mostly two or three-step voltage presets with fan hubs. Control should only apply if there is nuance present and a certain level of accuracy can be met. That is why there are aftermarket products that are dedicated … Read more.

Read full article @ Modders-Inc

Tesoro GRAM Spectrum RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

The promotional image above shows that the GRAM Spectrum has a very compact foot print with a fairly traditional key layout, but right away you can see it is capable of full RGB color rendering. Before checking out what else this $130+ (US) keyboard is all about, let's check out some of the features and specifications taken from the official product page on the Tesoro website.

Read full article @ Bigbruin.com

Thermaltake Pacific RL360 D5 RGB Water Cooling Kit Review

When it comes to computer parts and accessories there are few if any companies that can compete with the breadth of Thermaltake’s offerings. Here at ThinkComputers we are very familiar with most all of Tt’s products including of course their excellent cooling products. In fact for some time their Water 3.0 Ultimate was the highest performing AIO liquid cooler we ran through our bench. Of course not a company to sit idle at the top, Tt has now broadened their horizons extensively and entered the highly competitive custom water cooling segment. While they offer a very complete product line up that allows the builder to fully customize their cooling setup with individual parts, Tt also offers complete DIY kits to make things a little less complex for the meant more novice watercooler looking to get their feet wet. And that brings us to today’s review. After much anticipation we have finally gotten our hands on one of Tt’s new custom AIO watercooling kits, the Pacific RL360 D5 RGB! This kit comes specced out with a full complement of standard water cooling gear picked out and packaged into a single simple brown box. Follow along as we find out if this kit is really all you need to be a custom water cooler; as well as just how much performance is packed into that single brown box!

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

UE Roll 2 Review

Some may call it a gimmick, but waterproof speakers are here to stay. It might've been a passing fad when the first few manufacturers, like Ultimate Ears (UE, for short) and JBL, first started releasing these water-tolerant audio devices a few years back, but now they're a staple of the market. But even in an increasingly crowded field, the UE Roll 2 manages to stick out. The latest IPX7-rated speaker from the manufacturer offers improved sound from the original on top of a reduced price tag – the Roll 2 sells for just $99 (£80, about AU$100). While a muddy bass keeps it from becoming one of the best portable pieces of audio hardware out there, a solid waterproof coating, detailed mids and surprising range make it a definite contender for the crown.

Read full article @ Techradar

Xtorm AP175 Mobile Solar Panel (SolarBooster) Review

Where i live green energy may not be as popular as for example it is in California but still some people are trying to reduce emissions (and electrical bills) by using both the sun and the air to cover their power needs. Due to the very high cost of such solutions however this is mostly done on a large scale by corporations who place windmills, wind-turbines and solar arrays (photovoltaic) in various places and sell that power to the main distributor which in turn sells it to us regular consumers. Fortunately not everything needs to be done on a large scale so many manufacturers have released mini wind-turbines and solar panels which thanks to their size can be installed everywhere even ontop of your own house. Today’s review although relevant it's about something much smaller in scale even compared to that since we'll be testing the AP175 Mobile Solar Panel (SolarBooster) by Xtorm.

Xtorm is part of the Dutch company A-solar bv and was founded in 2008 with the idea that today more and more mobile devices come to the market, which requires a lot of power. To contribute to the environment we have searched for durable applications to provide a solution to this problem. Meanwhile we are the manufacturer in the field of innovative and practical solar and power solutions for everyday use. We bring a complete range of affordable and user-friendly consumer products on the market that simply charged from solar power and USB. The products with the brand Xtorm have a contemporary character and are of high quality.

As clearly stated by its name the AP175 Mobile Solar Panel is basically 4 medium-sized solar panels linked together that have a total power output of 24W and can be used to charge your mobile devices via two 2.1A USB ports. Now we have seen numerous portable batteries (powerbanks) in the past some of which featured one or two solar panels of various sizes but the AP175 is in a league of its own since these 4 panels are not only of very high build quality (Xtorm says they are on par with those used in regular full-sized photovoltaic solutions). Unfortunately the AP175 doesn't feature an internal rechargeable battery which means you can only use it to charge devices only when the sun is out but especially in the summer that shouldn't be a problem. Still let's move forward with our review and see just how good the AP175 really is and whether or not it deserves to have a permanent place in your backpack.

Read full article @ NikKTech

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP! Edition Graphics Card Review

On the heels of the GeForce GTX 1080 and 1070 releases, Nvidia drops the GTX 1060. The GTX 1060 is marketed as a mainstream card and the reference card is targeting the $250 range while partner boards tend to be slightly higher. For this review we present the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP! Edition graphics card. The Zotac GeForce 1060 … Read more.

Read full article @ Modders-Inc