Here a roundup of the latest reviews and articles:

Aerocool Aero 1000 Chassis Review
Asus ROG GR8
Asus Transformer Book T300 Chi 2-in-1 Ultrabook Review
AT&T Shows Off 4G LTE Devices At St. Louis Cardinals Game
Case Mod Friday: Gold Wings
Compro PS-100 Power IR Switch Review
Gigabyte X99-UD4P Review
QNAP TVS-463 Network Attached Storage Review
SilverStone Raven RV05B-W PC Case Review
The Intel Xeon E7-8800 v3 Review: The POWER8 Killer?

Aerocool Aero 1000 Chassis Review

Aerocool has trodden a careful path with its new Aero-1000 ATX case. This steel chassis looks understated with its black and white mono colour scheme and it is clear that Aerocool has worked hard to appeal to enthusiasts while keeping the price low.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Asus ROG GR8

I sometimes feel a little like a broken record when talking about LANRigs. While we have been doing them for years here at LanOC, over the past few years the small form factor builds have really come into their own. The introduction of parts has helped a lot and frankly I think a lot of people are starting to see that you can get amazing performance out of a small PC if it is built right. This makes taking your PC to LANs much easier and even for those of you who don’t do that, they take up a lot less space in your office. Well when Asus recently introduced a new all in one PC called the ROG GR8 I was a little surprised. They were promising a PC that is a fraction of the size of a normal SFF gaming rig but you could get it with an i7 and a dedicated video card. I had to check it out. Over the past few months we have been lucky enough to pack it up and use it at multiple LANs, today I’m going to talk a little about the GR8 and our experience with it. While we are doing that I’m going to try to keep our only GR8 (Great) reference to right here in the introduction.

Read full article @ LanOC Reviews

Asus Transformer Book T300 Chi 2-in-1 Ultrabook Review

Asus unveiled its latest addition to the Transformer series at CES in January, the Transformer Book Chi. Available in three sizes, the new Transformer Book Chi Series features a 2-in-1 detachable laptop design. Their flagship Transformer Book T300 Chi offers a 12.5-inch screen, an Intel Core M processor, and a fanless cooling solution. The more compact T100 Chi is a 10.1-inch model that promises all-day battery life. Prices for the Transformer Book Chi Series range from $399 to $899.

Today, we’re going to take a hands-on look at the T300 Chi which is offered in two models starting at $699. We have the high-end T300CHI-FH011H model on hand for testing. This model is priced at $899 and features more RAM, a higher-resolution WQHD 2560 x 1440 resolution display, and a faster processor than the other 12.5" T300 Chi model...

Read full article @ HotHardware.com

AT&T Shows Off 4G LTE Devices At St. Louis Cardinals Game

Our local AT&T representative hosted a tech blogger gathering at the St. Louis Cardinals baseball game yesterday. The purpose of the event was to check out some of the latest devices from AT&T and of course their “Distributed Antenna System” at Busch Stadium. It also didn’t hurt that the game happened to have the St. Louis Cardinals pitted against the Chicago Cubs, which is undoubtedly one of the best baseball rivalries with the Cubs slightly leading the series between the two teams with over 2,300 games played against one another since first meeting in 1892! However, the Cardinals have won the World Series 11 times versus just twice for the Cubs. No matter what team you are rooting for it is always a good matchup!

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

Case Mod Friday: Gold Wings

Welcome to another Case Mod Friday showcase! This week we have Snef's “Gold Wings” build. Here is what he had to say about it, "I named this one Gold Wings, the theme of this one is ancient Egypt. The color theme will be white and gold, I know, white, but this one will be special, with a special paint job from the paint magician Hanoverfist. I will not make hieroglyphs everywhere. I very excited to do this build, specially because working on a limited edition case.

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

Compro PS-100 Power IR Switch Review

Today I have a quick review for you of an accessory for the Compro TN900RW camera that I recently reviewed. The product is called the PS-100 Power IR Switch, and it’s basically a power outlet with an IR sensor attached to it. It can be used with the Compro cameras or not as it can be also be programmed with any IR remote code, essentially give you the ability to use any remote in your home with it. It’s simple to use, and easy to program, and it can also save you some money on your electric bill. Read on to learn more..

Read full article @ Technogog

Gigabyte X99-UD4P Review

Improved attributes for overclocking Haswell-E. Any enthusiast worth their salt will know the Intel X99 platform will remain the go-to solution for some time to come. No other setup can offer you eight cores and 16 threads in a single chip. Said processor is the Core i7-5960X, available for a cool £800, but the six-core, 12-thread Core i7-5820K, priced at a more palatable £300, is undoubtedly a better value bet.

Eking out the best from these processors requires overclocking them by a healthy degree. But pushing these 140W TDP beasts by adding extra voltage and frequency brings the motherboards' circuitry into focus. Stealing a march on others in this regard was Asus, whose 'OC Socket' was the first to tap into the chips' voltage rails to offer, potentially, more stable performance at the bleeding edge.

Gigabyte is also looking to woo the enthusiast with a new range of P-suffixed boards that offer its own version of a special socket. A case in point is the X99-UD4P, in for review today.

Read full article @ Hexus

QNAP TVS-463 Network Attached Storage Review

What are the three basic needs of a human being? Back in the days, when I was in elementary school, I was taught it was food, clothing, and shelter. Recently, I was talking to one of my friends, who was born in the late 90's. Coming to her with the same question, she quickly responded without a second thought. "Food, electricity, and internet," she said. Apparently, a lot has changed since I was in elementary school. Now, as much as baby boomers like to pick on us millennials as a smartphone addicted, socially inept generation of people for statements like these, it is interesting to observe how internet, while not necessarily a basic need, has become a quintessential utility like gas, electricity, water, and sewage. Unlike the early 2000's, our dependency on the internet is not just for basic tasks like checking email or reading the news. The widespread availability of high speed connections has allowed us to easily access devices and its data from anywhere in the world, bringing about an era of connectivity like never before. In the last few years, NAS manufacturers like QNAP has been pushing the concept of a "personal cloud"; where instead of storing data on someone else's server, you do it on your own. The convenience of such is almost revolutionary. In fact, I slowly became so dependent on my network attached storage system in and out of my LAN, it has practically become a basic need. How? I use it to sync files between devices, store backup images, host music and videos for streaming, serve software installations around the house, and provide VPN access when I am away; the list goes on. Today, we will take a look at yet another one of these devices. The QNAP TVS-463 is part of the company's AMD based lineup, which has 4K output capabilities, and -- get this -- run as your regular PC if you plug in a keyboard and mouse. With all these features packed down, is there something it cannot do?

Read full article @ APH Networks

SilverStone Raven RV05B-W PC Case Review

Over the years we've seen a very large number of PC Cases some big, some small, some tiny, some with just the basic features you find with low-cost models, some extra bells and whistles, some that offer weird positioning for the hardware, some casually looking and some looking like nothing else in the market. To date however not many manufacturers have managed to combine all of the above and if we had to choose some right off the top of our heads the first two would probably be Thermaltake and CoolerMaster. There are others however who take things just as seriously and in some cases even surpass the above two in terms of radical new ideas and SilverStone has brought quite a few in the market which have been embraced by many consumers over the years so naturally SilverStone did what was expected of them which was to continue using them and today we have the latest one to feature some of them the Raven RV05B-W.

Founded in 2003, SilverStone is an established leader in its field, with an elite team of engineers; we started our quest of providing products that create inspirations. We have since expanded the lines of products as well as types of products we produce, giving our customers a wide selection of choices. With distribution centers in different areas of the globe, SilverStone products can be seen all over the world, not just for computer users but also for home entertainment use. Providing leisure with integration of advanced technologies that is functional and making them enjoyable to use. Here at SilverStone Technology, we continue to pride ourselves in providing the highest level of standards in designing and manufacturing computer enclosures, power supplies, and accessories. Our pursuit for the first class aesthetic appeal is relentless; our teams of devoted engineers are constantly searching for the best technologies that suit end-users with different needs and will make our products as technologically sound as they are beautiful.

One of the most "radical" new designs SilverStone has used in their PC cases lately is their 90 degrees mainboard plate rotation which pretty much means that instead of the usual interior design everything is turned 90 degrees clockwise. So instead of sucking air from the front which in turn exits from the rear (and top in some PC cases) here we have air coming in from the bottom via two large fans and exiting from the top. This may sound as a bit odd but the truth is that just as long as a good amount of air gets in the case from beneath this design should not only increase airflow quite a bit compared to regular PC cases but it should also increase cooling efficiency since the air unavoidably passes on its way out from your mainboard, cards, memory modules and CPU. Aside that however the Raven RV05B-W however packs quite a few interesting features including room for radiators, quick release button for the side panels, slim 5.25" ODB, room for 4 drives (2x3.5"/2x2.5") and much more.

Read full article @ NikKTech

The Intel Xeon E7-8800 v3 Review: The POWER8 Killer?

The story behind the high-end Xeon has been the same for the past 5 years: Intels most expensive beats the Oracle alternative in every way you can look at it, and offers better performance per watt/dollar than the massive IBM Power servers. And each time a new generation of quad/octal socket Xeons is born, Intel increases the corecount, RAS features and performance per core while charging a lot more for the top SKUs. From the Intel side, this new generation is no different: more cores, better RAS, slightly more performance per core and ... higher prices. 

Read full article @ Anandtech