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Aerocool P7-C0 Case Review
Budget Game PC - July 2017
Colorful Launches the iGame X299 Vulcan X Motherboard
Core i9-7900X overclocked to 6.01GHz on LN2, sets record
DiRT 4 Performance Review
Fedora fonts: The Font Strikes Back
GAMDIAS HEBE M1 RGB Review
How to build a Fanless PC Tutorial
Lexar JumpDrive P20 128GB & S57 256GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Comparison
Loftek 15 Watt LED Floodlight Review Review
Maxiotek MK8115 DRAMless Controller Preview
MJX Bugs 8 / Bugs 6 Brushless FPV Racing Drone Review
MSI GTX 1080 Ti Lightning Z 11GB Review
Teamgroup T-Force Night Hawk RGB DDR4 Memory Review



Aerocool P7-C0 Case Review

Tempered glass is undoubtedly the latest trend in the PC case market and Aerocool has no hesitation in joining this craze as its P7-C0 chassis features dual tempered glass side panels. Add an innovative front-panel LED lighting system, an optimised air flow path plus plenty of room for cable management, could Aerocool be onto a winner here?

Read full article @ KitGuru

Budget Game PC - July 2017

The Hardware.Info Budget Game PC Advice has a balanced configuration for playing video games, without having to spend too much. The components have been selected to offer the best bang for your buck.

That means you cannot always expect the highest settings, resolution and frame rate, but at the same time you should be able to play all modern games in Full HD resolution without making huge concessions to either the image quality or your enjoyment of the game.

Read full article @ Hardware.Info

Colorful Launches the iGame X299 Vulcan X Motherboard

Colorful today launched its flagship socket LGA2066 motherboard, the iGame X299 Vulcan X, which it showcased earlier at the 2017 Computex. The board is available in two variants based on their color-schemes, white and black. The white model features a white PCB, I/O shroud, and white PCH and VRM heatsinks, while the black variant is almost completely black. Both variants have an identical feature-set. The board draws power from a combination of 24-pin ATX, 8-pin EPS, and 6-pin PCIe power connectors, and uses a 10-phase VRM to power the CPU. The CPU is wired to eight DDR4 DIMM slots, and four PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots.

Storage options include a 32 Gb/s M.2-22110 slot, a 32 Gb/s M.2-2280 slot, and six SATA 6 Gb/s ports. USB connectivity includes two USB 3.1 ports (one each type-A and type-C), six USB 3.0 (four on the rear panel and two by headers); and two special USB 2.0 ports on the rear panel which are optimized for gaming input devices, with additional electrical stabilization. Of its two gigabit Ethernet connections, one is driven by an Intel i211-AT controller, and the other by Realtek DragonLAN 8118AS. Audio includes a Realtek ALC1220 CODEC with 120 dBA SNR; a headphones amp, audio-grade capacitors, and ground-layer isolation. The board features dual-BIOS with manual switching, and a host of overclocking features. The company didn't reveal EU pricing.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

Core i9-7900X overclocked to 6.01GHz on LN2, sets record

Intel's new Core i9-7900X has been on the market for just a few weeks, but it has already been pushed to world record heights of 6.01GHz on liquid nitrogen, setting a new 10-core CPU and highest ever single processor world record.

Read full article @ TweakTown

DiRT 4 Performance Review

Codemasters recently released the 12th title in its Colin McRae Rally series, called DiRT 4. Let’s see how it performs across eight mid-range graphics cards. Codemasters recently released the 12th title in its Colin McRae Rally series, called DiRT 4. The game is based on the in-house EGO 4.0 engine, which was also used in F1 2015, F1 2016, and F1 2017. As we've seen from this franchise before, DiRT 4 serves up classic rallycross courses; the landrush mode with stages in California, Nevada, and Mexico; and joyride mode for multiple players.
While this is a multi-platform game (available on Windows, but also for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One), DiRT 4 remains limited to DirectX 11 support.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Fedora fonts: The Font Strikes Back

I've written a third article in a long and painful series discussing the optimization of font readability, clarity and contrast in Fedora, with focus on Droid Sans and Myriad Pro types, additional tweaks and comparisons, and more. The quest for the perfect font. Let us.

Read full article @ Dedoimedo

GAMDIAS HEBE M1 RGB Review

The HEBE M1 RGB is priced directly in ground-zero of mid-range headsets, and so comes with a host of competitive features, including 50mm drivers, RGB lighting, and virtual 7.1 surround. The design is pretty much a Siberia clone, featuring a suspension style headband and a large metal frame, however, inside its huge earcups, GAMDIAS have placed 30mm vibration units to deliver a bass impact/rumble effect to provide gamers with an extra-dimension to their immersive gaming experience.

Read full article @ Vortez

How to build a Fanless PC Tutorial

Step by step to a silent living room HTPC without any fan noise. For the soon coming review of the Streacom FC8 Alpha ITX case, we have written a new HTPC construction guide. This time we have build even a completely silent PC for the living room.

Read full article @ OCInside.de

Lexar JumpDrive P20 128GB & S57 256GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Comparison

Micron surprised everyone when they announced discontinuing Lexar late last month but this may actually be the right time for you to check their JumpDrive P20 128GB and S57 256GB USB 3.0 flash drives.

Read full article @ NikKTech

Loftek 15 Watt LED Floodlight Review Review

The Loftek 15 Watt Portable LED Floodlight is a versatile tool, useful to any camper or hiker.

Read full article @ APH Networks

Maxiotek MK8115 DRAMless Controller Preview

Today we test a pair of early Maxiotek reference design SSD with Micron's 16nm and new 3D TLC using the MK8115 DRAMless controller.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

MJX Bugs 8 / Bugs 6 Brushless FPV Racing Drone Review

I’m excited to share with you, in a world exclusive first review, MJX’s first attempt into the FPV racing drone segment, with their newest Bugs 8 / Bugs 6 250mm FPV Brushless Racing Drone. It's marketed as an entry-level FPV racing drone for beginners just getting into the sport of drone racing.

Read full article @ ModSynergy.com

MSI GTX 1080 Ti Lightning Z 11GB Review

Water cooling is more popular than ever on high-performance graphics cards like the GTX 1080 Ti, solutions include MSI’s Sea Hawk, ASUS Poseidon and Gigabyte Aorus Waterforce. Yet in this high performance market is there still room for the bulky and over-engineered air-cooled option? MSI certainly thinks so with its latest flagship the GTX 1080 Ti Lightning Z.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Teamgroup T-Force Night Hawk RGB DDR4 Memory Review

In this article we review the new T-Force RGB series Night Hawk DDR4 memory from Teamgroup. Not only do these puppies look awesome, they are properly specced as well. We received a 2 x 8 GB DDR4 3,000MHz CAS 16 DRAM kit from Corsair, so that is 16 GB at your disposal for dual-channel memory configurations.

Read full article @ Guru3D