Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

AMD Polaris graphics cards to launch by month end says report
Asus MG248Q 144Hz Adaptive Sync Display Review
Azio MGK1 RGB Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review
Choosing the Right SSD for a Skylake-U System
Core i7-5820K vs. Core i7-6700K - 2D Performance
Corsair K70 RGB Rapidfire Keyboard Review: Meet the new MX Speed switches
Enermax Revolution X’t II 750W Power Supply Review
FSP Hydro X 650 Power Supply Review
How to Enable TRIM & Prolong the Life of Your SSDs
HyperX Cloud Revolver Gaming Headset Review
IOGEAR Chimera M2 Gaming Mouse Review
Pyle Flextreme MP3 Player Headphones Review
Silentium PC Fortis 3 HE1425
SnapPower Guidelight Outlet Coverplate
Tom Clancy's The Division Gameplay Performance Review
Toshiba XG3 M.2 NVMe SSD Review (1TB) – Rocket Ship NVMe SSD
Western Digital RED WD40EFRX 4TB SATA III HDD Review

AMD Polaris graphics cards to launch by month end says report

Invites for a special event in Macau, China have been received by several media outlets.

Read full article @ Hexus

Asus MG248Q 144Hz Adaptive Sync Display Review

The Asus MG248Q is one of the most interesting displays we’ve seen recently. It’s a 24-inch 1080p gaming display with a TN panel and a 1ms response time, a 144Hz refresh rate and Adaptive Sync for users with AMD graphics cards. Plus it uses the exact same styling, menu system and 5-way joystick controls as the more high-end Asus gaming displays.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Azio MGK1 RGB Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review

There is a revolution going on in the keyboard industry. Mechanical gaming grade keyboards are finally hitting the mainstream. These feature rich keyboards are finally reaching a price that rivals good membrane units. Azio is leading the charge with the MGK1 series of backlit mechanical keyboards. Recently we reviewed the Azio MGK1 Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard and found it to be surprisingly good.

How do you follow a keyboard that I called my new go to budget friendly keyboard? Simple add true RGB lighting and offer Kailh Blue switches as an option. Let’s see how the Azio MGK1 RGB Backlit Mechanical Keyboard compares!

Read full article @ Hardware Asylum

Choosing the Right SSD for a Skylake-U System

Our Skylake NUC review had a brief section on the storage subsystem performance. The comments section raised a few questions about the inability of SSDs such as the Samsung SSD 950 PRO to achieve maximum performance in the NUC. After some discussion with Intel, we discovered some interesting aspects in the design of Skylake-U systems that have a bearing on the performance of some M.2 PCIe SSDs. These can affect the consumers choice of SSDs for a Skylake-U system - be it a NUC or an user-upgradeable notebook. In this article, we quantitatively explore various M.2 SSD options for the Skylake NUC. This will help readers in choosing the right SSD that fits their use-case requirements and budgets.

Read full article @ Anandtech

Core i7-5820K vs. Core i7-6700K - 2D Performance

There is a variety of customer groups in need of as much processing power as possible. Especially in the field of content creation, which includes editing pictures and videos or even rendering a complex scenery with beautiful effects, performance improvements quickly translate into higher income by the end of the month. With this series of articles we're going to compare two processors. The CPUs tested are being run at stock clocks as well as overclocked and apart from that we will also vary the memory frequency. It is our goal to show which CPU is how much faster or slower than another one.

Read full article @ ocaholic

Corsair K70 RGB Rapidfire Keyboard Review: Meet the new MX Speed switches

Corsair is building upon its previous collaboration with Cherry to bring another exclusive line of switches to the mechanical keyboard market. Aimed squarely at gamers, the new MX Speed switches are not only quiet but also reduce travel distance to 1.2mm for a lighting fast 4ms actuation speed on the K65 RGB Rapidfire, K70 Rapidfire and K70 RGB Rapidfire being tested today.

Read full article @ Techspot

Enermax Revolution X’t II 750W Power Supply Review

Enermax recently released a successor to the Revolution X't line and the new models are made by CWT, featuring 80 PLUS Gold efficiency, Japanese caps and a quality fan. Today, we're testing the ERX750AWT model.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

FSP Hydro X 650 Power Supply Review

FSP released their Hydro G series late last year, and it was well received in our labs. It excelled in all key areas, delivering first class load regulation and stellar efficiency – ripple suppression was also close to top of the class. Not everyone could afford the Hydro G and today we look at the latest, more affordable Hydro X range of power supplies from FSP targeting a much wider audience.

Read full article @ KitGuru

How to Enable TRIM & Prolong the Life of Your SSDs

Theres no getting around it: SSDs arent cheap. Sure, theyve come down in price over the years, but when compared to an HDD, the cost is quite a bit more expensive. And while their overall function is to store your files, SSDs behave differently from HDDs and they need to be cared for properly. After all, you didnt spend big bucks on high-speed storage just to have it die off quickly, did you? One simple thing you can do is make sure TRIM is enabled on your PC.

Read full article @ MakeUseOf

HyperX Cloud Revolver Gaming Headset Review

Ultimately, in the end I was pretty disappointed in the HyperX Cloud Revolver Gaming Headset. For being advertised as having studio-grade sound and coming with a matching sticker shock, I had expected quite a bit more for overall sound quality. Not to be a snob or even start to being considered an audiophile, I just disliked the frequency response at anything above "quiet" listening levels. In an intense gaming session there's some satisfaction to be had when something explodes and it genuinely sounds like it has impact. The same goes for movies, TV shows, bass drops in music, etc. It's hard not to focus on the lack of bass output!

Read full article @ OCC

IOGEAR Chimera M2 Gaming Mouse Review

In the beginning of computer gaming you had your 400 – 800 DPI mouse and with limited 640 x 480 CGA that was enough. Today’s gaming is light years ahead of stone age gaming with gaming peripherals exploding to stellar heights. We cane across IOGEAR and their IKON Keyboard a short time back and now it’s time for the Chimera M2 Gaming Mouse to compliment it.

The Chimera M2 gets the best of both worlds as it’s wired and wireless and sports a respectable DPI on the fly of 1000DPI, 1500DPI and 2000DPI. There are other mice that sport a much higher DPI and we’ve tested many of them but seldom do you see a mouse set to much higher than 2000DPI and frankly the DPI race has gotten out of hand.

Read full article @ Bjorn3D

Pyle Flextreme MP3 Player Headphones Review

If you'd like to eliminate at least one required take-with for runs and bike sessions, the Flextreme provides MP3 capability inside a comfortable set of earbuds.

Read full article @ WinSupersite

Silentium PC Fortis 3 HE1425

SilentiumPC is on top of their game with the release of the Fortis 3 HE1425. Available in both a standard and Malik Customs edition, it offers exceptional bang-for-the-buck performance with the option of extra customization.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

SnapPower Guidelight Outlet Coverplate

In this review we are going to cover an item from SnapPower, a company that's sole focus is to make your wall outlets more useful. Their main offerings are both 120V wall outlet cover plates, with one style that offers a USB port for charging your devices, and another style that offers a nightlight with a built-in sensor to automatically turn on when it gets dark. While they also offer USB cables that could be used with their "SnapPower Chargers", their wall plates are clearly the novel offering that makes them of interest.

Read full article @ Bigbruin.com

Tom Clancy's The Division Gameplay Performance Review

We take Tom Clancy's triple A title, The Division, and find out how AMD's and NVIDIA's high end video cards' performances stack up and what image quality settings it takes to truly be immersed. We will see what level of GPU is needed at what resolution to enjoy this game with high graphics settings and image quality.

Read full article @ HardOCP

Toshiba XG3 M.2 NVMe SSD Review (1TB) – Rocket Ship NVMe SSD

The Toshiba XG3 SSD is a M.2 NVMe drive which just may be the most powerful SSD on the market….well not really on the market. It isn’t available through consumer sales and can only be found pre-installed in ultrabooks, unless of course you are lucky enough to dig one up on eBay. The downfall of trying to get ones hands on such a OEM/client SSD that is not attained pre-configured in a new system, of course, is that there is no warranty. It is the chance you take and the trade-off for owning the best. On our test bench today is the 1TB capacity Toshiba XG3 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD and we will be the first to admit that this SSD’s performance was totally unexpected.

Read full article @ The SSD Review

Western Digital RED WD40EFRX 4TB SATA III HDD Review

Low electrical consumption, temperatures and noise levels along with excellent compatibility are just some of the reasons the RED 4TB HDD (WD40EFRX) by WD comes highly recommended for use with NAS servers.

Read full article @ NikKTech