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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

ASUS STRIX GTX 1070 Review
Case Mod Friday: InWin X NVIDIA BattleBox
Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro S RGB Gaming Keyboard Review
Corsair Carbide Air 740 Case Review
Corsair Carbide Air 740 Cube Chassis Review
EMTEC Speedin X600 External SSD Review: Affordable, Portable Storage
GPU Charts 2016 Single Card - 1080p, 1440p, UHD - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Hands-on review: HP 250 G4
LaCie Porsche Design Mobile Drive 4TB Review
LibreOffice save error - How to fix
Ozone Neon 3K Mouse Review
Steam user Windows 10 market share closes in on 50 per cent
Swiftech H240 X2 CPU Liquid Cooling System Review
Toshiba HK4E Enterprise SSD Review (800GB)



ASUS STRIX GTX 1070 Review

NVIDIA’s GTX 10 series launch can be marked out as one of their most enthralling yet – surprise, intrigue and excitement have all been pivotal factors in the release of the GTX 1060, 1070, and 1080. And while the aftershocks of such prominent unveilings can still be felt these many weeks after, the enthusiasm hasn’t died down. Today, we turn to ASUS for a detailed look at their STRIX GTX 1070.

Under observation today is the ASUS STRIX GTX 1070 – a graphics card which bears the renowned DirectCU III cooling system. This cooler, like the versions before it, seeks to bring down temperatures and do so while maintaining low-noise levels. Along with the cooler we also have some additional features which should help to separate this GTX 1070 from others – twin fan headers are situated at the end of the card and an additional HDMI 2.0 resides on the rear IO panel. On top of all this, ASUS has also modified the GPU clock speed and bumped it up by 10% in a bid to boost framerates and hopefully allow this card to take the spotlight by climbing up the performance charts.

Read full article @ Vortez

Case Mod Friday: InWin X NVIDIA BattleBox

Welcome to another Case Mod Friday showcase! This week we have Phenom Design & Photography's "InWin X NVIDIA BattleBox" build. While we have seen quite a few different builds and mods in the In Win D-Frame Case this build matches the NVIDIA theme almost perfectly!  It is extremely clean and a solid build! Be sure to check it out!

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro S RGB Gaming Keyboard Review

To continue our gaming keyboard series we want to introduce a new keyboard from Cooler Master – the MasterKeys Pro S. Mechanical keys, intelligent RGB lighting, narrow design … that sounds like a true gaming keyboard. Whether the Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro keyboard can separate from most other models and if it can convince in practical use, we show in the following review. In the MasterKeys Pro S review, there are also two new videos of lighting effects.

Read full article @ OCInside.de

Corsair Carbide Air 740 Case Review

Corsair has a long history of making some of the highest quality computer components available. They are constantly watching the market and developing new products to meet new demands. Since CES 2016, their computer case division has been silently working on some new designs. Today, we are looking at one of these new designs, in the Carbide Air 740, the follow-up to one of their most popular cases, the Air 540, which we took a look at back in 2013!

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

Corsair Carbide Air 740 Cube Chassis Review

I can feel it coming in the air tonight, …oh, hey guys (Hilbert turns off Phil Collins track). Today we review the new Corsair Air 740 chassis. The mid-tower chassis positions itself in the Carbide series of PC cases from Corsair. Corsair took the DNA of the Air 540, yet advanced on that design pretty significantly. The new 740 is not just impressive, it absolutely is innovative for a chassis as well.

Now, I don't know if you can all remember the Air 540, but think cube, big space and large see-through side panel. The new 740 is pretty much based on that very same concept, yet is different in many ways. You'll notice the new more rugged bezel and top (which I agree will take a little getting used to). Then the chassis inside, oh man... the space and airflow in this thing are insane. Basically the Corsair Air 740 is made out of two compartments, one houses your motherboard and PCI-Express cards and kit like your graphics card. That segment is exposed to the see-through panel (well, door really) so you get to put the best components on display. All the way on the right side there is a second compartment, here you can mount your HDDs and SSDs, nicely hidden. Also, the power supply is housed in that hidden compartment and there is just so much space for cable routing, it's insane. Obviously we'll show you that in the photo-shoot.

Corsair has been going strong in the chassis market. Very few of their PC cases left us with mixed feelings. It started years ago with that Obsidian 800D and later the 900D which to date are among the most well known and reputable chassis. With the Graphite series they pursued a somewhat more mainstream to gamers level of PC cases. And then came the Carbide series for which Corsair pursued a more mainstream market, and as we all know that means a cheaper product often resulting in stripped away features, style and functionality that we know and learned to love from, say, the Obsidian or Graphite series. Admittedly, what Corsair has been doing with the Carbide series works well, as it did convince me in a positive way when they launched the initial series. These chassis remain good looking and really are feature rich products. Once Corsair released the Air 540 I was a little surprised to see it launch in the Carbide series, but it makes sense as you'll learn throughout this article. Later on the Carbide Air 240 was released, the cubist mini-me version of that chassis.

Read full article @ Guru3D

EMTEC Speedin X600 External SSD Review: Affordable, Portable Storage

Thumb drive makers have managed to cram quite a bit into the pinky-sized drives, but there are limits to capacity and to some degree performance, since there is only so much room to work with. Fortunately, there is a nice middle ground between thumb drives and larger external SSDs that conform to the popular 2.5" form factor. EMTEC, for example, has a new line of external SSDs that use a 1.8" form factor, which offer respectable read speeds, although they won't win any performance contests versus more expensive drives.

The EMTEC Speedin' X600 is a USB 3.0-compatible drive available in 128GB, 256GB or 512GB capacities at affordable price points...

Read full article @ HotHardware

GPU Charts 2016 Single Card - 1080p, 1440p, UHD - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

These graphics cards charts contain benchmark results of numerous recent graphics cards. We've tested the card with three different resolutions, where there are 1080p, 1440p and 2160p. Apart from that we also show live price tags for all models.

Read full article @ ocaholic

Hands-on review: HP 250 G4

Small businesses have a number of choices these days when it comes to outfitting employees with affordable computers. HP has thrown another option into the ring with its 250 G4, an affordable budget laptop that comes with a full-fat Intel Core processor that's more capable of handling business applications compared to others in its price range.It can be picked up for as little as £224 (around US$269) online, which places it squarely in budget territory and even on an even footing with Chromebooks and low-end 2-in-1 devices.In terms of its design, the 15.6-inch 250 G4 looks like a budget offering. That's not saying much these days, with bargain bucket devices such as HP's own Stream 11 and Stream 14 bringing a splash of color to the low-end. Howeverr, the 250 G4 really is clad in black plastic from head-to-toe (or lid to keyboard base). HP has attempted to make it look less boring by giving the black base a thatched diamond effect, which is repeated in a silver mesh pattern on the lid, but it doesn't prevent the machine from looking dull.

Read full article @ TechRadar

LaCie Porsche Design Mobile Drive 4TB Review

LaCie introduces its new Porsche Design Mobile Drive, which provides up to 4TB of storage in a stylish case. We put it to the test.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

LibreOffice save error - How to fix

Here's a short tutorial explaining how to work around weird save error bugs in LibreOffice by creating missing lock files with the right meta data and permission. Take a look.

Read full article @ Dedoimedo

Ozone Neon 3K Mouse Review

Last year we took a look at the Ozone Neon mouse – finding it to be a solid offering for those not interested in fancy lighting or sensors with crazy DPI levels (like many of the latest mice all seem to be doing). Now, Ozone have released a successor – the Neon 3K. The ‘3K’ in the name refers to its max DPI of 3500, in case you were wondering.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Steam user Windows 10 market share closes in on 50 per cent

And Microsoft confirms Kaby Lake and Zen will only get fully supported in Windows 10.

Read full article @ Hexus

Swiftech H240 X2 CPU Liquid Cooling System Review

Not only can end users expand the Swiftech H240-X2 by adding more radiators and waterblocks but they can also improve the looks of their PC case by choosing a color for both the interior liquid and the ALED lighting system.

Read full article @ NikKTech

Toshiba HK4E Enterprise SSD Review (800GB)

What's this? Another Toshiba HK4 series SSD review? (http://thessdreview.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3d9b6193ffd32dd60e84fc74b&id=a3cc83df2d&e=312ec141fb) Yes! This time around we are going to take a look at the higher endurance model of the HK4 family, the HK4E. The HK4E is rated for three drive writes per day rather than one like the HK4R. This does come at a cost though, the HK4E's capacities are smaller due to over provisioning taking up 28% of the NAND, but at the same time it boasts improved random write performance. So, for those of you out there needing a mid-range SATA SSD for read oriented workloads, but also has some grunt to it to take database and VDI use, the HK4E just might be the SSD for you. Read on as we disassemble this bad boy and see how it performs in today's review.

Read full article @ The SSD Review