Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

AMD preparing Ryzen 3 1200, mainstream 3.1GHz CPU
AMD Radeon RX 480 Graphics Card Roundup
Arctic Accelero Hybrid AIO Mod Guide
ASRock X370 Gaming K4 ATX Motherboard Review
Asus ROG Gladius II Review
AWD-IT Phoenix (w/ R7 1700X) System Review
Best Monitors
COUGAR Attack X3 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review
DeepCool GENOME II Case Review
Early review of the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (6C/12T) published
FinalMouse Scream One Second Edition
G.Skill TridentZ RGB 32GB DDR4-3200MHz (DDR4 with RGB lighting)
Gigabyte Aorus AX370-Gaming 5 Review
MSI X370 XPower Gaming Titanium Review
Radeon RX 580, RX 570, RX 550 benchmarked leaked
Tesoro Excalibur SE Spectrum Gaming Keyboard Review
Transcend Launches New PCIe M.2 SSDs: The MTE850 Series

AMD preparing Ryzen 3 1200, mainstream 3.1GHz CPU

AMD hasn't provided any details on its mid-range Ryzen 3 range of processors, but the Ryzen 3 1200 is being teased with a base clock of 3.1GHz. We should expect the new Ryzen 3 1200 processor to have a TDP of 65W, while the first look at the Ryzen 3 1200 saw it running on an ASRock AB350M-HDV motherboard.

Read full article @ TweakTown

AMD Radeon RX 480 Graphics Card Roundup

We've rounded up all the AMD Radeon RX 480 graphics cards we could find. This first batch includes products from Asus, HIS, MSI, Sapphire, and AMD itself.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Arctic Accelero Hybrid AIO Mod Guide

In the first part of the AIO water cooling mod series, we would like to show you today at OCinside.de how an Arctic Cooling Hybrid II 120 graphics card cooler can be transformed to a CPU cooler and how to refill the AIO water cooling system, renew the tubes and prepare for future extensions like custom loop. We explain how to do that step by step in the following Arctic Accelero Hybrid II All in One liquid cooler mod guide.

Read full article @ OCInside

ASRock X370 Gaming K4 ATX Motherboard Review

Will the X370 Gaming K4 continue the Fatal1ty tradition regardless of the notion that Ryzen is terrible at gaming? With Ryzen forging its path, we're starting to get a few more AM4 motherboards, which means that we can evolve from AMD 970 chipset comparisons to a more level competition. We caught some flak from readers regarding reference data, choice of GPU, and limited depth in our review of the ASRock X370 Taichi.
Next up: the ASRock X370 Gaming K4. It's back to the Fatal1ty series and placing the focus back onto gaming.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Asus ROG Gladius II Review

Worth the premium over the original, award-winning Gladius? RGB lighting has become synonymous with PC gaming hardware and, like it or loathe it, the eye-catching illuminations are here to stay. Asus is one of many manufacturers eager to update its product range with synchronised LEDs marketed under the Aura umbrella.

A myriad of motherboards, graphics cards, desktops and peripherals are now Aura-certified, and a few classic fan favourites are being given an Aura upgrade. One example is the new Gladius II mouse, priced at £80.

Read full article @ Hexus

AWD-IT Phoenix (w/ R7 1700X) System Review

Given that Ryzen 7 CPUs launched just over a month ago, system integrators have been quick to start building new PCs based on the Ryzen platform. The system in for review today from AWD-IT is one such example, as their Phoenix system is built around the 1700X chip and the Aorus AX370 Gaming 5 motherboard. With the inclusion of a GTX 1080 alongside the 1700X, could the AWD-IT Phoenix be the perfect Ryzen PC?

Read full article @ KitGuru

Best Monitors

Here are the best gaming monitors available today, ranging from inexpensive 60-144hz monitors to top-of-the-line 4K panels equipped with G-Sync or FreeSync.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

COUGAR Attack X3 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review

The very first RGB illuminated keyboard by COUGAR is actually an updated version of their highly successful Attack X3 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard and today it's up to us to see just what you can expect from it.

Read full article @ NikKTech

DeepCool GENOME II Case Review

The Genome as defined by some sources as the complete set of genetic material that makes up an organism. Over the last few release cycles, DeepCool has been working at redefining their products and their Gamer Storm line is no different. The Gamer Storm series is DeepCool's higher end enthusiast products.

Read full article @ Modders-Inc

Early review of the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (6C/12T) published

By a Spanish language site which hasn't signed any NDA with AMD. Earlier this week we saw an early YouTuber video review of an AMD Ryzen 5 series CPU, the Ryzen 5 1400. Today another review has surfaced, this time of an AMD Ryzen 5 1600 CPU. Spanish language site El Chapuzas has published quite a detailed review with six pages in total including a plethora of charts and graphs. In an introductory pre-amble it is explained to 'whiners' that El Chapuzas hasn't signed any NDA with AMD "therefore we can publish this information before its official release". As a reminder AMD will launch Ryzen 5 CPUs on 11th April.

Read full article @ Hexus

FinalMouse Scream One Second Edition

The Scream One is the first mouse by FinalMouse to sport the PixArt 3360 sensor. It is a lightweight mouse meant for the E-Sports enthusiast who doesn't care about software settings, RGB lights, or weight-tuning systems. The Scream One prides itself with great performance and response times at a relatively hefty price tag of $80.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

G.Skill TridentZ RGB 32GB DDR4-3200MHz (DDR4 with RGB lighting)

The new range of G.Skill TridentZ RGB memory is simple to describe as it looks almost identical to regular TridentZ yet manages to pack in RGB lighting.

Take a really close look and you will see the G.Skill logo is carried on a plastic diffuser that covers the LEDs, instead of the aluminium heat spreader, however that is the only clue that this DDR4 memory packs four RGB LEDs on each module.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Gigabyte Aorus AX370-Gaming 5 Review

X370 comes of age. It has been a month since the AMD Ryzen CPU saw the light of day. Undeniably impressive in the multi-core stakes, the released quartet of Ryzen 7 chips make a solid case for being considered for your next performance PC build.

Yet it's arguable that a CPU is only as good as the platform it is sat on top of, and such thinking is what has previously shied many away from the FX chips whose supporting motherboards are long in the tooth and short of modern features.

That's largely changed with Ryzen, as the X370 and B350 chipsets, primed for Ryzen 7 usage, offer a feature-set that, on paper, is a solid match for Intel's Z270. However, early indications are that X370-based boards aren't quite there in terms of stability and robustness, underscored by multiple BIOS releases in quick order.

Read full article @ Hexus

MSI X370 XPower Gaming Titanium Review

For our next X370 review we move on-wards to MSI with their grand X370 XPower Gaming Titanium. This top of the line Ryzen motherboard is stylish alright, wrapped in that Titanium look and feel the motherboard has a feature set that impresses.

Read full article @ Guru3D

Radeon RX 580, RX 570, RX 550 benchmarked leaked

AMD will be rebooting their Radeon RX 400 series graphics cards with the new Radeon RX 500 series, with a slight bump in performance, and a nice dent off the price. Now we have some leaked benchmark results on the new RX 580, RX 570, and RX 550 cards.

Read full article @ TweakTown

Tesoro Excalibur SE Spectrum Gaming Keyboard Review

A little over 2 years ago we took a look at Tesoro’s Excalibur Spectrum Gaming Keyboard and we quite satisfied with it as it received a 9 out of 10 score. Today we have another Excalibur Spectrum keyboard from Tesoro, but it is their Excalibur SE Spectrum. The big thing that separates this keyboard from the original is that it makes use of new optical switches. Designed in conjunction with Gateron the Tesoro optical switches use infrared senors as opposed to metallic contact you would find in mechanical key switches. This design should give you precise actuation and a response time of 0.1 ms. The Excalibur SE Spectrum is the first keyboard Tesoro is outfitting with these new switches. This keyboard also offers per-key RGB backlighting, spill-resistance, and even individual hot-swappable keys. Let’s take a look and see if this keyboard can compete with all of the mechanical switch keyboards out there...

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

Transcend Launches New PCIe M.2 SSDs: The MTE850 Series

Transcend has announced its first SSDs based on 3D MLC NAND flash memory. The MTE850-series drives are aimed at the higher-end of the market and promise up to 2.5 GB/s sequential read speed along with endurance-related advantages of 3D NAND.

Transcend does not disclose exact specifications of all its new MTE850 series SSDs, but only shows their pictures as well as performance numbers for the flagship 512 GB model. The images reveal a controller covered with an aluminum heat spreader, and the only contemporary controller that supports 3D NAND and comes with such a heat spreader is Silicon Motion’s SM2260 (which uses two ARM Cortex cores and has eight NAND flash channels) Technically the SM2260 can support LDPC ECC technology and 256-bit AES although this has to be enabled in firmware. At present, only Micron sells SSD-graded 3D MLC NAND to some of its partners, so it is logical to assume that the MTE850 drives use Micron. Transcend is the third company to offer an SSD family featuring 3D MLC and SM2260 after ADATA and Mushkin, so the drives are going to have rivals that offer similar performance and functionality.

Read full article @ Anandtech