Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

Acer Spin 5 Review: An Affordable All Aluminum 2-In-1
Antec Prizm 120 ARGB 5+C 120mm Case Fan w/Fan Controller Review
ASRock RX590 Phantom Gaming U 8G OC Review
CORSAIR iCUE 220T RGB Airflow Mid-Tower Review
Corsair iCue 220T RGB Airflow Review
Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow Smart Case Review
Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Mid-Tower Chassis Review
Creative Sound Blaster AE-7 Hi-Res DAC/AMP Sound Card Review
Examining Intels Ice Lake Processors: Taking a Bite of the Sunny Cove Microarchitecture
Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers Review
Hyperstone U9 Flash Controller Deep Dive Review
ORICO NVMe M.2 Hard Drive Enclosure Review
QSAN XCubeNAS XN5004T 4+1 bay NAS Review
The Blackout Club Review - Stranger Things Are Afoot

Acer Spin 5 Review: An Affordable All Aluminum 2-In-1

Today we are looking at a sub-$800 Acer notebook, but with a twist. The Acer Spin 5 incorporates a 360-degree hinge and touch display to provide convertible functionality as a laptop, a tablet, or anything else in-between. Our particular model weighs in with an Intel Whiskey Lake Core i5-8265U quad-core processor with integrated UHD 620 graphics, 8GB of 2400MHz DDR4 memory, and 256GB of solid-state storage backed by a standard 53.9 Wh Li-ion battery. The 13.3” touch display features 1080p Full HD resolution and ten-point multi-touch...

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Antec Prizm 120 ARGB 5+C 120mm Case Fan w/Fan Controller Review

Antec has always been well-known for creating outstanding cases and cooling, among an immense variety of other great products. When it comes to cooling, Antec is also a pioneer with regard to the noise/performance ratio. This is important to many enthusiasts out there, which is why the new PRIZM fans are a great example of the design philosophy that Antec stands for.

Featuring a brilliant lighting diffuser on both sides of the fans, a 40,000 hours of rated hydraulic bearing life, 16.8 million colors with looks that could kill; the PRIZM fans are definitely worth more than just a glance. These fans can push a decent amount of air, and look even better doing it as you will see in this review.

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ASRock RX590 Phantom Gaming U 8G OC Review

The ASRock RX590 Phantom Gaming U OC is an alternative to the regular PG RX 590 X graphics card. The changes brought by this new graphic card variant are the addressable RGB system and a single internal Mini Display Port.

Read full article @ Tech-Legend

CORSAIR iCUE 220T RGB Airflow Mid-Tower Review

CORSAIR just announced their latest iCUE 220T RGB Airflow Mid-Tower and we're here to see exactly what it has to offer.

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Corsair iCue 220T RGB Airflow Review

A compact mid-tower with an '80s vibe. Corsair is adopting a new naming convention for its computer chassis. The series identifiers that we've come to know - Graphite, Carbide, Obsidian, etc. - are being set aside for plain ol' numbers that will be pre-fixed with iCue if the case is deemed to have smart features.

Enter the iCue 220T RGB Airflow, a 'smart' mid-tower solution with lots of RGB lighting, high airflow potential and a £100 price tag.

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Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow Smart Case Review

The mid-tower PC market is extremely competitive. Corsair is by far one of the most competitive in the market. They have an enormous range of award-winning PC cases. However, even Corsair know you need to add that X-factor to stand out from the crowd. Thats where the iCUE 220T RGB comes into play.

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Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Mid-Tower Chassis Review

Corsair is not one that needs a significant introduction in the case market as they have been here for quite some time, and along that time, they have been pumping out quite a lot of case models. Along this journey, we have seen Corsair pump out some cool cases while also sending some across that were less than stellar.

Today we are looking at the new iCUE 220T RGB, which is another entrant into the 'smart cases' category. The smart cases as a category in the industry have been loosely based on having embedded controllers to manage everything from cooling performance to RGB lighting. Today with the 220T, the smart functions are the latter.

Read full article @ TweakTown

Creative Sound Blaster AE-7 Hi-Res DAC/AMP Sound Card Review

Do you need a dedicated sound card in 2019? Creative thinks so and is out to prove it with the brand new Sound Blaster AE-7 Hi-Res DAC/Amp PCI-e sound card. It features premium components, custom audio enhancements, a set of specs to make any audiophile proud, and a desktop audio control module to keep the control at your fingertips. We went hands-on to find out the answer for ourselves.

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Examining Intels Ice Lake Processors: Taking a Bite of the Sunny Cove Microarchitecture

Intel has been building up this year to its eventual release of its first widely available consumer 10nm Core processor, codenamed "Ice Lake". The new SoC has an improved CPU core, a lot more die area dedicated to graphics, and is designed to be found in premium notebooks from major partners by the end of 2019, just in time for Christmas. With the new CPU core, Sunny Cove, Intel is promoting a clock-for-clock 18% performance improvement over the original Skylake design, and its Gen11 graphics is the first 1 teraFLOP single SoC graphics design. Intel spent some time with us to talk about what’s new in Ice Lake, as well as the products direction.

Read full article @ Anandtech

Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers Review

Shadowbringers not only marks the latest chapter in the storied MMORPG's ongoing saga, but also a large collection of dramatic changes that make it more accessible than ever to return.

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Hyperstone U9 Flash Controller Deep Dive Review

There is currently just over 7 billion Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices in the world, according to IoT Analytics. Current projects show that number will leap to a staggering 22 billion by 2025 and become a 1 trillion Dollar market well before then.

Along with the market-growth comes increased capabilities from smarter devices. The industry calls this edge processing, and it's the device sorting through the massive amounts of data before sending the relevant portions to users or the cloud. The processing of live data increases storage demands while manufacturers push for lower-cost and lower-power components to make the magic happen. Hyperstone specializes in reliable flash memory controllers for demanding environments. The company's U9 NAND flash controller is a turnkey product for industrial and robust environments where high endurance is a requirement. The controller utilizes the common USB 3.1 SuperSpeed 5Gbps interface for both low-cost integration and enough performance for on-device processing.

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ORICO NVMe M.2 Hard Drive Enclosure Review

This hard drive enclosure makes transferring data from an NVMe M.2 SSD to your PC and vice versa a breeze, although it's not completely perfect.

If there's one thing that you can never have enough of, it's storage space for your computer. In a day and age where file sizes are constantly getting bigger, being able to convert a hard drive you aren't using into something that can be plugged into your PC to add on to it's total storage space is incredibly useful. ORICO's NVMe M.2 Hard Drive Enclosure allows you to do just that with NVMe M.2 SSD hard drives, and while it has some flaws, it's overall still an awesome little tool.

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QSAN XCubeNAS XN5004T 4+1 bay NAS Review

It may look like a normal 4-bay NAS, but it has a nifty trick up its sleeve. You may not be familiar with the name QSAN, but the company have been supporting the enterprise sector with FAS, SAN, NAS storage products since they were formed in 2004. The XN5004T is aimed more towards the SMB sector and is the entry level model in the company’s XCubeNAS XN5000 series, a model line-up that includes rackmount systems as well as tower NAS designs like the XN5004T.

Read full article @ KitGuru

The Blackout Club Review - Stranger Things Are Afoot

The Blackout Club lets four friends play as teenagers investigating a supernatural mystery plaguing their town. It might sound like every other Netflix Original series being produced at the minute, but does it offer something more for players to sink their teeth into.

Read full article @ Wccftech