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Here a roundup of todays reviews and articles:

Antec ISK 310-150 Mini-ITX Chassis With Built-in 150w PSU Review
EVGA GTX 980 Ti Classified ACX 2.0+ Review
Gear S2 hands-on review
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 980Ti 6GB Graphics Card Review
PowerColor DEVIL Radeon R9 390X Review
Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive 2TB USB 3.0 Review
VirtualBox Guest Additions compilation errors - How to fix



Antec ISK 310-150 Mini-ITX Chassis With Built-in 150w PSU Review

The Antec ISK series has long been a favorite of mine. Sure we sometimes need high-end full towers, capable of housing epic gaming systems, but there’s a high demand for compact and efficient systems in the home and the office; something the ISK series is well suited to. The model we’re looking at today certainly is targeted more at the professional market, with many applications from digital signage and office systems, but there’s certainly no reason why you wouldn’t find a use for a chassis like this as a HTPC, space-saving system or more.

As you can see, the ISK110 comes equipped with a nice little bundle of screws, but more importantly, an external power supply adaptor. The ISK110 is capable of powering a system of up to 90w, which may not sound a lot, but given the low power requirements of 2.5″ drives and modern processors such as Haswell, it’s a lot more than it sounds; this is especially true given that this chassis will not house a graphics card.

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EVGA GTX 980 Ti Classified ACX 2.0+ Review

Today we take a look at EVGA’s second-fastest GTX 980 Ti offering – the GTX 980 Ti Classified ACX 2.0+ graphics card. EVGA uses a redesigned PCB with a 14+3 phase power delivery system in order to ship the card with a factory overclock of 1190MHz on the core, with a 1291MHz boost frequency.

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Gear S2 hands-on review

Tizen-powered smartwatches are full of promise. WHEN WE TOOK a look at the Gear S2's specs, we came away fairly concerned that, despite the new circular design, it was unlikely to match up to the dominant Apple Watch.

Having now tried out the standard Gear S2 and the Gear S2 Classic at a Samsung-hosted event at IFA in Berlin, we're somewhat less pessimistic. We couldn't test a few key features, but it was clear that both these smartwatches are better than their underwhelming specs might have initially suggested.

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Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 980Ti 6GB Graphics Card Review

First up today we stop by Gigabyte VGA. With the recent release of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980ti; there is a huge hype with related partners to showcase what they have to offer.

This looks like a stunning card, taking the traditional G1 Gaming cooling solution and adding some subtle silver detailing. It features the same memory clock speed as the reference GTX 980Ti. This particular model as been graced with another DVI Port compared to the reference GTX 980Ti, this must be to enable users the Gigabyte Flex Display Technology.

Along with the extra DVI port, Gigabyte has also increased the power input from 8+6 pin to 8+8 pin power connectors; this will allow for much higher and more stable overclocks compared to reference.

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PowerColor DEVIL Radeon R9 390X Review

We review the PowerColor DEVIL Radeon R9 390X. This product is Hybrid cooled meaning air for the VRM area and liquid cooling on the Hawaii GPU, now called Grenada. Thanks to this cooler the card hovers just above the 50 Degrees C, that's under full gaming load whilst being factory overclocked towards 1100 MHz on the GPU base clock.

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Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive 2TB USB 3.0 Review

Seagate released their Backup Plus Slim Portable Drive a while ago, but it is still a very valid product and one that shouldn’t be missed. Today I’m taking a closer look at the blue colored version of the Backup Plus Slim Portable Drive with a capacity of 2TB and a USB 3.0 connection.

The thin and light drive is easy to carry everywhere and is perfect to keep all those files that wouldn’t fit on a normal thumbs drive. The thumbs drives might get bigger, but they haven’t reached the 2TB capacity yet and certainly not at a price point that this USB 3.0 hard disk can be had for. It certainly is a lot of storage in a small size and for a good price, and that is something that we like.

Read full article @ eTeknix

VirtualBox Guest Additions compilation errors - How to fix

More virtualization: A tutorial explaining how to fix VirtualBox Guest Addition main module installation (compilation) problems related to errors with missing kernel sources and headers even when they are installed. Enjoy.

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