Roundup:

AMD FX-9590 Processor Review: Brute Almighty
Aorus Thunder M7 Gaming Mouse Review
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400MHz 32GB Memory Kit Review
Evercool Venti Heatpipe CPU Cooler
GeForce GTX 980 cards from Gigabyte and Zotac reviewed
Linksys WRT1900AC Dual Band Wireless Router Review
NETGEAR AC750 WiFi Extender Review
Sapphire Radeon R9 285 ITX Compact OC Review
SilverStone Nightjar NJ520 520W Power Supply Review
The 2014 Razer Blade Review



Here a roundup of todays reviews and articles:

AMD FX-9590 Processor Review: Brute Almighty

The new set of refreshed Piledriver CPUs flesh out the existing FX series line and with a set of price drops, AMD is hoping to make the FX line competitive once again for mainstream users, despite the lack of any deep silicon improvements on the processors themselves.

Read full article @ Modders-Inc

Aorus Thunder M7 Gaming Mouse Review

Today is a very special day, as I get to play around with the latest feature packed gaming mouse from Aorus; the Thunder M7. Aorus are one of the hottest gaming brands on the market right now and while they’ve only been around a couple of years, they’ve set their standards incredibly high, just look at their range of gaming notebooks, which offer some of the finest portable gaming systems money can buy. With Aorus setting their own standards so high, I’m obviously expecting great things from the Thunder M7; can it really offer the same level of quality as their other product ranges?

MMO gaming is a big market, of course this also branches out into the realms of MOBA and single player RPG titles, but they’ve generally all got one thing in common; complex control systems. MOBA and MMO gamers generally make use of actions that have cool down timers, these and applying things like character buffs can be a repetitive process at the best of times; having a programmable gaming mouse with macro features can significantly reduce the tinkering time and let you get back to the action. To meet this demand, Aorus have equipped their Thunder M7 with 11 programmable side buttons.

The wide selection of programmable buttons will no doubt help with the gaming aspects, but there are plenty of other welcome features to the Thunder M7; such as a 200-8200 DPI laser sensor, braided cable and high-quality switches.

Read full article @ eTeknix

Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400MHz 32GB Memory Kit Review

Crucial recently announced that they have come out with enthusiast-class Ballistic Sport DDR4 modules that offer increased bandwidth over your traditional 'value series' DDR4 memory kits. The kits also look better thanks to the use of a integrated heat spreader and a black PCB instead of traditional green PCB that has been around for decades. Crucial sent over the Ballistix Sport 32GB DDR4 2400MHz desktop memory kit that is sold under part number BLS4K8G4D240FSA. This memory kit runs at 2400MHz with 16-16-16-39 2T timings at 1.20V. Read on to see how this kit performs. We don't want to spoil too much, but let's just say it overclocked beyond 2400MHz and we got CL12 timings with a 1T command rate with the overclock. Could this be the DDR4 memory kit to get this fall?

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

Evercool Venti Heatpipe CPU Cooler

Evercool is a manufacturer of computer cooling solutions that has been around since 1994, which is an eternity in this field! We have covered a wide variety of their products in reviews here at Bigbruin.com, but somehow it has been over nine years since we last looked at one of their products. It was the summer of 2005 when we covered a few of their coolers, including a heatpipe based unit developed for the cutting edge Intel P4/LGA775 and AMD K7/K8 platforms!

In this review we're going to catch up with the times and see what Evercool has to offer after so much time. The promotional image above shows the Venti heatpipe CPU cooler, one of Evercool's latest offerings designed for use with Intel LGA775, 1366, 115X, 2011 and AMD AM2, AM2+, AM3, FM1 processors. Before taking a look at the sample provided for review, let's look at some of features and specifications, as taken from the official product page on the Evercool website.

Read full article @ Bigbruin.com

GeForce GTX 980 cards from Gigabyte and Zotac reviewed

The GeForce GTX 980 is the new king of the hill among single-GPU graphics cards, and with nifty features like DSR, it looks like an awfully tempting potential purchase.

If you're feeling this particular temptation, there's probably one question on your mind: which one should I get? We've spent some time with a couple of slick offerings from Gigabyte and Zotac in order to find out.

Read full article @ The Tech Report

Linksys WRT1900AC Dual Band Wireless Router Review

Today we are looking at the WRT 1900AC dual band wireless router from Linksys. This is the current flagship model sporting the latest dual band technologies along with the 802.11 ac wireless specification. With a theoretical transfer speed of well over a Gigabit per second, wirelessly, can the WRT1900AC make ultra high-speed WiFi connections a reality? Let’s find out…

Read full article @ eTeknix

NETGEAR AC750 WiFi Extender Review

A compact, easy to configure device. This is our Netgear AC750 WiFi Extender Review.

Read full article @ HardwareHeaven

Sapphire Radeon R9 285 ITX Compact OC Review

Living in the northern part of the U.S.A. it is not uncommon to see a souped up truck. Typically I have seen them with custom suspension and giant wheels. I always get a bit jealous that I don’t have a truck like that for messing around. Those modifications of course hurt the gas mileage of the vehicle to no end, a friend of mine happens to have a one of said trucks and he went from getting 21 MPG to 8 MPG on the highway. This type of situation makes me realize that sometimes bigger is not always better.

That doesn’t mean that I want to drive a single seat electric car either though just because it gets great gas mileage. With so many things it just comes down to balancing needs, size, and features. Computer components are no different and seem to get more efficient and smaller with each generation. Take the fact that you can have a laptop computer with a high end graphics card in it that somehow all fits together. Many of us also have a small form factor HTPC next to the biggest screen in the house, the TV. So why not have a powerful graphics card that can fit into one of these smaller rigs.

Read full article @ HiTech Legion

SilverStone Nightjar NJ520 520W Power Supply Review

Although no reasonably sane and moral person will look up to notorious historical figures such as Adolf Hitler or Joseph Stalin as the source of inspiration for their life, you will have to admit they do have some sort of brilliance -- albeit seriously misguided -- that brought them such infamy we recognize them for today. To pull one of the famous quotes of the latter, Joseph Stalin once said, "Death solves all problems -- no man, no problem." As harsh as it sounds, he really has a point. Basically, he is suggesting rather than dealing with the problem itself, if you cut straight to the source of the problem, you will not have the problem to begin with. As such, there are many ways to deal with the problem of noise generated by your computer. The first method is to cancel out some of the sound generated by the components inside by investing in a chassis with lots of good acoustic insulation like the Fractal Design Define R4. You can also buy components that are optimized for quiet computing, such as the Noctua NH-D15, which is a big cooler with a big fan that does not generate a whole lot of noise in the first place. But if we apply the Joseph Stalin principle to power supplies, and simply eliminate the fan altogether, what do we get? The answer: SilverStone's 0dBA, completely fanless Nightjar NJ520 power supply. No fan, no noise. Built by Seasonic and 80 PLUS Platinum certified for maximum efficiency, let us see if we have found the real deal!

Read full article @ APH Networks

The 2014 Razer Blade Review

In early 2014 the Razer Blade got a refresh. The significant updates over the 2013 model are the display, moving from a (rather poor) 1600x900 panel to a 3200x1800 QHD+ IGZO display

Read full article @ Anandtech