Here todays reviews and articles:

AMD hopes to put a little Mantle in OpenGL Next
ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278Q G-SYNC Monitor Review
Bem Wireless Bluetooth Speaker Band Review
Corsair HX1000i Platinum Modular PSU Review
Corsair HX750i PSU Launch Review
Corsair HX750i PSU Review
Deepcool MaelStrom 120 Review
FreeSync monitors will sample next month, start selling next year
GAMDIAS HEPHAESTUS Review
Gigabyte GeForce 750Ti Ultra Durable BLACK EDITION Video Card Review
How to prevent websites from hijacking keyboard shortcuts
Icy Dock ICYCube 4-Bay External Enclosure Review
Kingston SM2280S3 120GB M.2 SATA SSD Review
MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti Gaming 3G Review
SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD Review: Trading Blows With The Best
Shuttle Slim-PC DS81 w/ Pentium G3258

AMD hopes to put a little Mantle in OpenGL Next

At Siggraph yesterday, AMD's Richard Huddy gave us an update on Mantle, and he also revealed some interesting details about AMD's role in the development of the next-gen OpenGL API.

Read full article @ The Tech Report

ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278Q G-SYNC Monitor Review

Before we dive in and show you the brand-new ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q G-Sync enabled monitor, we have a confession to make: We are ecstatic that there is finally some innovation happening in the monitor market. For years, 30” panels with native resolutions of 2560x1600 and paltry 60Hz refresh rates remained the pinnacle of desktop displays, while the rest of the market filled up with cheap, less-than-stellar 1080p panels. As much as we all loved our 30” panels around here, it got a little boring staring at the same screen for years on end, especially when all of the hardware around it was evolving at a breakneck pace.

Thankfully, this past year has seen the arrival of 4K displays, with much higher resolutions and pixel densities, and NVIDIA G-Sync enabled displays that offer high refresh rates that are well beyond mainstream displays. The ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q is one of the latter, but along with G-Sync support it also packs in some other desirable features that may make this the ultimate monitor for hardcore gamers. At least for now...

Read full article @ HotHardware.com

Bem Wireless Bluetooth Speaker Band Review

Hello and welcome. Today for review is the Bem (pronounced Beam) Wireless Bluetooth Speaker Band. As you may have gleamed from product name, this is basically a speaker that you can take with you everywhere you go. However this is much more than that as you will see in my review.

When I first opened this product, I was reminded of my childhood with memories of the watch from Dick Tracy and the watch that Michael Knight wore in Knight Rider to communicate with Kitt. Now I mention these two not to evoke an image of what the speaker band looks like, because as you will see it does not look like those, but the idea behind them, that there would exist something like this, a gadget you can wear that allows you to communicate with others.

This product has several different functions, from its ability to communicate with others, to playing music, to its audio caller ID function. The Speaker band is a very useful, compact gadget that comes in handy (Wristy would have been more fitting, but not a real word) on the go if you are exercising, cleaning, relaxing or walking the dog and don’t have a free hand. Also, it’s really cool if you want to pretend you are a secret service agent talking into your hand….or maybe that is just me who thinks it’s cool. I tested the speaker band on my trusty Galaxy S5.

Read full article @ TestFreaks

Corsair HX1000i Platinum Modular PSU Review

Recent months have seen a constant stream of quality, high wattage power supply releases from the likes of SuperFlower, Seasonic and Cooler Master. Continuing this trend - today we take a look at the new Corsair HX1000i, a modular, 80 Plus Platinum certified model with a Zero RPM Fan Mode to reduce noise emissions as far as possible.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Corsair HX750i PSU Launch Review

In recent years Corsair have created an exceptional reputation for themselves in the PSU market. Class leading performance and reliability has been backed by a decent warranty and appropriate pricing to ensure a very attractive overall package. Today Corsair launch their HX750i PSU and we have one to review.

Read full article @ Hardware Heaven

Corsair HX750i PSU Review

Corsair has many PSU lines these days, it has become a large chunk of their business and they have grown a solid reputation with them as well. Amongs the product lines there is the Corsair Professional Series HX PSU. An all too familiar series as the HXi series we test today are slightly overhauled SKUs being re-injected into their exsisting line-up being, yet all updated. One of the product launching today is the Corsair HX750i. Initially a Silver certified model, then the last-gen / last-year the (previous) model was a Gold certified one, yet it still didn't meet Corsair's hefty requirements it seems. Today they release HXi power supplies and transformed it into a whopping Platinum qualified model. Heck, as you guys know Platinum is the most expensive of the precious metals that is widely traded by very large numbers of people. Plenty of other metals are more expensive, but they are generally traded only by specialists and industries that consume them. Generally speaking public trades gold, silver, and platinum.

Gold is the prettiest, silver is cheaper (by a huge margin), but platinum is the fanciest !

Read full article @ Guru3D

Deepcool MaelStrom 120 Review

With the Maelstrom 120 Deepcool has an all-in-one watercooler in its portfolio, that comes with the a rather slim radiator and apparenlty a 120 millimeter fan. At a first look the design is looking good while you get a black radiator and a fan with red fan blades. Overall we're curious to see wether this cooler is able to cause some damage or not.

Read full article @ ocaholic

FreeSync monitors will sample next month, start selling next year

The first FreeSync monitors are coming soon, according to AMD Gaming Scientist Richard Huddy. We spoke with Huddy at Siggraph yesterday, and he revealed some interesting tidbits about the upcoming displays tuned for AMD's adaptive refresh tech.

Read full article @ The Tech Report

GAMDIAS HEPHAESTUS Review

GAMDIAS are tirelessly churning out innovative ideas inspired by Greek mythology to create a distinct and unique brand. From their audio stable we get the HEPHAESTUS gaming headset. God of forge and fire, Hephaestus made the weapons of the Gods, so would that mean the HEPHAESTUS headset is worthy of your monies? Falling right into the thick of the gaming headset arena at £65-70, there is a lot of exceptional competition. So how does this stand out? Firstly the design, while it does come in with that exaggerated 'gamer' aesthetic, it does it exceptionally well without being overstated, secondly, the party piece is the visible passive aluminium heatsinks that, aside from looking awesome, apparently help keep your head cool. If you thought that was enough, GAMDIAS have gone a little extra to deliver an 'extra sensory' headset by implementing directional vibration dubbed 'Blast Source Indicator'. So in regards to having enough character to stand out from the crowd, this one is a mighty blacksmith at a knitting convention!

Read full article @ Vortez

Gigabyte GeForce 750Ti Ultra Durable BLACK EDITION Video Card Review

Guaranteed for stability during a 168-hour period of stress testing, the Gigabyte GeForce 750Ti Black Edition is factory overclocked and features a custom dual-fan efficient cooling system. The card performances can be further enhanced while using the supplied OC Guru II and can be used for gaming up to Full HD while using medium to high detail levels.

Read full article @ Madshrimps

How to prevent websites from hijacking keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are a great way of speeding up certain operations in the web browser of choice. Ctrl-t opens a new tab, Ctr-s saves the displayed content to the local system, and Ctrl-l moves the cursor to the browser's address bar.

Sometimes however these shortcuts won't work and the core reason for this is that the website you are on hijacked it. Without going into too many technicalities: websites can override shortcuts by using JavaScript.

A basic example is Gmail where the shortcut /, which should open the on-page search in Firefox, moves the cursor to the site's search field instead.

Read full article @ gHacks

Icy Dock ICYCube 4-Bay External Enclosure Review

I work on a lot of computers for friends and family that tend to need various means of repair work. Sometimes those machines are badly damaged and not worth repairing because the cost of the parts outweighs the cost of a new machine. In those cases, I often part out the machines to harvest whatever is salvageable. Sometimes they get used to make zombie machines out of all the random pieces, but more often than not I am able to use the parts to fix other people's broken machines. In the end, I sometimes end up with a bunch of random hard drives laying around that are perfectly good and some are even of a decent size.

Read full article @ HiTech Legion

Kingston SM2280S3 120GB M.2 SATA SSD Review

We’ve received a few M.2 drives recently and we didn’t throw them on the test bench right away because we wanted to wait until we got our new test bench with the Z97 platform. Now that the system has been upgraded, we were eager to test one of these guys out and we kick it off with a drive from the prominent memory and storage maker in America – Kingston. Currently, they are only offering the 120GB version that we received for testing which are selling on Amazon under part number SM2280S3/120GB for $88.99 shipped. Because of their diminutive size, they are perfect for any small form factor application yet have the potential to yield higher bandwidth over mSATA through a PCIe interface...

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti Gaming 3G Review

Head-to-head against a Radeon R9 290X, who'll come out on top at 4K? It has been a little quiet on the high-end graphics front in recent months, and though next-generation hardware is on the horizon, we reckon now's a good time to revisit one of the most powerful GPUs of the current generation: Nvidia's GeForce GTX 780 Ti.

Launched all the way in November 2013, GeForce GTX 780 Ti still ranks as one of the best single-GPU cards going and commands price tags ranging from £450 to £670, with the latter representing liquid-cooled territory. There's a good choice of custom designs and bundles available from all the usual suspects, and the one that's going under the spotlight today is MSI's GTX 780 Ti Gaming 3G, priced at £500.

Read full article @ Hexus

SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD Review: Trading Blows With The Best

Released in early June, SanDisk's Extreme Pro is the successor to the venerable Extreme II, which was among the best SSDs of its generation in terms of performance and reliability. The drive is aimed at gamers, enthusiasts and professionals who demand the highest real-world performance, and will trade blows with Samsung's excellent SSD 850 Pro.

Read full article @ Techspot

Shuttle Slim-PC DS81 w/ Pentium G3258

Shuttle's DS81 is a Haswell supporting barebone system, optimized to minimize space while still providing good performance. With its VESA mount it can easily be installed on the back of a monitor. Thanks to native 4K output you could even use it as media PC for your new UHD TV.

Read full article @ techPowerUp