Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero Review
Asus ROG Strix Z370-F Gaming Review
Charts CPU Performance Content Creation: 18 CPUs tested - Core i5-8600K
Coffee Lake CPU Availability Issues
Core i7-8700K Review: Coffee Lake Brews A Great Gaming CPU
Corsair ST100 RGB Review
Does Undervolting Improve Radeon RX Vega 64's Efficiency?
Gigabyte AORUS X5 V7-KL3K3D (GTX 1070)
Gigabyte Aorus Z370 Gaming 7 Review
Gigabyte Aorus Z370 Ultra Gaming Review
GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming Review
Intel 8th Generation Core i7 8700K & Core i5 8400 Review
Intel Coffee Lake Core i5-8600K vs 7600K at 5GHz Review
Intel Coffee Lake Core i7-8700K Review
Intel Core i5 8400 Linux Performance
Intel Core i5-8400 2.8 GHz
Intel Core i5-8600K 3.6 GHz
Intel Core i7 8700K Linux Benchmarks
Intel Core i7 8700K Processor Review
Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz
Intel Core i7-8700K and Core i5-8400 (14nm Coffee Lake) Review
Intel Core i7-8700K and Core i5-8400 (w/ Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7) Review
Intel Core i7-8700K Hexa-Core Processor Review
Lenovo Legion Y720 Review: High Performance, Affordable Mobile Gaming
Lenovo ThinkPad 25 Anniversary Edition Laptop Preview: Ode To A Mobile Workhorse
Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) Review
MSI Z370 Godlike Gaming Review
Origin PC Chronos Desktop Review
ROCCAT Khan Pro Review
Scan 3XS Z370 Vengeance Ti Review
Tt eSPORTS Cronos Riing RGB 7.1 Headset Review

ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero Review

For this article the turn goes to ASUS as they just released the ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero which we review. The Hero is a bit more budget friendly, yet has that ROG flavor, and that can only mean good stuff. It has great looks and all the features you probably seek for a Z370 motherboard.

Read full article @ Guru3D

Asus ROG Strix Z370-F Gaming Review

Solid foundation for new range of 8th Gen CPUs. The 8th Generation Core desktop processors rolled into town today. Armed with more cores and threads than their direct predecessors, Intel offers greater bang for your buck than it has done so in a while.

Six new 8th Gen chips use the familiar LGA 1151 form factor, but, and it is a big one, they are only compatible, for now, with the Z370 chipset. This means they cannot be used on the Z270 and, conversely, 6th and 7th Gen Core chips, though using the same socket, do not work in Z370.

Providing a clean break and matching a CPU generation to a particular chipset means that the combination provides an obvious platform with which to update your PC. It's no surprise that motherboard manufacturers are keen to extol the virtues of their Z370 chipset-based boards given the extra performance on offer from the new slew of CPUs.

Read full article @ Hexus

Charts CPU Performance Content Creation: 18 CPUs tested - Core i5-8600K

These days there are basically two different groups of customers who demand lots of processing power: content creators and gamers, while this 2D performance comparison is targeting content creators. After having had a look at the following pages you'll have an overview on how fast recent CPUs are in regarding a variety of programs, may it be video encoding,
rendering, ...

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Coffee Lake CPU Availability Issues

The SweClockers site is suggesting that Intel is pulling the trigger a bit early on getting its new Coffee Lake processors to market in response to the huge popularity of AMD's new Ryzen CPUs. The Coffee Lake CPUs officially launch on October the 5th, so we will know soon enough. While most of this story comes down to the rumor mill, they are quoting channel partners becoming concerned with an early launch effectively killing off any current Kaby Lake business, leaving dead inventory, as folks then wait for Coffee Lake availability.

Read full article @ HardOCP

Core i7-8700K Review: Coffee Lake Brews A Great Gaming CPU

Intel's Core i7-8700K sports the same high frequencies as previous-gen mainstream flagships, but incorporates two more cores to challenge AMD's Ryzen CPUs.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Corsair ST100 RGB Review

Alongside the VOID PRO RGB headset, Corsair has unveiled a headset stand which goes by the name ST100 RGB. Although the headset is available since few weeks, the headset stand has been released just now. With the ST100 RGB, Corsair offers an aluminum headset stand with RGB backlight, which is compatible with the vendors CUE software that you can download from their official site.

Read full article @ ocaholic

Does Undervolting Improve Radeon RX Vega 64's Efficiency?

There's a lot being written about overclocking and undervolting AMD’s Radeon RX Vega 64. Today, we're taking the card's thermals out of the equation to dig deeper into the relationship between clock rate and voltage.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Gigabyte AORUS X5 V7-KL3K3D (GTX 1070)

The AORUS X5 V7-KL3K3D is a stellar offering in terms of specifications, providing impressive performance due to an Intel Quad-Core i7-7820HK CPU, which Gigabyte paired with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070. This relatively thin and light gaming notebook also comes with a 3K IPS display that supports G-Sync.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

Gigabyte Aorus Z370 Gaming 7 Review

In this review we check out that delicious Gigabyte Aorus Z370 Gaming 7 motherboard, we'll pair it with the six-core Core i7 8700K. Yes, this is the new Coffee Lake platform.

Read full article @ Guru3D

Gigabyte Aorus Z370 Ultra Gaming Review

One more from Gigabyte, the nicely priced Aorus Z370 Ultra Gaming motherboard getrs tested. Will it perform as fast as the more expensive Gaming 7?

Read full article @ Guru3D

GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming Review

The Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming should be regarded as GIGABYTE's go-to motherboard for Z370. It sits in a mid-tier position, boasting a wealth of features which should satisfy novice and avid gamers wanting to get the most out of their new Core i7-8700K.

Read full article @ Vortez

Intel 8th Generation Core i7 8700K & Core i5 8400 Review

*I found out that an overclock over 5.0GHz on all cores was not going to happen, but between 4800 and 4900MHz was the sweet spot for this Core i7 8700K. Well, after setting the load line calibration to Mode 1 and applying a voltage of 1.25v in the Click BIOS. I finally settled at 4862MHz by setting the bclock multiplier to 48 and bumping the bclock up to 101.3MHz. Not stellar when you look at the Turbo Boost clock speeds of 4.7GHz on a single or pair of cores that are lightly loaded. However, this clock speed proved stable, but did get a bit warm even with a full-on liquid cooling system. Temperatures in the 90 °C range were not uncommon in some of the more demanding loads. A bit more tuning time on the voltage would surely reduce the thermals.

Read full article @ OCC

Intel Coffee Lake Core i5-8600K vs 7600K at 5GHz Review

First off my apologies for this review, as it is going to be short and sweet, but will hopefully still have all the data you need in order to see what Intel's new Coffee Lake is all about.

Coffee Lake is Intel's "8th Generation" processor family. The i3, i5, and i7 will be its desktop CPUs. While we usually review the top-end i7 version, today we are going sans HyperThreading with the Core i5-8600K model. This is a 14nm lithography CPU. The 8600K has 6 cores and runs a total of 6 threads. The 8700K with HyperThreading will of course run 12 threads and have 12MB of cache compared to the 8600K's lesser 9MB.

TDP on our 8600K comes in at 95 watts, so it should be fairly easy to keep cool. You can see our 8600K overclocked to 5GHz in the below screenshot.

Read full article @ HardOCP

Intel Coffee Lake Core i7-8700K Review

Today's review is of the Core i7-8700K, the Cannonlake flagship and highest-performance SKU at launch. Featuring six cores, each supporting Hyperthreading for a total of 12 simultaneous threads, at $359 it's priced between AMD's Ryzen 8-core/16-thread 1700 and 1700X. It's also only a little over $20 more than the launch price of the i7-7700K, and so on paper is a big step forward in price/performance for Intel's mainstream segment flagship.

Read full article @ Vortez

Intel Core i5 8400 Linux Performance

Today marks the embargo expiry for reviews on Intel's new Coffeelake desktop processors. While a CPU refresh may not normally be too exciting, thanks to the pressure from AMD with their Ryzen processors pushing core counts higher, Intel is now upping the core counts in their desktop CPUs. Today we will be featuring Linux benchmarks of the Core i5 8400 and Core i7 8700K while this article is focusing on the i5-8400: a six-core Core i5!

Read full article @ Phoronix

Intel Core i5-8400 2.8 GHz

Core i5-8400 is Intel's most affordable option to go beyond quad-core on the desktop. With a price point of $190 it is only half the price of Core i7-8700K, but delivers nearly the same performance in games and can also compete with Ryzen 6c12t processors thanks to its good single-threaded performance and high boost clock.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

Intel Core i5-8600K 3.6 GHz

Intel's Core i5-8600K is priced $120 below the i7-8700K, making it an interesting option for the more value-oriented buyer. It features the same six-core design, but lacks HyperThreading and loses 3 MB cache. Our testing shows that it still is a great CPU, especially when overclocked to almost 5 GHz.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

Intel Core i7 8700K Linux Benchmarks

2017 has been an interesting year for processors with AMD's long awaited introduction of the Zen-based Ryzen / Threadripper / EPYC processors, Intel's Core X-Series processors for high-end desktops, the Xeon Scalable processor family introduction, and now the launch of Coffee Lake as a "Kaby Lake Refresh" step before the Cannonlake desktop processors expected in 2018. While another 14nm CPU, Coffee Lake is interesting is that Intel has now upped their desktop core counts in response to Ryzen. With the Core i7 series is now six cores plus Hyper Threading, compared to 4 cores plus HT with previous i7 models. The Core i5 CPUs are also now six core but sans Hyper Threading and there is also the just-published Core i5 8400 Linux benchmarks. This article serves as our first look at the Coffee Lake Core i7 CPUs in the form of the 8700K.

Read full article @ Phoronix

Intel Core i7 8700K Processor Review

It is time to check out the new six-core proc from Intel, yes the Core i7 8700K will be put through our benchmark paces and yes this is Coffee Lake, Intel's new mainstream processor that you will need to seat on a Z370 chipset based motherboard. The processor does a good job and manages to make a sturdy impression, as well as it being tweakable to 5.0 GHz on all six cores.

Read full article @ Guru3D

Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz

Intel strikes back! The Core i7-8700K comes with six processor cores, plus HyperThreading, for a total of twelve threads. Overclocking potential is excellent, reaching 5 GHz on all cores, with ease, on just air cooling. Pricing is also extremely reasonable, with just a small increase over the previous quad-core 7700K.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

Intel Core i7-8700K and Core i5-8400 (14nm Coffee Lake) Review

Core blimey. 2017 is proving to be a landmark year for desktop PC CPUs. There has been more innovation this year than the preceding five, driven by AMD coming back into the enthusiast market with a range of price-to-performance champions based on the all-new Zen architecture. Known to you as Ryzen, these chips have, for the last six months, offered more cores, threads and overall performance for your buck than the incumbent Intel Core series.

Yet it is foolish to think Intel would take the AMD arrivals lying down. It has hurried along the ultra-enthusiast Core X series to stave off the threat from AMD's Ryzen Threadripper, while the traditional base has been augmented by 8th Generation Core processors built on what is known as the Coffee Lake architecture.

Chips based on Coffee Lake take a leaf out of the AMD playbook by upping the cores and threads whilst keeping pricing in check. Let's dive a little deeper to see how it all plays out.

Read full article @ Hexus

Intel Core i7-8700K and Core i5-8400 (w/ Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7) Review

Intel has rolled out its family of 8th Generation Coffee Lake CPUs along with the Z370 chipset. The headline news is an increase in core counts so Core i7-8700K/8700 have six cores and 12 threads, Core i5-8600K/8400 has six cores/ six threads and Core i3-8350K/8100 are quad core without Hyper Threading or Turbo Boost.

It is crystal clear that 8th Gen. is Intel’s response to the eight-core Ryzen 7 and six-core Ryzen 5 1600X. Intel has a proven history of combining high clock speeds with superior IPC which raises a bunch of fascinating questions. Throughout our review of this new platform we used a Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 motherboard to give both the Core i7-8700K and Core i5-8400 a thorough shake-down. Spoiler alert: if you’re still using Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge the time has come for a major upgrade to your gaming PC.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Intel Core i7-8700K Hexa-Core Processor Review

The *Intel Core i7-8700K* processor is here! Find out just how fast this new 6-core, 12-thread CPU is compared to the AMD Ryzen 7, Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 3 CPUs!

Read full article @ TechARP

Lenovo Legion Y720 Review: High Performance, Affordable Mobile Gaming

The PC gaming market continues to grow, thanks in part to the increasing popularity of eSports. While Lenovo is best known for its Thinkpad and Yoga family of notebooks with legendary reliability and slick form factors, it was time the company got serious about gaming. So, Lenovo took the plunge and launched a new sub-brand at CES this year – Legion. The new Legion family of gaming notebooks include the entry-level Y520, mid-level Y720, and high-end Y920.

Lenovo sent over the mid-level 15.6-inch Legion Y720 series for us to check out, which provides a step up in build quality over the entry-level Y520 without going all-in with the beefier 17.3-inch Y920. The headlining feature of the Legion Y720 series is the standard VR-ready NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB graphics...

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Lenovo ThinkPad 25 Anniversary Edition Laptop Preview: Ode To A Mobile Workhorse

If ever there was a brand of laptops that folks might refer to as “iconic,” it would be Lenovo’s ThinkPad line of business-class machines. The ThinkPad line was also a very successful go-to notebook brand for many mainstream consumers over the years as well. Known for their minimalist, straight-forward but highly functional design characteristics, the first ThinkPad was initially introduced by IBM in 1992. Lenovo then moved in to acquire IBM’s PC business in 2005. And so, if you’re already doing the math, today actually marks the 25th anniversary of the venerable, and yes iconic, ThinkPad laptop computer. It also happens to be the day Lenovo is taking the wraps off a new machine that was designed and built to commemorate the ThinkPad’s birthday milestone.

Behold, the Lenovo ThinkPad 25 Anniversary Edition, a machine that aims to blend the tried and a true, classic ThinkPad design with the latest in laptop PC technologies...

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Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) Review

Still the ultimate travel companion? There was no shortage of question marks when Microsoft announced plans to launch its own line of Surface PCs, but credit where it's due, in the space of five years, Surface has become a benchmark for others in the industry.

Surface Laptop is widely regarded as one of the best laptops on the market, Surface Studio managed to rekindle our interest in the all-in-one desktop, Surface Book is arguably my personal favourite, and for maximum versatility the Surface Pro still holds plenty of appeal.

Read full article @ Hexus

MSI Z370 Godlike Gaming Review

MSI has joined the party as well with their enthusiast targeted MSI Z370 Godlike Gaming motherboard, we'll again match it up with the new six-core Core i7 8700K. How do three Ethernet jacks and the option to go for five M2 SSDs sound?

Read full article @ Guru3D

Origin PC Chronos Desktop Review

As we anxiously await the arrival of Intel's 8th generation Coffee Lake desktop processors, we're taking a final look at the soon-to-be-dated Core i7-7700K and Z270 platform with Origin PC's Chronos SFF gaming PC.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

ROCCAT Khan Pro Review

Inside the Khan Pro, you will find high-speed 50mm drivers that have a frequency response of 10Hz - 40KHz, entitlidg it to become the first gamingheadset to be certified as 'Hi-Res Audio'. In theory this should mean thatthese drivers are capable of reproducing clear tones throughout its entire range.

Read full article @ Vortez

Scan 3XS Z370 Vengeance Ti Review

Core i9, Ryzen and Threadripper were all nice, but this is probably the desktop you want. There have been plenty of impressive CPUs launched in recent months, ranging from Ryzen right the way through to Threadripper and Core i9, but we reckon today's arrival of the Core i7-8700K is what will convince the greatest number of high-end users to part with their hard-earned cash.

Intel's eighth-generation chip, priced at around £350, is arguably the most natural path of progression for users still rocking an older Core i7 CPU, and this time around the upgrade offers clear-cut advantages. The number of cores has finally increased from four to six, overall platform costs aren't as exorbitant as Threadripper or Core i9, and high shipping frequencies ensure that the Core i7-8700K fits the bill for both work and play.

Read full article @ Hexus

Tt eSPORTS Cronos Riing RGB 7.1 Headset Review

If you want to be heard, you better be ready to listen. I’m assuming that applies even in an FPS death match scenario and I want to curse out the guy who keeps on fragging me as well. For that to happen, I would need a reliable headset first. Preferably something that would allow for accurately surround listening.

Read full article @ Modders-Inc