Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

AMD Athlon X4 880K Processor Review & Overclocking to 4.5 GHz
AMD to provide Zen CPU preview at New Horizon event
BarrelCool Rifle Chamber Fan Review
Corsair RM1000i Special Edition unboxing (one of 100 made!)
Cyberpower Infinity X55 VX System Review
Drobo 5C Review
Fierce PC BlackFire Apex Review
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti G1 Gaming OC review
Gigabyte X170-Extreme ECC, Intel C236 Motherboard Review
Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake gets benchmarked and OCed
Lenovo Ideapad Y900 17-inch Gaming Laptop Review
Realforce RGB
Roccat Skeltr Keyboard Review
SilverStone Ensemble Series EB03 and EB01-E Audio Amp DAC Review
The Tech Reports 2016 Christmas gift guide

AMD Athlon X4 880K Processor Review & Overclocking to 4.5 GHz

When purchasing a low cost processor, you need to know what your main use of it will be. Depending on your needs, a low cost processor might not be the best choice; especially if you are wanting to do heavy duty tasks such as video encoding. Of course, if you're on a budget, a lower cost processor might be exactly what you are after, as long as you are aware of the limitations, you can make an informed choice. For around $96 with free shipping, you can begin to build a budget minded quad-core system with the AMD Athlon X4 880K processor. Read on to see how it performs and overclocks!

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

AMD to provide Zen CPU preview at New Horizon event

A presentation plus 'public' testing of new Zen CPUs is scheduled for Tuesday 13th Dec.

Read full article @ Hexus

BarrelCool Rifle Chamber Fan Review

Heat does many things to metal, and none of them are good when it comes to gun barrels. Throat erosion will ultimately cause degradation of accuracy after thousand(s) of rounds are fired, but depending on how fast they’re fired heat can change your point of impact in just a few minutes. Whether you’re a sportsman, competitor, or recreational shooter, everybody wants to extend the life of their rifle and maintain the highest level of accuracy. BarrelCool, the battery-powered chamber fan tested in this article for Benchmark Reviews, was designed to cut barrel cooling time in half and promote safety.

Read full article @ Benchmark Reviews

Corsair RM1000i Special Edition unboxing (one of 100 made!)

This Special Edition of the Corsair RM1000i power supply is extremely limited as only 100 will ever be made. Corsair is giving away 30 (to whom we have no idea), 20 will be given away to key members of the Press such as KitGuru and 50 will be sold from the Corsair web shop.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Cyberpower Infinity X55 VX System Review

Given the psychological effect of being priced under £1000, Cyberpower hopes their Infinity X55 VX will prove an enticing deal as we head towards Christmas. Packing a Core i5 and GTX 1060 6GB, it has the makings of a decent gaming PC. However, before coming to any conclusions we run the Infinity X55 VX through our intensive benchmarking suite, including some of the most demanding games you can play.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Drobo 5C Review

The 5C is a well priced 5 bay DAS from the US American manufacturer Drobo. On the inside there is a quad core SoC making sure there is enough processing power and apart from that there is a USB C interface for quick transfers. Drobo is keen on making their DAS as easy to use as possible. One key feature is the possibility to add disk drives of different sizes to an array.

Read full article @ ocaholic

Fierce PC BlackFire Apex Review

So, today in our second outing with Fierce PC we’ll be exploring a gaming rig which is focussed in delivering good value – with a view to delivering decent hardware well under the £1000 mark.

Under our watchful eye today is the Blackfire Apex which is a low-to-mid range computer system based around Skylake architecture. So, at the heart of Apex is the Intel Core i5-6500, along with 16GB DDR4 and the AMD RX 470.

Read full article @ Vortez

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti G1 Gaming OC review

For this review we are testing the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB OC EDITION that obviously comes with a factory tweak and a custom cooler and PCB design. We'll talk about the precise specs on these puppies during the photo shoot.

Read full article @ Guru3D

Gigabyte X170-Extreme ECC, Intel C236 Motherboard Review

Accustomed to customary configurations, our AMD editor gets sideways with a prosumer Xeon platform. Will Gigabyte's X170-Extreme ECC bridge the gap between his work and hobbies?

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake gets benchmarked and OCed

Overclocks to new heights but hotter and more power hungry than the Core i7-6700K.

Read full article @ Hexus

Lenovo Ideapad Y900 17-inch Gaming Laptop Review

Not that long ago we took a look at what Lenovo was offering for mobile gamers when we reviewed their Ideapad Y700 Touch gaming laptop.  This 15-inch laptop really raised out eyebrows and definitely made us consider Lenovo a player in the gaming laptop market.  Well now they've sent us their Ideapad Y900 gaming laptop, which is the big brother to the Y500.  This 17-inch laptop is truly a desktop replacement and features a  Core i7-6820HK processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M 8GB graphics, 16GB of DDR4 memory, 128 GB PCIe NVMe SSD plus 1TB HDD storage, Killer AC Wireless, and a mechanical gaming keyboard.  Is this laptop the ultimate powerhouse gamers are looking for?  Read on as we find out!

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

Realforce RGB

Over the past few years the market for mechanical keyboards with RGB backlighting has gone crazy. The problem though is all of those RGB keyboards have had Cherry switches, knock off cherry switches, or a few custom switches designed by companies like Logitech and SteelSeries. One of my favorite mechanical switch types is Topre, but with the exception of a few knockoffs you haven’t been able to get Topre keyboards with any backlighting, let alone full RGB backlighting. So when Realforce introduced their upcoming keyboard, the Realforce RGB I had to check it out. Of all of the keyboards I have my Realforce 87u is one of my favorites to type on, but the lack of backlighting or even easy to read legends in the light forced me to keep it put up. So it will be exciting to see how Realforce’s new keyboard performs to see how it compares.

Read full article @ LanOC Reviews

Roccat Skeltr Keyboard Review

The main idea behind Roccat's latest keyboard, the Skeltr is “integration”; to create a streamlined communication hub between the user’s smart devices and the PC in front of them. Unlike other peripheral companies, Roccat puts in a lot of effort in their software solution.  Whereas most of their competitors think of software as an afterthought, Roccat uses software as an … Read more.

Read full article @ Modders-Inc

SilverStone Ensemble Series EB03 and EB01-E Audio Amp DAC Review

Just about every computer system comes with some sort of audio connection. That audio connection is often considered a selling point for the device and depending on your speaker and headphone setup it could be a good match or just something to play sounds. If you find your audio solution lacking or are missing the type of connectivity you need there are a few solutions. If your system supports it you can install a dedicated sound card or you can go external using USB..

In this review I’ll be looking at two audio units from SilverStone the Ensemble EB01-E DAC and the Ensemble EB03 Headphone Amplifier. We all know SilverStone for their high quality computer cases however, that is only a part of their entire product line. In fact, they offer a wide variety of accessories to fit every need and niche you can imagine. Some may seem strange but, if you have the desire for a USB 3.0 expansion card or fully aluminum articulating monitor mount they have you covered.

Read full article @ Hardware Asylum

The Tech Reports 2016 Christmas gift guide

The TR staff knows just how hard it can be to find the right gift to please the nerd in your life, so we've compiled a list of the items we've used and enjoyed over the past year. If you're stuck on what to buy for your favorite techie this holiday season, maybe we can help.

Read full article @ The Tech Report