Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

AMD Ryzen 7 AGESA 1006 performance and DDR4 memory review
AOC Agon AG241QG G-Sync Gaming Monitor Review
ASUS ZenScreen MB16AC USB-C Portable Monitor
be quiet! Pure Power 10 600W PSU Review
Building and 3d printing a Nixie FunKlock
Corsair's Hydro GFX GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics card reviewed
Developing Story: AMD Radeon Pro Vega Frontier Edition Unboxed, Benchmarked
ECS Z270H4-I Mini-ITX Motherboard Review
Ethereum Mining Benchmark
Intel Skylake-X Core i7-7800X Review
Intel X299 Platform Called a VRM Disaster by Overclocker der8auer
Morro Data: Your NAS in the Cloud
Philips Brilliance 275P4VYKEB 5K Review
Ryzen Pro platform brings a dash of Epyc to corporate desktops

AMD Ryzen 7 AGESA 1006 performance and DDR4 memory review

We'll have a look at the current June 2017 state of Ryzen. Over the past two months a number of things have changed. AMD issued firmware updates to increase memory compatibility mostly. We'll check that out. But the the trivial question remains, is 1920x1080 performance increasing? It sure as that responsibility is to be found by the software developers.

Read full article @ Guru3D

AOC Agon AG241QG G-Sync Gaming Monitor Review

Although it is not faster than light, the new 24-inch AOC gaming monitor has an amazing fast refresh rate of 165 Hz and also supports the Nvidia G-SYNC technology. We are talking about the new AOC AG241QG from the AGON series. If it can do more than just looking good on the desk, we will find out in today’s test report.

Read full article @ OCInside.de

ASUS ZenScreen MB16AC USB-C Portable Monitor

What if you could have a monitor that weighed less than two pounds, only required a single cable for both power and display, offered 1080p on a 15-inch IPS screen, and was designed for portability? It would be possible to easily have a secondary display with you anywhere whether it be outdoors, on the beach, in the conference room, or practically anywhere. ASUS has managed such a device with the MB16AC ZenScreen.

Read full article @ Phoronix

be quiet! Pure Power 10 600W PSU Review

be quiet!'s updated Pure Power 10 line promises good performance, quiet operation, and a reasonable price tag. We review its second strongest family member.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Building and 3d printing a Nixie FunKlock

A few years ago when I first replaced my desk I wanted to add a clock to the office to keep track of time better. I didn’t want something normal and went with a retro looking flip clock. The flip design was something I always liked but the model that I picked up didn’t fit well under my monitors and later the noise from the motor, not the actual flip started to drive me crazy. After that, I kept looking for something to replace it with but never found what I was looking for. Then about 6 months ago I came across Nixie tube clocks and fell in love. The prices though were just too much. I decided to build my own using a kit I found online and printing the outside components. The hardware came in during the Intel launch and this past weekend I set aside the time to start working it.

Read full article @ LanOC Reviews

Corsair's Hydro GFX GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics card reviewed

Corsair's Hydro GFX GTX 1080 Ti gives PC builders a turn-key crack at the world of extreme graphics cooling by putting a 120-mm closed-loop liquid unit atop Nvidia's GP102 GPU. We see just what putting that chip under water buys us.

Read full article @ The Tech Report

Developing Story: AMD Radeon Pro Vega Frontier Edition Unboxed, Benchmarked

A lucky customer has already gotten his hands on one of these coveted, sky-powered AMD graphics cards, and is currently in the process of setting up his system. Given the absence of review samples from AMD to any outlet - a short Vega Frontier Edition supply ensured so - there isn't any other real way to get impressions on this graphics card. As such, we'll be borrowing Disqus' user #define posts as a way to cover live pics and performance measurements of this card. Expect this post to be updated as new developments arise.

After some glamour shots of the card were taken (which really are justified by its unique color scheme), #define mentioned the card's build quality. After having installed the driver package (which, as we've covered today, includes both a developer and gaming path inside the drivers, granting increased performance in both workloads depending on the enabled driver profile, he is now about to conduct some testing on SPECViewperf and 3DMark, with both gaming and non gaming profiles.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

ECS Z270H4-I Mini-ITX Motherboard Review

ECS brings a cheaper Z270 option for Mini ITX builders. Does the board offer the overclocking potential worthy of its PCH? Intel promotes the Z270 as the highest-model option for its mainstream LGA 1151 socket by enabling most of the features available on its silicon, yet most of those features won’t fit into a Mini-ITX form factor. You won’t, for example, run CrossFire or SLI across two cards on a board with only one slot. Overclocking becomes the prime reason to choose Z270 over H270, and even then we’re often stuck with the small voltage regulators that fit within the shorter depth of Mini-ITX.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Ethereum Mining Benchmark

Today we're going to take a quick look at how current-gen GPUs perform when put to the task of Ethereum mining. It seems just about everyone wants in on the action these days, and we're often asked what the best GPUs to mine with are. We didn't have an exact answer, so we decided to find out.

Read full article @ TechSpot

Intel Skylake-X Core i7-7800X Review

Today we're looking at a retail version of the first Skylake-X CPU in Intel's Core X range, the Core i7-7800X. An abridged feature list clearly indicates that it is a far different beast to the 7740K: six cores, twelve threads, quad-channel memory controller and a substantially revised CPU microarchitecture compared to the mainstream Skylake CPUs. Perhaps the most
interesting aspect however is the price.

Read full article @ Vortez

Intel X299 Platform Called a VRM Disaster by Overclocker der8auer

It would seem Intel's X299 platform is already having some teething issues, with user "der8auer" of overclocking fame claiming the platform is essentially a complete "VRM disaster." In the video in which these claims are made, he levies the blame to both Intel and the motherboard manufacturers "50/50." For Intel's part, he blames them for the short product launch which was pulled in from August to June, giving the motherboard manufacturers in der8auer's words "almost zero time for developing proper products."

In the video, der8auer elaborates to basically claim a completely lack of consistency among the quality of VRMs and their heatsinks in various manufacturers. In his first test, he takes a CPU that is known to do 5.0 GHz and on a Gigabyte Aorus branded mainboard found himself unable to even hit 4.6 GHz with dangerously high VRM temperatures. He goes on to blame the heatsinks on the VRMs, going so far to call the Gigabyte solution more of a "heat insulation" device than a cooler, as a simple small fan over the bare VRM array did many magnitudes better than a simple standard install with the stock VRM cooler attached. After an MSI-branded board did similar, it became clear this was not an isolated issue.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

Morro Data: Your NAS in the Cloud

Collaboration is the key to any business. No matter what your business model is, without communication you will fail. Having business that requires multiple locations could mean big spending on the common and sharable storage environments.

Read full article @ Modders-Inc

Philips Brilliance 275P4VYKEB 5K Review

One of the finest productivity monitors you can buy. The 4K screen revolution is firmly underway. Spying any electronic retailer's TV catalogue shows a variety of screen sizes that are commonly bound by that 4K resolution. Arguably the massive pixel count is more useful when you are up close and personal to the screen, making such monitors ideal for PC-centric productivity.

What's more, the rise in popularity has brought prices down to a level where one can purchase a wide range of 4K PC screens for under £500. Yet 4K isn't the limit on PC monitor resolution; Apple has popularised 5K screens and the likes of Dell, HP, and LG have built models soon after. Heck, even 8K panels are beginning to surface.

Read full article @ Hexus

Ryzen Pro platform brings a dash of Epyc to corporate desktops

AMD's Ryzen Pro platform blends business-class security and management features with the performance of the Zen architecture. We take an early look at how AMD plans to grapple with Intel in the battle for the standard corporate desktop.

Read full article @ The Tech Report