Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

Best GPU-Melting Games
CORSAIR Neutron NX500 NVMe PCIe Gen.3 x4 Add-In Card SSD Review
Fractal Design Meshify C Tempered Glass review: compact cooling monster
Intel Z390 to support 8C/16T CPUs in H2 2018
Linux RAID Performance On NVMe M.2 SSDs
Western Digital Ships 12 TB WD Gold HDD: 8 Platters and Helium

Best GPU-Melting Games

There are a handful of titles that will put your GPU's capabilities to the test. Did your favorite game make the list?

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

CORSAIR Neutron NX500 NVMe PCIe Gen.3 x4 Add-In Card SSD Review

The Neutron NX500 NVMe PCIe Gen.3 x4 Add-In Card SSD by CORSAIR is by far not only one of the most interesting solid state drives to get released in 2017 but also offers high sustained read & write performance levels making it the ideal solution for enthusiasts and professionals alike.

Read full article @ NikKTech

Fractal Design Meshify C Tempered Glass review: compact cooling monster

The Fractal Design Meshify C was launched recently. A compact ATX-case that is supposed to offer optimal cooling performance with an elegant design at an affordable price. The case has a tempered glass side panel while the front, side and bottom are as open as possible for optimal airflow.

As the name suggests, the Fractal Design Meshify C uses plenty of mesh. Aside from the top panel, the entire front is covered in a removable mesh-panel which gives the case a unique appearance because of the triangle-shapes. Fractal Design calls this a 'stealth black-on-black aesthetic' and the hard lines do indeed make you think of the F-117 stealth attack aircraft.

Read full article @ Hardware.Info

Intel Z390 to support 8C/16T CPUs in H2 2018

It appears that Eurocom representative has spilled the beans on Z390 chipset. The mysterious Z390 chipset, which for now has only been seen on leaked roadmaps is not launching this year with Z370 (expected on October 5th). The Z390 is likely to arrive after the full stack of 300-series chipsets (such as B360/H370) will be revealed early next year. The Z370 is just a taste of what Intel is preparing for the mainstream market next year.

Read full article @ VideoCardz.com

Linux RAID Performance On NVMe M.2 SSDs

For boosting the I/O performance of the AMD EPYC 7601 Tyan server I decided to play around with a Linux RAID setup this weekend using two NVMe M.2 SSDs. This is our first time running some Linux RAID benchmarks of NVMe M.2 SSDs and for this comparison were tests of EXT4 and F2FS with MDADM soft RAID as well as with Btrfs using its built-in native RAID capabilities for some interesting weekend benchmarks.

Read full article @ Phoronix

Western Digital Ships 12 TB WD Gold HDD: 8 Platters and Helium

Western Digital has begun to ship its WD Gold HDD with 12 TB capacity to partners and large retailers. The 3.5” drive relies on the same platform as the HGST Ultrastar He12 launched this year, and will initially be available to select customers of the company. The WD Gold 12 TB is designed for enterprise workloads and has all the performance and reliability enhancements that we come to expect, but the availability at retail should make them accessible to wider audiences.  

From a hardware point of view, the WD Gold 12 TB is similar to the HGST Ultrastar He12 12 TB hard drive: both are based on the fourth-generation HelioSeal technology that uses eight perpendicular magnetic recording platters with a 1.5 TB capacity for each platter. The internal architecture of both HDDs was redesigned compared to predecessors to accommodate the eighth platter. Since the WD Gold and the Ultrastar He12 are aimed at nearline enterprise environments, they are equipped with various sensors and technologies to protect themselves against vibration and as a result, guarantee sustained performance. For example, the WD Gold and the Ultrastar He12 attach their spindles both to the top and the bottom of the drives. In addition the HDDs feature a special technology that increases the accuracy of head positioning in high-vibration environments to improve performance, integrity, and reliability. Finally, both product families support TLER (time-limited error recovery) rebuild assist mode to speed up RAID recovery time.

Read full article @ Anandtech