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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

2019 entry-level MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Touch ID Review
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Review
AMD Ryzen processors are now outselling Intel in Asia, report claims
ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII HERO (Wi-fi) Review
Ballistix Elite 32GB DDR4-3600 Memory Kit Review
Cooler Master GS750 Desktop Hub Review
Cooler Master GS750 Headset Review
Cooler Master Masterliquid ML240P Mirage AIO Cooler Review
ioSafe 1019+ 5-Bay NAS Review
Kinesis Freestyle Edge RGB Gaming Mechanical Keyboard Review
Kingston DC500 SSD Review
MSI RTX 2060 Super Gaming X Review
Not So MMO: Not So MMO: Killsquad Hands-On Preview
Nuheara IQbuds BOOST Review
Team Group T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4-3200 MHz CL16 2x8 GB Review
Yeskamo Floodlight Smart Home Security Camera review
Zotac GeForce RTX 2070 Super AMP Extreme Review
ZOTAC RTX 2070 SUPER Twin Fan Review



2019 entry-level MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Touch ID Review

Last week Apple pushed out a couple of updates to the entry-level MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air. The MacBook Air update included a new lower $1099 starting price along with True Tone Display support.
The MacBook Air update was nice, but the refresh to the entry-level MacBook Pro, which hasnt received an update since 2017, was far more compelling. The new entry-level MacBook model comes with refreshed internals, Touch Bar and Touch ID support, and features the same $1299 base price.
Touch Bar support is nice, but the most impressive thing about this refresh is its speed, thanks large in part to the 8th-generation quad-core CPU that replaces the dual-core CPU on the previous iteration. The update makes the entry-level MacBook Pro well worth considering, even for those who felt the previous model was too underpowered for their needs.
Watch our hands-on video walkthrough inside for the details.

Read full article @ 9to5Mac

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Review

Is this AMD's best all-round chip? We find out. Been a busy few weeks, hasn't it? AMD released a tech jamboree at the start of the month, headlined by all-new Navi-based Radeons and six Ryzen 3000-series CPUs touting the latest Zen 2 architecture and 7nm production.

On launch day, we took a look at two higher-end parts seeded by AMD - the Ryzen 9 3900X (£480) and Ryzen 7 3700X (£320), and both offered a decent performance uplift over their predecessors.

Though impressive, their asking price puts them outside of the volume mainstream market. This is where the Ryzen 5 duo comes in. We've got our mitts on the Ryzen 5 3600X, retailing for $250 (£240), so let's take a closer look.

Read full article @ Hexus

AMD Ryzen processors are now outselling Intel in Asia, report claims

More reasons for Intel to be worried about AMD’s new Ryzen 3000 line-up?

Read full article @ Techradar

ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII HERO (Wi-fi) Review

ASUS rolling out some pretty nifty Ryzen 3000 series motherboards. We check out this Crosshair VIII HERO hardware in combination with a Ryzen 7 3700X processor, AMD prepped the X570 chipset, that offers a more fine-tuned experience for your Ryzen Generation 3 processor. The new Hero, however, is taking things to an entirely new level. Including PCIe Gen 4.0 and AX Wifi.

Read full article @ The Guru of 3D

Ballistix Elite 32GB DDR4-3600 Memory Kit Review

A couple of months ago, we could hear about the fantastic world record in memory frequency made on the Ballistix Elite DDR4-3600 memory based on a Micron IC. That record was made using LN2 cooling but is still impressive. More you can read here – click, while today we will present the same memory but in a quad-channel kit, so four, 8GB memory modules which are giving us 32GB of total capacity.

Stay with us to find out what Ballistix Elite DDR4-3600 memory has to offer in a gaming environment.

Read full article @ FunkyKit

Cooler Master GS750 Desktop Hub Review

The brand new GS750 at first glance may look just like your everyday headset stand, however, don’t let the looks deceive you. As you will see in our review, this desktop hub offers so much more. You can charge your Qi devices, utilize virtual surround sound through your standard headset, decrease cable clutter with the built-in USB 3.0 ports as well as rest your headset after long gaming sessions! Add in the customizable RGB lighting and you have a do-all, be-all accessory that just puts other headset stands to shame!

The GS750 was announced among a large lineup of new peripherals and accessories is the all-new GS750 Desktop Hub from Cooler Master.

Read full article @ FunkyKit

Cooler Master GS750 Headset Review

Most gamers have at least one thing in common: a gaming headset. Whether it?s cheap or expensive, it's an important tool and you need to take care of it. What you might not have is a good headset stand to hang it on. Thankfully, Cooler Master is here to redefine what a headset stand can be. Featuring wireless Qi charging, RGB, and full 7.1 surround sound, is it the next best thing for your desk? Let's find out.

Read full article @ MMORPG

Cooler Master Masterliquid ML240P Mirage AIO Cooler Review

With both Intel and AMD know offering consumer processors with more cores, good cooling has never been more important. It goes without saying if you’re running processors with six or more cores, you’ll get the best performance out of your processor with water cooling. However, many people are still intimidated with custom water cooling. For this reason, a large portion of the community opts for AIO or all in one coolers. All in one coolers can give you far better cooling than your average air cooler. They are also easier to install than a custom loop and less prone to leaks. Although it seems these days, every company under the sun make AIO coolers, not all coolers are made the same. Some are better than others. Many, less informed consumers may just walk into a Microcenter, Fry’s or even Best Buy, and grab the first thing they see on the shelf. Then there are the enthusiasts who do their homework, read the reviews and make an educated decision on what’s best for their use case. These are the people who end up with a Cooler Master AIO cooler in their systems.

The makers of the legendary Hyper 212, Cooler Master know coolers. Every since they started with their MasterLiquid series of coolers, Cooler Master has released some of the best AIO coolers in recent memory. We recently did a review of the Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240R, and it performed very well. In this review, we’ll be testing the latest cooler in the MasterLiquid line up, the MasterLiquid ML240P Mirage. So, we pushed an I7 8700k as far as we could on the ML240P Mirage to see how this cooler stood up to the Aida64 stability test. So, Is the MasterLiquid ML240P Mirage the next Hyper 212? Or is it just another AIO liquid cooler with RGB lighting?

Read full article @ Modders-Inc

ioSafe 1019+ 5-Bay NAS Review

With the ioSafe 1019+, businesses and consumers can sleep a little better at night knowing that their data is safe from disasters. In addition to a thick, metal enclosure, this 5-bay NAS uses patented technologies like DataCast and HydroSafe to protect its hard drives from fires up to 1550º F as well as being submerged in water up to 10 feet deep. Needless to say, the 1019+ is rugged enough to protect your data during your average office (or house) fire along with the dousing it will get when the fire department comes to put it out. When it's all over, you can take the hard drives out, pop them into another ioSafe (or Synology) NAS and be back up and running in no time.

Read full article @ CDRLabs.com

Kinesis Freestyle Edge RGB Gaming Mechanical Keyboard Review

Today we are taking a look at the Freestyle Edge RGB, the successor to the the first ergonomic mechanical keyboard that we ever reviewed, the Freestyle Edge. Although its name suggests that the company just added RGB lighting to the initial version of the keyboard, as well see in this review, Kinesis has made several and significant changes to the overall Freestyle Edge design.

Read full article @ Anandtech

Kingston DC500 SSD Review

Kingston has been a dedicated stalwart of the memory, storage, and peripheral markets for many years. The company’s products target virtually every type of user, from entry-level first-time PC builders to seasoned sysadmins. The products we’ll be showing you here today, the Kingston DC500R and DC500M solid state drives, target the latter type of user, in need of reliable, high-capacity SSD storage for enterprise and data center applications...

Read full article @ HotHardware

MSI RTX 2060 Super Gaming X Review

Man, its been a crazy couple of weeks. Nvidia launched their RTX 2070 SUPER and RTX 2060 SUPER a week and a half ago. I had the chance to check them out and was impressed with the jump in performance they were both offering over the previous models. But then this past weekend AMD brought out their RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT which stepped things up even more. So today I’ve got our first RTX 2060 SUPER aftermarket card in, the MSI RTX 2060 SUPER Gaming X and today I’m going to see how MSI’s Gaming X improves on Nvidia’s design as well as checking out how an overclocked 2060 SUPER compares with the new AMD cards. Let’s dive in!
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Read full article @ LanOC Reviews

Not So MMO: Not So MMO: Killsquad Hands-On Preview

Novarama's Killsquad hits Steam Early Access today. The game is described by developers as a co-op action RPG, but also has hints of an adrenaline-filled MOBA -- a sort of hybrid of the two in its way. Regardless, my time spent in Killsquad was fun, fast and furious.

Read full article @ MMORPG

Nuheara IQbuds BOOST Review

Looking for a unique experience while using truly wireless earbuds? Then read on, as the Nuheara IQ Buds BOOST are truly one of a kind.

Read full article @ Wccftech

Team Group T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4-3200 MHz CL16 2x8 GB Review

Team Group is back with an aggressively priced memory kit: the T-Force Vulcan Z. The Vulcan Z has respectable specifications, a low-profile design, and a price that can't be beaten. How much memory can US$70 really get you?

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

Yeskamo Floodlight Smart Home Security Camera review

OCC is back with a new video review, covering the Yeskamo Floodlight Smart Home Security Camera.

Read full article @ OCC

Zotac GeForce RTX 2070 Super AMP Extreme Review

Zotac's RTX 2070 Super AMP Extreme is priced only $10 higher the NVIDIA Founders Edition, yet offers a much better triple-slot, triple-fan cooler, and also includes an overclock out of the box. During gaming the card stays quiet, yet manages to beat Founders Edition temperatures at the same time.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

ZOTAC RTX 2070 SUPER Twin Fan Review

Today we'll be putting the new ZOTAC RTX 2070 SUPER Twin Fan through its paces to see if it can offer much over the NVIDIA Founders Edition. As you may have guessed, this graphics card features a dual-fan configuration but surprisingly has no factory overclock applied, so as far as performance goes it'll be neck and neck with the FE.

Read full article @ Vortez