Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

Another look at Steelseries' Rival 310 gaming mouse
Aorus DDR4 RGB 16GB 3200MHz Memory Kit Review
Beyerdynamic MMX 300 2nd Generation Review
CoolerMaster MasterLiquid ML360R RGB Review
Crucial MX500 250GB M.2 Type 2280 SSD Review
Fnatic Focus2 and Retro Asphalt Gaming Surfaces Review
MSI B360 Gaming Plus & B360 Gaming Arctic Review
Mushkin Source 500GB Solid State Drive Review
Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 650W PSU Review
Steam Play - Let the games begin
Strange Brigade Review

Another look at Steelseries' Rival 310 gaming mouse

Our man Nathan Wasson already reviewed SteelSeries' Rival 310 a while back when he took a look at it alongside its TrueMove3-equipped sibling, the Sensei 310. As it happens, I also ended up with a Rival 310 recently, so I thought I'd share my thoughts on this rat, too. If you haven't read his review of this mouse, click that link back there and have a look, because he goes a bit more in-depth than I do. This article is meant to be an alternate perspective guided by the experience of getting a different pair of mitts on the same mouse.

Read full article @ The Tech Report

Aorus DDR4 RGB 16GB 3200MHz Memory Kit Review

Gigabyte / Aorus is well known for their reliable motherboards and video cards. Like most companies, they are slowly diversifying their catalog branching into other markets; today they are expanding their product line into memory. I believe they are the first motherboard manufacturer that is daring to step into the memory market.

As it is their first memory kit, Aorus has released one version of the memory kit, at the popular 16GB size (2 x 8GB). At first glance, their first memory kit looks impressive, it has a sleek brushed aluminum heatsink, impressive specs at 3200MHz with 16-18-18-38 timings, and even breaking into the RGB craze. Let’s take a quick look at the retail kit and the memory before doing some tests. The Aorus RGB 3200MHz 16GB memory kit that we are reviewing today is available under part number GP-AR32C16S8K2SU416R for $219.99 shipped.

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

Beyerdynamic MMX 300 2nd Generation Review

The Beyerdynamic MMX 300 2nd Generation is the new iteration of the company's first gaming headset. It keeps the high price of its predecessor, but significantly improves upon all its key aspects, which makes it an interesting choice for exceptionally demanding gamers with big budgets.

In the world of professional and hi-fi audio, Beyerdynamic is easily one of the most recognizable and well-respected names. The legendary German manufacturer stands behind some of the best hi-fi and studio monitoring headphones out there, as well as fantastic microphones and various types of headsets intended for pilots, television, and radio broadcasters, and—as of 2009—gamers. They keep their gaming headset portfolio very tight. In fact, so tight that the MMX 300 2nd Generation is currently one of only two gaming headsets they offer. With a price tag of $350/€300, it's also the more expensive of the two.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

CoolerMaster MasterLiquid ML360R RGB Review

With a nondescript design, high-flowing RGB fans and unparalleled performance, the Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML360R RGB is our new top pick for keeping your CPU cool without blowing your budget.

Supporting most consumer (including high-end desktops) Intel and AMD processor sockets (sorry, no Threadripper / TR4), Cooler Master ships the MasterLiquid ML360R RGB with a dizzying accompaniment of accessories and mounting hardware. In addition to the usual backplates, threaded offsets and bolts, the packaging includes a syringe of Cooler Master thermal compound, an RGB lighting control module and USB connectivity cabling to allow desktop control of your RGB lighting within the UI suite.

Read full article @ Tom's Hardware

Crucial MX500 250GB M.2 Type 2280 SSD Review

The M.2 Type 2280 Crucial MX500 250GB does have about the same performance as its 500GB version and the installation process is pretty straight-forward. With a MTTF of 1.8 million hours, an endurance of 100TB (TBW) and a limited five-year warranty, we can consider it an ideal upgrade as a boot drive for many mainstream systems. MX500 does come with hardware-based encryption, while the integrated power loss immunity does avoid unwanted data corruption if the system would suddenly freeze or shut down.

Read full article @ Mad Shrimps

Fnatic Focus2 and Retro Asphalt Gaming Surfaces Review

Today I am going to be looking at an often overlooked addition to a players gaming arsenal, the gaming surface or mousemat. When selecting all the parts for your setup it is always a good idea to take into account what desk surface you have, especially if you want to protect the desk from wear or simply get the most out of a great mouse sensor.

Fnatic have now been supplying gaming peripherals for a few years and they regularly refresh the range to include new features and innovations. While the focus may normally be on the gaming device itself, they do offer accompanying deskware.

Read full article @ Play3r

MSI B360 Gaming Plus & B360 Gaming Arctic Review

Today we get an opportunity to look at two motherboards out of MSIs B360 stable in the form of the B360 Gaming Plus and B360 Gaming Arctic. The two boards look dramatically different – with one black and red and the other white – however, under the hood they share the same DNA. Both boards include a single PCIe x4 M.2 slot, five SATA ports, Crossfire support, Intel Ethernet, Realtek audio and more making for a well-rounded option in the non-overclocking B360 lineup. Well take a look at the boards to see what makes them tick and run them through our performance tests. 

Read full article @ Anandtech

Mushkin Source 500GB Solid State Drive Review

Solid State drive pricing keeps on getting lower and lower, but we still see 2.5-inch drives distinguished into three segments, entry-level, mainstream, and high performance. New entry-level drives more than likely do not have a DRAM chip for caching. That is the case with the Mushkin Source, which sits at the bottom of Mushkin’s solid state drive product stack. This drive is powered by the Silicon Motion SM2258XT controller teamed with Micron 3D TLC NAND. Mushkin tells us this combination boats sequential read and write speeds of 560 MB/s and 520 MB/s respectively. The 500GB version we are checking out today sells for only $89.99! Let’s jump in and see what it can do!

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 650W PSU Review

Its hard to go wrong with a Seasonic power supply. How does this sub £100 model handle? Obviously those people don’t read any power supply reviews so they don’t realize that this specific component is probably the most important part in a system. if it goes bad it will drag everything down with it. So in any case you should not go cheap when it comes to the component that will provide power to your system.

Seasonic, having in mind that many people won’t or just cannot pay a hefty price for a power supply, developed the Focus platform which manages to combine good performance with affordable prices. The Focus models come in many flavors, with native or modular cables, in a variety of capacities and with either 80 PLUS Gold or Platinum efficiency certifications.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Steam Play - Let the games begin

Cape Good Hope: Improved Steam Play for Linux (beta) that can run Windows games through a compatibility layer is here. The big question is, how well does this work? My latest OCS-Mag article explores this wonderful snippet of news in detail. Come along.

Read full article @ OCS-Mag

Strange Brigade Review

There’s something about the early 20th century that just feels ripe with adventure. The time of Indiana Jones, mysterious relics, naughty Nazis, curious curses, and jovial, flamboyant accents. Ah yes, the 1930s, what a glorious time indeed. Nothing quite captures this camp camaraderie like Strange Brigade, the new multiplayer shooter from Rebellion, developer of the acclaimed Sniper Elite series.

So what is Strange Brigade? The short story is that it’s a team based multiplayer shooter that’ll pit a team of four friends up against hordes of the undead as they move through a unique stage, solve puzzles, and of course, shoot lots of enemies.

Read full article @ Wccftech