Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti Matrix 6 GB
Aweek USB Hub and Card Reader Review
Case Mod Friday: Far Cry Primal
GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs. Radeon R9 FuryX
Gigabyte P57W Review
Mushkin Striker 480GB Solid State Drive Review
OCZ Trion 150 480GB SSD Review
OCZ Trion 150 SSD Review: Affordable, Fast Storage
Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Computer Case Review
Razer Diamondback Chroma 2016 gaming mouse review
Sapphire R9 380 ITX Compact 4GB
Ubuntu 14.04 vs. 16.04 LTS AMD FirePro Performance On Open-Source

ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti Matrix 6 GB

GTX 980 Ti Matrix is the ASUS flagship card for the company's current GPU lineup. It is priced at $720 and comes with tons of enthusiast tuning options, a huge triple-slot cooler and a large overclock. Out of the box the card is the fastest GTX 980 Ti we ever tested!

Read full article @ techPowerUp

Aweek USB Hub and Card Reader Review

Today I’ve got a review of product I really wanted to like, well one that I wanted to work correctly and it didn’t sadly. It’s a USB hub and card reader in one for your desk and it’s very nice looking and well made but it has a small issue with reading micro SD card for some reason and that’s the main reason I really wanted this. Read on to learn more..

Read full article @ Technogog

Case Mod Friday: Far Cry Primal

Welcome to another Case Mod Friday showcase! This week we have OzModz's “Far Cry Primal” build. Here is what he had to say about it, "I have really enjoyed the Far Cry series and with Primal being released mid Feb I thought id put together a special build for it. In this build ill be utilizing quite few different materials that I haven't worked with before to achieve certain textures and results. I'm on a very tight deadline for this build and want it to be all done by the 9th of Feb."

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs. Radeon R9 FuryX

With the GeForce GTX 980 Ti NVIDIA has a very powerful pixel accelerator in its portfolio, which is really expensive at the same time. The AMD Radeon R9 FuryX is also a highly powerful graphics card but comes at a way more reasonable price. In this article we're going to check which card is faster and we're putting this into relation to the price.

Read full article @ ocaholic

Gigabyte P57W Review

Gaming laptop or portable workstation? Gigabyte's 17.3in P57W is a bit of both. High-performance gaming laptops are no longer the preserve of die-hard PC enthusiasts. Whereas said machines were once big, bulky and at times ostentatious affairs, today's gaming laptops take a more refined approach while maintaining the requisite level of performance.

A good example of this evolution is Gigabyte's latest 17.3in powerhouse, the P57W. Back in the day, any laptop described as a powerhouse would be visualised as thick, chunky and downright ugly, but the P57W is anything but. Gigabyte's new machine measures a reasonable 24.9mm at its thickest point, it tips the scales at a hair under 3kg, and it has a finish that's equally well suited to a LAN party or an office meeting.

Read full article @ Hexus

Mushkin Striker 480GB Solid State Drive Review

It has been a while since we had a closer look at Mushkin’s lineup of solid state drives which makes today’s review a little more interesting than just looking at a great perming drive. On the test bench today is the Mushkin Striker 480GB 7mm slim solid state drive and I’ll put it through the usual tests to see how well it performs.

Mushkin built the Striker series with a performance that should satisfy the most demanding users, at least on the SATA3 connection. The Striker is built with Phison’s PS3110-S10 quad-core 8-channel controller which is coupled with quality MLC NAND. Three of the cores are dedicated for flash management and the controller also supports 256-bit AES encryption and Opal 2.0. These things coupled make for a great performing drive and this 480GB model is rated for up to 565 MB/s read and 550MB/s write speeds. The IOPS are rated around 90K for both read and write.

Read full article @ eTeknix

OCZ Trion 150 480GB SSD Review

Last year OCZ Storage Solutions released the Trion 100 SSD series with Toshiba’s A19nm Triple-Level Cell (TLC) NAND Flash and aimed it at consumers looking for an affordable upgrade for their old school hard drive. Some of you might recall that we evaluated the OCZ Trion 100 480GB SSD and we weren’t really that impressed. It’s tough to get a product to stand out these days against the Samsung 850 EVO series, but none better than OCZ to pull an upset. Why is that? OCZ Storage Solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toshiba and the Trion 100 series used all Toshiba guts (NAND, Controller, Cache and even the firmware). It’s been over half a year since the Trion 100 was released and it is being replaced by the new Trion 150 SSD product series.

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

OCZ Trion 150 SSD Review: Affordable, Fast Storage

The last time we saw OCZ, there were tearing up CES with an upcoming NVMe solid state drive that could transfer data at upwards of 2.7GB/s that was featured alongside a few new SATA-based solutions, like the Trion 150 series we’ll be showing you here today.

The OCZ Trion 150 is an update to last summer’s Trion 100, which was the first drive from OCZ to feature TLC NAND and all in-house, Toshiba-built technology. The Trion 100 series of drives proved to be good performers overall, especially considering their relatively affordable price points. As its branding suggests, the new Trion 150 kicks things up a few notches over the Trion 100, thanks to some cutting edge 15nm NAND flash memory and tweaked firmware, that combined, offer increased performance over its predecessor...

Read full article @ HotHardware

Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Computer Case Review

When companies come up with an idea for a product, questions are always raised regarding its design, functionality, cost, and many other possible factors. In the consumer world, what makes the greatest first impression probably comes down to design and functionality. After making a quick evaluation of the product, they tack on an estimated price tag, compare it with the actual price tag, and consider whether it is worth splurging their money. In most cases, this is quite true, regardless of what product is in question. When it comes down to custom computer builds, there is a fine line between a budget build and an eye-catching, high-end build. The problem comes down to when consumers are looking to build something that has great design and functionality, but do not necessarily have the funds to pay for all of it up front. What we have here today at APH Networks is the Phanteks Enthoo Pro M with a large acrylic window to show off all your internal hardware. Priced at $90 USD at press time, this case looks slick, and features a functional layout for an easy installation process. But is this worth the $90, considering the extra components you still need to buy? We have seen great products from Phanteks, such as the Enthoo Primo White and Enthoo EVOLV ATX featuring great design and interior layout, both of which received APH Recommended badges. Has Phanteks come up with another product worthy of another award from this website? Stick around to see what this case has to offer!

Read full article @ APH Networks

Razer Diamondback Chroma 2016 gaming mouse review

The Razer Diamondback is one of the most iconic gaming mice Razer ever made, so it is with some fanfare that we can announce its return. Much like the original, this is a slimline, ambidextrous rodent, though it has updated ergonomics, styling and internal hardware – thanks to its more contemporary construction.

Of course it is also lit up by Razer’s vibrant RGB lighting system, CHROMA, though for some reason it does not feature on the mouse’s name tag. Unlike previous generations of the Diamondback though, this mouse features a laser sensor rather than an optical one.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Sapphire R9 380 ITX Compact 4GB

It’s crazy that it was all the way back in 2014 when Sapphire first introduced their R9 285 ITX Compact. That that time we were excited because Ed from Sapphire had been taking a lot of notes at our LANs on builds like our LunchBox 3 and we finally saw why. The 285 ITX Compact blew me away by standing above all of the other ITX cards on the market both in gaming performance but also in cooling performance. In fact, I know a few of the LanOC staff swapped to the card in their LAN rigs. Well I still have it in the LunchBox 3 but I’ve been itching to build a new LAN rig and the first thing I need is a compact ITX card to put in it. As luck would have it Sapphire just refreshed their R9 380 ITX Compact with 4 gigs of ram so today I’m going to put it through the ringer and find out how it performs.

Read full article @ LanOC Reviews

Ubuntu 14.04 vs. 16.04 LTS AMD FirePro Performance On Open-Source

As some complementary data to this week's Radeon Gallium3D OpenGL Performance From Fedora 18 To Fedora 23 and the earlier Ubuntu 6.06 LTS to 16.04 LTS benchmarks is a look at the Ubuntu 14.04 vs. 16.04 (in its current development state) performance with an AMD FirePro graphics card.

Just as another extra data point to toss out there this weekend for those sticking to Ubuntu LTS bases (such as Linux Mint users), here's a look at how the performance has evolved over the past two years for this Cayman-derived graphics card. However, don't put too much weight into the results as while they are now on LLVM 3.8 SVN with Mesa 11.1.2, Mesa 11.2 will still hopefully end up landing in time for the April release of Ubuntu 16.04. They though are now using the Linux 4.4 kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, which is expected to be the major version shipping with the Xenial Xerus as there isn't enough time for them to stabilize Linux 4.5.

Read full article @ Phoronix