Here a roundup of the latest reviews and articles:

AOC PDS241 24in Monitor Review – Porsche Design
ASRock X370 Taichi Motherboard Review
Asus ROG GR8 II Mini Gaming PC Review
Audioengine HD3 Desktop Computer Speakers Review
Dash cam test: eyes on the road
Galax HOF PCI-E 1TB SSD Review
Intel HD Graphics 630: Windows 10 Creators vs. Ubuntu 17.04 vs. Clear Linux
LaCie d2 Thunderbolt 3 10TB external drive Review
MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON Review
Oh Snap - to boldly package where no one has packaged before
Primochill Praxis Wetbench
Radeon RX Vega barely beats GTX 1070 in leaked results
Roccat Cross Gaming Headset
Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 Review
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 4GB Graphics Card Review
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8GB Graphics Card Review
SilverStone SX800-LTI 800W Power Supply Review
VicoVation Vico-Opia 2 Premium Pack Car Camcorder Review

AOC PDS241 24in Monitor Review – Porsche Design

The Porsche brand is synonymous with performance, but also with a certain flavour of functional, reliable, no-nonsense design. This ethos has been exported beyond the automotive industry via the Studio F. A. Porsche subsidiary to everything from watches, phones, pianos, and even handbags. Latest to benefit from the particular Studio F. A. Porsche treatment is AOC, with a new range of screens recently launched in Leipzig (http://www.kitguru.net/peripherals/monitors/andrzej/aoc-launches-range-of-porsche-screens/) . First to arrive on our test bench, in a world exclusive appearance, is the 24in PDS241.

Read full article @ KitGuru

ASRock X370 Taichi Motherboard Review

Continuing our examination of high-end X370 motherboards for AMD’s new AM4 platform, ASRock’s £230 X370 Taichi is put under the microscope. Acting as the second-rung product in ASRock’s current X370 line-up, the Taichi uses a slightly different approach to supplied features in comparison to competing board vendors.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Asus ROG GR8 II Mini Gaming PC Review

The Asus ROG GR8 II is designed for those who want a compact gaming system for a desk or living room, but would rather something more powerful than an Xbox One or PS4. This system is similar in size to current-generation consoles, however its use of high-end Intel Kaby Lake processors and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 graphics leads to a much faster experience.

Read full article @ TechSpot

Audioengine HD3 Desktop Computer Speakers Review

The Audioengine HD3 are small speakers. But they are not small in performance.

Read full article @ APH Networks

Dash cam test: eyes on the road

Nearly nobody drives without a dash cam in Russia and it is up and coming in the Netherlands as well. A small device behind the windscreen that registers everything that happens, which can be quite useful after a collision. We test five models, varying in price from 64 pounds / 75 euros to 137 pounds / 160 euros.

Read full article @ Hardware.Info

Galax HOF PCI-E 1TB SSD Review

Galax, formally Galaxy Technology and KFA2, began teasing us with PCI Express SSDs in 2015 when it first displayed a JMicron design at Computex. Since then, the company released numerous designs in both NVMe and SATA flavors. The Hall Of Fame models come with a white exterior and printed circuit board, along with an over-the-top cooling solution that looks amazing. Now that the company is shipping units, we found it has another nice feature to go with its outstanding looks.

The Galax HOF PCI-E is the first (and only) Phison PS5007-E7 based product to ship with a 1TB capacity point. Galax made the capacity options simple; this product only ships in 1TB. Easy enough, right?

The drive doesn't stop there, though. The Phison E7 SSD controller ships with data path protection and other schemes to increase data integrity. We've examined several Phison add-in card reference designs, including the Double-DDR and the All-SLC, and none came equipped with the surface mount components that enable power failure protection. The HOF PCI-E includes a capacitor to ensure the SSD flushes data to NAND even when your system suffers a sudden power loss event. The HOF is the first consumer E7 that ships with host power failure protection, which is a feature we only expect to see on enterprise-focused products designed for the data center.
The Galax HOF PCI-E 1TB SSD is the most advanced iteration of the Phison E7 design we've seen, to put it mildly, and we can say that before we even open the box. Once inside, the hits keep on coming. The drive features a full-size heat sink that absorbs heat from the E7 controller, which can withstand up to 90C before throttling. Absorbing heat is different than releasing it, which is an important piece of the puzzle that we will examine during our tests.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Intel HD Graphics 630: Windows 10 Creators vs. Ubuntu 17.04 vs. Clear Linux

Our latest Windows 10 Creator Update versus Linux benchmarking is taking a quick look at the Intel HD Graphics 630 Kabylake performance with Windows 10 on the latest Intel driver compared to Ubuntu 17.04 and Clear Linux.

Read full article @ Phoronix

LaCie d2 Thunderbolt 3 10TB external drive Review

LaCie’s external storage drives have been around for quite some while – since the Speed 2 in the late nineties. Sitting under the company’s professional banner, the d2 Thunderbolt 3 drive is the latest D2 family member of Neil Poulton designed external hard drives. The flagship of the range is the massive 10TB model we are looking at today.

Read full article @ KitGuru

MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON Review

When you want your PC to be fast, ultra fast, you are going to look at very specific products only. One you might not look at is MSI's Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON, a board truly designed to be one of the fastest boards on the market, ready to help you reach the finish line first.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

Oh Snap - to boldly package where no one has packaged before

Linux. The distro frontier. These are the voyages of the OSS Snap. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new packages, to seek out new stuff and new configurations, to boldly go where no one has packaged before. Engage.

Read full article @ Dedoimedo

Primochill Praxis Wetbench

Typically when it comes to open air cases you have crazy one-off builds that are really only useful for tradeshows and then you have testbenches. The testbenches are normally plain looking and lack much more than the ability to add a fan or the bare minimum components needed for a testbench. A few years ago Primochill introduced their Wetbench line and they have revised it to the current iteration with huge changes in the design. I’ve been following it for a while but its allure finally got me after seeing it all over the internet on tech YouTube channels and websites so I reached out and surprisingly they were happy to send over a nice orange and white Wetbench for us to check out. If you follow us on Facebook or Twitter or my personal Instagram you have most likely seen the Wetbench in action recently. Well, it's about time to sat down and spoke a little about the overall experience.

Read full article @ LanOC Reviews

Radeon RX Vega barely beats GTX 1070 in leaked results

Things aren't looking good for AMD with all of these lukewarm rumors on Radeon RX Vega, with the latest purported results of the HBM2-based graphics card barely edging out NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1070 in 3DMark TimeSpy.

AMD's upcoming Radeon RX Vega seems to have its GPU clocked at 1GHz base, and 1.2GHz boost - at least in reference form. There's 8GB of HBM2 with 512GB/sec of memory bandwidth, and a TDP of 225W. If these results are true, Vega isn't exactly a GTX 1080 killer, let alone a GTX 1080 Ti killer. But then remember that AMD could be under delivering with performance right now, and things will change with tuned drivers and final hardware. Now... this is where things could get interesting: AMD has multiple Vega graphics cards in the pipeline - so this iteration of RX Vega might be the GTX 1070 competitor, while we might see another RX Vega that competes wiht the GTX 1080, and a monster that hopefully dethrones the GTX 1080 Ti. I'm sure we're going to see a fully unleashed Vega graphics card with the 4096-bit memory bus, and its HBM2 memory hitting 1TB/sec - but at what cost?

Read full article @ TweakTown

Roccat Cross Gaming Headset

The Roccat Cross is a comfortable and lovely sounding gaming headset with an interesting twist. You can remove its boom microphone and attach a secondary cable equipped with an in-line microphone, plug it into your smartphone, and use it as a mobile headset. It holds its own in both of those scenarios, which fully justifies its $70 price and then some.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 Review

Samsung's latest Android tablet is fast and good-looking - but where's the innovation?

Read full article @ V3

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 4GB Graphics Card Review

Gaming on a tighter budget isn't anywhere near as hard as it used to be. With many cards now falling into the sub-£200 price bracket, you can get fantastic performance from any game at 1080p, sometimes even 1440p, without spending a small fortune. The latest cards from Sapphire look set to tick all the right boxes for affordable gaming, and the PULSE RX 570 4GB especially. Priced at just £180 the card delivers a refresh of the older RX 470 chipset, but with upgraded hardware, features, a new cooler and more to make it better value for money than ever before.

Read full article @ eTeknix

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8GB Graphics Card Review

Sapphire is one of the biggest names out there when it comes to creating great AMD graphics cards. While we've already taken a look at their lovely Nitro+ RX 570, and a few other RX 580's, which have so far been impressive in terms of value for money for 1080p gaming, even at ultra settings. However, the new Pulse series from Sapphire promise performance close to that of their more expensive Nitro+ cards, but a more attractive price for those who may be on a slightly tighter budget.

Read full article @ eTeknix

SilverStone SX800-LTI 800W Power Supply Review

SFX-L size with 800W and 80 Plus Titanium certification? That's the SilverStone SX800-LTI 800W.

Read full article @ APH Networks

VicoVation Vico-Opia 2 Premium Pack Car Camcorder Review

If you're looking for a car camcorder with increased surveillance capabilities then the latest Vico-Opia 2 by VicoVation with its time-lapse feature and 2560x1440p recording resolution could be the one for you.

Read full article @ Nikktech