Here a roundup of todays reviews and articles:

A Quick First Look at the New Corsair Gaming Product Line
Acer Chromebook 13 review: long battery life, but performance falls short
ASUS GTX 970 STRIX OC Review
CM Storm NovaTouch TKL Keyboard Review
Cooler Master NovaTouch TKL Keyboard Review
Dell Inspiron 11 3000 Series
EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 reviewed
Fedora 21 Alpha First Impressions: Its Great
Gigabyte X99 SOC Force Review
History of the Personal Computer, Part 2: Intel & Motorola's duopoly comes to an end
Kingston SM2280S3 M.2 SATA SSD Review (240GB)
Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 HD+ Review
Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter Preview
Mini Review: Corsair K70 RGB
MX Technology MX-ES Ultra 32GB Review
Nanoxia Deep Silence 3
Noctua iPPC and redux Fan Roundup
Oculus Rift Development Kit 2 Review
Palit GTX970 JetStream OC Review
Run Legacy Applications & Games On The Raspberry Pi
Samsung to exit European PC market, for now
The TR Podcast 162: Apple's biggest and Nvidia's fastest
Tt eSPORTS VERTO Gaming Headset Review
Worx Landroid Review

A Quick First Look at the New Corsair Gaming Product Line

Today, Corsair launched Corsair Gaming, a new line of high-end gaming peripherals that replaces the Vengeance naming. The new branding also features a new logo which appears on the first Corsair Gaming products, which are the K70 RGB, K95 RGB, and K65 RGB mechanical keyboards, M65 RGB gaming mouse, and H1500 and H2100 headsets. We have a few of these new Corsair Gaming products which we are going to share quickly along with some early thoughts after using them for just two days.

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

Acer Chromebook 13 review: long battery life, but performance falls short

After years of getting little respect, Chromebooks are finally on the rise (at least in schools), which means every major PC maker is trying to get in on the action. That includes chip makers too, like NVIDIA. Though the company previously shied away...

Read full article @ Engadget

ASUS GTX 970 STRIX OC Review

The GTX 970 presents both a problem and an opportunity for NVIDIA and their board partners. On one hand its low price of just $329 relative to the performance it is supposed to attain has resulted in a popularly surge of extreme proportions. At face value that’s certainly a good thing but actually finding one of these cards in stock is a lesson in futility. Nonetheless, from all the reports we’ve seen, retailers expect regular shipments and with no AMD competitor on the horizon, that could allow NVIDIA to whittle some valuable market share away from their archrival.

If the GTX 980 showed us anything it is that NVIDIA's GM204 core is nearly impossible to compete with in a pure performance per watt battle. However, the GTX 970 finds itself in a hotly contested area, even with its price of $329. This means it needs to eke out a performance win over AMD's competitors before any cost cutting measures are implemented for the current Radeon lineup.

Read full article @ Hardware Canucks

CM Storm NovaTouch TKL Keyboard Review

The CM Storm NovaTouch TKL keyboard we are reviewing is unlike any of the keyboards we’ve typed with. We’ve reviewed mechanical keyboard which use metal springs and keyboards with more commonly used elastic plastic to reset the keys. The NovaTouch key mechanism uses both – each key is backed by a metal spring and plastic dome that work together. The patented switch design is named after its manufacturer and is called the Topre switch. Keyboard enthusiasts rave that these switches provide the ultimate typing experience.

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

Cooler Master NovaTouch TKL Keyboard Review

remium mechanical keyboards have surged in popularity in the last few years as gamers and even casual users rediscover the joys of using a keyboard with the precision and feel afforded by mechanical key switches. The Cooler Master NovaTouch TKL uses a new type of mechanical switch based on capacitance detection rather than metal contacts. Benchmark Reviews checks out this minimalist typing machine to see how it compares to other mechanical keyboards.

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Dell Inspiron 11 3000 Series

A couple of months ago, fellow MTNer Dylan asked me for some advice about buying a new laptop. He wanted a new one mostly for work purposes, but he was also interested in getting a tablet for reading his favorite digital comic books. I told him that a convertible device might offer the best of both worlds. As great as the new Microsoft Surface Pro 3 may be, though, it is on the pricier side of things for what it is. Maybe he should have just waited a bit longer and considered the Dell Inspiron 11 3000 Series instead. It’s far more affordable and it’s just as happy doing the laptop-to-tablet-and-back-again dance.

Read full article @ MEGATech

EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 reviewed

Nvidia has released two new graphics cards based on its latest Maxwell GPU architecture. The Geforce GTX 970 and Geforce GTX 980 will replace the outgoing Kepler-based Geforce GTX 780 and Geforce GTX 780Ti.

Nvidia gave its AIB partners the green light to offer custom designs from day one, so we are already seeing GTX 970 cards with a hefty factory overclock.

As one of Nvidia’s premier partners, EVGA was one of the first players to launch a range of custom cards. While most AIB partners are offering one or two 900-sereis cards, EVGA is going a step further, or a few steps with no less than eight different GTX 970 cards. Today we will take a look at one of them – the EVGA GTX 970 Ti Superclocked with the company’s trademark ACX 2.0 dual fan cooler.

Read full article @ Fudzilla

Fedora 21 Alpha First Impressions: Its Great

While Fedora 21 is being dragged out agonizingly long for day-to-day Fedora users, the alpha release is out today and it's great and comes with many new features. Having not run Fedora Rawhide in several weeks now as the latest development code, Fedora 21 is turning out fairly nicely and with my early morning tests thus far the Fedora 21 Alpha release is stable and running quite nicely.

Read full article @ Phoronix

Gigabyte X99 SOC Force Review

The X99 SOC Force is Gigabyte's new high-end overclocking motherboard, which is based on Intel's brandnew X99 chipset. Therefore we find lots of features like for example Gigabyte's so called OC-Touch buttons. Apart from that there are no less than four PCI Express x16 slots as well as a M.2 slot and SATA Express ports on this motherboard. Overall we're rather curious to find out what this board can do.

Read full article @ ocaholic

History of the Personal Computer, Part 2: Intel & Motorola's duopoly comes to an end

While initial development of the 8080 had been delayed, Intel's primary competitor, Motorola's 6800, also had its share of issues. Intel had a new market mostly to itself. The remaining parts of the puzzle, an operating system and consumer-friendly packaging, were also taking their first steps.This is the second installment in a five part series, where we look at the history of the microprocessor and personal computing, from the invention of the transistor to modern day chips powering our connected devices.

Read full article @ Techspot

Kingston SM2280S3 M.2 SATA SSD Review (240GB)

The introduction of the SM2280S3 M.2 SSD last June marked Kingston Technology’s first entry to the M.2 SSD arena. For those new to M.2 SSDs, M.2 marks the standardization of smaller form factor SSDs to sizes smaller than what we have seen in mSATA. M.2 accommodates both SATA and PCIe performance, while at the same time offering capacities as high as 1TB.

The SM2280S3 M.2 SSD is targeted at system builders and we initially saw its release of the 120GB version in June, followed by 240 and 480GB capacities in Q3, the 240GB capacity on our bench today. M.2 may be new to many but get ready as it will be creating a totally different picture ‘en mass’ in the SSD arena before long. Better yet, do some digging into the webs ‘top M.2 coverage‘ to get you up to speed on the M.2 form factor!

Read full article @ The SSD Review

Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 HD+ Review

Lenovo has always done a pretty good job at taking criticism and improving products with new revisions. The Yoga Tablet 10 HD+ hopes to be one of those products. This second generation version of the tablet features a higher resolution (1920 x 1200) screen, more powerful Snapdragon 400 APQ8028 quad-core SoC, and improved 8-megapixel camera. The tablet also offers a very unique cylinder-type design on its bottom edge. This doubles as a flip stand and allows the tablet to have a larger 9000mAh battery for up to 18 hours of usage according to Lenovo. Will this be your next tablet? Let’s take a look…

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter Preview

Could this be the Miracast device that just works?

OK, I've had my fun with the dichotomy of Microsoft announced two separate Miracast adapters in the last 30 days. Truth be told, the newly announced Wireless Display Adapter does address some slightly different scenarios than the previously-announced Microsoft Screen-Sharing for Lumia Phones HD-10. And I'll be reviewing and comparing both.

Read full article @ WinSupersite

Mini Review: Corsair K70 RGB

Corsair has brought a colorful, LED-backlit keyboard to the masses. The K70 RGB is Corsair's newest Cherry MX mechanical keyboard, which features customizable backlighting and gives users 16.8 million color options per key. But this extravagant plank comes with a price tag to match – it retails for $149 (about £92, AU$168). The Corsair K70 RGB is an update of last year's tremendous K70 mechanical keyboard. Although this is a major change in terms of lighting, this update shares the same chassis, aluminum faceplate, and keycaps. Both models feature a 10-key number pad, but don't offer any macro keys. For those, you'll need to upgrade to the K90 or K95 RGB.The original K70, if you didn't see it in action, only came with solid red backlighting. You can understand my confusion, then, when I first plugged in the K70 RGB, and saw the keyboard's default backlight color is – wait for it – red.I had expected it to come preloaded with a wide array of colors. Instead, you'll need to download Corsair's software suite to customize the backlighting.

Read full article @ Techradar

MX Technology MX-ES Ultra 32GB Review

The MX-ES Ultra is a high-performance USB3.0 flash drive MX Technology. This pendrive features a compact enclosure and on the inside we find expensive SLC NAND Flash. On the following pages we're going to have a close look at the 32GB model in order to tell you what this USB stick can do and what it can't

Read full article @ ocaholic

Nanoxia Deep Silence 3

The Nanoxia Deep Silence 3 is the company's third generation of low-noise cases. Available with an all-black or graphite-colored front, the chassis may not look very different on the outside, but it does offer some surprises within.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

Noctua iPPC and redux Fan Roundup

Last May, Noctua decided to update its fan product lines by introducing the redux and industrialPPC (Protected Performance Cooling) fan packaging options. The redux line is for cost conscious users who want the performance and reliability of Noctua fans, but don’t want or need the accessories that typically come with the standard model lineups. The industrial line is a new series with enhanced cooling and ingress protection for heavy industrial applications or the PC enthusiast wanting more performance, and is also packaged for the cost conscious.

To differentiate the two new lines (and as a response to customer requests), Noctua also settled on new color schemes for the fans and packaging. The redux line is a light grey fan housing with a dark grey hub and blade assembly, whereas the iPPC fan line is totally black. The redux boxes are dark gray with dark brown edges and silver printing with product contents along the front and top edge and specifications and bar code information on the bottom label. The iPPC packaging meanwhile is a black and dark brown scheme with silver text, again with specification and bar code labels on the bottom panel. All of the boxes have the Noctua stylized owl symbol on the upper right corner of the box lid.

Although the redux line is a repackaging of the standard model lines, the iPPC is a rework of the NF-A14 and NF-F12 fans. Using a fibre-glass reinforced polyamide construction, IP52 and IP67 level water/dust protection and a three-phase motor, the iPPC fan line can operate at a higher speed while keeping a low noise and power consumption profile.

Read full article @ Neoseeker

Oculus Rift Development Kit 2 Review

Its been a year since the first Oculus Rift Development Kit was released, and its safe to say the world of gaming will never be the same again. With work on content well underway games, movies, interactive adventures the release of a second development kit brings significant upgrades and represents a giant leap towards the final consumer release in 2015. While the first stage of development was very much a creative phase of figuring out what does and doesnt work in VR, the second stage is about polishing those concepts to work with new technologies like positional tracking.

Read full article @ MakeUseOf

Palit GTX970 JetStream OC Review

Nvidia launched their new GTX970 and GTX980 solutions last week, and there is no doubt that they have pushed the ‘performance to watt’ ratio to a new level. We have already reviewed the reference GTX980, the ASUS StriX GTX970 and the MSI GTX970 Gaming 4G. Today we look at the Palit GTX970 JetStream which actually features the highest overclock of them all- out of the box.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Run Legacy Applications & Games On The Raspberry Pi

Weve previously looked at how the Raspberry Pi can be used as a retro gaming system, and as a substitute desktop PC for low-level office tasks – but did you also know that you can run several classic operating systems on the tiny computer? If youve been involved in computing for twenty plus years, this may prove useful for looking at old data. Alternatively, you might fancy checking out some old games. The RetroPi collection of emulators are primarily from gaming systems, but ROMs for older desktop operating systems can also have their place.

Read full article @ MakeUseOf

Samsung to exit European PC market, for now

No more Samsung laptops to be sold in Europe, Chromebooks won't be sold either.

Read full article @ Hexus

The TR Podcast 162: Apple's biggest and Nvidia's fastest

Join us for a super deep dive on Nvidia's latest, our panel's opinion on the latest Apple gear, and oh so much more.

Read full article @ The Tech Report

Tt eSPORTS VERTO Gaming Headset Review

Between the release of the latest GeForce GTX980/970 cards which currently offer the best price/performance ratio and several price drops announced by NVIDIA for their previous generation cards I’m pretty certain that most of you will be thinking about a graphics card upgrade which will allow you to better experience all the latest and upcoming game titles. Well needless to say but aside good graphics cards you also need the proper gaming peripherals to further enrich your experience and what's more important than a gaming headset if you're not living alone? Now I've said it many times in the past that we always like to know what it is that we're giving away with every single one of our giveaways and so since the only prize we've yet to get our hands on included in our last giveaway with our good friends from Tt eSPORTS is their latest VERTO gaming headset the time has come for us to get close and personal with it.

“Challenge is the game” highlights the philosophy to bring out gamers’ addiction in gaming and the ambition of reaching to the extreme. Tt eSPORTS, a gaming obsessed division from Thermaltake, is uniting gamers from all over the world in a unique & fascinating eSPORTS culture, inherited the spirits of Thermaltake, is an energetic, powerful, bold and intelligent challenger who never says “no” to the extreme competition. We do not only provide gamers the ultimate gaming gears but also fulfills the passion to achieve the ultimate success. Thermaltake has been a well-known brand in the gaming & DIY market for PC Chassis, Coolers and Power Supplies PSU for many years. The brand personality of unique, aggressive, vivid and stylish makes Thermaltake an expert in creating exciting things and fascinating environment for gamers and enthusiasts. Tt eSPORTS inherited the brand personality with unique and creative design by observing users’ behaviors and requirements. The fan cooling design on Tt eSPORTS Challenger keyboard demonstrate the brand spirit. It is the worldwide first keyboard with fan cooling function that could dry your hand sweats and blow tension away during cut-throat competition.

The VERTO gaming headset is yet another stereo model which makes use of two 40mm neodymium magnet drivers that feature a frequency response of 10Hz-22KHz, 98dB sensitivity (@1KHz) and 32Ohm impedance. A flexible flip-down Omni-directional noise cancelling microphone with a frequency response of 300Hz-10KHz, -35dB (+-3dB) sensitivity and 2.2KOhm impedance is also available. Now although the specifications of the VERTO are quite good and certainly above many other stereo headsets we've gotten our hands onto my only concern is the size of the drivers since in most cases 40mm ones haven't been able to compete with their larger 50mm brothers especially in terms of bass levels. Of course there have been some exceptions to that rule and as always the only way to be certain is to test a headset so let's move forward with our review of the VERTO gaming headset by Tt eSPORTS.

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Worx Landroid Review

When it comes to menial household tasks that could really use the help of a small, robotic automaton, mowing the lawns is right up there with vacuuming.While robotic vacuums have become somewhat normal, with companies like Roomba pioneering the market and major technology companies like Samsung and LG joining the fray, robotic lawn mowers represent a much less crowded marketplace.It's true that robotic lawnmowers have been around for a few years, but the Landroid from Worx is notable for its $1,199 asking price, putting it into an affordable price bracket. Powered by a 28 Volt Li-ion battery which takes about 1.5 hours to completely charge, the Landroid is technically capable of mowing a 1,000 square metre area on a single charge, although in reality it probably won't get that much mowing done.Like other robotic lawnmowers, the Landroid uses spinning razor blades to slice the top of the grass, as opposed to traditional mowers which hack the grass.The idea is that regular slicing of the grass both reduces the stress on the lawn, and as an added benefit fertilising it with the grass cuttings. But is it worth it? Does the cost of a $1,200 lawnmower pay for itself? The answer, ultimately depends on your lawn.D

Read full article @ Techradar