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Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

Antec HCG 750W Bronze Power Supply Unit Review
Antec Kühler H2O K240 Review
Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Benchmark Performance Analysis
DeepCool GAMMAXX GT TGA Review
Dell Latitude 5491 Notebook Review
GIGABYTE X399 Aorus Xtreme TR4 Motherboard Review
Mega Man 11 Review
Mio MiVue 766 WIFI Smart Dashcam Review
Moshi Kameleon Kickstand iPhone Case Review
MSI X470 Gaming M7 AC AMD AM4 Motherboard Reader Review
MyDigitalSSD BPX Pro 240GB SSD Review
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti SLI Review with NVLink
Seagate BarraCuda SSD 500 GB Review
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: PC Graphics Benchmark Review



Antec HCG 750W Bronze Power Supply Unit Review

The new High Current Gamer Bronze line of Power Supply Units by Antec may be far from impressive but they are a valid solution for people looking for a high quality and performance model with a balanced price tag attached to it.

Serious gamers, enthusiasts and professionals may always have their eyes set on high-wattage power supply units with several high-end features such as 80 Plus Platinum and Titanium electrical certifications but it's always important to remember that the largest piece of the consumer market belongs to people who put price above everything else (a friend of mine also pointed that out less than a week ago when he went to buy a new one for his system). Luckily as expected most manufacturers are well aware of that fact so lately we've seen quite a few feature-rich mid-end models in the sub-1KW range aimed at people with tight budgets such as the brand new High Current Gamer 750W Bronze model (HCG750 Bronze) by our friends over at Antec.

Antec, Inc. is the global leader in high-performance computer components and accessories for the gaming, PC upgrade and Do-It-Yourself markets. Founded in 1986, Antec is recognized as a pioneer in the industry and has maintained its position as a worldwide market leader and international provider of quiet, efficient and innovative products. Antec has also achieved great success in the distribution channel, meeting the demands of quality-conscious system builders, VARs and integrators. Antec’s offering of enclosures includes a wide range of cases, such as its advanced Performance One Series, economical New Solution Series and VERIS family of media components designed for the home theater PC market. Antec’s products also include front line power supplies, such as its premium Signature Series, powerful TruePower Quattro Series and EarthWatts, one of the most environmentally friendly power supplies available. PC gamers are an increasingly significant consumer of performance components, and many Antec products are designed for the gaming demographic, like the premier gamer enclosure: the Nine Hundred. Antec also offers a line of computer accessories comprising many original products, including its patented LED fans and notebook cooling solutions. Antec is headquartered in Fremont, California, with additional offices in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, as well as in the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, China and Taiwan. The company’s products are sold in more than 40 countries throughout the world.

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Antec Kühler H2O K240 Review

A 240mm AIO liquid cooler for £59.99! Sounds good but how does it perform? When building a new system, you have either the choice of the stock Intel or AMD cooler (if provided), or travel down the aftermarket route. This can open up a host of options. Air or liquid, size and price all need to be considered and it can be tricky to peg down the one most suited for your chosen need.

Antec has attempted to address this with a competitively priced 240 mm AIO liquid option – the Kühler H2O K240. This cooler supports a multitude of different CPU sockets but does look less flashy than the host of available RGB LED options. At £59.99 it looks to be offering good value for money, but today we find out if that is the case.

Read full article @ KitGuru

Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Benchmark Performance Analysis

Assasin's Creed: Odyssey is this year's version of the epic series and takes you to ancient Greece. We tested the game at 1080p, 1440p and 4K using a large selection of graphics cards, including RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti. We also investigated VRAM requirements and CPU performance scaling.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

DeepCool GAMMAXX GT TGA Review

The GAMMAXX GT TGA is another product in the ASUS TUF Gaming Alliance, a product line that has been set up between many manufacturers to offer great value and excellent performance, durability and stability for PC gamers. There's a range of motherboards and memory modules to help colour coordinate your system build, which the Deepcool should match perfectly.

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Dell Latitude 5491 Notebook Review

Following on from our previous review of the Dell Inspiron G5 15 gaming laptop, we have the brand-new Dell Latitude 5491 from the latest 5000 series of business and workstation focused range in for testing. As you may already know, Dell is not just one of the largest laptop manufacturers on the planet but their core ranges such as the Inspiron, their XPS and Latitude have proven popular for many years with critics and consumers alike receiving many different awards and praise from other areas.

The Dell Latitude 5491 is customizable and available in a number of different configurations. This particular model features a 14” 1080p screen with an impressive Intel Core i7 8850H 6 core 12 thread Coffee Lake processor. With the focus being purely on business and workstation use, this particular notebook relies on an Intel UHD 630 integrated graphics chip with 16 GB of 2666MHz DDR4 memory operating in dual channel mode for better performance. Let’s take a look at the full specifications list and take a look at what the Latitude 5491 has to offer…

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GIGABYTE X399 Aorus Xtreme TR4 Motherboard Review

GIGABYTE expands its Threadripper lineup with its X399 Aorus Xtreme motherboard. This motherboard has a solid, professional focused feature set, and has a lot to offer. We've seen some amazing socket TR4 motherboards thus far so the X399 Aorus Xtreme has a lot of competition. We did get to use the Xtreme for a lot of Threadripper testing.

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Mega Man 11 Review

Mega Man 11 is a fine game, and a worthy eleventh entry in a series that once set the bar for tricky platformers. It also feels oddly shallow, the latest iteration of a formula that has gone largely unchanged for decades. Mega Man 11 is great at being a Mega Man game. Maybe that's why it didn't do much for me.

Read full article @ TechSpot

Mio MiVue 766 WIFI Smart Dashcam Review

Let us start out with how the company describes the MiVue 766 WIFI on their website. “Simplicity at its finest, undisputable picture quality, connecting you always, and data that matters.” That sounds pretty good to start with and I can already tell you that I love this dashcam.

It couldn’t be much simpler to set it up. Connect it with power and you’re ready to go. Sure, there are more options, but you don’t need them. You can start driving and everything will be recorded. The picture quality comes from the Sony optic sensor and a 140◦ wide-angle lens. Together, they let the MiVue 766 WIFI capture everything your eyes can see. From registration plates to road signs, even in low-light conditions.

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Moshi Kameleon Kickstand iPhone Case Review

If you have any mobile device you should take some precautions to protect it, especially if you’ve spent the money on an iPhone. For me when I look at cases for my iPhone I want something that is stylish, but functional as well. That is why Moshi’s Kameleon appealed to me as it has a really sleek design, offers good protection, and even has a kickstand to make watching media and seeing messages easier. Is this the case you should get for your iPhone? Read on as we find out!

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

MSI X470 Gaming M7 AC AMD AM4 Motherboard Reader Review

Today a new reader review has been published on OCinside.de. Berserkus tests the new MSI X470 Gaming M7 AC AMD Ryzen 2000 motherboard in our forum. In the following MSI X470 Gaming review we will see how the motherboard performs with an AMD Ryzen 7 2700X CPU and two Sapphire R9 390 Nitro 8GB graphics cards.

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MyDigitalSSD BPX Pro 240GB SSD Review

Like the 480GB model, the 240GB MyDigitalSSD BPX Pro is a strong NVMe SSD that you should consider when choosing your next storage drive. The drive delivers very good application performance in a capacity where we often see less than satisfactory results.

256GB SSDs are the new 128GB drives. The latest flash is twice the size it was just two years ago, so 256GB really is the new 128GB when you count the number of die. With SSDs, performance comes from spreading the reads and writes across a number of die. The more, the better. With companies increasing the amount of data each die can hold, we read and write to less die.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti SLI Review with NVLink

A number of sites already have GeForce RTX 2080 SLI coverage up, but we just recently got our hands on everything needed for an SLI setup. That means we can give you our own performance testing and thoughts! We’ll be using two NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti FE graphics cards for our SLI setup and we’ll be using the NVIDIA GeForce RTX NVLink 3-slot bridge connector. This setup is extremely expensive and won’t be for everyone. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti video cards run $1,200 each and the NVLink Bridge connector is available for $79. That means you are looking at just shy of $2500 for this setup. We’ll be using an Acer Predator X27 27″ IPS LED 4K 144Hz G-Sync HDR display to benchmark these cards as you need an amazing display to accommodate graphics cards like these. The Acer Predator X27 is $2,000 shipped, so this article will be a look at performance of a dream build for many of our readers. Not everyone can spend over $5,000 for a Gaming PC and we understand that. This is for those that are curious how well NVIDIA’s new flagship graphics card can do in SLI. Are we at a point where the goal of a 4K 60 FPS gaming PC is a thing of the past? Are we ready for 4K 120 FPS and maybe even 8K gaming displays?

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Seagate BarraCuda SSD 500 GB Review

Seagate's new BarraCuda SSD lineup marks the company's return to the SSD world. The drive comes with a 5-year warranty and is available at a highly competitive price of $79 for the reviewed 500 GB version. Seagate uses 64-layer 3D TLC flash from Toshiba, and a DRAM chip is included, too.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

Shadow of the Tomb Raider: PC Graphics Benchmark Review

We've been very busy with all kinds of embargo reviews lately, hence a review that was pending is this performance overview of Tomb Raider, 2018. We check out the all-new Shadow of the Tomb Raider for the PC and test it with many graphics card. We'll also look deeper into DX11 and DX12 performance as this game on the PC might actually be the very first PC game with a properly implemented DirectX 12 API. Probably the delay that was for the better as day-1 patches changed a thing or two, as well as the latest AMD and NVIDIA driver optimizations, are in full effect.

While we will be testing with the new GeForce RTX cards as well, the game, unfortunately, does not have Raytracing features enabled. Once that happens we are going to add an extra chapter in this review to update you guys on the performance effect of that on the new RTX cards. This PC version was optimized in cooperation with Nvidia, SotTR is part of the GameWorks program. Thus, in the game, things like HBAO+ ambient occlusion can be found again. As mentioned, Shadow of the Tomb Raider will also support raytracing on the new GeForce RTX graphics cards using Turing technology. Also, deep-learning AA, DLSS will be implemented but is not yet present.

Read full article @ The Guru of 3D