Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

14-Way NVIDIA GPU Comparison With Civilization VI On Linux
Dell Latitude 12 Rugged Extreme Notebook Review: Rough And Tumble Mobile Computing
Enermax D.F. 500W PSU Review
ErgoDox EZ Shine Keyboard
Gamdias Hermes E1 & Demeter E2 Review
LEPA NEOllusion RGB CPU cooler
MSI Z270 SLI PLUS Review
Reeven Polariz Triple Channel Fan Controller
System Guide: February 2017 edition
Tesoro Tuned In-Ear Pro Headphones Review

14-Way NVIDIA GPU Comparison With Civilization VI On Linux

Aspyr Media today released their native Linux port of Civilization VI. Here are benchmarks of fourteen different NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards from Kepler to Pascal for seeing how well this game performs. Benchmarks with (not officially supported) RadeonSI and Intel Mesa graphics will be coming up next.

Read full article @ Phoronix

Dell Latitude 12 Rugged Extreme Notebook Review: Rough And Tumble Mobile Computing

Some people have relatively low risk jobs, where the biggest hazard is getting pricked by a staple or poked by a thumbtack. Take Bob from accounting, for example... Then there's Barbara. She's a scientist studying volcanic activity and her job often requires treading rocky terrain in intense heat while recording critical data in the field. Come rain or shine, she's out there with her laptop.

Read full article @ HotHardware

Enermax D.F. 500W PSU Review

The Enermax D.F. 500W is a fully modular PSU featuring high efficiency, quiet operation, and individually sleeved cables. But are those enough to justify its premium price tag?

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

ErgoDox EZ Shine Keyboard

Ergonomics, customization, open source, split keyboard. Those are probably the four terms I would use to introduce the ErgoDox EZ Shine: a pre-assembled split keyboard built on a proven concept but with added tweaks to make this your keyboard, not what someone else designed for you.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

Gamdias Hermes E1 & Demeter E2 Review

We got our hands on the Hermes E1 mechanical gaming combo, which comes with the Hermes E1 mechanical keyboard, the Demeter E2 optical mouse, and a free NYX E1 mouse pad. The Hermes E1 features Gamdias certified blue mechanical switches, red illumination, and 21-key rollover. The Demeter E2 has an adjustable 3200 DPI optical sensor with lighting effects, and the cloth textured NYX E1 lets you game right out of the box. Benchmark Reviews will be reviewing the Hermes E1 combo, so let’s go through a quick overview of this product.

Read full article @ Benchmark Reviews

LEPA NEOllusion RGB CPU cooler

HardwareOverclock.com has just posted another review. Last week we have tested the LEPA NEOllusion RGB CPU cooler. The NEOIlusion is a cooler with high quality RGB LED with innovative nano diffusant covers, NEOllusion creates vivid luminance and impeccable RGB lighting effects.

Read full article @ HardwareOverclock.com

MSI Z270 SLI PLUS Review

Out of the box, when paired with a set of 3600MHz memory, the Z270 SLI PLUS delivers excellent performance. Although, in many cases the performance curve of the Z270 MSI SLI PLUS is roughly the same as I see when running the Core i7 7700K in a Z170-based board for comparison sake. Visually, the board is subdued by comparison to the flashier Gaming Series, but the Mystic Lighting feature set lets you take that muted black and silver theme and wrap some RGB coloring around it for added effect. Add in an RGB LED strip and you can make the board any color in the rainbow.

Read full article @ OCC

Reeven Polariz Triple Channel Fan Controller

Modern motherboards have come a long way when it comes to cooling options. Old boards might have come with one maybe two 3-pin fan headers which severally limited the overall cooling performance of that build. To make up for that casemodders would plug fans directly into the PSU or create elaborate fanbus systems to act as a fan distribution block. This allowed better cooling options using what was available.

Modern systems now come with a multitude of fan headers with PWM controls which can be mapped to certain system events. While this can be helpful for smaller aircooled builds they just cannot deliver the control needed to cool an elaborate multi radiator system where coolant temperatures run independent of system load.

In this review I’ll be looking at the new Reeven Polariz fan controller. This is a triple channel unit meaning it will control up to three fans or three fan zones provided that the total output is less than 3.0A per channel (between 3 to 5 fans depending on power).

Read full article @ Hardware Asylum

System Guide: February 2017 edition

Intel's desktop Kaby Lake CPUs and their accompanying 200-series motherboards are out now, and that means good news for PC builders everywhere. See how Intel's latest CPUs influenced our picks in this edition of The Tech Report System Guide.

Read full article @ The Tech Report

Tesoro Tuned In-Ear Pro Headphones Review

Face it, you need a pair of earbuds. Whether you are traveling, are on the go, or at the gym earbuds are the way to go. There are literally thousands of earbuds to choose from, but Tesoro has a new pair that really have great features that make them very convenient to use and they sound pretty good as well. I am talking about the new In-Ear Pro headphones which feature a metal earbud housing, 9.2mm dynamic drivers, a flat cable design, and much more. These headphone won’t break the bank either as they are priced at $34.99! Read on as we take a look…

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org