Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

ADATA XPG Spectrix D41 DDR4-3200 32GB Memory Kit Review
AMD Ryzen 3000G APU To Release Before End Of Year
AORUS 16GB DDR4 3200 MHz GA-AR32C16S8K2SU416R RGB Memory Kit Review
Cooler Master MasterBox TD500 Review
Corsair RM850x (2018) PSU Review
G-Drive Mobile USB-C Review
HyperX Gaming microSD Card Review
Kingston UV500 480GB M.2 SSD Review
MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC Review
MSI GE63 Raider RGB 8RE (i7-8750H; GTX 1060) Laptop Review
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Performance Unveiled, DLSS AI Anti-Aliasing Spikes Frame Rate At High IQ
Patriot Viper RGB DDR4 3200 MHz Review
Soul Transform Wireless Bluetooth Headphone Review
The Best PC Games of 2018... So Far
Thermaltake Toughpower Grand RGB Sync Edition PSU Review

ADATA XPG Spectrix D41 DDR4-3200 32GB Memory Kit Review

A few months back, we had our first look at the XPG Spectrix series, with the Spectrix D40 DDR4. The main push for the new family of RAM, on top of the top-quality ICs, used and XMP 2.0 compliance, was a uniquely designed heat spreader with a lot of style, but more importantly to most was the inclusion of RGB lighting. Again we are dealing with Spectrix memory, but this time the script has been more or less flipped completely.

Read full article @ TweakTown

AMD Ryzen 3000G APU To Release Before End Of Year

Earlier this year we saw AMD release the 2000G range of Ryzen processors. Overall, we were mightily impressed. For the first time in years, AMD seems to be taking an APU style approach to processors which was a fantastic idea given how high the price of a graphics card can be. The 2000G processors were relatively well received, but in fairness, went under the radar a little quickly.

AMD does, however, have another trick up its sleeve. In a report via VideocardZ, the Ryzen series may see one final release before the end of the year. Namely the 3000G which will utilise their 7nm technology.

Read full article @ eTeknix

AORUS 16GB DDR4 3200 MHz GA-AR32C16S8K2SU416R RGB Memory Kit Review

First was Gigabyte then theres AORUS.

Since the dawn of AORUS branding, we see a lot of products we didn’t see traditionally from Gigabyte (or from G1 Gaming branding). PC cases, CPU coolers, peripherals, etc. There are SSDs, and now we have the RAMs. Naturally, with AORUS comes RGB effects on these memory kits but most importantly AORUS mentions Samsung B-die as the choice of memory ICs in its specifications list. For now, there are no sub-variants.

Read full article @ Hardware BBQ

Cooler Master MasterBox TD500 Review

It was at Computex 2018 that we saw the first images of the distinctive MasterBox TD500 and gaining some attention it certainly did. In a market which is shy of unique models, the three-dimensional diamond cut-design found on the TD500 is definitely turns heads. This mid-tower not only offers good hardware support, an edge to edge side panel and radiator support, but it also arrives with four cooling fans - three of which are RGB LED ready!

Read full article @ Vortez

Corsair RM850x (2018) PSU Review

Corsair may today be one of the largest companies in the PC market, offering literally hundreds of products, but that was not always the case. The company started off as a manufacturer of memory-related computer products and took them many years to even consider diversifying into other segments of the market. Their first significant diversification attempt away from RAM-related products was towards the power supply unit (PSU) market, with the company initially releasing just a couple of PSUs. That move was a great success for the company and the beginning of Corsair's expansion towards multiple segments of the PC market.

Although the company today produces hundreds of products, they still place a significant amount of attention on their power supply products, with Corsair having not only one of the largest selection of products but excellent reputation in the field as well. The company today markets dozens of PSUs through nine different product series. In today's review, we are testing a unit of their most popular series, the RMx.

Read full article @ Anandtech

G-Drive Mobile USB-C Review

It is only a matter of time before all peripherals move over to USB-C rather than legacy USB-A or micro USB. Some external drive makers have been quicker than others. G-Technology has slowly been moving through their line, updating them with the new interface.

The latest is their G|Drive mobile USB-C portable drive. Let's check it out.

Read full article @ Apple Insider

HyperX Gaming microSD Card Review

Last week, HyperX released a Gaming microSD Card series in North America aimed at mobile gamers who need additional storage space to store and play games. The HyperX Gaming microSD Cards are available in available in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities and feature read speeds of up to 100MB/s and write speeds of 80MB/s. Read on to find out how it performed and more about the memory card!

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

Kingston UV500 480GB M.2 SSD Review

The UV500 is the very first consumer oriented SSD by Kingston to feature both AES 256-bit hardware encryption and the latest 3D TLC NAND flash by Toshiba and today we'll be thoroughly testing the 480GB M.2 variant.

Read full article @ NikKTech

MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC Review

The Pro Carbon moves away from MSI's typical black and red colour scheme, focusing on a monochrome design with Carbon Fibre accents. There's a small spattering of RGB LEDs around the motherboard, one section under the DIMM slots and the others peeking out from under the southbridge heatsink. We also find a full-length 110mm M.2 heatshield on the top port, to help improve NVMe performance by removing unwanted heat buildup.

Read full article @ Vortez

MSI GE63 Raider RGB 8RE (i7-8750H; GTX 1060) Laptop Review

It's another laptop with an i7-8750H and GTX 1060 - is it worth £1380? The MSI GE63 Raider RGB 8RE’s name may be something of a mouthful but it does helpfully contain one key clue to this laptop’s most obvious features: RGB lighting. An RGB backlit keyboard and RGB slashes on the lid let you add your own colour scheme to this 15.6inch laptop.

Read full article @ KitGuru

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Performance Unveiled, DLSS AI Anti-Aliasing Spikes Frame Rate At High IQ

This week at Gamescom 2018, NVIDIA held a GeForce Gaming Celebration to unveil its new GeForce RTX 2080 and 2070 series graphics cards, based on its new Turing GPU architecture. The NVIDIA GPU that powers GeForce RTX cards ushers in a wealth of new technologies, enabled by its new processing engines. These new technologies include hardware-accelerated, real-time Ray Tracing and a new form of anti-aliasing called DLSS or Deep Learning Super Sampling, among a few others we can't talk about just yet.

What’s interesting about DLSS is that it uses Turing’s Tensor cores to enable a deep learning-powered AI technique to dramatically improve image quality and remove jagged edge artifacts in games, with a minimal performance hit. Traditional anti-aliasing, or AA, can lean heavily on GPU processing resources and memory bandwidth, and may consume large amounts of frame buffer memory as well. Anti-aliasing often requires a frame to be rendered and re-rendered multiple times in order to smooth out edges of objects in a scene and the end result can be a costly performance hit. NVIDIA notes that its new DLSS anti-aliasing technique, however, uses machine learning of scenes and images (called inferencing) to improve image quality without the large performance hit associated with some traditional AA methods.

Read full article @ HotHardware

Patriot Viper RGB DDR4 3200 MHz Review

Patriot's turn at RGB memory has hit our test labs with the Viper white RGB 3200 MHz DDR4 kit. Compatible with most motherboard RGB controls, the Patriot Viper's fangs are ready to light up your case.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

Soul Transform Wireless Bluetooth Headphone Review

Welcome to the Soul Transform Wireless review. The Transform Wireless have a premium look and feel to them but does this transfer to their audio quality? Come and join me on this review and we shall find out!

Read full article @ Play3r

The Best PC Games of 2018... So Far

We're well past the halfway point of 2018, which means it's a good time to take a look at the best PC games released this year so far. There's a mix of genres in this list, from the latest entries in long-running franchises to brand-new IPs, here are the best PC games that the last eight months have given us.

Read full article @ TechSpot

Thermaltake Toughpower Grand RGB Sync Edition PSU Review

In addition to this, just in case that wasn’t enough, they also have a fantastically wide range suiting all needs be it low or high power, modular or non-modular and even the power efficiency ratings. One thing, however, that Thermaltake really like to push with their power supplies is their fantastic RGB lighting effects. Being one of the few companies to ever look into this technology on a PSU, they like to push it and push it hard.

With this in mind, we take a look at the brand new Thermaltake Toughpower Grand Series RGB Sync Edition 850w power supply. While this isn’t the first power supply that Thermaltake has provided with RGB lighting (trust me – they have made a lot of them) this is, however, the first that incorporates RGB sync capability. With compatibility with MSI, ASUS and Gigabyte motherboards, they have also made sure to cover all of the bases.

While we do love a bit of RGB lighting, it is important to not overlook the fact that this is a gold-rated 850w power supply. Let us, therefore, put this under our microscope to see if this could be a fantastic option for your system.

Read full article @ eTeknix