Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

ASRock Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming-ITX/ac Review
ASRock Z270 Taichi Review
Be quiet! Shadow Rock TF 2 CPU Cooler Review
DiRT 4 review: benchmarks with 19 graphics cards
FSP Dagger 600W Review
FSP HYDRO PTM 750W PSU Review
FSP Windale 6 Review
Gigabyte AB350-Gaming 3 Motherboard Review
HP SSD S700 PRO 1TB Solid State Drive Review
Intel Core i7-7740X CPU Review
Mionix Naos QG
Peripherals Mice SteelSeries Rival 500 MOBA/MMO Gaming Mouse Review
QNAP TS-253B Network Attached Storage Review
The Olike XH3 & Hey 3S Smartwatches Revealed
The Top 5 Best Overclocking CPUs of All Time
Two PCIe NVMe SSDs Tested On Six Motherboards By Intel and AMD
Western Digital My Passport SSD 1TB USB 3.1 Review

ASRock Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming-ITX/ac Review

ASRock Inc. is established in 2002, specialized in the field of motherboards. ASRock strives to build up its own brand. With the 3C design concept, “Creativity, Consideration, Cost-effectiveness”, the company explores the limit of motherboards manufacturing while paying attention on the eco issue at the same time, developing products with the consideration of eco-friendly concept.

Read full article @ Tech-Legend

ASRock Z270 Taichi Review

ASRock Inc. is established in 2002, specialized in the field of motherboards. ASRock strives to build up its own brand. With the 3C design concept, “Creativity, Consideration, Cost-effectiveness”, the company explores the limit of motherboards manufacturing while paying attention on the eco issue at the same time, developing products with the consideration of eco-friendly concept.

Read full article @ Tech-Legend

Be quiet! Shadow Rock TF 2 CPU Cooler Review

Thanks to its low height, very good performance and almost inaudible noise levels the brand new Shadow Rock TF 2 Top Down CPU Cooler by be quiet! should be your number one choice for use in compact cases where size is an issue.

Read full article @ NikKTech

DiRT 4 review: benchmarks with 19 graphics cards

DiRT 4 is the latest racing game released by Codemasters and brings the improvements of DiRT Rally to a wider audience. We tested the game with 19 AMD and Nvidia graphics cards at three resolutions (Full HD, WQHD and 4K), using medium and ultra settings. Time to go for a ride!

While the Steam Early Access-titel DiRT Rally was a bigger success than expected, the target audience of that game is limited compared to that of a ‘big’ release. In DiRT 4 we find a lot of things from Rally, such as the management system and the more precise handling, although in a more accessible way with more content.

Read full article @ Hardware.Info

FSP Dagger 600W Review

FSP Group is a computer peripheral and power supply company, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Since its inception, the company has been manufacturing power supplies under its own brand, but also as the OEM for other IT products manufacturers.
At the present time, FSP has expanded its range of products from power supplies to PC cases, cooling systems for processor and IT accessories. In addition, FSP is among the first companies to offer a water-cooled Power Supply.

Read full article @ Tech-Legend

FSP HYDRO PTM 750W PSU Review

Today we take a look at one of the newest power supplies from FSP – the Hydro PTM. After a somewhat disappointing experience (https://www.kitguru.net/components/power-supplies/zardon/fsp-dagger-600w-sfx-psu-review/) with FSP’s Dagger 600W SFX supply back in May, we hope this unit performs at a much higher level. The PSU-Hydro PTM is 80 Plus Platinum Certified, fully modular and according to the company equipped with high grade Japanese capacitors.

Read full article @ KitGuru

FSP Windale 6 Review

FSP Group is a computer peripheral and power supply company, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Since its inception, the company has been manufacturing power supplies under its own brand, but also as the OEM for other IT products manufacturers.
At the present time, FSP has expanded its range of products from power supplies to PC cases, cooling systems for processor and IT accessories. In addition, FSP is among the first companies to offer a water-cooled Power Supply.

Read full article @ Tech-Legend

Gigabyte AB350-Gaming 3 Motherboard Review

When AMD’s Ryzen processors launched many people thought the X370 chipset was the way to go. It definitely offers the most features and the motherboards in that range are pretty awesome, but one should not look over the B350 chipset. If you are building a new Ryzen-based PC and are using a single graphics card a B350 motherboard could help you save some money to put towards that graphics card or other components. B350 motherboards could actually be the sweet spot for Ryzen gamers as you still get overclocking capabilities, two more PCIe lanes as well as 1 more USB 3.1 port than the lower-end A320 motherboards. The B350 board we are checking out today is the Gigabyte AB350-Gaming 3 which features a sleek design, a single M.2 NVMe slot, USB 3.1 supoort, multi-zone RGB lighting and more! Let’s jump in and see what this board is all about!

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

HP SSD S700 PRO 1TB Solid State Drive Review

Relative to solid state storage, one terabyte is an enormous amount of near-instant drive space. Adding to its appeal is the cost of solid state technology, which has doubled its storage capacity per dollar from just one year ago. HP suggests top speeds up to 570 MB/s for reads and 525 MB/s writes from their 1TB SSD S700 PRO, which utilizes 3D NAND to deliver impressive storage density and reliability. In this article for Benchmark Reviews, we test the 1TB HP SSD S700 PRO (2.5″ SATA model 2LU81AA#ABL) against other solid state drive competition.

Read full article @ Benchmark Reviews

Intel Core i7-7740X CPU Review

The Intel Core i7-7740X is possibly one of the most misunderstood product launches in recent PC history. I’ve never seen a launch receive such negative press, but there has to be something that comes up once in a while. So, before I go into too much detail on the CPU, let’s see what we are dealing with and find out why it did or didn’t receive such a bad reaction from both the media and public alike. Does the i7-7740X have a place in the market, or is Intel shooting into the stars and hoping people will lap up their new platform with a seemingly under-specced processor that comes in at £350/$350-ish? Before I go any further, we are well aware that this is an extremely late review and that you have most likely read plenty of others, but here’s our take on it a few months down the line.

It wouldn’t be an Intel release without Intel releasing an entirely new platform with a few more pins to ensure that none of their new or old chips are cross-platform compatible. With this CPU, a new socket was born and it is in the shape of an LGA2066 package. For those astute among you, that is actually five less than the previous “2011” socket which was improved upon by various vendors to offer you an ‘OC socket,’ which actually had 2071 pins overall. It offered better voltage control as well as the ability to fine tune more voltages from within the UEFI.

Read full article @ Play3r

Mionix Naos QG

The Mionix Naos QG was brought to market after a successful crowdfunding campaign. It offers a unique view into your gaming habits with built-in heart rate and galvanic skin response sensors, which allows you to better understand how your reactions affect your gameplay.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

Peripherals Mice SteelSeries Rival 500 MOBA/MMO Gaming Mouse Review

While many companies are fine with producing products for the masses, a select few have jumped on the eSports stage and have run with the ball since its inception. SteelSeries is one of the companies which have decided to develop products for both camps, while delivering their products to the elite gamers of the eSports realm to abuse said products to find flaws or defects, allowing SteelSeries to better their products, and give everyone a leg up when it comes to gaming. In this aspect, while there are many FPS tournaments, it is evident that MMO and MOBA titles are just as strong in the eSports community, and SteelSeries is now driving for that market as well.

Read full article @ TweakTown

QNAP TS-253B Network Attached Storage Review

The QNAP TS-253B ticks off many boxes in the company's traditional recipe for success, but they need to beef up the hardware specifications and lower the price to make it a winner.

Read full article @ APH Networks

The Olike XH3 & Hey 3S Smartwatches Revealed

The *Olike XH3* and *Hey 3S* smartwatches last *30-40 days* on a single charge, and are *waterproof* at up to *50 meters*!

Read full article @ TechARP

The Top 5 Best Overclocking CPUs of All Time

We count down another Top 5 best CPUs of all time. These CPUs are special, at least to most HardOCP readers, as these are judged only by the value to enthusiasts due to being highly overclockable in nature. Extra points are awarded for market influence and performance. It's a tough call as there are so many to choose from over the years.

Read full article @ HardOCP

Two PCIe NVMe SSDs Tested On Six Motherboards By Intel and AMD

When Corsair sent us their new Neutron NX500 400GB NVMe PCIe AIC SSD to review we weren’t impressed by what we were seeing from Corsair’s new flagship storage drive. Corsair claims that the Neutron NX500 400GB and Neutron NX400 800GB drives can reach sequential speeds of up to 3,000 MB/s Read and 2,400 MB/s Write. They also note that the should be getting up to 300,000 IOPS of 4K Random Read performance and up to 270,000 IOPS of Random Write performance. These speeds are possible thanks to the use of a Phison PS5007-E7 controller together with 15nm Toggle 2.0 MLC NAND Flash.

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

Western Digital My Passport SSD 1TB USB 3.1 Review

With the acquisition of SanDisk, Western Digital now has access to years of knowledge and significant IP in the NAND flash market. With that in place, it was only a matter of time before they would dream up their own portable solid state solution. That time has come, and they have coined it the My Passport SSD, adding to a lineup that is a market leader in portable solutions.

Read full article @ TweakTown