Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

ADATA Premier SP610 SSD Review
Dell Alienware 15: GeForce Infused, Great Bang For Your Buck
LINKSYS WRT1200AC Review
NZXT Noctis 450 Review
Razer Leviathan 5.1 Channel Surround Sound Bar Review
Razer Naga Epic Chroma Review, Rainbow The MMO
The Huawei P8 Review
Thermaltake Accused Of Stealing Designs

ADATA Premier SP610 SSD Review

Founded in 2001, the Taiwanese company ADATA Technology Corporation specializes in memory-based products, selling everything from USB keys to flash memory cards to DRAM memory for desktop and server computers. A few years ago they branched out into SSDs, and have been competing aggressively on price/performance as SSD prices continue to fall. Today Benchmark Reviews has the opportunity to review their ADATA Premier SP610 256GB SSD.

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Dell Alienware 15: GeForce Infused, Great Bang For Your Buck

Dell’s Alienware gaming team impressed us with its Area 51 desktop earlier this year and we’ve been impatiently awaiting the 2015 version of the Alienware 15 mobile gamer ever since. The laptop is finally here, and there’s a twist: Instead of sending a money-is-no-object configuration (like it did with the Area 51), the company sent us a more budget-friendly Alienware 15 – assuming, that is, that your budget is in the $1,500 range.

At $1,499.99, the Alienware 15 we checked out is in the middle of the price range for Dell’s 15-inch Alienware gamer laptop series...

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LINKSYS WRT1200AC Review

Linksys reach back into the past again, while still packing their product with the latest features and performance... Last year Linksys released the WRT1900AC, a high end Wi-Fi router which looked back into their history for its external styling but packed the inside with the latest tech and exceptional performance. It turned out to be one of our favourite routers of all time and deservedly won our Gold Award. Recently Linksys released another product in the same family, the WRT1200AC which has similar features and design but is targeted at a more mainstream section of the market. Today we feature that router in our Linksys WRT1200AC Review.

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NZXT Noctis 450 Review

NZXT has gone from strength to strength with their computer case design. Over the years we’ve seen them rise up as a prominent force within this category. One aspect which seems fairly evident with the brand is their passion to innovate and think outside the box and today’s review sees us examine a new product of theirs which epitomises this very movement.

Noctis 450 is a mid-tower chassis which has been designed to stand out from the crowd. NZXT has furnished this new case with a stylish aesthetic which delivers a bold statement. System builders will be pleased to discover a range of useful features such as an 8-channel PWM fan hub, four cooling fans, LED lighting control and advanced cable management.

Noctis 450 looks set to impress, so let’s begin our look at this exciting new case!

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Razer Leviathan 5.1 Channel Surround Sound Bar Review

Having used 5.1/7.1 Dolby Surround/Digital Sound systems since the late 90's i know that regular stereo and even 3D virtual surround sound systems can't even hold a candle against them. Still not everyone has enough space to place 6 or 8 speakers (5.1/7.1) so it didn't take that long for manufacturers to come up with the ideal compromise between size and performance. We are of course talking about sound bars and although the concept is not really new and they can't really compete with complete 5.1/7.1 surround sound systems still they offer a good value for people looking to seriously upgrade the sound coming from their TV screens without sacrificing much space in the process. Razer is mostly popular amongst users for their gaming mouse, keyboards and headsets but what many may not know is that they've recently ventured in other areas of the market such as virtual reality, portable computing, TV players and even home theater audio systems. One of these new products is the Leviathan 5.1 Channel Surround Sound Bar which as the title of this review clearly states is with us today.

Razer is a world leader in connected devices and software for gamers. Razer is transforming the way people play games, engage with other gamers and identify with the gamer lifestyle. Having won the coveted “Best of CES” award consecutively for five years, the company’s leadership in product innovation continues to create new categories for the gaming community that is estimated to have over 1 billion gamers worldwide. Razer’s award-winning design and technology include an array of user interface and systems devices, voice-over IP for gamers and a cloud platform for customizing and enhancing gaming devices. Founded in 2005, Razer is backed by Intel Capital, IDG-Accel and Heliconia Capital Management (Heliconia), a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore investment company Temasek.

The Leviathan consists by a Bluetooth v4.0 enabled compact sound bar and a passive sub-woofer which although not very small it's still much smaller than many others in the market thus doesn't require that much space beneath your desk or TV set. The sound bar can be connected to your system either via Bluetooth v4.0 or 3.5mm/optical wired connection and offers an power output of up to 30W RMS via two 60mm (63.5mm to be exact) full range drivers and two 19mm tweeters (features a frequency response of 180Hz-20KHz with 8 Ohm impedance). The passive sub-woofer also offers a power output of 30W RMS via its 133mm driver which features a frequency response of 20Hz-180Hz with 4 Ohm impedance. Unfortunately the Leviathan is not remote controlled and the specifications are not the best we've ever seen so it's clearly not aimed at audiophiles. On the other hand however Razer almost always caters to the mid-end segment of the market first before going higher so let’s see and hear what the Leviathan 5.1 Surround sound bar is all about.

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Razer Naga Epic Chroma Review, Rainbow The MMO

Based on a 8200 DPI 4G laser sensor and an ARM 32-bit processor with 19 MMO-optimized programmable buttons, the Razer Naga Epic Chroma is more than just a pretty lit up mouse. Like previous Naga mice it’s destined to rule MMO games across the Internet. Any MMO player knows that the more spells you have at your fingertips, the greater your odds are of winning. The Naga Epic Chroma puts those spells and commands at your fingertips, or should we say at your thumbtip? The Naga Epic Chroma lays 12 mechanical buttons under your thumb and is capable of programming multiple sets of profiles for those 12 buttons, presenting you with limitless options. How do you keep track of those options? Razer has you covered with Grid Assist overlay in-game, an in-game visual guide to what your 12 thumb buttons are programmed to. If that’s not sweet enough for you yet, how about doing all that while it cycles through 16.8 million true RGB LED colors. If you’re not scrambling to pick up a Naga Epic Chroma yet, prepare to feel the wrath of those that embrace its MMO-rocking capabilities.

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The Huawei P8 Review

It’s been a month now since Huawei launched its new smartphone flagship, the P8. Huawei started Ascend P-line of smartphones back in 2012 with the launch of the Ascend P1, and has since iterated every year with the follow up P6, P7, and this year’s P8. A notable deviation from the standard naming scheme is that Huawei chose to drop the Ascend brand and this year’s official name is simply the “Huawei P8”. The P-series targets the higher-end market through more robust and premium build quality, while the separate Honor brand is targeted at mainly the Chinese and other budget markets. The Mate family covers the phablet form-factor, although Huawei now also offers a super-sized P8max with 6.8” screen that kind of blurs the size segmentation.

In trying to broaden our coverage of emerging players in the mobile space, we had the pleasure of extensively covering two of Huawei’s devices over the last year – the Honor 6 and the Mate 7, so be sure to read those articles to have a good overview of Huawei’s previous efforts in terms of Emotion UI software implementations and specifics of the HiSilicon Kirin SoCs.

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Thermaltake Accused Of Stealing Designs

Thermaltake recently came out with a new case called the Suppressor F51 that featured noise-reduction features and a look that was very similar to the Define R5 that was was introduced by Fractal Design in December 2014. Many noticed that the case was damn near identical on the outside with some people saying that Thermaltake copied the design and others saying who cares as there isn't that much you can do on a PC case to make it look different. No matter what your stance in on any plagiarism taking place, you have to admit that the cases look damn similar. Read on to see what you think...

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