Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles, including Western Digital 4TB Drive Roundup, MSI R9 270X Gaming 2 GB, HP EliteBook 840 G1 review, TP-Link WiFi Powerline Extender Starter Kit (TL-WPA4220KIT) Review, and ZOTAC ZBOX Nano AQ01 Plus Review



Western Digital 4TB Drive Roundup @ TechwareLabs.com

Are you in the market for some large storagedrives? The folks at Western Digital have sent us the latest batch of their 4TB drives, and we here at Techwarelabs thought it might be helpful to do a quick 4TB roundup of three of their top four drives to see how they stack up against each other. The three drives we will be looking at today are the Western Digital Red (WD40EFRX), Se (WD4000F9YZ), and Re (WD4000FYYZ). Although we have reviewed some of these drives individually, we thought it would be good to do a comparison review to see what real world difference is between them.

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MSI R9 270X Gaming 2 GB @ techPowerUp

MSI's R9 270X GAMING provides the lowest noise levels of any card in its performance class, thanks to its dual-fan TwinFrozr cooler. It is also overclocked out of the box, giving it a 3% performance advantage, matching performance with the HD 7950.

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Netgear R6100 Wi-Fi Router Review @ Legit Reviews

Over the past couple of years, we have gone to great trouble to look at what we consider the fastest wireless routers on the market. In the past, this has included Netgear, Western Digital, Asus, and a few others. The cost for the very best has always been close to $200. For many users, the cost of upgrading to the latest wireless standard, Wireless-AC , isn't worth it. With the holidays approaching, we have seen manufacturers release a Wireless-AC-compatible routers for less than $100. Today we take a look at Netgear's R6100 Dual-Band 802.11ac Wireless Router that retails for just $95.10 shipped!

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Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 Review @ Benchmark Reviews

The second revision of the Arc Mini micro ATX chassis brings a few revisions while keeping the essential styling that differentiates Fractal Design from other PC case manufacturers. The original Arc Mini PC case was well received by PC enthusiasts and system builders alike, and now Benchmark Reviews has the Arc Mini R2 for testing and we will detail what sets it apart from the crowd.

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HP EliteBook 840 G1 review @ V3

Despite pushing into markets outside of its traditional PC base, HP's still got a strong track record of creating great work laptops and desktops.

The EliteBook 840 G1 is a continuation of this legacy, being yet another unashamedly business-focused ultrabook. However, with the market now flooded with machines like it, it's reasonable to wonder what makes the EliteBook 840 G1 any different to its predecessors.

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Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X Review @ Hexus

Go ahead, folks, pinch yourself to make sure you are not dreaming. Custom-cooled Radeon R9 290-series graphics cards really are here.

Almost two months after the introduction of the high-flying Radeon R9 290X, AMD's partners are finally ready to begin rolling out customised variants that tout better cooling and, usually, higher performance. The question that's on the tip of everyone's tongue is are these custom coolers going to be able to tame the hot-running underlying GPU?

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Nvidia Shield @ LanOC Reviews

This past year at CES Nvidia introduced a new mobile product called the Shield. At the time, even after having a little time to play with it on the show floor, you could say I wasn’t exactly excited about it. The idea of gaming on a tablet was starting to win me over but I just couldn’t imagine trying to carry around something so bulky. This past spring and summer I spent even more time gaming on my tablets, especially the Nexus 7. Emulators and an ever growing collection of games started to win me over. Add in Nvidia’s changes to their drivers and the possibility of being able to stream PC gaming to the Shield and by the time it launched I had been converted into a full on fan of the device. Now nearly a year after its introduction I can finally sit down and talk about my experience with the Shield. Did it live up to my expectations? Read on time find out.

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OCZ Fatal1ty 750W Review @ ocaholic

With their Fatal1ty 750W, OCZ have a rather aggressively priced power supply in their portfolio. For as little as 75 Euro you can get a unit, that features modular cable management, an illuimnated fan and up to 750 Watts of continuous power delivery next to an 80Plus Bronze certificate. This sound like quite a lot of hardware for this kind of money, doesn't it?

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TP-Link WiFi Powerline Extender Starter Kit (TL-WPA4220KIT) Review @ HardwareHeaven.com

Today we are looking at a Powerline WiFi Extender starter kit from TP-Link aimed at providing everything the consumer needs to extend their wired and wireless network into areas of the home not accessible by conventional means, instead utilising the electrical circuits already present.

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ZOTAC ZBOX Nano AQ01 Plus Review @ Vortez

Prolific in the graphics card arena, ZOTAC are also known for their passion in the mini-ITX motherboard and mini PC markets too. The ZBOX is a product-line which has been an extremely successful avenue for the brand and today we are to look at ZOTAC's very first quad-core ZBOX nano mini PC.

The AQ01 Plus features within the ZBOX nano series and proudly hosts the AMD A4-5000 APU which delivers integrated AMD Radeon DX11 capable graphics and a whole host of useful features such as dual display support, USB 3.0, bluetooth 4.0 and much more!

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Tt eSPORTS MEKA G1 Illuminated Mechanical Gaming Keyboard @ NikKTech

Up until 5 years ago the only keyboards you'd find on my two desks featured the standard membrane technology for the keys (rubber dome) and since 1989 when i got my first personal computer i must have changed at least 10 of them not because they stopped working out of the blue but because of many other reasons. That suddenly changed with the increasing flow of keyboards featuring mechanical switches (Cherry MX keys) into the market by most of the leading gaming peripheral manufacturers. Certainly mechanical keyboards are not something new and as a matter of fact they've been around for quite some time but it wasn't until quite recently that most manufacturers figured out they could also pitch them to the general public (gamers especially). Today we'll be taking a thorough look at what seems to be a very basic gaming mechanical keyboard at first glance the MEKA G-1 Illuminated by Tt eSPORTS.

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