Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

ASUS Maximus XI Extreme Review
ASUS ROG GeForce RTX 2070 STRIX Review
Asustor AS6302T 2-Bay Consumer NAS Review
Corsair K70 MK.2 Low Profile Rapidfire Gaming Keyboard Review
Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 Low Profile RAPIDFIRE Review
Kingston A1000 480GB M.2 NVMe SSD Review
MSI Trident X Gaming Desktop Review
Mushkin Source 250GB 2.5″ SATA3 SSD Review
Sneak Energy Drink Review
Turtle Beach Elite Atlas Pro Performance Gaming Headset Review
Windows 10 - best tools for your admin shed
ZOTAC GeForce RTX 2070 AMP Extreme 8 GB Review

ASUS Maximus XI Extreme Review

We would like to introduce you to the ASUS ROG Maximus XI Extreme. ASUS and their Maximus series of boards have been synonymous with gamers, overclockers and overall enthusiasts over the many years since ROG or Republic of Gamers came to be. However, some things have changed as the extreme overclocking or XOC community has evolved and so has the hardware. It used to be that you got a Maximus extreme board and it was the best for LN2 and benchmarking usage but could also be used for gaming while the Formula moniker was more for highly featured liquid cooling and gaming enthusiasts.

Now over the past few generations highly specialized boards such as a ROG addition of the APEX board which is specially built for optimal overclocking performance with shortest memory traces via single DIMM per channel designs. Normally APEX models arrive a little later in some cases but in the Z390 Generation, we see a mATX Gene offering being built very much like an APEX part. So now I do question if there will indeed be an APEX for this gen. BTW it’s worth noting I am really excited to lift the veil on the Gene board to see exactly what its capable of.

Read full article @ Bjorn3d.com

ASUS ROG GeForce RTX 2070 STRIX Review

We reviewed the value proposition GeForce RTX 2070 from ASUS already, but now it's time to step it up a notch with the better developed Republic Of Gamers STRIX model....

Read full article @ The Guru of 3D

Asustor AS6302T 2-Bay Consumer NAS Review

There is no doubt the NAS platform has evolved immensely in the last ten years. Asustor has grown rapidly in this same time frame coming into the market mid-2011. Back then NAS systems were simple, Marvell powered solutions designed as pure storage platforms for the entire home. Since then, Synology, Qnap, and Asustor have pushed each other in the consumer space to the point where we now have full app ecosystems, extremely powerful platforms with legit x86-64 processors and 4-8GB of memory has become standard.

Read full article @ TweakTown

Corsair K70 MK.2 Low Profile Rapidfire Gaming Keyboard Review

Corsair refreshed its K70 and Strafe keyboards this year by porting over a number of features from the K95 Platinum and adding the MK.2 designation to, well, mark the change. We've already reviewed those updated boards, but Corsair has recently teamed up with Cherry to produce a K70 MK.2 with the key switch maker's new Low Profile clickers. That change results in a shorter keyboard that looks more like a laptop-style deck than the full-height boards that every gaming keyboard company is turning out in droves these days. I'm always interested in new switch types, so I was enthused to see what the Low Profile design could do.

Read full article @ The Tech Report

Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 Low Profile RAPIDFIRE Review

Corsair has released a new revision in their RGB MK.2 series keyboards, and it adds something that I have been yearning for a long time with a low profile design.

Read full article @ The Guru of 3D

Kingston A1000 480GB M.2 NVMe SSD Review

The A1000 480GB NVMe M.2 SSD by Kingston may be one of their entry-level models but it can still deliver performance numbers of up to 1600MB/s read and 1000MB/s write at a price tag similar to that of regular SATA M.2 drives.

Read full article @ NikKTech

MSI Trident X Gaming Desktop Review

The MSI Trident X is a powerful, compact machine that can be upgraded with standardized parts at a good price.

Read full article @ Tom's Hardware

Mushkin Source 250GB 2.5″ SATA3 SSD Review

Mushkin Source 250GB 2.5 SATA3 SSD Review Mushkin announced the Source SSD back in January and it has been available on the market for some time. Today, I'll take the 250GB 2.5-Inch model (product link) for a spin on my test bench and see what kind of performance and endurance it can deliver.

Read full article @ eTeknix

Sneak Energy Drink Review

The gaming market is bigger than ever, especially with popular games like Fortnite really making it into the mainstream.  Since gaming is so popular we've seen many products marketed directly at gamers.  Today we are checking out one such product, Sneak.  Sneak is a supplement style drink that claims to increase your energy, enhance your reaction times, sharpen your focus and provide a sustained release of energy, so you can game and grind longer.  Each serving has only 12 calories, zero sugar, and comes in at a price of $0.87 per serving.  Could this be a replacement for coffee? Typical energy drinks?  Read on as we find out!

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

Turtle Beach Elite Atlas Pro Performance Gaming Headset Review

Turtle Beach has been a mainstay in the PC gaming world for years, but recently it’s seemed like their focus has shifted toward console gamers. The Atlas line is their answer to that, with three headsets modeled after their console offerings and custom tuned for PC gamers.

Read full article @ PC Perspective

Windows 10 - best tools for your admin shed

The tools. Of the trade! Behold, for 'tis an article presenting several highly useful, powerful system administration, maintenance and security tools for Windows 10, including Process Explorer, ExecTI, Policy Plus, Windows Exploit Mitigation framework, IFEO, Windows Debugger, WMIC, some others, and more. Take a look, and be warned, tinkering begets tears, for experts only.

Read full article @ Dedoimedo

ZOTAC GeForce RTX 2070 AMP Extreme 8 GB Review

Zotac's GeForce RTX 2070 AMP Extreme is the highest-clocked RTX 2070 card out there, and its memory is overclocked, too. This results in 7% higher performance than the Founders Edition, which is finally a meaningful increase for an out of the box overclock on GeForce 20.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp