Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

ASUS B150 PRO GAMING/AURA (LGA1151) Motherboard Review
Budget Game PC - February 2016
Case Mod Friday: ROG BOX
Doghouse Mobius ES Gaming Laptop First Look
Gamdias GKC1001 Mechanical Gaming Combo Keyboard/Mouse Set Review
HyperX Savage 2666Mhz 32GB Memory Review
Nixeus Moda v2 Keyboard Review: Simplicity In The Extreme
OCZ Trion 150 480 Gigabyte Review
Razer Black Widow Tournament Edition Chroma Review
The GIGABYTE Z170X-UD5 TH Motherboard Review: An Entry to Thunderbolt 3
Thermalright Le Grand Macho Passive CPU Cooler Review
Transcend's SSD370 solid-state drive reviewed
Ubuntu Gnome 15.10 - A pot of cold
Windows 10 build 14267: Everything you need to know

ASUS B150 PRO GAMING/AURA (LGA1151) Motherboard Review

Since the official reveal of Intel’s latest mainstream LGA1151 platform, we’ve analysed the performance numbers of various Z170 motherboards and even taken an analytical look at the non-overclocking H170 offerings. However, there’s another chipset available to consumers even though it’s primarily marketed towards business users. More specifically, the B150 chipset includes Intel’s Small Business Advantage software package to manage a small network of PCs using fairly rudimentary desktop applications. As a result, it seems quite a bizarre choice to release a B150 motherboard which adopts a lavish visual design, although it might be suitable for business clients wanting to play games during their downtime.

In a similar vein to the H170 chipset, there are some technical limitations when opting for the more budget friendly options. For example, B150 motherboards support a maximum of 18 HSIO lanes (in addition to 16 PCI-E from the CPU) compared to 26 on Z170. Additionally, overclocking is disabled even with an unlocked multiplier CPU, the PCI-E lanes are reduced from 20 to 8, and there’s a small dip in USB 3.0 ports down from 14 to 12. Despite these cutbacks, there’s still more than enough connectivity, and features to please a large quantity of consumers. The ASUS B150 PRO GAMING/AURA is a fascinating motherboard because it brings many of the high-end components from the Z170 range and comes with an excellent array of gaming focussed software. This means, it’s possibly the most ostentatious and impressive B150 motherboard I’ve encountered thus far, and I expect to see some impressive performance numbers in our typical benchmark procedure.

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Budget Game PC - February 2016

The Hardware.Info Budget Game PC Advice has a balanced configuration for playing video games, without having to spend too much. The components have been selected to offer the best bang for your buck.

That means you cannot always expect the highest settings, resolution and frame rate, but at the same time you should be able to play all modern games in Full HD resolution without making huge concessions to either the image quality or your enjoyment of the game.

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Case Mod Friday: ROG BOX

Welcome to another Case Mod Friday showcase! This week we have GGF LAN Party's “ROG BOX” build. Here is what he had to say about it, "Our Parvum Systems build is complete and we're calling her ROG BOX. Huge shout-out to the Parvum guys for creating this one of kind custom Parvum case with built in front reservoir. This sure will make one hell of LAN rig."

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

Doghouse Mobius ES Gaming Laptop First Look

DogHouse Systems' Mobius ES gaming laptop packs an Intel Core i7-6700HQ, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M graphics module, a 1TB SSD and a few other extras.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Gamdias GKC1001 Mechanical Gaming Combo Keyboard/Mouse Set Review

Surprises can elicit a variety of reactions, whether positive or negative, but it depends on the nature of the surprise. For example, one Sunday morning, I was looking around when I casually glanced over at one of my friends. Everything seemed normal, until I realized she was standing there without her usual glasses on. I went over and inquired about her missing spectacles. She looked at me and said, "Do not laugh, but I dropped my laptop on my face last night." Being the considerate and good guy I was, I laughed out loud for a few seconds. After I wiped the tears of hilarity from my eyes, she glared and me, and explained she had been watching videos in her bed. She somehow ended up in a position of holding her laptop above her head, when her computer slipped from her hands. Her glasses took the brunt of the force, causing her to don her contacts until she had a replacement pair. On an aside, today just so happens to be her birthday, so happy birthday! Just to be clear however, my laughter did not come from the fact she injured herself, but more from the surprise of why anyone would have their laptop above their heads. I can understand cellphones or tablets, but an entire laptop? With a MacBook Pro at three and a half pounds, it is not exactly something you want falling on your face. As you can see from this story, surprises can result in a few good laughs, even if at the expense of someone else's face. When Gamdias announced they were sending us over their GKC1001 Mechanical Gaming Combo, I was once again surprised, but for a different reason. Checking online, this set commanded a retail price of $70 USD. Considering most users cannot even find a mechanical keyboard by itself for this price, the GKC1001 made me take a second glance. This surprise however made me curious, wondering how Gamdias kept the price so low. Will this set knock my socks off with excellent build and performance? Read on to find out!

Read full article @ APH Networks

HyperX Savage 2666Mhz 32GB Memory Review

Overall my initial perceptions were changed once I started really tweaking the modules. But you have to have that XMP profile work for those that want to just put the parts in and apply the profile. HyperX offers their Savage line up in capacities from 8GB to 128GB to meet the needs of the user running either a Z170 or X99 chipset based systems. Speed bins start at 2133Mhz and range on up to 3000Mhz if you need that speed fix. Pricing still looks a little volatile on 2x16GB 32GB kits with price points between $200 and $240 for similar kits but looser timings. For the $269 price point on these modules you do get a lifetime warranty if the unforeseen happens. This kit on a new Z170 based motherboard offers up a lot of performance potential.

Read full article @ OCC

Nixeus Moda v2 Keyboard Review: Simplicity In The Extreme

With the Moda v2, Nixeus took its relatively simple tenkeyless Moda (v1) design and refined it into something that looks significantly cleaner and more elegant. It's also rather inexpensive.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

OCZ Trion 150 480 Gigabyte Review

With their Trion 150 series, OCZ shows their second generation of drives with TLC NAND. Therefore it's rather obvious that OCZ is about to continue the price wars when it comes to budget SSDs. Looking for the controller we find a chip from Toshiba and we're rather curious to find out how this drive does in our review.

Read full article @ ocaholic

Razer Black Widow Tournament Edition Chroma Review

Recently we got the chance to take a look at the Razer Black Widow Ultimate 2016 edition, which is a fantastic keyboard but was missing some additional colour. That is where Razer’s Black Widow Tournament Edition Chroma steps in, offering some of the best RGB lighting around as well as the same Razer branded mechanical switches in a smaller ten-keyless form factor.

Read full article @ KitGuru

The GIGABYTE Z170X-UD5 TH Motherboard Review: An Entry to Thunderbolt 3

At the initial phase of Intel’s Skylake processor launch, a myriad of Z170 equipped motherboards were released to enable the platform. One of the prominent features of Z170 was the ability to support Thunderbolt 3 when the motherboard also used Intel’s Alpine Ridge Controller and was certified. GIGABYTE had the initial exclusive on the controller, but has had to wait for TB3 enabled devices to hit the market. While we’re still waiting, we tested the GIGABYTE Z170-UD5 TH motherboard, which comes in at $208 and is arguably one of the cheapest ways to get dual Thunderbolt 3 ports as standard.

Read full article @ Anandtech

Thermalright Le Grand Macho Passive CPU Cooler Review

High performance passive CPU cooling is not easy to achieve but for people who place silence above all else the massive Le Grand Macho Passive CPU Cooler by Thermalright is the ideal choice.

Read full article @ NikKTech

Transcend's SSD370 solid-state drive reviewed

With 3D V-NAND and new budget TLC drives grabbing all the recent headlines, it's nice to kick back and enjoy some SSDs with tried-and-true planar MLC flash. We put Transcend's SSD370 solid-state drives through our testing gauntlet to see how they measure up.

Read full article @ The Tech Report

Ubuntu Gnome 15.10 - A pot of cold

Here's a long, thorough review of Ubuntu Gnome 15.10 Wily Werewolf 64-bit edition, tested in a multi-boot setup on a laptop with UEFI, Secure Boot, GPT, 16 partitions and a mixed Windows/Linux deployment, covering live session, installation, and post-install use and tweaks, including look & feel, network connectivity - Wireless, Bluetooth, Samba sharing and printing, multimedia support - MP3, Flash, HD video, smartphone support - iPhone, Ubuntu Phone, Windows Phone, partitioning & slideshow, package management & updates, applications, resource usage, performance, stability, suspend & resume, hardware support, customization, various bugs and problems like upowerd and Realtek regressions, other observations, and more. Have fun.

Read full article @ Dedoimedo

Windows 10 build 14267: Everything you need to know

As promised, Microsoft is keeping a fast pace releasing new previews of its new operating system. On February 18th, the software giant began rolling out Windows 10 build 14267 for PC through the Fast ring of updates. While we've seen already a few builds, this is the first preview that includes new features and noticeable changes. Although build 14267 isn't a major update, Microsoft is adding new subtle improvements that give us a closer look at the development progress the company is making for the next major update of the operating system, which we know as "Redstone." Windows 10 build 14267 Cortana In the latest preview of Windows 10, Microsoft is making Cortana smarter by adding a new feature to help you find music. Starting with build 14267, you can click or tap the music icon in the top-right corner of the app to let Cortana listen to the song and quickly identify its name, album, and band information.

Read full article @ Windows Central