Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

Antlion Audio ModMic 5 Review
ASUS ROG Ultra-Wide Monitor - How Serious is Your Gaming?
EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming Review: Mini But Mighty Pascal
Gamdias Zeus P1 RGB Mouse Review
Guru3D Rig of the Month - January 2017
Kaby Lake Z270 Mini-ITX Motherboards
MSI X99A Tomahawk Motherboard Review
NEST Protect and NEST Learning Thermostat Review
Review: Synology RT2600ac Wi-Fi Router
SpeedLink Quinox Gamepad Review
Team Group Night Hawk 16GB DDR4-3000 Dual-Channel Memory Kit Review
The Huawei Mate 9 Review
Thermal paste head-to-head - does it matter which brand you use?
Thermaltake Smart Pro RGB 850W Bronze Power Supply Unit Review
Windows 10 KB3216755: Important fixes, Update Catalog exclusive

Antlion Audio ModMic 5 Review

A lot of gamers now use dedicated gaming headsets to communicate with friends while playing. However, many audiophiles are simply not happy with the audio quality of a typical gaming headset, and would rather use a pair of headphones. That solution, however, means gamers still need a mic – and that is where Antlion Audio’s ModMic 5 comes in. Designed to attach to any pair of headphones, the ModMic 5 is essentially a stand-alone mic which should offer high-quality audio transmission.

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ASUS ROG Ultra-Wide Monitor - How Serious is Your Gaming?

If you have bought into the full immersion provided by curved displays, then this ultra-wide QHD curved gaming monitor is just the for you.

Read full article @ DailyTech

EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming Review: Mini But Mighty Pascal

Something obvious to anyone that’s done any shopping for graphics cards recently is that NVIDIA’s add-in board partners have gone all-in on Pascal. Virtually all of NVIDIA’s tier 1 partners have dozens of Pascal-based products in their line-up, from ultra-powerful, triple-slot, overclocked GeForce GTX 1080s to half-height, low-power GTX 1050s. Tucked away neatly in the middle, however, is a graphics card with enough muscle to power a mainstream gaming system, but with a form factor that’s small and power-friendly enough for a compact mini-ITX build – the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming...

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Gamdias Zeus P1 RGB Mouse Review

The Zeus P1 RGB optical gaming mouse is part of a new RGB gaming peripheral line from Gamdias. It comes with a 12000 DPI optical sensor with eight programmable buttons. Textured rubberized side grips allow the user to better grip the mouse, and the double level RGB customizable streaming lighting design adds a unique appearance. The standard body shape design looks nothing like its predecessor but it is still suitable for users with medium to large hands. Here at Benchmark Reviews, we will take a look at the Gamdias Zeus P1 RGB optical gaming mouse and compare it to the competition.

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Guru3D Rig of the Month - January 2017

The January edition of the Guru3D Rig of the Month 2017 is here. For this months build you get to meet 'Always EvolvN' from Jethro Labuguen. A really clean, bright and racing style specialized build. Well, let's call it a battle station!

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Kaby Lake Z270 Mini-ITX Motherboards

With the launch of the Intel's new Z270 Express chipset all large motherboard vendors have updated their miniITX models. At the moment there are four different models available and prices range from 130 up to 220 Euro. This article will allow you to compare all these boards in order to find the one most suitable for your needs

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MSI X99A Tomahawk Motherboard Review

MSI introduced their Arsenal Gaming line not to long ago. The way it sits in their product stack is that you have Enthusiast Gaming, Performance Gaming, Arsenal Gaming, and then their Pro Series. Arsenal Gaming is positioned to give users many great gaming features, but at a good price as well. Today we are checking out the X99A Tomahawk, which offers a nice matte black PCB with black and grey accents. The board has three PCI-Express 3.0 x4 slots, an M.2 32 GB/s slot, a U.2 32 GB/s port, dual Intel LAN ports, USB 3.2 gen 2, and MSI’s Audio Boost 3. Does the X99A Tomahawk have what it takes to make it into your X99 build? Read on as we take a look…

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

NEST Protect and NEST Learning Thermostat Review

Now for the NEST Protect. This is another tool in the wireless home automation tool box. The NEST Protect is a smoke detector and CO (carbon monoxide) detector. It communicates with the NEST thermostat and if there is a smoke or CO event, the Protect can be set to tell the thermostat to shut down the furnace. And as with the thermostat, the Protect can be monitored from the phone app. The unit goes through a self check daily. It is available in two styles - battery and wired, and comes in a black or white finish. The NEST Protect will also communicate with other NEST Protects in the house if you have more than one unit. So, for example, if you have a Protect on each level of your home and there is smoke in the basement, the Protect on the second floor would let you know. The Protect connects to your home network only on 2.4 GHz WiFi.

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Review: Synology RT2600ac Wi-Fi Router

Synology is a company well known for their excellent, easy to use NAS systems, and several years ago they decided to enter the router market with the Synology Router RT1900ac which combined their expertise in producing quality, intuitive, easy to use operating systems with a high performance router solution. While we didn’t get a chance to review...

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SpeedLink Quinox Gamepad Review

SpeedLink are continuing to focus on gaming peripherals with their new Quinox gamepad. Priced at around the £50 mark, the Quinox features several extra buttons when compared with a traditional gamepad (like an Xbox 360 controller), as well as a OLED display which lets you tweak things on-the-fly. Could it be an option if you are looking for a new gamepad?

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Team Group Night Hawk 16GB DDR4-3000 Dual-Channel Memory Kit Review

The Night Hawk line brings LED lighting to Team Group’s T-Force DDR4 series. Is its 16GB, DDR4-3000, CAS 16 kit a good value for both performance and lighting enthusiasts?

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The Huawei Mate 9 Review

Huawei has steadily improved its flagship Mate phablets while adhering to the same blueprint: large screen, slim bezels, aluminum chassis, excellent system performance and battery life. They’ve also shared some of the same shortcomings, namely underpowered GPUs and poor display and camera quality. The Mate 9 manages to improve upon the previous generation’s strengths, while fixing at least some of its issues.

Read full article @ Anandtech

Thermal paste head-to-head - does it matter which brand you use?

Following on from our previous articles about fan configuration and static pressure vs airflow fans, today we are looking at thermal paste. Specifically, we are hoping to find out whether or not choosing different types of thermal paste actually makes any difference. To do this, we test 7 products from 6 companies to see how much difference thermal paste really makes.

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Thermaltake Smart Pro RGB 850W Bronze Power Supply Unit Review

From peripherals and up to hardware components RGB illumination has taken over the market and the latest Smart Pro RGB 850W Bronze power supply unit is Thermaltake's answer to people on a budget.

Read full article @ NikKTech

Windows 10 KB3216755: Important fixes, Update Catalog exclusive

If you monitor the Windows 10 update history website over on Microsoft Support, you may have noticed that update KB3216755 is listed as the newest update for Windows 10 version 1607. If you check Windows Update however then, you will notice that it is not offered through Windows Update.

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