Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles:

Aorus' GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G graphics card reviewed
Asus ROG Strix Z270E Gaming ATX Kaby Lake Motherboard Review
EpicGear DeFiant Mechanical Keyboard Set
Gigabyte GTX 1080 Aorus Xtreme Edition 8 GB
HP DeskJet 3630 Wireless All-in-One Printer
Intel Core i3-7350K vs. Core i5-7400
Ozone Strike Battle Spectra Review
The Crucial MX300 2TB SSD Review
Thinksound On2 Supra-Aural Studio Monitor Headphones Review
Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu Linux Gaming Performance With NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060/1080

Aorus' GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G graphics card reviewed

Aorus is expanding into graphics cards today with the GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G, a card that builds on the strong bones of Gigabyte's Editor's Choice-winning GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming. We dig in to see whether Aorus' take on a GTX 1080 is good enough for a repeat.

Read full article @ The Tech Report

Asus ROG Strix Z270E Gaming ATX Kaby Lake Motherboard Review

Asus Strix brings moderate prices to its ROG product series, and the Z270E Gaming adds user-friendly features like 802.11a/c Wi-Fi. Is this the formula for a mid-budget mid-feature overclocking legend?

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

EpicGear DeFiant Mechanical Keyboard Set

Just about everyone has jumped into the mechanical keyboard market at this point but rarely do you see companies take their time in tweaking and tuning their products like I have seen with EpicGear. All the way back in 2015 I took a look at their Dezimator X, a pre-release keyboard that they were considering sending to the USB market. Well, my review wasn’t the most promising. They took that information along with a lot of feedback from the mechanical communities and Massdrop and designed a new keyboard. Well the EpicGear DeFiant was released and it has a whole list of customization options, well they have been working on a new set based around the DeFiant with a carrying case and some of the customization options, today I’m going to check it out and see how things have changed.

Read full article @ LanOC Reviews

Gigabyte GTX 1080 Aorus Xtreme Edition 8 GB

Gigabyte's new brand, AORUS, has released their first graphics card. The AORUS GTX 1080 Xtreme comes with identical specifications as the Gigabyte GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming, but adds adjustable RGB lighting and a copper block on the back to improve GPU temperatures.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

HP DeskJet 3630 Wireless All-in-One Printer

It has both wired and wireless printing capabilities, and an option to print directly from your phone or iPad using Wifi Direct. This means that you can print directly even if there are no wireless routers available to connect your phone/tablet to. The printer has a very attractive, modern white design with light blue accents, however the plastics used do feel rather thin and slightly flimsy. This isn’t a particularly negative point though, as printers like this aren’t designed to be constantly transported around. For the price paid, I’m not sure I would have expected anything more.

Read full article @ PC Review

Intel Core i3-7350K vs. Core i5-7400

With a current retail price of $180, the Core i3 7350K is an expensive dual-core processor and for $20 more you can land the quad-core Core i5-7400. Given their similar prices, quite a few of you have asked which is the better buy between the two, so let's find out.

Read full article @ TechSpot

Ozone Strike Battle Spectra Review

With the Strike Battle Spectra, Ozone offers a compact gaming keyboard with mechanical switches. As with all other high-end gaming keyobards these days also this one features a RGB backlight and there are different macro modes. Apart from that Ozone chose to equip this keyboard with an Aluminium plate which makes it look great and it also adds a lot to stability and the overall feel.

Read full article @ ocaholic

The Crucial MX300 2TB SSD Review

Crucial's newest MX300 series continues to roll on with a new 2TB version. This SSD may be one of the best when it comes to performance, price and capacity all combined into one package.

Read full article @ Hardware Canucks

Thinksound On2 Supra-Aural Studio Monitor Headphones Review

I really can't even begin to count the number of times when i wanted to listen to my favorite music or watch a movie and the headset i used was mediocre at best in terms of audio quality. Because of this I’m always on the lookout for really good headsets since i like having one both at the office/lab and at home. Of course in the market today one can find good headsets for as low as USD100 and great headsets for as high as USD4000 (yes you read correctly, 4 grand). Not all however can or are willing to go as high as even USD1000 for a great pair of headphones and after talking to several people in many online forums (and quite a few up close) we concluded that the sweet spot considered by most demanding consumers is set at around USD200-300. Thinksound has been one of our favorite manufacturers of headphones and earphones for many years and just recently they released their On2 Supra-aural studio monitor headphones with passive noise isolation which we couldn't wait to get our hands on.

We started thinksound to make headphones that we would want to listen to; and we’re not easily satisfied. They not only had to sound amazing; they had to look good, feel comfortable in your ears and be designed and manufactured responsibly too. We gave ourselves quite the challenge. Back when we set out to do this; it was unheard of in the audio industry. Over the years, other companies have taken notice. They’ve copied the design, the packaging, the accessories, and even have taken text directly from our website and catalog. While these companies and their headphones may try to look similar; it’s only skin deep. The sound, what matters most, just doesn’t compare. Don’t take our word for it either; read the reviews on our site. We’re a small company. We work hard to make extraordinary products and offer them at affordable prices and we back all of this with unmatched customer service. We’re not happy accepting “good enough” and honestly you shouldn’t be either. Thank you for supporting thinksound.

If you've been following our reviews then you may know that thinksound released the On1 Studio Monitor HD headphones a few years back which means that the brand new On2 are essentially an updated version. Now both headphones feature a set of 40mm full-range dynamic drivers that sport a frequency range of 5Hz-22KHz with 50 Ohm impedance placed inside earcups made out of high-quality hand-crafted natural wood. Also just like the On1 the On2 also feature an in-line microphone located in one of the two available Kevlar-reinforced tangle-resistant fabric cables which i have to admit are more durable that i thought when i reviewed the On1. Now since we don't see any change in the specifications of the drivers i imagine that thinksound further fine-tuned them instead of changing them all together. There are certainly several design differences between the On1 and the On2 so let's move forward with our review.

Read full article @ NikKTech

Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu Linux Gaming Performance With NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060/1080

It's been a while since last testing Windows 10 vs. Linux on different, newer Linux game ports with a variety of GPUs, but that changed this week. As mentioned this weekend, I've been working on a large, fresh Windows vs. Linux gaming performance comparison. The results available today are for NVIDIA with testing a GeForce GTX 1060 and GTX 1080 on Windows 10 Pro x64 and Ubuntu 16.10 x86_64 with the latest drivers and using a variety of newer Direct3D 11/12 / OpenGL / Vulkan games.

Read full article @ Phoronix