TSSDR Affiliate Reviews for June 9, 2014

With Computex 2014 now behind us, it’s time to start focusing on the summer.  That means a whole lot of different things to a whole lot of different people.  I like to think of focusing on summer as focusing on me, beach volleyball, running team and anything else I can do outdoors. I hope that you take the time to find a focus for yourself.

HIGHLIGHT REVIEW

Blackberry Z30 Review Smartphone Without Competition @ TechnologyX

If you would have told me that I would be starting a report with that title 3 weeks ago, I would have said you were nuts.  A necessary evil of my work, I have been carrying around a BlackBerry for several years now and have never been impressed.  I am sorry but it is true.  Right now, I have in my hands the BlackBerry Z10, as well as the Z30, and you will be hard pressed to get either away from me any time soon.  The only reason that BlackBerry hasn’t stolen millions of smartphone sales away from IOS or Android is an unfortunate amount of bad press, and bad timing with respect to release of this phone.

SSDS

• Corsair Force LX SSD (256GB) Review @ HardwareHeaven
• Corsair Force LX 256GB Review @ Vortez
• Crucial MX100 SSD Review: Meet the New Price/Performance Champ @ Techspot
• Crucial M550 256GB SSD Review @ NikKTech
• Plextor M5M 128GB mSATA SSD Review @ Ocinside

GRAPHICS

• HIS R7 250X iCooler 1GB GDDR5 Video Card Review @ Madshrimps
• NVIDIA GeForce GT 740: I’d Rather Have Maxwell @ Phoronix
• XFX R9 280 Black OC Edition Graphics Card Review @ HardwareHeaven
• Sapphire Radeon R9 280 Dual-X OC 3 GB GDDR5 Review @ Hardware-Mag
• Gigabyte R7 250X OC 1GB GDDR5 Video Card (GV-R725XOC-1GD) Review @ Madshrimps

MOTHERBOARDS

• ASUS H97-Pro Preview @ Ocaholic
• ASUS P9X79-E WS Motherboard Review @ Tweak
• ASUS A88X-PRO FM2+ Motherboard Review @ Tweak
• MSI Z97I Gaming AC Motherboard Review @ ThinkComputers
• MSI Z97 XPOWER AC Review @ Vortez

POWER SUPPLIES

• Seasonic X-Series 1250W Power Supply @ Kitguru