Daily Roundup: 2013-10-28

Today, Hothardware reviews Apple 27 inch iMac with Haswell, Custom PC Review has Gigabyte Z87X-UD5H review, OCC reviews Sapphire R9 280X, Eteknix puts a handful of high end video cards (R9 290X, R9 280X, GTX Titan, and GTX 280) in 4K gaming showdown, and more.

CPUs, RAMs, Mobos

• Gigabyte Z87X-UD5H LGA 1150 Motherboar​d at Custom PC Review
• Asus Z87-Expert Design and Feature review at Decryptech
• Apple 27-Inch iMac (Late 2013) Review, Haswell Inside at Hothardware

Video Cards

• Nvidia GTX 780 Ti faster than GTX Titan at Ocaholic
• Radeon R9 290X Market Overview at Ocaholic
• Sapphire R9 280X Toxic Review at OCC
• 4K Gaming Showdown – AMD R9 290X & R9 280X Vs Nvidia GTX Titan & GTX 780 at Eteknix

Cases, PSUs, Coolers

• Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 at LanOC Reviews
• be quiet! PowerZone 1000W at PureOvercl​ock
• Be Quiet! Pure Power L8 700W Power Supply Review at Legit Reviews
• Cooler Master Cosmos SE Mid-Tower Chassis Review at Eteknix

Peripherals

• Genius Energy Mouse Review at TestFreaks
• Microlab H21 Bluetooth Powered Bookshelf Speaker Review at Benchmark Reviews
• Mionix Avior 8200 Gaming Mouse Review at Madshrimps
• SanDisk Ultra Plus SSD 128GB Review at Computing on Demand
• Crucial M4 SSD 128GB Review at Computing on Demand
• Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD Review and OCZ Vector SSD Review at Computing on Demand
• Hard Lesson Learned With Late-2013 Apple Products Containing Lesser Performing 128GB SSDs at The SSD Review
• TRENDnet TL2-G244 24-Port Gigabit Layer 2 Switch Review at Tweaktown
• LUXA2 H1 and H5 Mobile Mounts Review at ThinkCompu​ters.org
• The SSD Endurance Experiment​: 200TB update at Techreport

Misc

• Splinter Cell: Blacklist at LanOC Reviews
• LG unveils the G Flex curved-scr​een smartphone at HEXUS
• AMD Kaveri desktop APUs: three SKUs available from Feb 2014 at HEXUS
• Ubuntu Linux Gaming Performance Mostly On Par With Windows 8.1 at Phoronix
• Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide Rev. 27.1 at Tech ARP
• The TR Podcast 144: Flagship cards and broken backs
• We’re Giving Away a BitFenix Ronin Mid-Tower Case With Your Choice of LED Fans! at Futurelook​s
• AMD Radeon R9 290 leaked info roundup at HEXUS
• Nvidia takes axe to GeForce GTX 780 and GTX 770 pricing at HEXUS