Daily Roundup: 2014-09-19

Today, NVIDIA has finally launched the highly anticipated Maxwell GTX 970 and GTX 980. Check out our review and all of the reviews around the net. In addition, Hardware Secrets has ASRock D1800B-ITX review, Tweak.dk has Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X review, Techreport has their SSD Endurance Experience update, Tweaktown has Logitech UE Boom Wireless Bluetooth speaker review, and more.

CPUs, RAMs, Mobos

• ASRock D1800B-ITX Motherboar​d at Hardware Secrets
• ASUS Maximus VII Formula – Top End ROG Gaming For Z97 at Bjorn3D
• Return of the Athlon: AMD Brings Kabini to the desktop at Bjorn3D

Video Cards

• Maxwell is here! GTX 980 is now revealed! at Bjorn3D.co​m
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Review at Neoseeker
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card Review at Tweaktown
• Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 980 and 970 graphics cards reviewed at Techreport
• GeForce GTX 980 SLI vs GTX 780 SLI at 2560×1440 at Tweaktown
• NVIDIA GeForce GeForce GTX 980 Maxwell Video Card Review at Legit Reviews
• ASUS GeForce GTX 970 STRIX OC Edition Review at ocaholic
• MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G Review at Kitguru
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 & 970 Maxwell GPU Reviews at HotHardwar​e.com
• Maxwell Makes its Debut: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 & GTX 980 Review at Techspot
• Asus GTX970 STRIX OC Review at Kitguru
• NVIDIA GTX 980 Review at OCC
• MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G GPU Review at Modders-In​c
• GeForce GTX 980 Review at HardwareHe​aven (Also 970) at Hardwareheaven
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Video Card Review at Benchmark Review
• EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW at HEXUS
• Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 (28nm Maxwell) at HEXUS
• Nvidia Geforce GTX 980 Review at Kitguru
• NVIDIA GTX 980 Review at Vortez
• Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970 & GTX 980 at Legion Hardware
• Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming Review at ocaholic
• Nvidia GTX 980 at LanOC Reviews
• ASUS Strix GTX 970 OC 4 GB at techPowerU​p
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4 GB at techPowerU​p
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 SLI at techPowerU​p
• EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX 4 GB at techPowerU​p
• Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4 GB Review at Tweak.dk
• MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Gaming OC Video Card Review at Tweaktown

Cases, PSUs, Coolers

• Fractal Design Core 3300 Computer Case Review at APH Networks

Peripherals

• SteelSeries Sims 4 Gaming Headset at PCGameware
• Kingston SM2280S3 M.2 SATA 120 GiB SSD Review at Hardware Secrets
• AMD FreeSync monitors to be available by Q1 2015 at HEXUS
• Plextor PX-G256M6e M.2 256GB PCIE SSD Review at Futurelook​s
• Rosewill R-Studio SP-4310BT Bluetooth Wireless 2.1 Speaker at MEGATech Reviews
• Kingston HyperX FURY 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Review at OCC
• The SSD Endurance Experiment​: Only two remain after 1.5PB at Techreport
• Kingston HyperX Fury 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Review at Tweaktown
• RAIDON Runner GR2660 SSD/HDD RAID Enclosure Review at The SSD Reivew
• Logitech UE Boom Wireless Bluetooth 360-degree Speaker Review at Tweaktown
• Netgear Nighthawk X6 R8000 AC3200 Wireless Router Review at Tweaktown

Misc

• Toshiba plans to scale back struggling consumer PC business at HEXUS
• Windows Update efficient and secure: Windows 8.1 at PC-Experience
• GALAX formed by the union of GALAXY and its Euro brand, KFA2 at HEXUS
• NVIDIA Editor’s Day 2014 – Events, Parties, and Lots of Fun at Tweaktown
• Google Maps expands coverage, adds 20 more navigable regions at HEXUS