Daily Roundup: 2015-01-09

Today, LanOC Reviews has Gigabyte R9 280 review, Techreport has some info on the AMD FreeSync, Phoronix has NVIDIA GeForce 970/980 Windows vs Ubuntu performance article, PureOverclock has InWin D-Frame review, techPowerUp has Phanteks Enthoo Evolv review, Vortez has Tesoro Excalibur review, Hexus has Plantronics BackBeat Pro review, and more.

Video Cards

• Gigabyte R9 280 at LanOC Reviews
• Here’s 240-FPS footage of AMD’s FreeSync tech—and some new info at Techreport
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970/980: Windows vs. Ubuntu Linux Performance at Phoronix

Cases, PSUs, Coolers

• InWin D-Frame Mini mITX Case at PureOverclock
• Phanteks Enthoo Evolv at techPowerUp
• Raijintek Tisis Dual-Tower Heatsink Review at Frostytech.com
• Phanteks PH-TC14S CPU Cooler Review at Tweak.dk

Peripherals

• Tesoro Excalibur Review at Vortez
• AKRacing Gaming Chair Review at ocaholic
• Plantronics BackBeat Pro at HEXUS
• Samsung 850 Pro 256GB Three-Drive SSD RAID Report at Tweaktown

Misc

• The Samsung Galaxy A5 & Galaxy A3 Smartphone Launch Event at Tech ARP
• CES roundup, part 4: Kinetic coolers, clicky keyboards, and an AMD-powered mini-PC
• Asus launches Strix 7.1 gaming headset at HEXUS
• Corsair’s new flagship cooler is the H110i GT at HEXUS
• Samsung starts mass production of SM951 2, 150MB/s PCIe M.2 SSD at HEXUS
• Tt eSports Contour is a joypad for your iPhone at HEXUS
• Sennheiser rolls out several new headphones at HEXUS
• CoolChip and Coolermaster partner for kinetic coolers at HEXUS
• Steam Machines to have ‘front and centre’ presence at GDC at HEXUS
• GeForce GTX 965M added to Nvidia mobile GPU lineup at HEXUS
• Ultra HD Blu-Ray specs unveiled with 4K, HDR support at HEXUS