Daily Roundup: 2013-10-30

Today, techPowerUp has HIS R7 260X iPower IceQ X2 review, TechwareLabs reviews Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Vapor-X, HCW has Noctua NH-U14S review, Benchmark Review has Microlab MD212 Bluetooth Portable Speaker review, Custom PC Review takes a look at PNY XLR8 Pro SSD, and more.

Video Cards

• HIS R7 260X iPower IceQ X² 2 GB at techPowerU​p
• GTX 680 vs GTX 780 – Should I upgrade? at Ocaholic
• Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Vapor-X Video Card Review at TechwareLa​bs.com

Cases, PSUs, Coolers

• Noctua NH-U14S Review at HCW
• Cooler Master JetFlo 120 PWM Fan at LanOC Reviews
• In Win BATMAT mousepad at PureOvercl​ock
• be quiet! Pure Power L8 600W Power Supply Review at ThinkCompu​ters.org

Peripherals

• ICY DOCK MB992SK-B Dual 2.5in Enclosure Review at HardwareHe​aven.com
• Microlab MD212 Bluetooth Portable Speaker Review at Benchmark Review
• PNY XLR8 Pro 240GB SSD at Custom PC Review
• Synology DS414 4-bay NAS Review at Eteknix
• Genius Speed Wheel 6 MT Gaming Racing Wheel Video Review at 3DGameman
• LaCie 5Big Thunderbol​t 10TB DAS Review at Tweakatown
• MyDigitalS​SD Bullet Proof USB 3.0 mSATA SSD Enclosure Adapter Review at Tweaktown

Misc

• ASRock, Biostar, ECS Elitegroup and Gigabyte BIOS Downloads October 2013 at Hardwarespot.de
• Intel to manufactur​e world’s first 64-bit quad-core ARM chips at HEXUS
• Assassin’s Creed 6-Years Later Review at OCC
• New Command & Conquer F2P game is cancelled at HEXUS
• Tech ARP 2013 Mega Giveaway Contest Results (Week 7) at Tech ARP
• ARM announces Mali-T760 and Mali-T720 GPUs at HEXUS
• Buying advice: Gaming PC – Updated at Ocaholic
• Intel Performance With Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows 8.1 Is A Mixed Bag at Phoronix