How to overclock Skylake processors and more

Today, we're looking at Acer's flagship curved gaming monitor, the Predator X34. It offers WQHD resolution, G-Sync, a 100Hz refresh rate and DTS audio in an impressive ultra-wide package.

If you're in the market for a new phone and don't have a ton of money to spend, most companies would want you to look at their collection of mid-range and entry-level handsets. But that's not always the smartest move if you know where to look.

"You are such a nerd," said Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Kwan, "you have become one of those people." Being called a nerd is not something new to me, but being called one of "those people" is. To give some context, this was his response when I told him I spent much of my day watching the recent League of Legends playoffs and a Counter Strike: Global Operation tournament. I have been watching professional streaming games since last year, starting with North American League Championship Series every weekend. Some people may not see these people as "professional", especially as they think they just game all day. However, there is some big money to be earned in the world of professional gaming. For example, the 2015 Dota 2 championship, also known as The International, garnered an $18 million prize pool. In addition, there are actually quite a few e-sports organizations that cross over multiple games. I know today's sender of our products, Fnatic, for their League of Legends team, but of course they have teams for other games such as CS:GO and Dota 2. Most recently however, they showed off their newest acquisition. Rather than adding a new game to their organization, they unveiled a new lineup of gaming peripherals. We have seen gaming companies endorse certain products, but this is the first times I have seen an e-sports team produce their own peripherals. Today, we have the first of several Fnatic Gear products, their Flick G1. How will it fair in everyday use, and more importantly, games? Hopefully today's review will answer this question and more, so read on to find out!

Today's review unit of the Fnatic Gear Flick G1 shipped with the guys at FedEx, with the International Priority service to get to our APH Networks Calgary location. Overall, the box looks to be in average condition. There are some bruises near the top of the box, but nothing to really worry about. Along with the Flick G1, we also received the Fnatic Gear Focus G1 XL and the Rush G1. The mousing surface will be reviewed by myself in the coming weeks, while Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Kwan will be covering the keyboard.

Back in early August Intel introduced the sixth generation of Core ''Skylake'' processors, namely the Core i7 6700K and Core i5 6600K. Both K-series CPUs are specifically aimed at overclockers. In this workshop we are going to show you the best way to overclock these chips.

Intel's special unlocked K-models of its processors do not have any limitations regarding the adjustability of the multipliers. Therefore it is relatively easy to set higher speeds on these chips. The same story still goes for the new Skylake generation, where Intel offers the Core i5 6600K and the Core i7 6700K.

Fundamentally overclocking a Skylake processor is the same as overclocking a Haswell processor. Therefore our Haswell overclocking guide published two years ago is still a good guideline. However with Skylake quite a number of details are slightly different. Enough reason for a completely new tutorial. This article is primarily aimed at users of air or water cooling.

Over the years many people have asked why we don't do many network switch reviews and the answer is because up until recently we didn't know that many people who had one in their office or home and so we didn't believe it was a popular category. Still with NAS servers (and let's not leave out the increasing popularity/demand of/for IP cameras) now a must in both most of my relatives, friends and colleagues have started to also use network switches and so our reviews section will become a lot livelier in the following months. Now as many of you know currently there's no shortage of network switches in the market so aside the "outdated" 10/100Mbps models you can find numerous of the popular 1GbE (10/100/1000) ones, many 10GbE ones and even a few 40/56GbE ones. Because 10GbE and 40/56GbE network switches are still quite expensive (especially the 2nd) our initial reviews will be of models featuring 1GbE connectivity and the first of those is the LGS116P by Linksys.

The Linksys brand has pioneered wireless connectivity since its inception in 1988 with its leading innovation and engineering strategies, and best-in-class technology, design, and customer service. Linksys enables a connected lifestyle for people at home, at work and on the move, and with its award-winning products, simplifies home control, entertainment, security and Internet access through innovative features and a growing application and partner ecosystem. Linksys is part of Belkin International.

The LGS116P network switch by Linksys is targeted primarily towards office use since it features a total of 16 Gigabit (10/100/1000) Ethernet ports (total bandwidth of 32Gbps) 8 of which also support PoE+ (Power Over Ethernet technology uses Ethernet cabling to transfer both electricity and data) for use with compatible devices like IP cameras, access points, lighting systems, VoIP phones, intercoms and many other network devices (max combined output of 80W). Also since the LGS116P network switch does not belong in the Smart and Managed lines by Linksys it lacks a web UI used to setup/configure a plethora of features manually (such as green Ethernet, link aggregation, PoE modes, DHCP, access control, QoS and more) but not all is lost since thanks to the autosensing technology present on all 16 ports it's ideal for people looking for a plug & play model (unmanaged) with plenty of ports and PoE+ support. Just how fast it is well that's something we're about to find out.

If you're out in the market for a new USB flash drive and you're looking for one of the fastest ones around then the SuperSonic Magnum 2 by Patriot should do the trick.