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Intel Officially Discontinues its 300-Series Motherboard
With Intel officially announcing the discontinuation of its 9th-generation processors towards the latter part of 2020, it always felt like the writing was on the wall for its respective LGA1151 motherboard models. – Well, following a report via Videocardz, it is now official. Following the publication of a discontinuation notice,…
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Biostar Releases its Racing B365GTQ Micro ATX Motherboard
Biostar might not be one of the first names you would reel off if asked to list motherboard manufacturers, but they have been around for a considerable time now and have, in recent years, have been pushing hard with more and more products to try and tempt you into making…
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ASUS Intros the B150M Expedition Motherboard
ASUS has just revealed their latest B150M Expedition motherboard, and “why the heck are they releasing such a board when we have new chipsets?” I hear you cry. The new EX-B150M-V5 D3 board is designed to meet the demands of the iCafe market. It is designed to be durable to…
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Win One of Three BIOSTAR Motherboards!
Why give away just one prize, when we can give away three! That’s right, the awesome people at BIOSTAR have been generous to provide three of their latest motherboards and entering couldn’t be much simpler. Just fill out the form below and you’ll be in with a chance to win.…
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High Pressure CPU Coolers Can Damage Skylake
Intel’s latest architecture requires a new LGA 1151 socket and features an enhanced pin count. Additionally, the CPUs are built on a 14nm manufacturing process. Some of you might remember that Skylake retail samples do not ship with a stock heatsink which raised concerns about temperatures. Thankfully, Skylake is very…
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FreshTech Solutions Stealth Gaming PC Review
Introduction FreshTech Solutions has a fantastic repertoire of custom PC builds to suit various budgets and specific requirements. In addition to pre-configured machines, the company’s flexible service allows you to customize a gaming PC from scratch and select from a huge array of industry-leading components. Each integral feature from storage to water…
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Thunderbolt 3 Coming to Gigabyte Z170 Motherboards via a BIOS Update
Thunderbolt 3 is capable of 40Gbps via a USB Type-C connector and able to power dual 4K displays or a single 5K monitor at 60Hz. This astonishing amount of bandwidth is integrated into Intel’s Alpine Ridge USB 3.1 controller on the H170 and Z170 chipset. As a result, any motherboard…
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ASUS Announces Z170 ROG Maximus VIII Impact ITX Motherboard
ASUS has officially unveiled the Republic of Gamers, Maximus VIII Impact which supports Intel’s latest Skylake architecture and ultra-fast DDR4 memory. This incredibly compact ITX-design doesn’t skimp on features and utilizes a full-scale voltage regulator module. This allows for a reliable power delivery and headroom to achieve high frequency overclocks.…
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Asus Announces TUF Sabertooth Z170 Mark 1 Motherboard
Asus has officially unveiled the latest addition to its TUF motherboard line-up which is based on Intel’s Skylake architecture. The Z170 Sabertooth Mark 1 features a number of specialities exclusive to the TUF range including TUF Thermal Armour, Dust Defenders, and a hefty backplate marketed as the TUF Fortifier. Additionally,…
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ASUS Z170 Maximus VIII Hero (LGA 1151) Review
Introduction The Z170 chipset and Skylake CPU’s have been around for just over a week now and we have seen pretty much everything that each manufacturer has to offer. We now know that the huge connectivity options presented by the Z170 chipset that some manufacturers have included not one, but two,…
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ASUS Z170 LGA 1151 Deluxe Socket Pictured
In the past, we’ve known motherboard manufacturers to tweak the standard motherboard socket to add or increase the contact surface of CPU pins to aid in overclocking potential. Best known for this is ASUS and the OC Socket. Take the Haswell-e X99 motherboards, ASUS produced the ‘OC socket’, featuring additional…
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Two New Biostar Motherboards @ Computex 2015
Computex 2015: We’ve seen lots of cool stuff at the show this week, but one thing that really caught our attention, was the latest motherboards from Biostar. Their new Micro-ATX boards, the Hi-Fi H170Z3 is based on the H170 Express chipset, which offers up all the same features you’ll find…
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