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Biostar Announces A68MDE Micro-ATX FM2+ Motherboard
Another Day, Another Biostar Motherboard Release Biostar has had an aggressive release schedule lately. However, these are not simply RGB-clad mainboards but rather affordable products for entry-level users. Their previous two announcements, the H110MDE and the B250MDC were Intel chipset boards. Now they are announcing the A68MDE, an entry-level motherboard…
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AMD A10-7870K Godavari APU Review
Introduction Even though AMD is making the final preparations for their hotly-anticipated Zen architecture, there’s still many circumstances which allow existing products to be a viable alternative. In particular, AMD has excelled in the APU market and produced a number of models which offer an impressive single chip solution. Of…
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AMD “Aggressively Clearing” CPUs to Prepare for Zen
AMD’s Zen architecture could dramatically reverse the company’s fortunes in the CPU sector and allow them to enjoy a larger market share. Additionally, if the performance is up to standard, it could force Intel to reduce their prices and provide a cheaper upgrade path. According to the Taiwanese industry journal…
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AMD Athlon X4-845 Carrizo Processor Review
Introduction Even though the overwhelming majority of media attention revolves around AMD’s upcoming Zen architecture and AM4 socket, it’s important to not overlook new additions to the current range. The company’s Carrizo architecture is the final iteration of Bulldozer which launched way back in 2011. So what does Carrizo bring…
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AMD AM4 Compatible With Current Heatsinks
Drastic platform changes are a bit of a double-edged sword. While it can offer an opportunity to switch to a better or more cost-effective platform, all existing accessories instantly become useless. AMD however, has largely kept to the same design since they introduced AM2 all those years ago and it…
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AMD AM4 Will Feature 140W Support and μOPGA
Later this year, perhaps in October, AMD will be launching with their highly anticipated Zen CPU architecture. Before that though, AMD will be releasing their new processor socket, AM4, with the Bristol Ridge lineup of APUs. As the socket that finally combines the CPU and APU lineups, it will replace…
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AMD Launches A10 7890K and Athlon X4 880K
AMD has been getting ever more cyclical with their releases after their latest organizational shuffle. Last month, we saw the launch of the A10 7860K & Athlon X4 845 APU and CPU and this month we’re 2 more chips. Today, we are getting the A10 7890K and Athlon X4 880K, both of…
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Gigabyte Announces F2A88X-D3HP FM2+ Motherboard
AMD’s upcoming Zen architecture is predicted to offer a very competitive alternative to enthusiast Intel CPUs and could instigate a pricing war. This is great news for the consumer, as Intel currently dominates the higher-end CPU market, and is in need of some strong competition. That’s not to say the…
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AMD Launches A10 7860K & Athlon X4 845
Despite being stuck on the 28nm node for the past while, AMD has been working to bring more CPUs to consumers with better binning and performance as the process and technology matures. Case in point is the A10-7860K Godavari and Athlon X8 845 Carrizo chips launching today. Both chips are focused on…
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BIOSTAR Unveils New Pro Series FM2+ Motherboards
BIOSTAR has just announced its brand new Pro Series FM2+ lineup of motherboards designed specifically for AMD FM2+ processors. These new motherboards are aimed at those of you who are looking to build cheap and relatively powerful PCs based on AMD’s FM2+ socket CPUs. What makes them stand out among other…
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BIOSTAR Releases Hi-Fi A68U3P Budget Motherboard
Sometimes you don’t need the ability for quad graphics cards and high-end processors, sometimes you just want to build an office or media PC with great features without blowing your budget. BIOSTAR has a lot of motherboard for this type of scenario and they’ve just expanded with one more. The…
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AMD Could Release a New Kaveri APU Soon
AMD are forever in the back seat of the CPU market, but in recent years they have dominated the low price point gaming sector with their line up of Accelerated Processor Units (APU). This is basically a hybrid CPU with real GPU cores crammed in. The newest version, Kaveri has…
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BIOSTAR Announced TA70U3-LSP FM2+ A70M Motherboard
BIOSTAR has released the latest mainboard based on their exclusive A70M chipset from AMD, the TA70U3-LSP. The ATX sized motherboard is FM2+ based and comes with USB 3.0, SATA 3 and built in LAN Surge Protection among others. The motherboard supports dual and quad core FM2+/FM2 processors, A-series, and E2-series…
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ASUS Crossblade Ranger (FM2+) Motherboard Review
Introduction and Closer Look The last time ASUS released a Republic of Gamers series motherboard for an AMD platform was way back in late 2011. The motherboard in question was the ASUS Crosshair V Formula which ASUS have since refurbished and re-released as the Crosshair V Formula-Z. The key theme…
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Athlon X4 860K CPU Available Starting Next Week
Those who run a dedicated graphics card have no need for the built-in GPU counterpart that’s offered from within the APU’s, and AMD of course has it covered for them too. The newest addition to the FM2+ CPU lineup; the Athlon X4 860K CPU, will start shipping next week according…
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