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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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Intel 300 Series Chipset Reportedly Adds Gigabit WiFi and USB 3.1 Gen 2
With every generation of new processors, Intel always releases a new series of chipsets to go with them. Just like Tick Tock and now PAO, the major processor refreshes also bring a new socket and usually a massive upgrade for the chipset as well. After many delays, Intel will be…
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Arctic Cooling Releases Freezer 12 CPU Coolers
Despite the rise in AIO liquid cooling solutions, air cooling is as relevant as ever. After releasing their high-end Freezer 33 series earlier in the month, Artic Cooling is releasing their new lower end compact Freezer 12 series of coolers. The Freezer 12 and Freezer 12 CO replaces the previous Freezer…
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MSI Z270 MPOWER Gaming Titanium Motherboard Released
MSI has announced the addition of the shiny new MSI Z270 MPOWER Gaming Titanium motherboard to their LGA1151 lineup. Like other MSI Titanium motherboards before it, the MSI Z270 MPOWER Gaming Titanium is decked in metallic silver and outfitted with a backplate armor as well as its DIMM and expansion…
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EK Releases Monoblock for MSI Z270 Motherboards
MSI has released some great motherboards for the Kaby Lake generation, but that doesn’t mean that it can’t be improved upon. EK Water Blocks now released their Monoblock cooler for the series and it looks quite stunning. The EK-FB MSI Z270 GAMING Monoblock RGB is also compatible with MSI Mystic…
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Arctic Cooling Released Freezer 33 CPU Coolers
Just in time for AMD’s new AM4 socket, Artic Cooling has released a new line of CPU coolers. Despite the increasing popularity of closed-loop liquid cooling, the air cooled market is just as relevant as ever. The new Freezer 33 series consists of 3 different and new coolers in the…
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Intel i3 7350K Hits 5 GHz With Liquid Cooling
After many years of neglect, Intel has finally given a chance for the Core i3 to shine. With Kaby Lake, Intel has introduced the new multiplier-unlocked Core i3 7350K aimed at overclockers. No longer limited to just the unlocked i5 and i7 processors, we can now see just how well…
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Gigabyte Releases Aorus Z270 Motherboards
As part of their new lineup for Kaby Lake, Gigabyte has unveiled a new series of motherboards in addition to their usual ones. Continuing the trend of LED adoption, the new Aorus lineup standardizes RGB LED lighting and swappable LED overlays. Each Aorus board features two LED backlit areas that are…
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ASRock Reveals 200 Series Chipset Motherboards
With the 200 series chipset and Kaby Lake out now, ASRock and other Intel motherboard partners are finally free to showcase their new boards. Kicking off the 200 series, ASRock is introducing 21 new boards right out of the gate with more to follow for sure. The focus, of course, is…
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Intel Z270 Chipset Block Diagram Leaked
With the Intel Kaby Lake i7 7700K and i5 7600K CPU reviews out, we’ve been able to see the performance improvements it offers over Skylake isn’t all that great. However, the new chips will likely best the top performers for their price at least until Zen launches. Furthermore, Kaby Lake also brings…
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MSI Teases Upcoming Z270 PRO SLI and SLI PLUS
With just over a month till Kaby Lake arrives, more manufacturers have started teasing their new 200 series motherboards. Since they continue to use the LGA 1151 socket and are compatible with Skylake, it’s no surprise we’re getting a lot more information than usual for a new chipset. In their…
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Detailed Intel Kaby Lake i7 7700K Benchmarks Released
As you might expect with any new hardware launch these days, the first leaks nearly always come from various sources in China. Kaby Lake is no exception with the first leaked i7 7700K benchmarks coming out from the country. A more rare occurrence is a reputable western source being the…
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Intel Kaby Lake European Prices Pop Up
With just under two months to go, Intel’s new Kaby Lake processors have started popping up online. Last month, we got the first glimpse at what the US prices might look like, with the i7 7700K coming in at $350 and the i5 7600K at a lower $240 USD. Since then,…
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Intel Kaby Lake Finally Brings Unlocked Core i3
Since moving to the unified bus architecture, Intel CPUs have become hard to overclock. In order to overclock these CPUs to a significant level, unlocked multipliers are necessary. Unfortunately, that feature has been largely limited to the more expensive i5 and i7 series and the one-off Pentium Anniversary Edition. In a surprising…
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