LGA 2011-3
- News
Gigabyte Previews X99 Motherboards Ahead of Computex
With Broadwell-E almost upon us, motherboard vendors have been busy getting ready. While Broadwell-E will be compatible with current X99 LG A 2011-3 motherboards, the new CPUs give a reason for current users to do a full upgrade. The new boards will also feature updated IO and should be improved. Gigabyte has…
Read More » - News
MSI Teases X99A XPOWER Gaming Titanium
Not one to be left behind, MSI is making sure they’re ready for Broadwell-E. Set to arrive shortly, the new CPU lineup brings the first consumer deca-core CPU in the form of the i7 6950X. To supplement current X99 LGA 2011-3 motherboards, MSI has already released the X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON. For…
Read More » - News
Intel Broadwell-E Core i7-6850K Benchmarks Leaked
With Broadwell-E listings and CPUs popping up left and right, benchmarks would inevitably leak out. For the last week, Broadwell-E engineering samples have been selling on eBay and it seems that one fellow has managed to run some tests for the i7 6850K. The Core i7 6850K is hexacore Broadwell-E…
Read More » - News
High-End Intel Broadwell-E Processors Listed and Priced
With the official release nearly upon us, Intel’s Broadwell-E CPUs have started popping up everywhere. First, we had all of the various motherboard vendors announce support for the new Broadwell-E CPUs for their X99 motherboards. Next, Intel even leaked the chips on their driver website, confirming the rumoured specifications. Now, we…
Read More » 
- News
ASUS Adds Broadwell-E Support to X99 Motherboards
Last week, we saw the first sign of support for Intel’s upcoming Broadwell-E CPUs. MSI was the first out of the gate with their announcement of new BIOS revisions to support Intel’s new line of Extreme CPUs followed by ASRock. Today, ASUS has announced their own support for Broadwell-E with…
Read More » - News
Intel Superclocked Broadwell Xeon Leaked
Even as the process nodes continue to decrease year after year, it seems like clock speeds only keep going up. When Intel launched Devil’s Canyon and Skylake, those chips basically had the highest stock frequencies ever shipped by them. An upcoming CPU though may soon top all previous record holders…
Read More » - News
Intel’s 10 Core i7-6950X Cost may be Astronomical
Following right on the heels of the first consumer octa-core i7-5960X CPU, 2016 is the year that we may finally see a deca-core CPU from Intel. Called the i7-6950X, the new chip will be the flagship for Intel’s HEDT Broadwell-E platform. According to a new report though, the price is…
Read More » - News
EKWB Indigo Xtreme ETI and Supremacy EVO Elite now for LGA-2011-3
With new CPU sockets, the cooler and thermal interfaces will have to adapt. EK Water Blocks introduced the new Indigo Xtreme Engineered Thermal Interface for the latest 5th generation Intel Socket LGA-2011-3 series CPU as well as Supremacy EVO Elite CPU water block bundle. EK-TIM Indigo Xtreme fits neatly between a CPU lid…
Read More » -
- Guides
eTeknix 2014 Christmas Tech Buying Guide
Christmas time is almost here and as we wrap up warm over winter, we’re also wrapping up on a year of incredible products here at eTeknix HQ. We’ve had hundred of reviews this year, but no doubt many of you are eagerly writing your letters to Santa, or at least…
Read More » - Motherboards
ASRock X99 Extreme6 (LGA 2011-3) Motherboard Review
Introduction and Closer Look During Intel’s X99 launch in early September one motherboard vendor was noticeably absent from the scene – ASRock. While we’re not sure as to the exact reason for ASRock’s delayed entry, they are now out in full force with an extensive top-to-bottom X99 product stack. Their…
Read More » - Motherboards
Gigabyte X99 Gaming G1 WiFi (LGA 2011-3) Review
Introduction and Closer Look A trend that is observable with higher end “gaming” motherboards is that they tend to be geared primarily towards performance junkies, overclockers and all-round enthusiasts, rather than just pure gamers. Gaming motherboards based on Intel’s X99 chipset are a perfect example of this because the reality…
Read More » - Motherboards
Gigabyte X99 UD4 (LGA 2011-3) Motherboard Review
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging A short while ago we took Gigabyte’s X99 Gaming 5 motherboard to our test bench for a review. As the name suggests that particular motherboard was targeted at Gamers with its feature set and styling. Today we have with us a motherboard targeted at a broader…
Read More » -
- News
Latest Asus LGA 2011-3 Dual-CPU Workstation Motherboard Revealed
Asus have just revealed their new Z10PE-D3 WS Dual CPU Workstation Motherboard, which comes equipped with the latest LGA 2011-3 Sockets and support for the new Intel Haswell-EP range of processors; including the Intel Xeon E5-2600/1600 V3 range. As you can see from the pictures, the board is beautifully designed. It comes equipped…
Read More » - Motherboards
MSI X99S XPOWER AC (LGA 2011-3) Motherboard Review
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging Every major motherboard brand has a particular flagship board that targets overclocking on Intel’s new HEDT X99 platform. Gigabyte have their X99 SOC-FORCE, ASUS have the Rampage V Extreme and ASRock have the X99 OC Formula. Today we are looking at MSI’s flagship OC board, the…
Read More » - Motherboards
ASUS Rampage V Extreme (LGA 2011-3) Motherboard Review
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging The Rampage line of ASUS motherboards are famed for their class-leading performance and prestigious reputation. With every new CPU on Intel’s High-End Desktop (HEDT) Platform we’ve seen new ASUS Rampage motherboards. The first Rampage arrived with LGA 775 and the X48 chipset, we saw the second iteration Rampage II…
Read More »
