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ASUS RoG Maximus VII Ranger Z97 (LGA 1150) Review
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging During the launch of Z87 motherboards ASUS surprised a lot of people when they announced their “Hero” SKU of the Republic of Gamers line of motherboards. When the Hero was released it was an extremely popular motherboard simply because it brought an ASUS ROG motherboard into…
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Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 (LGA 1150) Motherboard Review
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging Intel’s first Haswell Refresh CPUs have just been recently released, Intel’s Devil’s Canyon (unlocked K series Haswell Refresh) CPUs are expected in just a month or two and rumours going around suggest that Intel’s Broadwell CPUs could even be released this year too – from an…
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Gigabyte G1 Sniper Z87 (LGA 1150) Motherboard Review
Introduction With AMD fizzling out in the high end desktop market segment, people are increasingly choosing the Intel LGA 1150 platform for high end gaming systems. Not surprisingly motherboard vendors have responded to the popularity of LGA 1150, in particular Z87, and we are seeing a highly competitive market. Gigabyte,…
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ASRock Fatal1ty B85 (LGA 1150) Killer Motherboard Review
Introduction When it comes to a gaming motherboard for the LGA 1150 socket a B85 motherboard might not be the first motherboard or chipset that comes into your mind. However, given the fact a lot of motherboard vendors are choosing to build attractively priced gaming motherboards based on the B85…
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OCZ Launches The New Enterprise-Class Intrepid 3000 Series SSDs
OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, today introduced its next-generation Intrepid 3000 Series of enterprise-class SATA III-based SSDs delivering the industry’s best sustained performance and consistent I/O responses. As the series supports storage capacities up to 800GB, Intrepid 3…
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ASRock Z87M Extreme4 (LGA 1150) Motherboard Review
Introduction Intel’s Z87 chipset may be aimed at high end consumers and power users but the reality is the majority of people who use the Z87 chipset don’t need as much connectivity as is offered by most of the really high end motherboards. In fact a substantial portion of Z87…
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EVGA Z87 Classified motherboard Released
EVGA launches the long-awaited Z87 Classified motherboard. Its been quite a while since Intel announced the Z87 chipset and Haswell platform; since then EVGA has been working on their flagship motherboard. The Classified products always hold a special position in the EVGA’s product stack and overall market; the Z87 Classified…
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ASRock Z87 Extreme6 (LGA 1150) ATX Motherboard Review
Introduction Despite Z87 being present on the market now since June it is still Intel’s newest consumer desktop platform and offers consumers a lot of cutting edge functionality. Today we have a rather fine looking motherboard that adds to the extensive array of Z87 motherboards available on the market. ASRock’s…
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First 6TB Helium-Filled Hard Drives Released By HGST
Hitachi started shipping the first drive to feature a helium filling, a concept it first unveiled back in 2012 as a means to boost capacity by around 40 per cent compared to traditional mechanical drives. The helium filling was possible by shrinking the gap between platters and fit seven platters…
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Gigabyte Z87-D3HP (LGA 1150) Motherboard Review
Introduction Gigabyte’s range of Z87 motherboards have already been a big hit with system builders. In particular two motherboards from that series that we checked out – Z87X-UD3H and Z87X-UD4H which we reviewed here and here – have been very popular. Gigabyte’s series of Z87 motherboards have struck a real chord with…
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Gigabyte G1.Assassin 3 Motherboard Detailed
Legit Reviews have managed to get a hands-on with Gigabyte’s G1.Assassin 3 at the Intel Developer Forum 2013 event. This new X79 chipset LGA 2011 socket motherboard is revamped for Ivy Bridge-E and is built on the ATX form factor. The motherboard uses a 9 phase CPU VRM with PowIRstage driver-MOSFETs…
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ASUS Reveal X79 Deluxe LGA 2011 Ivy Bridge-E Ready Motherboard
The TechReport has revealed ASUS’ brand new X79 motherboard the ASUS X79 Deluxe. This motherboard was launched alongside the Intel Ivy Bridge-E launch and uses the same LGA 2011 socket and X79 chipset. It will support the Ivy Bridge-E and Sandy Bridge-E processors right out of the box as it…
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Intel Will Demo “SSD Overclocking” At IDF 2013
According to a report by X-Bit Labs it could soon be possible to overclock your SSD. Apparently Intel will reveal such a technology at their IDF 2013 event. Of course you do not “overclock” the SSD per-sé but instead you overclock its controller. An SSD controller, from most SSD vendors,…
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Corsair Unveil Force LS Series Solid State Drives
Corsair has quietly unveiled its latest series of solid state drives which go under the brand name Force LS. These new SSDs are powered by a Phison controller and use Toshiba MLC NAND Flash memory. They come in the usual 2.5 inch form factor using the SATA III interface. They…
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ASUS Launch Haswell H81 Series Motherboards
ASUS have just announced their entire series of H81 chipset Haswell motherboards. The line up includes H81M-Plus, H81M-A, H81M-C and H81M-E Micro-ATX motherboards; and the H81I-Plus Mini-ITX (from left to right). All models feature two DDR3 DIMM Slots, one PCI Express X16 slot and two SATA III slots. All models are…
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