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Gigabyte Confirm Support for Windows 10
With the launch of yet another Windows OS, motherboard manufacturers the world over are testing the archives of motherboards to ensure compatibility with it. Gigabyte is the latest motherboard manufacturer to certify that a large range of latest generation motherboards are Windows 10 ready. Gigabyte built their motherboards on great…
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iBuyPower Noctis Intel Z97 Review
Introduction Once again, it is review time at eTeknix HQ and iBuyPower gives us the chance to test their Noctis Intel Z97. The case is a brand new iBuyPower version of the equally new NZXT Noctus 450. Inside we have an Intel i7 4790K, an EVGA Superclocked GTX 980, 16GB of DDR3 1600,…
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Gigabyte Updates With Support for Upcoming 5th Gen Intel Core Processors
One of the real pains in building computers comes at the times where you need to upgrade several components in order to keep everything compatible to the one new component that you actually had the intention to upgrade. This won’t be an issue if you plans are to invest in…
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MSI to Introduce a M.2 to Turbo Mini-SAS Connector Add-in Card
News has just come down from MSI HQ that they are going to make available mini-SATA add-in cards for M.2 slots. The reasoning behind this is for current and new users of MSI motherboards can fully utilise the new high-speed SSD’s such as Intel’s 750. In recent global reviews and…
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Colorful IGame’s next Motherboard Could Feature Armor Style Cover
There is still some doubt whether the motherboard that has been shown from Colorful IGame actually is a new product about to be launched or just concept art, but I like what I see. It looks new and fresh, yet very familiar. The motherboard is built around the Z97 platform…
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Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac (LGA-1150) Motherboard Review
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging Intel’s Z97 platform is a perfect basis for a mini-ITX system build as it features enough performance to please even the most demanding user while still being power efficient enough to be tamed by small form factor cases and modest cooling solutions. Due to those reasons it…
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Chillblast Fusion Barbarian Gaming PC Review
Introduction Today we are looking at the aggressively named “Chillblast Fusion Barbarian Devil’s Canyon Gaming PC”, featuring a Corsair SPEC-03 chassis on the outside, with a high-end i5 4690k, Nvidia GTX 970, 16GB of DDR3 on the inside and a few high performance coolers in between. Chillblast have even thrown in a…
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MSI’s Z97i Gaming ACK is Now Available
Sometimes small is enough, and MSI shows us how that is done. The new Z97i GAMING ACK should be available now according to the latest Facebook post and it packs all the wonderful features of it’s bigger brothers. “Meet the true mini-ITX gaming solution, the MSI Z97I GAMING ACK motherboard.…
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Chaintech Announces Colorful iGame Z97 Motherboard
Chaintech was brought back to life as a motherboard brand with the help and partnership of Colorful after a couple of years away from that market. This cooperation has resulted in a new motherboard that doesn’t really know if it wants to be in the overclocker or gaming category, so the…
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BioStar Motherboard Competition Winners!
It’s competition winner time! This week we’ll be picking three lucky winners for our BioStar motherboard competition! We’ve got three awesome prizes to giveaway; the Hi-Fi Z97Z7, Hi-Fi Z97WE and the Hi-Fi B85N 3D. We’ll pick three lucky winners for this competition: First place – Hi-Fi Z97Z7 Second place – Hi-Fi Z97WE Third…
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MSI Z97 Gaming 9 ACK and X99S Gaming 9 ACK Now Available
MSI has just released their latest motherboards; the MSI Z97 Gaming 9 ACK and the MSI X99S Gaming 9. ACK brings support for wireless solutions, powered by Killer DoubleShot Pro. ACK delivers 3.5x lower latency and 2.9x times faster data throughput compared to traditional Wireless-N hardware; this is great news for those…
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ASUS Announces Z97-Pro Gamer Motherboard
The ASUS subsidiary Republic of Gamers (ROG) has presented their latest motherboard, an entry line budget board for gamers. The new Asus Z97 Pro Gamer is basically a standard ASUS motherboard with a touch of ROG features, perfect for the budget friendly Pentium G3258 Anniversary Edition that has OC action…
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Gigabyte Z97N-Gaming 5 (LGA 1150) Motherboard Review
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging Intel’s Z97 platform is a perfect basis for a mini-ITX system build as it features enough performance to please even the most demanding user while still being power efficient enough to be tamed by small form factor cases and modest cooling solutions. Due to those reasons it…
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Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 (LGA 1150) Motherboard Review
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging Intel’s Z97 platform feels like it has been here forever; since its official launch in early May 2014 we’ve ploughed through a sizeable 13 Z97 motherboard reviews here at eTeknix. Yet in the grand-scheme of things that 5 months is barely any time at all:the average PC user will tend…
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CyberPower PC FANG Battlebox-I 970 System Review
Introduction The exponential growth of the Insomnia gaming festival over the past few years is proof, if any was needed, that PC gaming has never been stronger. With LAN events like Insomnia becoming more popular so too are portable gaming rigs that can be easily moved around at the owners behest.…
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