PURE Black X79N

Taking at Look at Sapphires PURE Black X79N Motherboard

by Cole on January 19, 2012 · 0 comments

in Motherboards,Previews

In the last 6 months Sapphire has returned to the motherboard arena with a whole slew of motherboards for both Intel and AMD platforms. Today we have their enthusiast offering for those jumping on board of the Intel Sandy Bridge-E platform with the LGA 2011 socket and X79 chipset – the PURE Black X79N. Let’s take a look!

Z9PE-D8 WS

Motherboard News from Day 2 at CES 2012

by Cole on January 10, 2012 · 0 comments

in Motherboards,News

With CES 2012 hitting its stride we have more motherboard news to bring you today! Remember those Z77 motherboards from GIGABYTE that we mentioned yesterday? Well, the folks over at VR-Zone have a great preview of them so be sure to check it out. Also from GIGABYTE we have a handful of new motherboard features – 3D Power Design, 3D BIOS (we took a look at this a couple of months ago) and a handful of other niceties including Bluetooth 4.0, among other things. For more on these, check out the official GIGABYTE press release.

As for bigger news, we now have a competitor to EVGA’s upcoming dual-LGA 2011 socketed SR-X motherboard courtesy of ASUS – the Z9PE-D8 WS. This motherboard may not be quite as feature rich as EVGA’s offering, but it still offers  dual-LGA 2011 sockets, a total of 8 quad-channel DDR3 DIMM slots, seven physical PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (wired to x16/x8/x16/x8/x16/x8/x16), and a handful of other features. For more on the Z9PE-D WS, check out the VR-Zone preview.

Motherboards on Day 1 at CES 2012

Motherboard News January 9, 2012 1 comment Motherboards

As you read this, Ivy Bridge motherboards featuring Intel’s Z77 chipset (essentially the successor to Z68) are being shown off at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. We’ll be bringing you motherboard coverage all week, but today we have two of the major players showing off a couple brand new motherboards. First off, [...]

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Preview of ASUS’ X79-Based mATX Rampage IV Gene

ASUS January 7, 2012 0 comments Motherboards

In recent years ASUS has been turning heads with their stylish and feature-rich Republic of Gamers (ROG) motherboards. Right now ASUS already has an ROG motherboard with an X79 chipset on the market (the Rampage IV Extreme) but we have something special for you today, thanks to a preview over at VR-Zone – a preview [...]

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MSI Makes the Big Bang-XPower II Official

MSI January 3, 2012 0 comments Motherboards

Earlier today MSI officially announced their flagship X79 motherboard – the Big Bang-XPower II – and while we took a look at this motherboard a couple of months ago, this board will surely fit in with the already-available high-end offerings from GIGABYTE, ASUS and ASRock. Among many, many other things, the Big Bang-XPower II features [...]

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Ivy Bridge Rumoured to Launch on April 8

Intel December 28, 2011 0 comments CPUs

According to the folks over at DigiTimes, Intel is set to launch their Ivy Bridge CPUs on April 8th of this year (see our post on Ivy Bridge pricing). There will be a good selection of Core i7 and Core i5 CPUs at launch and accompanying them will be Intel’s 7-series chipsets – notably Z77, [...]

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ASRock Shows Off Transformer-Themed Motherboard Concepts

ASRock December 28, 2011 0 comments Motherboards

Last week, via their Facebook page, ASRock showed off a couple of Transformer-themed X79 motherboards – the X79 Bumblebee and the X79 Optimus Prime. The mockups of these two motherboards are essentially the X79 Extreme9 with a different colour scheme. Remember that these are just concepts and we think it is unlikely that ASRock will [...]

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MSI Introduces MultiConnect Panel and Voice Genie

MSI December 28, 2011 0 comments Motherboards

Motherboard manufacturer, MSI, just announced that they will be releasing two new motherboard peripherals – the MultiConnect panel and Voice Genie expansion card. The MultiConnect panel is a 5.25″ accessory that features Bluetooth 3.0 and wireless 802.11N connectivity as well as two USB 2.0 ports. An OC Genie button on the panel also allows for [...]

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GIGABYTE Recalls Select X79 Motherboards

GIGABYTE December 27, 2011 0 comments Motherboards

It’s not too often that we have motherboards recalled and it’s even less often that we have high-end motherboards being recalled. Yes, that’s right…today GIGABYTE recalled three X79-based motherboards – the GA-X79-UD3, GA-X79-UD5 and the G1.Assassin 2. These motherboards reportedly suffer from a widespread issue revolving around the VRM’s and what happens to them when [...]

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ASRock to Release Two More X79 Motherboards

ASRock December 21, 2011 0 comments Motherboards

Motherboard manufacturer, ASRock, may already have an impressive lineup of X79 motherboards, but here they are adding another two X79 motherboard to their repertoire – the Fatal1ty X79 Professional and the X79 Extreme6/GB. The Fatal1ty X79 Professional carries the traditional Fatal1ty branding and colour scheme as well as a PCI slot layout ideal for those [...]

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