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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Ivy Bridge Pricing Leaked – No Surprises Here

Intel December 20, 2011 1 comment CPUs

Intel’s upcoming 22nm die-shrink of the Sandy Bridge platform, known as Ivy Bridge, is coming in Q2 2012 and today we have some more details to share! As we have been expecting, the prices are not that far off of current Sandy Bridge prices and while early benchmarks (keep in mind that these are rumours) [...]

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AMD Adding a Whopping 13 APUs to Their Lineup

AMD December 20, 2011 0 comments CPUs

It’s not everyday that we see a massive release like this, but today AMD announced that they will be adding a total of 13, yes, thirteen, APUs to their A-Series APU lineup. Among these thirteen APUs we have 5 on the desktop side with the two of them unlocked (the A8-3870K and A6-3670K) and a total of [...]

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Intel to Introduce Two Interesting New Processors

Intel December 20, 2011 0 comments CPUs

Intel’s Sandy Bridge platform has been turning heads since it was released in January of this year and while the enthusiast-grade Sandy Bridge-E platform hasn’t turned quite as many heads since it was launched last month, it does take the performance crown. Well, today we have news regarding interesting new processors for both of these [...]

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MSI Introduces Another X79 Motherboard with 8 DIMM Slots – X79A-GD45 (8D)

MSI December 16, 2011 0 comments Motherboards

With an already impressive X79 motherboard lineup, MSI has announced yet another, the X79A-GD45 (8D). As one would expect, this motherboard features 8 quad-channel DDR3 DIMM slots, Intel’s X79 chipset and LGA 2011 socket. While this board shares most of its name with the X79A-GD45, when it comes to overall features it relates more to [...]

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Sapphire Launches Pure Black 990FX Motherboard

Sapphire December 13, 2011 0 comments Motherboards

Earlier today, motherboard manufacturer, Sapphire Technology, announced the launch of their first AM3+ motherboard, the Pure Black 990FX. Back in May we took a look at an early version of a Sapphire 990FX motherboard, the Pure Black 990FX-N, which may or may not have been an early version of this motherboard.

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EVGA’s Dual-Socket LGA 2011 SR-X Motherboard Gets Previewed

EVGA December 11, 2011 0 comments Motherboards

We have already taken a look at EVGA’s upcoming dual-socket LGA 2011 motherboard, but today the folks over at VR-Zone posted a whole slew of images from a recent visit to the EVGA labs. Previously thought to be known as the SR-3, we now know that this dual-socket motherboard will be called the Super Record-X [...]

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Intel’s CPU Pipeline Gets Detailed

Intel December 4, 2011 1 comment CPUs

It has been a long time since we have taken a look at the CPU architectures in Intel’s pipeline, but thanks to a recent post at Bright Side of News, we have some likely-true rumours to share! Due out in Q2 of 2012 we, of course, have Intel’s 22nm die shrink Ivy Bridge CPUs, which [...]

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Loads of Ivy Bridge Details Leaked

Intel November 28, 2011 0 comments CPUs

Today has been quite the day for Ivy Bridge, Intel’s 22nm consumer-focused die shrink, as rumours and leaks have been flowing like Niagara Falls! As expected, Intel is still planning on launching these new CPUs in Q2 2012 with their lower-end Pentium models hitting shelves in Q3 2012. Where things get really interesting with today’s [...]

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X79-Compatible Ivy Bridge-E Processors Coming Sometime in 2012

Intel November 20, 2011 0 comments Chipsets

Intel may have just launched their latest enthusiast product line with their X79 chipset and Sandy Bridge-E chipset, but that won’t stop the rumour/leak mill from churning out information regarding Intel’s next batch of enthusiast processors - Ivy Bridge-E! Not to be confused with the to-be-launched-in-early-2012 Ivy Bridge CPUs, Ivy Bridge-E processors will essentially be the [...]

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