Intel’s Upcoming X79 Chipset is Pricey

Intel October 15, 2011 0 comments Chipsets

According to a recent post over at Softpedia, Intel’s upcoming X79 chipset, set to accompany the LGA 2011 socket on Sandy Bridge-E motherboards, is costing OEM’s a pretty penny! When compared to the mainstream-focused Z68 chipset, the X79 is costing manufacturers 50% more. While this might make sense to some, as X79 will be used [...]

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AMD FX-8150 CPU Review Roundup

AMD October 12, 2011 0 comments CPUs

The NDA has lifted and the reviews are flooding the Web. That’s right folks, the first wave of AMD’s Bulld0zer-based FX-Series CPUs have finally landed! We’ll save our commentary on the processors for a few more days, but right now check out the following reviews: Tom’s Hardware – “AMD FX-8150 Review: From Bulldozer to Zambezi [...]

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Previewing the ASUS P9X79 Deluxe Motherboard

ASUS October 9, 2011 0 comments Motherboards

With the launch of Intel’s enthusiast-level Sandy Bridge-E processors just around the corner, we will be taking a look at a number of X79 motherboards over the next couple of weeks. Yesterday, we took at a look at ASRock’s high-end X79 Extreme7 and today we have an offering from ASUS – the P9X79 Deluxe! The [...]

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Previewing ASRock’s Upcoming X79 Extreme7 Motherboard

ASRock October 8, 2011 2 comments Motherboards

It has been a while since we performed a full preview of an upcoming motherboard, but we have a doozie for you today with ASRock’s upcoming high-end X79 motherboard, the X79 Extreme7. The Extreme7 was previously teased by ASRock, but now, thanks to the good folks over at XFastest, we have a handful of high-quality [...]

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Closed-loop Water Cooling Kit for AMD FX Series Exposed

AMD October 8, 2011 0 comments CPUs

This has been rumoured for a while, but now we have what is some pretty conclusive proof that AMD will be offering a high-end closed-loop water cooling solution for some their upcoming (launching October 12) FX-Series “Bulldozer” CPUs. The photographed kit, as the folks at WCCF Tech explain, looks very similar to Antec’s Kuhler H20 [...]

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ASUS Bringing PCIe 3.0 to Maximus IV Gene-Z

ASUS October 7, 2011 0 comments Motherboards

A little over a week ago ASUS announced their first three Z68 motherboards that will be PCIe 3.0 and Ivy Bridge-ready – the P8Z68 Deluxe/Gen3, P8Z68-V Pro/Gen3 and P8Z68-V/Gen3 – and now we the first Republic of Gamers motherboard with PCIe 3.0 and Ivy Bridge support – the Maximus IV Gene-Z/Gen3. Other than bringing PCIe [...]

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More Details Emerge on FX Next – AMD’s Second Generation Bulldozer Platform

AMD October 3, 2011 0 comments CPUs

Earlier today the folks over at Turkish hardware site, Donanim Haber, released an AMD slide that provides details on AMD’s second generation Bulldozer CPUs, codenamed “Piledriver”, which are expected to be released in the second half of 2012 as part of the FX Next platform from AMD.

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BIOSTAR Unveils TA990FXE AM3+ Motherboard

BIOSTAR September 30, 2011 0 comments Motherboards

BIOSTAR already has a couple of decently-equipped Z68-based Intel motherboards on the market and earlier today they unveiled their high-end AMD motherboard, the TA990FXE. This motherboard sports an AM3+ socket and AMD’s high-end 990FX chipset as well as  four dual-channel DDR3 DIMM slots. The TA990FXE sports 3x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (wired to x16/x16/x4), a [...]

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Two ASRock 900-Series Motherboards Get Previewed

ASRock September 29, 2011 0 comments Motherboards

ASRock may already have three 900-series AMD motherboards on the market – the Fatal1ty 990FX Professional, the 990FX Extreme4 and the 970 Extreme4 – but that hasn’t stopped them from announcing two more great looking and well-equipped 900-series motherboards. Today for your preview pleasure we have the 990FX Extreme3 and the 970 Extreme3.

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ASUS Brings PCIe 3.0 and Ivy Bridge Support to P8Z68 Line-up

ASUS September 28, 2011 0 comments Motherboards

Following the lead of other manufacturers, notably GIGABYTE, MSI and ASRock, ASUS has announced that they will be brining PCI Express 3.0 and Ivy Bridge support to three of their Z68 motherboards – the P8Z68 DELUXE/Gen3, P8Z68-V PRO/Gen3, and the P8Z68-V/Gen3. For more on these three motherboards, head over to WCCF Tech!

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