Ever since Haswell-E processors launched a short while ago, we have been testing the most luxurious Intel X99 motherboards. Face it, what candy is to kids, this platform is for enthusiast PC gamers. As expensive as this upgrade is, we...
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With the dust settling from the recent Intel X99-E releases, there is a general view there will be no mITX motherboards. When you consider what’s in the Intel X99-E’s spec, it is unlikely to ever be something to cater for the mITX gamers, so what’s the alternative?
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One of my favorite platforms over the past two years has been the X79. The X79 chipset was a new workstation platform designed to replace Gulftown. At launch the new processor was called Sandy Bridge-E and shared a variety of...
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Since Intel no longer manufacturers desktop motherboards, it works closely with its partners to ensure products are ready when new CPUs and chipsets are introduced. The X99 Express chipset, part of the LGA2011-V3 system that replaces the aging X79/LGA2011 system,...
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The mini-ITX form factor has taken off in a big way. Packing a lot of power in a small space, these 17 x 17 centimeter squares have enabled new concentrations of computing power. Generally, you have to pay quite a...
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Intel’s LGA2011 and its aging X79 chipset have soldiered along for that segment of the market that prized core count and memory bandwidth above all. But now there’s a new LGA2011 in town: LGA2011-V3, complete with the new X99 chipset,...
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The purpose of this guide is to help speed up your research and narrow down your X99 motherboard choices, so you can focus on more specific motherboard research. While the X99 platform isn’t necessarily a landmark platform, there is an...
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In parts one and two, we basically spec’d and built a basis for a Home Server. In reality, other than plans to use it as a Server, it is currently just a desktop PC with RAID SSD’s and a lot of RAM. We have had the server up and running now for some weeks and it has performed flawlessly.
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Overclocking motherboards comes in many different formats and while many boards will come with some ability to overclock. What really distinguishes “a board that can overclock” from an “actual overclocking motherboard” is the extended support and specialized features. MSI is...
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Today we’ll review the ASUS Z97 SaberTooth Motherboard. Join us in a review on a product that is bound to please the PC gamer. The Z97 TUF themed mainboard is intended for Intel’s 22nm Haswell and Haswell refresh processors on...
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Just in case you missed it, small form factor machines are making a comeback. Well, resurgence actually since many hardware enthusiasts and manufacturers skipped over the small form factor in favor of “real” motherboards. For years hardware enthusiasts claimed that...
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Today we review the MSI Z97 Gaming 9 AC motherboard, probably is one of the most aesthetically pleasing Z97 motherboards available on the market. MSI took the Z97 chipset and then started adding with the results a gorgeous motherboard that...
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For the longest time Gaming and Overclocking were considered the same thing when it came to motherboard design. This basically grouped the two activities together making the overclocking side somewhat limited and the gaming side more expensive. This wasn’t a...
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We review the MSI Z97 XPOWER AC motherboard which is seated in the MSI OC series. MSI’s new OC Series include the Z97 MPower, Z97 MPower MAX AC, and the Z97 XPower AC. We test the flagship today, the Z97...
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ASUS tries to cover all the bases in the enthusiast market, and their TUF series motherboards are aimed at those who prize toughness and stability. Built with military-spec capacitors, chokes, and MOSFETs, and features such as extra ESD (electrostatic discharge)...
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