Rumors on Ivy Bridge-E: 3 SKUs, September Release?
A performance enthusiast always wants to know what is coming next. This morning HardwareLuxx published a rather interesting and official looking Intel slide detailing information about the upcoming...
48 by on 6/20/2013Competitive Overclocking: The GIGABYTE OC Lab and HWBot.org
Every field has enthusiasts – the users that obsess over the smallest details to get the best, to be the best, and excel in their field. Well it turns...
18 by on 6/19/2013Computex 2013: ECS launches a Gaming Range: GANK, AGGRO and KILLSTEAL
One of the more esoteric showcasing at Computex was from ECS. In recent chipset and processor launches more and more motherboard companies are jumping on the bandwagon for...
16 by on 6/11/2013Gigabyte at the Taipei 101
Part of the Gigabyte show over recent years as one of the main sponsors of Computex is their VIP suite on the 36th floor of the Taipei 101, reserved...
15 by on 6/11/2013Computex 2013: Silicon Power and Rugged Portable Storage
Silicon Power are currently a brand dealing with memory and flash storage, but on visiting their offices as part of our Computex 2013 activities they had a couple of...
5 by on 6/8/2013Computex 2013: Huntkey showcases micro-ATX All-In-One Chassis
A lot of companies are dealing with the All-in-one concept. One side of the global business is dealing with the manufacturing, and then the other side is marketing...
7 by on 6/8/2013Computex 2013: Galaxy Expanding into Motherboards, PSUs, SSDs
Galaxy is known more for their graphics cards, and in particular the HOF/SOC series of high end NVIDIA cards - some models of which have featured a white PCB...
5 by on 6/8/2013Computex 2013: 2.5 inch 1.6TB SSD from ADATA
Our trip to the ADATA booth at Computex this year revealed something rather special – this 1.6 TB SSD from ADATA called the SX2000. Details of the NAND...
11 by on 6/7/2013Computex 2013: Spot the Desktop Kabini [Updated]
One of the things on my watch-list for Computex this year was to try and find Kabini desktop parts. Where it sits in AMD’s product stack puts in...
12 by on 6/7/2013Computex 2013: ASRock Z87 with 22 SATA Ports [Update]
For X79 and Z77 ASRock have released an Extreme11 model, known for being high price due to the integrated PLX and LSI 2308 RAID chips to provide extra PCIe...
28 by on 6/7/2013Computex 2013: Thunderbolt Graphics from SilverStone
Visiting the SilverStone booth was rather interesting. In a similar ilk to MSI’s GUS which used Thunderbolt to transmit data over PCIe, Silverstone are developing their own at-home...
34 by on 6/6/2013Computex 2013: Rosewill
On the Rosewill stand for 2013 we were shown a few interesting cases, plus a competitor to the Corsair AX1200i. The main case I particularly liked was the new Rosewill...
20 by on 6/4/2013Choosing a Gaming CPU at 1440p: Adding in Haswell
A few weeks ago we released our first set of results to aid readers in deciding what CPU they may want for a new single or multi-GPU build. ...
116 by on 6/4/2013ASUS ROG Press Conference: Combined Air/Water GPU Cooling
The next big announcement from the ASUS ROG Press Conference is the Poseidon – the air and water cooling combination on a graphics card. This opens up a range of...
8 by on 6/4/2013ASUS ROG Press Conference: ROG Maximus VI Formula and Impact
ASUS ROG Press Conference: Motherboards For at least every Computex I have attended, ASUS have put on a show – the ROG press conference. This is ASUS’ opportunity to...
27 by on 6/4/2013ASUS ROG Press Conference: Sonic Radar Gaming Software
With a brand focused at gamers (and overclocking), software is all important. Over previous generations ASUS have included better audio software packages, integrated SSD caching, network-stack bypassing NICs...
12 by on 6/3/2013Computex 2013: Kabini in a BRIX, Haswell Too
Despite Computex not officially starting yet, I am spending most of today in the Gigabyte suite. Before my booth tour I took a quick look around and a...
23 by on 6/3/2013Gigabyte Launching Two New Haswell Xeon Server Motherboards
On the back of the Haswell launch a Gigabyte email dropped in our inbox regarding a pair of new single socket workstation motherboards they are launching for Haswell Xeons...
13 by on 6/2/2013Haswell Z87 Motherboard Preview: 50+ Motherboards from ASUS, Gigabyte, ASRock, MSI, ECS, Biostar and EVGA
With time quickly approaching the launch of Haswell, leaks on both motherboards and CPU performance are coming out of the woodworks. Similar to our advance Ivy Bridge coverage...
71 by on 5/22/2013Gigabyte Z77-HD4 Review
While most of the focus for motherboards is on the big models, what happens when we get down to the lower price points? If you want a basic...
64 by on 5/19/2013