A few months ago, with motherboards such as MSI’s X58 Pro hitting the shelves, it seemed as though we were on the brink of a Core i7 Price revelation. Just as we were hoping that LGA1366-based rigs were to become...
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Crew from XFASTEST managed to spend some quality time with the ASUS P7P55 EVO motherboard, which is based on Intel’s upcoming P55 Express chipset. Intel seems to be playing annoying games at the moment with what can be posted and what...
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New interface will integrate dual-channel ddr3 memory controller because these processors only have dual-channel memory controller. Lynnfield will be more suitable for users than Nehalem. P55 adopts single chip design, named Platform Controller Hub which features all I/O characteristics of...
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ASUS, the world’s leading producer and innovator of motherboards, today shed brilliant light on the dark art of overclocking with the introduction of the ROG (Republic of Gamers) OC Station. The OC Station is a pure hardware-based, bay-mounted device with...
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Intel’s next big thing in the making, the Core i5 series processors are nearing launch, which is reportedly delayed to October. The new processors replace the Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Duo series of processors, while leaving the high-end...
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AMD is attempting to set its record straight with the Phenom II series of 45 nm desktop processors. The company had started off its Dragon desktop platform with the introduction of its flagship CPU, the Phenom II X4 940. This...
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The birth of AMD’s Phenom processor was a difficult one. The first chips debuted at slower clock speeds than expected, and their performance was further crippled by a patch for the infamous TLB erratum. That didn’t give AMD’s new microarchitecture...
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Taiwanese industry observer Digitimes compiled a comprehensive list of price-cuts sourced from motherboard manufacturers. The list presents some interesting data apart from a few revelations. New CPU models will be added, existing models might be displaced from their price-points, resulting...
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When Intel launched the Core i7 back in November of last year, it was a decidedly exotic high-end platform. Sure, you could get a Core i7-920 for around $280, but it required a motherboard with Intel’s new X58 Express chipset....
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Tweaktown discovered an article in Taiwanese magazine PC Home Advance that is sure to get NVIDIA’s knickers in somewhat of a knot. The article explains how to enable SLI support on a motherboard without official NVIDIA SLI certification. If you...
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Cases come in all shapes and sizes to fit every computer users needs. The large case for the e-ATX motherboards and the mid-tower ATX case for the mid-range motherboards, are the most common cases on the market. There are also...
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In the first part of the review we looked at each board’s features, layout and BIOS. Next, we’ll be looking at how these 5 boards stack up in terms of performance and overclocking capabilities. All other factors being constant, we...
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Taiwan-based manufacturer Gigabyte has just popped up out of nowhere to say that those wanting support for Sound Blaster X-Fi technologies like X-Fi CMSS-3D Virtual, X-Fi Crystalizer and EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 don’t need an X-Fi integrated or add-in sound...
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