Friday, 24 February 2012 14:53

ASRock Unleashes the Fatal1ty X79 Professional Motherboard

Written by Raphael, Posted in News, Motherboard

ASRock Unleashes the Fatal1ty X79 Professional Motherboard

ASRock has released its top of the line motherboard for Intel’s Sandy Bridge-E LGA2011 processors, the Fatal1ty X79 professional motherboard. The motherboard comes in the ATX form factor and features premium Gold caps (2.5 x longer life time), 100% Japan-made high-quality conductive Polymer capacitors and loads of overclocking features and expansion slots that can draw out the true potential of Intel’s Sandy Bridge-E platform.

Tuesday, 14 February 2012 02:06

Origin PC Announces the EON17-X Desktop Replacement Laptop

Written by Raphael, Posted in News, Notebooks

Origin PC Announces the EON17-X Desktop Replacement Laptop

Origin PC proudly announces the availability of its EON17-X laptop that aims to be a replacement for a desktop system. This fully feature packed laptop is based on Intel’s X79 chipset and is powered by an Intel Sandy Bridge-E six core processor with the option of opting for a dual overclocked Nvidia GeForce GTX 580M graphics cards in SLI setup.

Monday, 13 February 2012 09:02

Thermalright Preparing Mammoth CPU Cooler for Sandy Bridge-E

Written by Raphael, Posted in CPU, News

Thermalright Preparing Mammoth CPU Cooler for Sandy Bridge-E

Thermalright announced its upcoming tower type CPU cooler for Intel’s Sandy Bridge-E. Based on the Silver Arrow model released in 2010, the Silver Arrow SB-E features two large aluminum fin stacks, eight 6mm copper heatpipes and a 140mm and 150mm fans.

Friday, 10 February 2012 09:55

Prolimatech Working on Two New LGA2011 CPU Cooler Designs

Written by Raphael, Posted in CPU, News

Prolimatech Working on Two New LGA2011 CPU Cooler Designs

Prolimatech, a known manufacturer of tower type CPU cooler is now working on two new unconventional CPU cooler designs for Intel’s LGA2011 platform that features the enthusiast grade Sandy Bridge-E CPUs.

Thursday, 19 January 2012 02:13

Intel Introduces New Warranty Plan to Cover Damage Done by Overclocking

Written by Raphael, Posted in CPU, News

Intel Introduces New Warranty Plan to Cover Damage Done by Overclocking

Overclocking is becoming more and more a daily routine for many as the process has really become much easier nowadays with the availability of new features and tools specifically designed for doing the activity. But overclocking has always been seen as a warranty voiding act that many manufacturers are discouraging as it can potentially shorten the life of components as well as totally fry them if done so extensively.

Wednesday, 18 January 2012 02:55

ASUS Officially Launches the Rampage IV GENE LGA2011 mATX Motherboard

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ASUS Officially Launches the Rampage IV GENE LGA2011 mATX Motherboard

Previewed along with the rest of the ROG boards late last year, ASUS has now launched the much awaited last member of its ROG motherboard lineup for the Sandy Bridge-E LGA2011 platform, the Rampage IV GENE. Based on the Intel X79 express chipset, the board comes packed with a full set of overclocking tools and exclusive features found on all ASUS ROG motherboards.

Thursday, 05 January 2012 08:59

Scythe Updates Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B CPU Cooler with LGA2011 Support

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Scythe Updates Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B CPU Cooler with LGA2011 Support

Scythe has announced an update to its Big Shuriken 2 Rev. B CPU cooler. The low-profile cooler now comes with support for Intel’s LGA2011 socket design for Sandy Bridge-E processors.

Wednesday, 04 January 2012 03:18

MSI Unleashes the Big Bang-XPower II Flagship Motherboard for Sandy Bridge-E

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MSI Unleashes the Big Bang-XPower II Flagship Motherboard for Sandy Bridge-E

MSI has officially and proudly announced its flagship motherboard for Intel’s enthusiast grade CPUs, Sandy Bridge-E. Built on the XL-ATX form factor and based on the X79 chipset, the Big Bang-XPower II comes heavily equipped with features that can give overclockers and other enthusiast the ability to perform almost anything be it a 4-way CrossFire/SLI setup or extreme CPU overclocking.

Monday, 02 January 2012 02:03

Overclocker Sets New World Records Using Core i7-3930K with 57x Multiplier

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Overclocker Sets New World Records Using Core i7-3930K with 57x Multiplier

A world renowned overclocker by the name of Hi Cookie has set a number of new world records using Intel’s latest Sandy Bridge-E processor, the Core i7-3930K on a Giagbyte GA-X79-UD3 motherboard equipped with the latest issued F7 BIOS.

Monday, 19 December 2011 12:52

Core i7-3820 Now Available for Pre-Order

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Core i7-3820 Now Available for Pre-Order

Intel’s third Sandy Bridge-E CPU, the Core i7-3820 will not be available until February but as early as now, retailers are already starting to place pre-orders for the said CPU and proof of that is the recent spotting of the chip in Provantage online store.

Friday, 16 December 2011 10:51

MSI’s New Sandy Bridge-E Board Supports 128GB of RAM

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MSI’s New Sandy Bridge-E Board Supports 128GB of RAM

Although MSI already provided a complete lineup of motherboards for Intel’s Sandy Bridge-E platform, it didn’t stop the company from releasing another one that caters to the same enthusiast grade CPUs.

Tuesday, 13 December 2011 12:48

Dell Updates its Alienware Aurora Desktop with Intel’s Sandy Bridge-E CPUs

Written by Raphael, Posted in News, Systems

Dell Updates its Alienware Aurora Desktop with Intel’s Sandy Bridge-E CPUs

Dell has announced the Alienware Aurora Desktop which is claimed by the company as its most advanced desktop to date. Featuring the latest Sandy Bridge-E Core i7-3000-series six-core CPUs paired with AMD’s high-end Radeon HD 6000-series graphics cards, the Alienware Aurora desktop is capable of drawing out the best from all modern games of today.

Tuesday, 13 December 2011 02:01

Intel Core i7-3960X and i7-3930K C2 Stepping Coming in January

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Intel Core i7-3960X and i7-3930K C2 Stepping Coming in January

It has now been reported that Intel’s recently launched Sandy Bridge-E processors, the Core i7-3960X and i7-3930K will have their new revisions arrive by January of next year. The new revision, the C2 stepping fixes the VT-d hardware virtualization issue that came with the first batch of processors that got released back in mid-November.

Monday, 21 November 2011 02:40

Eight Core Sandy Bridge Xeon Chips Coming in Early 2012

Written by Raphael, Posted in CPU, News

Eight Core Sandy Bridge Xeon Chips Coming in Early 2012

Intel’s latest enthusiast grade Sandy Bridge-E processors feature up to six cores but although there is already so much power within them, some people still couldn’t help but be disappointed as they know that Intel’s latest processor architecture hold more potential than that. The truth is, Sandy Bridge-E processors are architectured to run with eight cores.

Wednesday, 16 November 2011 03:31

ASRock Introduces its All Black Themed X79 Motherboards

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ASRock Introduces its All Black Themed X79 Motherboards

ASRock has announced its overclocking oriented motherboards that feature the latest X79 chipset from Intel and supports the new enthusiast grade Sandy Bridge-E processors. The new X79 lineup includes the X79 Extreme9, X79 Extreme7, X79 Extreme4, X79 Extreme4-M and X79 Extreme3. Except for the X79 Extreme4-M which is a micro-ATX, all are ATX motherboards.

Wednesday, 16 November 2011 03:00

EVGA Dishes Out its Own X79 Motherboard Lineup

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EVGA Dishes Out its Own X79 Motherboard Lineup

EVGA introduces its own official motherboard lineup for the Intel Sandy Bridge-E processors. The lineup includes the X79 Classified, the X79 FTW and the X79 SLI. All new motherboards feature the X79 chipset and provide support for quad-channel DDR3 memory and the Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0.

Wednesday, 16 November 2011 02:35

Asus Launches its Complete X79 Motherboard Lineup

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Asus Launches its Complete X79 Motherboard Lineup

Asus has announced its complete motherboard lineup for the new Sandy Bridge-E platform from Intel that includes the P9X79 Series, the ROG Rampage IV Extreme, the TUF SABERTOOTH X79, and the professional P9X79 WorkStation Series. All motherboards are based on the X79 chipset and carry with them the new LGA2011 socket design for the new processors.

Wednesday, 16 November 2011 02:04

CyberPower Upgrades their Gaming PCs with Sandy Bridge-E Processors

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CyberPower Upgrades their Gaming PCs with Sandy Bridge-E Processors

Custom gaming desktop builder CyberPower has announced its new line of products that have all been equipped with the recently released enthusiast grade Sandy Bridge-E processors.

Tuesday, 15 November 2011 05:26

Corsair Launches New Quad-Channel Memory Kits Lineup

Written by Raphael, Posted in News, Memory

Corsair Launches New Quad-Channel Memory Kits Lineup

Corsair has announced its support for the new Sandy Bridge-E platform with the release of its full line of quad-channel memory modules ranging from 8GB kits all the way up to 32GB kits that are all optimized for the new Core i7 processors with LGA2011 socket design.

Tuesday, 15 November 2011 04:44

Intel’s DX79SI Extreme Series Motherboard Gets Detailed

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Intel’s DX79SI Extreme Series Motherboard Gets Detailed

Intel has thrown in its own X79 motherboards for its latest flagship processors, the Sandy Bridge-E and now we get a detailed look at one of them, the DX79SI courtesy of the folks over at VR-Zone who were able to get their hands on one.

Tuesday, 15 November 2011 02:49

G.Skill Debuts RipjawsZ Series Quad-Channel DDR3 Memory Modules

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G.Skill Debuts RipjawsZ Series Quad-Channel DDR3 Memory Modules

Although revealed earlier, G.Skill has now officially announced its latest memory product offering, the RipjawsZ series of quad-channel memory modules that are optimized for Intel’s newly released platform based on the X79 chipset and enthusiast grade Sandy Bridge-E processors.

Tuesday, 15 November 2011 02:22

Intel Officially Releases the Sandy Bridge-E Processors

Written by Raphael, Posted in CPU, News

Intel Officially Releases the Sandy Bridge-E Processors

Intel has officially released its next generation of extreme processors, the Sandy Bridge-E processors that feature up to six cores, integrated quad-channel memory controller, up to 15MB of Intel Smart Cache, 40 PCI Express lanes, Hyper-Threading technology and Turbo Boost 2.0 technology.

Monday, 14 November 2011 11:54

EVGA Announces New LGA2011 Mounting Kit for its SuperClock CPU Cooler

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EVGA Announces New LGA2011 Mounting Kit for its SuperClock CPU Cooler

EVGA may not be that known when it comes to CPU cooler products but the company does have them and one such product is the SuperClock tower type CPU cooler that has now gained a new mounting kit that makes it compatible with Intel’s Sandy Bridge-E processors and the LGA2011 socket design.

Monday, 14 November 2011 09:54

MSI Serves Up its Own Official X79 Motherboard Lineup

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MSI Serves Up its Own Official X79 Motherboard Lineup

The first wave of the X79 series of motherboards for Intel’s Sandy Bridge-E LGA2011 processors are starting to hit like storm and MSI is not letting the others beat it into showcasing its own offerings for the new enthusiast platform as it now announces its official lineup of X79 series of motherboards that includes the X79A-GD65 (8D), X79A-GD65, X79A-GD45, and X79MA-GD45.

Monday, 14 November 2011 09:24

Gigabyte Officially Launches its X79 Series of Motherboards

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Gigabyte Officially Launches its X79 Series of Motherboards

With just a few hours left until the launch of Intel’s enthusiast grade Sandy Bridge-E processors, Gigabyte has officially announced the complete lineup of it X79 series of motherboards that includes the G1.Assassin 2, the X79-UD7, the X79-UD5 and the X79-UD3.

Friday, 11 November 2011 02:02

Details on Intel’s Haswell Processors Leak

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Details on Intel’s Haswell Processors Leak

We all know that Sandy Bridge-E will be succeeded Ivy Bridge in the later part of 2012. After that, we also know that Haswell will be following in 2013 only that we are not sure what the improvements and features it will bring. But now, it seems almost the full details of Haswell have been leaked online, courtesy of ChipHell, giving us a broad idea of what to expect two years from now.

Wednesday, 09 November 2011 14:24

MSI Showcases its Big Bang XPower II X79 Motherboard

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MSI Showcases its Big Bang XPower II X79 Motherboard

MSI has published in their Facebook page the first pictures of their top of the line motherboard, the Big Bang XPower II that is based on the X79 chipset and made to house Intel’s upcoming enthusiast grade Sandy Bridge-E processors.

Tuesday, 08 November 2011 11:34

Cooler Master Announces Free LGA2011 Bracket Upgrade

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Cooler Master Announces Free LGA2011 Bracket Upgrade

Sandy Bridge-E is almost upon us and Cooler Master wants its loyal customers to be prepared for the coming hence, the company has announced that it will be giving out free LGA2011 brackets to the owners of its Hyper 212 Plus and Hyper 212 EVO.

Tuesday, 08 November 2011 02:39

Sapphire Throws In Its Own X79 Motherboard

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Sapphire Throws In Its Own X79 Motherboard

Sapphire Technologies, who is known for its AMD Radeon graphics cards has entered the market for Sandy Bridge-E as it introduces its X79 Pure Black motherboard that comes with nice features including a 7-phase digital PWM power supply that draws power from an 8-pin EPS connector and a total of six PCI-Express 3.0 with three being x16 capable while all of them being x8 capable.

Monday, 07 November 2011 14:05

Gigabyte’s “3D BIOS” Interface Makes Configuring Easier

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Gigabyte’s “3D BIOS” Interface Makes Configuring Easier

The UEFI interface has already been adapted in almost all of the modern motherboards of today and with manufacturers aiming to stand out from the rest of the competition many variations and customizations are being made.