The new Broadwell on MSI Z97 and H97
If you had any worries about being able to use the new Broadwell processors on your LGA 1150 board you can feel much better after this press release from MSI. They have…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Jun 3, 2015 | Motherboards | 3
If you had any worries about being able to use the new Broadwell processors on your LGA 1150 board you can feel much better after this press release from MSI. They have…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | May 28, 2015 | Motherboards | 2
The Z97-HD3 Rev. 2 is a trimmed down board, both literally and figuratively as it is a mere 19cm (7.5") wide and lacks the LEDs, gold heatsinks and Nichicon caps that the initial…
Read Moreby Tim Verry | May 3, 2015 | General Tech, Systems | 4
Falcon Northwest recently upped the hardware ante on its small form factor Tiki PC. Previously limited to Z97-based hardware, the company is now offering Tiki PCs with X99 motherboards. Even better, the…
Read Moreby Sebastian Peak | May 1, 2015 | Motherboards | 5
GIGABYTE has announced support for the upcoming LGA 1150 variants of Intel's 5th-generation Core (Broadwell) processors for all existing 9-series motherboards via BIOS update. The full press release appears below:...
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Apr 15, 2015 | Motherboards | 3
You could argue that the Z97 chipset is not the freshest but for serious gamers that are on a budget and for whom space is at a premium the $130...
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Mar 30, 2015 | Motherboards | 0
The Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 7 motherboard offers a nice balance between price and performance, at $172 it is a bit pricey but when on sale for around the $150 mark it…
Read Moreby Ryan Shrout | Feb 20, 2015 | Editorial, General Tech, Graphics Cards, Motherboards | 11
I know, the nerve of some people. Jacob from EVGA emails me this week, complaining about how he has this graphics card and motherboard just sitting in his cubicle taking up space…
Read Moreby Ryan Shrout | Jan 5, 2015 | Motherboards, Shows and Expos | 3
We have definitely seen our share of Z97 motherboards using the Mini-ITX form factor by now, but the new MSI Z97I Gaming ACK offers a couple of unique twists worth noting. First,…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Dec 16, 2014 | Motherboards | 7
We haven't seen an ECS DRONE board here since Morry reviewed the Z87GH3-A3X last January but the series is still alive. MadShrimps wrapped up a review of the newer ECS...
Read Moreby Ken Addison | Dec 11, 2014 | General Tech | 3
PC Perspective Podcast #329 - 12/11/2014 Join us this week as we discuss the Samsung 850 EVO, AMD Catalyst Omega, NZXT H440 Razer and more! You can subscribe to us…
Read Moreby Tim Verry | Oct 12, 2014 | Motherboards | 12
ECS recently introduced the mini ITX Z97I-DRONE under its L337 Gaming series. This new motherboard is aimed at gamers and overclockers looking to put together a high end small form factor…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Sep 29, 2014 | General Tech | 0
Calling the GIGABYTE G1 Gaming GT Z97 motherboard trimmed down is a bit of an exaggeration, all that was removed was Bluetooth, WiFi and and Creative's Sound Core3D codec. It still features…
Read Moreby Morry Teitelman | Sep 12, 2014 | Motherboards, Shows and Expos | 7
ECS hosted a press event in the third week of August to unveil its new product lineup and corporate direction. The press event, named "Live, Liva, Lead, L337", lays out the important…
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Jul 24, 2014 | Motherboards | 0
BioStar's Hi-Fi Z97WE is so named for the EMI shield over the Realtek ALC892 audio codec though on the board The Tech Report tested it was less than effective at...
Read Moreby Jeremy Hellstrom | Jun 19, 2014 | Motherboards | 0
The Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming G1 WiFi-BK is serious about PCIe slots, the four 16x slots can all run simultaneously at 8x speeds which is fairly rare for a Z97 board and is due…
Read Moreby Ryan Shrout | Jun 7, 2014 | Processors | 65
Intel is not very good at keeping secrets recently. Rumors of a refreshed Haswell line of processors have been circulating for most of 2014. In March, it not only…
Read Moreby Ryan Shrout | May 23, 2014 | Motherboards | 1
Earlier this week we were visited by our good friend Leon Chen from GIGABYTE USA to talk all about his company's new lineup of Z97 motherboards. We discussed the various series' Gigabyte…
Read Moreby Ken Addison | May 22, 2014 | General Tech | 5
PC Perspective Podcast #301 - 05/22/2014 Join us this week as we discuss the IN WIN 901 Chassis, MSI Z97 Gaming 7 Motherboard, R9 Price Drops and more! You can subscribe to us…
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