Introduction
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With the Z77A-GD65 Gaming motherboard, MSI takes is award-winning Intel Z77-based board design and melds it with a Killer - a Killer NIC that is. MSI integrated the Killer...
ECS unveiled their plans for the next generation of Intel 8-series chipsets and 4th Generation Intel® Core processor family. These motherboards will be released in Q2 2013 and are categorized into four lines:
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Today, Gigabyte unveiled their Intel Z87-based board lineup to select members of the press at a live event from their headquarters in City of Industry, CA. Their Z87 boards are broken down into four series - the Extreme OC series, the Gaming Series, the...
Thunderbolt Series
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GIGABYTE Z87X-UD7 TH
The Gigabyte Thunderbolt Series of motherboards differentiate themselves with the inclusion of Thunderbolt ports in the rear panel of the motherboard. The series...
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GIGABYTE G1-Killer 8 series details
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Similar in nature to their last generation top end board line, the Extreme OC Series comes with a slew of features as well as a stylish black and orange color scheme. The Extreme OC series is comprised of the Z87X-OC Force and the Z87X-OC motherboards.
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Today, ASUS introduces their Intel Z87-based motherboard lineup with board refreshes across all of their product lines: ASUS (mainstream), Republic of Gamers (ROG), The Ultimate Force (TUF), and Workstation (WS). With the exception of their TUF and ROG...
Workstation Motherboards
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ASUS Z87 WS
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The ASUS Workstation line includes Z87 WS and the P8D WS. The Workstation line includes the same great features of previous generations, including...
Power Consumption
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The Z77A-GD65 Gaming board's power consumption performance was within expectations.
Note that the power consumption numbers are consistent with what you would see using a medium to...
MSI OC Genie
MSI's OC Genie BIOS-based overclocking solution was able to boot the system stable at a 4.2GHz CPU speed (42x CPU ratio with 100MHz base clock) with memory running at its rated 2133MHz speed as well. The system was fully stable at these...
