10th gen
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MSI Z590 CARBON EK X Available for Pre-Order
EK and MSI have joined forces for the upcoming Z590 motherboard launch. EK made the motherboard, and MSI made the cooling… Just kidding, it’s the other way around. MSI has taken on of their premium CARBON series motherboards, which is already an incredible looking piece of hardware, and given it…
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MSI MEG AEGIS Ti5 10th RTX 3080 Gaming PC Review
It’s true that every PC builder wants to bring something unique to the table within their range, something that will really make them stand out from the crowd. That’s especially true of the MSI MEG AEGIS Ti5, which comes with a completely custom and unique case design, component layout, interactivity…
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MSI Creator P100X 10th Review
We’ve always loved a high-end PC build here at eTeknix, in fact, kick-ass PCs are pretty much the core of everything we do here. More often than not though, those PCs are designed to be big fire-breathing gaming PCs, and while that’s awesome, it’s not for everyone. The new MSI…
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ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3 Motherboard Review
There are a few things that get me hyped for a new motherboard. Improved performance and support for new CPUs is one thing, of course. However, the words AsRock, Phantom, and Mini-ITX are even more exciting. AsRock are one of the finest brands out there, and they’ve created many of…
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ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming Velocita Motherboard Review
ASRock certainly make many of my favourite motherboard designs, the Taichi stuff is just always stunningly beautiful. However, now they’ve got the new PG Velocita, and it’s a bit of a looker too. With such a strong meaning velocity in Italian, dashing their product page with F1 cars and words…
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ASUS ROG STRIX-E Gaming Z490 Motherboard Review
While ASUS may have a lot of appeal in the enthusiast market with their mighty MAXIMUS and HERO boards, the STRIX boards are still firmly focused on the gamers. Make no mistake though, this is still a pretty serious motherboard, with a more advanced feature set and a bit more…
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ASUS ROG STRIX-I Gaming Z490 Motherboard Review
We really don’t see too many mini-ITX motherboards these days, and mATX boards even less so. However, we’ve been lucky enough to receive the new ASUS ROG STRIX Z490-I Gaming motherboard, which looks perfect for those wanting big performance in a compact form factor. It’s part of their STRIX series,…
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ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XII HERO (Wi-Fi) Z490 Motherboard Review
The Maximus series has long bee one of the hottest tickets in the PC world. I mean, they’re not shouting about it into their 12th generation of this series for nothing! Bridging the gap between the high-end and the extreme, the HERO is a very popular choice for many PC…
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Gigabyte Z490 AORUS PRO AX Motherboard Review
I know many of our readers will want to see the performance of the AORUS XTREME or even the flagships from ASUS, MSI and others. However, in the real world, very few people actually buy those motherboards. They’re epic, but they’re expensive and overkill for most. The Z490 AORUS Pro…
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Intel 10th Gen i5-10600K & i9-10900K Review
The Intel 10th Gen CPUs are finally here, and they seem to have been one of the worst kept secrets in recent memory for tech launches. However, while we’ve read into the rumours and actually written about a fair few of them, it seems things aren’t quite what we expected.…
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MSI MEG Z490 GODLIKE Motherboard Review
The Alpha, The Omega, Thee Almighty! There are few words that could top “EXTREME” or “ULTIMATE” but I think GODLIKE just about tops them all. That’s a bold name for any product though, you’re implying it’s basically infallible and perhaps even omnipotent. What I’m getting at, is that if this…
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ASUS ROG Maximus XII Extreme Z490 Motherboard Review
We’re you impressed by the MAXIMUS XII HERO, you’ll know it takes a lot to do better than what it had to offer. If anything can do it though, it’ll be the ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XII EXTREME, as big and bold as it’s obnoxious all-caps product name. It’s the flagship…
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Gigabyte Z490 AORUS XTREME Motherboard Review
There are a LOT of motherboards hitting the market for Z490, but few come with the hardware to rival the Gigabyte Z490 AORUS XTREME. This is one of their high-end motherboards to date, with only the XTREME Waterforce motherboard matching the features in the AORUS range. Bigger heatsinks, bigger VRM,…
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Gigabyte Z490I AORUS Ultra Motherboard Review
It seems with every generation we see fewer and fewer mini-ITX motherboards, which is a real shame, as I absolutely love them. Then again we see even fewer mATX motherboards now, which is also a real shame. Thankfully, AORUS has a heck of an answer with their Z490I Ultra motherboard,…
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MSI MEG Z490 Unify Motherboard Review
The MSI MEG ACE may be lavished in shiny gold trim, but the MSI MEG Z490 Unify is much sleeker, stealthy and more menacing. It’s also shed a few features such as dual LAN and some of the heatsinks and armour is a little more dialled back to lower the…
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