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EKWB Launch its Quantum CPU Water Block for LGA1200
EK Water Blocks (EKWB), has announced that the EK-Quantum Velocity², the successor of the highly popular EK-Quantum Velocity, has now expanded to the Intel LGA 1200 socket. The water block showcases the EK-Matrix7 initiative, a standard where increments of 7 mm manage the height of products and the distance between…
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Intel Alder Lake-S CPU Confirms New LGA-1700 Socket
With Rocket Lake-S set to release in early 2021, we already have pretty firm confirmation that Intel will be sticking (somewhat surprisingly some may think) with their current Comet Lake-S LGA-1200 motherboard socket platform. A new Intel CPU that doesn’t need a fresh motherboard? – What heresy is this?! Well,…
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be quiet! Confirms Intel LGA 1200 Compatibility
Several months prior to the release of Intel’s Comet Lake-S platform, it was well-known that it would be moving to a new LGA 1200 socket design. It later emerged, however, that (pending some confirmation) pretty much any cooler currently compatible with the 115X platform would likely work on it without…
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Cryorig Confirms LGA 115x Cooler Compatibility with LGA 1200
Long prior to the release of the Intel Comet Lake-S platform, it was well rumored that any existing 115X compatible cooler would almost certainly work on the new LGA 1200 socket design. As such, it’s hardly any surprise that since the official launch, we’ve already seen a number of manufacturers…
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GELID Confirm CPU Coolers Compatible with Intel LGA1200
To date, there has been a lot of speculation surrounding cooler compatibility with Intel’s new Comet Lake-S LGA 1200 platform. Specifically, with most of it pointing towards the fact that if the cooler supports the existing 115X socket, it’ll probably work without the need for any modifications. We have, for…
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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 Master Motherboard Review
Sitting high up in the Gigabyte AORUS motherboard range, you’ll find the mighty Gigabyte Z490 AORUS Master, one of their flagship motherboards for the enthusiast gaming and overclocking market. Of course, it’s not quite as extreme as they, erm, XTREME, but it’s certainly up there in terms of build quality,…
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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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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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MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WiFi Motherboard Review
MSI is one of the leading brands in the enthusiast gaming market. They’ve delivered many of the best graphics cards, motherboards and much more over the years. Sure, we’re reviewing their GODLIKE motherboard today too. However, that’s BIG money and pretty extreme for most gamers. The Carbon series has long…
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ASUS TUF Gaming Z490-PLUS (Wi-Fi) Motherboard Review
I’m a huge fan of the ASUS TUF series, it’s always been a byword for quality and value. It was once TUF as in TOUGH for their durable hard-wearing products, and that’s still true in many ways. However, with TUF Gaming Alliance, it’s also about support, stability and ease of…
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Is Biostar Teasing Its First Z490 Comet Lake-S Motherboard?
With the new Intel Comet Lake S CPU architecture expected to launch in the early part of this year, it is undoubtedly of interest whether it will have the ability to turn the somewhat ever-increasing AMD tide. With it already being confirmed that the new processors were going to run…
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