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BIOSTAR Releases Combo DDR3 & DDR4 Z170 Motherboard
Skylake has quickly become the go-to platform for builders since its launch, but for some there’s the issue with memory, or rather an issue of the users wanting to upgrade their memory. DDR4 is upon us and while the current costs of DDR4 are about the same as DDR3,…
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Thunderbolt 3 Coming to Gigabyte Z170 Motherboards via a BIOS Update
Thunderbolt 3 is capable of 40Gbps via a USB Type-C connector and able to power dual 4K displays or a single 5K monitor at 60Hz. This astonishing amount of bandwidth is integrated into Intel’s Alpine Ridge USB 3.1 controller on the H170 and Z170 chipset. As a result, any motherboard…
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ASUS Unveils Maximus VIII Extreme Z170 Motherboard
ASUS has officially revealed their top-of-the-range socket 1151 motherboard which retails for $499.99. The Maximus VIII Extreme adopts the Extended ATX form factor and supports Intel’s latest Skylake architecture. As you might expect, the motherboard contains a wealth of advanced overclocking features and utilizes ASUS’ Extreme Engine DIGI+ voltage-regulator module…
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ECS Z170-Claymore (LGA 1151) Motherboard Review
Introduction It’s a relief to be able to talk about this, I first caught a very brief glimpse of this motherboard at Cebit 2015 as a bare unit without heat sinks; it was nice to have a quick look considering the final products were displayed at Computex in July. Since…
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ASUS Announces Z170 ROG Maximus VIII Impact ITX Motherboard
ASUS has officially unveiled the Republic of Gamers, Maximus VIII Impact which supports Intel’s latest Skylake architecture and ultra-fast DDR4 memory. This incredibly compact ITX-design doesn’t skimp on features and utilizes a full-scale voltage regulator module. This allows for a reliable power delivery and headroom to achieve high frequency overclocks.…
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Win a Chillblast Fusion Mantis Skylake Gaming PC
Want to win this fantastic gaming PC worth £779? Of course you do! The Fusion Mantis would make a great first PC, or even an upgrade to your current one and all you have to do to enter is follow the simple steps below. One lucky winner is going to…
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Patriot Unveils Viper 4 3600MHz DDR4 Memory
Patriot has announced the ultra-fast Viper 4 dual channel DDR4 memory kit featuring a 3600MHz frequency designed for the latest Intel Skylake platform. This marks Patriot’s fastest ever memory product since the release of another dual channel 3400MHz kit back in September. In terms of timings, the memory utilizes 17-18-18-36…
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Intel to Enable SGX on Latest Batch of Skylake CPUs
Intel’s Software Guard Extensions (SGX) originally arrived on the Haswell architecture and provides an instructions set which allows programs to offset private memory subsets for data purposes. On launch, the first batch of Skylake CPUs had this feature disabled for some unknown reason. Thankfully, the latest batch and all future Skylake…
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SuperMicro C7Z170-SQ (LGA 1151) Motherboard Review
Introduction SuperMicro isn’t that much of a household name in today’s market, you get swamped by all of the advertisements from Gigabyte, ASUS and similar. But turn back the calendar and everyone and their friend at least knew the name. Focusing primarily on the server and business market, SuperMicro doesn’t really…
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MSI Z170 XPOWER is Now in Stock From Major UK Retailers
MSI’s traditional colour scheme for the overclocking range has been yellow and black for some time. However, the company’s research shows that very few people opted for this theme and resulted in lower than expected sales. Furthermore, it’s quite difficult to find components which match the striking yellow colour scheme.…
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Kingston Announces HyperX Savage DDR4 Memory up to 3000MHz
With the release of Intel’s new Skylake platform, more and more people are in the need for DDR4 memory instead of the older generation of DDR3 modules. Sure, there are a few boards that support DDR3, but why go for something lesser when you don’t have to. Kingston’s enthusiast department…
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ASUS Shows off Maximus VIII Extreme Motherboard
ASUS has shown off their newest consumer flagship motherboard ahead of the official launch, the ROG Maximus VIII Extreme motherboard. The new Maximus VIII Extreme is naturally built for Skylake and the LGA 1151 socket and comes with Intel’s Z170 chipset. The ROG colour scheme has been changed from the old…
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Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH is the First Thunderbolt 3 Certified Motherboard
Gigabyte proudly announced that they are bringing Thunderbolt 3 to the desktop PC by launching the GIGABYTE Z170X-UD5 TH motherboard with support for the 6th Generation Intel Core processors, the first Intel Thunderbolt 3 certified of its kind. The whole thing is powered by Intel’s own Thunderbolt controller and the…
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Patriot Announces New Viper 4 3400MHz Dual Kit for Z170
Patriot originally announced their Viper 4 DDR4 series of memory modules back in January and now they’re expanding that line-up with new and faster versions designed to work optimally with Intel’s latest Skylake CPUs and Z170 platform. The new modules consists of dual-channel kits with a speed of up to…
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Asus Announces TUF Sabertooth Z170 Mark 1 Motherboard
Asus has officially unveiled the latest addition to its TUF motherboard line-up which is based on Intel’s Skylake architecture. The Z170 Sabertooth Mark 1 features a number of specialities exclusive to the TUF range including TUF Thermal Armour, Dust Defenders, and a hefty backplate marketed as the TUF Fortifier. Additionally,…
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