At CES, MSI announced four new motherboards divided between the Skylake LGA 1151 and the Haswell-E LGA 2011-3 sockets. Three of these motherboards are targeted at enthusiasts and share many features including support for USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) connections, M.2 ports and steel plated PCI-E slots. These boards also feature support for Audio […]
Intel has formally unveiled its first octa-core processor for desktop computers, as part of the Core i7 Extreme Edition range . Previously under the name Haswell-E, the first three from the range will consist of one processor with eight cores flanked by two six-core chips, with Intel also launching the X99 Express chipset alongside the […]
We saw G.Skills Ripjaws 4 modules listed on OCUK a couple of days ago, but now G.Skill has officially made the announcement, detailing all of the specifications and kit configurations. The DDR4 modules are meant to be used with the upcoming X99 platform and Haswell-E processors and will run at 1.2 V for those operating […]
Today ASRock decided to share two new board designs with us, showing us the X99 Extreme6 and the X99 Extreme4. They are both ATX motherboards and are largely identical, with a couple of subtle differences. The X99 Extreme6 and the X99 Extreme4 both have an LGA2011-3 socket, which is wired to eight DDR4 memory slots […]
ASRock has its X99 WS motherboard, which is aimed at workstations, and if you have even one quick glance at it, you will probably agree. Next to the LGA2011-3 socket we find eight DDR4 memory slots for quad-channel memory that will allow you to install up to 128 GB of memory when using 16 GB […]
MSI has posted an image of its X99S XPower AC. The motherboard can only be seen from one angle, and to make things a little more difficult, MSI has made it look frosty. Of course, we know what the frosty effect means: the motherboard is built for overclocking and liquid nitrogen. The features on the […]
The mainstream Haswell processors from Intel have been on the market for a while already, the HEDT (High-End DeskTop) Haswell-E processors still have to make their debut. Now, the kids over at VR-Zone have managed to get a peek at an engineering sample of one of the chips. For starters, it looks like the chip […]
Intel is planning to release a version of Haswell processors for enthusiasts in the second half of 2014, according to details inside a leaked presentation. The enthusiast model, dubbed Haswell-E, will launch with options for six and eight-core processors and up to 20MB of L3 cache, and with continued support for Hyper Threading will have as […]
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