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BIOSTAR Announces World’s First Mini-ITX Motherboards for AMD AM4 Ryzen Platform

Scot Strong — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 15:42:56 +0000

BIOSTAR is announcing that they have beaten every one else out of the starting gate in offering the world’s first mini-ITX motherboards for the AMD AM4 Ryzen platform, one of which is RGB LED-capable. BIOSTAR is now offering the RACING X370GTN with the AMD X370 chipset, and the RACING B350GTN with the AMD B350 chipset. …

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Rebuild, Restructure, Review – System Upgrade time.

Paul Tokar — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 15:00:13 +0000

With our CES trip gone past, what better way to kick off the new year then with a new system build. Follow along as we unbox, build, and benchmark one of our new test systems.Thermaltake was kind enough to help us build the majority of this new rig. Starting with an open concept Core P5 …

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Intel Unveils Optane Memory Technology – CES 2017 Update

Scot Strong — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 15:14:13 +0000

Intel is announcing a new class of non-volatile memory (NVM) devices utilizing their new Optane™ Memory Technology. The Optane memory modules will be available in either 16GB or 32GB capacities, and they will connect via compatible motherboards’ M.2 slots. Pairing Optane memory with a large capacity HDD (or SATA SSD) will result in SSD-like speeds, …

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ASRock Announces BIOS Update for 100 Series Motherboards to Provide Support For Next Generation Intel Socket 1151 Core CPUs

Scot Strong — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 14:10:55 +0000

ASRock is announcing a new BIOS update for their 100 series of motherboards. This update will provide support for next generation socket 1151 Intel® Core™ processors. By downloading the new BIOS update for your Z170, H170, B150 or H110 motherboard, it is effectively resurrected to be compatible with the newest generation of Intel socket 1151 …

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XMP Profiles & Skylake Stability Issues – CES 2016 Update

Chris Jolliffe — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 01:08:25 +0000

As CES continues one of the topics that we frequently discussed with memory and motherboard manufacturers is the on-going issue of unstable Skylake builds. This topic seems to be rather ‘hush-hush’ throughout the industry, and if not ‘hush-hush’ than it is a topic not readily discussed. As seen in our latest Z170 build, we found …

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