MSI X99A Tomahawk Motherboard Unleashed – See Features, Specs and Price

MSI recently unleashed their latest motherboard, the X99A Tomahawk, based on the Intel X99 Express chipset designed for the latest Intel Core i7 Broadwell-E processors out of the box; yes, without the need to update the BIOS. Of course it will also support the previous generation Core i7 processor for LGA Socket 2011-3, Haswell-E processors. … continue reading

MSI X99A GAMING Pro Carbon Motherboard Announced

MSI recently announced a new X99 motherboard called – the MSI X99A GAMING Pro Carbon. The new X99A GAMING Pro Carbon is a high end desktop motherboard geared towards enthusiasts and PC gamers (obviously); featuring an all-black finish with Carbon like accents and some RGB LED lighting effects (called Mystic Light). The X99A GAMING Pro … continue reading

Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN970 Plus and Magnus EN970 Mini PC Announced

Zotac recently announced their latest gaming desktop mini PC, the Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN970 Plus and EN970. It is powered by a 5th Gen Intel Broadwell Core processor paired with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 graphics card. I’m quite confused with the naming scheme the company used. When I saw the product name “Magnus EN970”, … continue reading

Intel Skylake-U CPU Lineup Revealed, See Features and Specifications

Now that the 6th Generation Intel Skylake processors for desktop have been released, it’s time for the ultra-low power processor to replace the current Broadwell and Haswell mobile processors. FanlessTech recently revealed some slides showing the upcoming Intel Core Skylake-U CPU lineup, featuring a Thermal Design Power of only 15W which can still be reduced … continue reading

6th Gen Intel Core i7-6700K and i5-6600K Retail Box Pictures and Prices Surface Online

Intel’s upcoming 6th Generation Intel Core Skylake processors, together with the 100 series chipset are just around the corner. Prior to its official launch, the actual retail box art of the Skylake-S processors, Core i7-6700K and Core i5-6600K, surfaced online, along with its US retail prices. These new processors are based on a 14nm fabrication … continue reading

ECS Z97-Machine Review – The L337 Gaming Motherboard

Nowadays, there are lots of Z97 motherboards to choose from. They come in different design, colors scheme, set of features and varying prices. Today we are going to review one of ECS’ gaming motherboard – the ECS Z97-Machine that falls under their L337 Gaming category and from their GANK Machine series. The Z97-Machine is basically … continue reading

Gigabyte Z97X-Game Plus Motherboard Unleashed – Gigabyte Makes Green-Themed Motherboard Again

Gigabyte recently released a new mainstream motherboard based on the Intel Z97 Express Chipset – the Gigabyte Z97X-Game Plus motherboard (GA-Z97X-Game Plus), featuring a black motherboard with green accent. It’s been a while since we last saw Gigabyte made a Black/Green-themed motherboard, I think the last was with their Sniper series. Giagbyte’s 9 series motherboards … continue reading