Gigabyte recently posted an album to their Facebook page teasing a few of their new Z97 Intel chipset motherboards. Three flavors were previewed specifically so far: Z97X0-UD5H-BK, the Z97X-UD7 TH and the Z97X-SOC FORCE. The new motherboards will all be compatible with Intel Haswell refresh processors, in addition to existing Haswell CPUs. The
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In the past few months multiple motherboard manufacturers have been pushing BIOS updates and firmware codes so that Intel Haswell “K” processors (i7-4770K and i5-4670K CPUs) will be able to be overclocked using Intel H87 and B85 chipsets. While consumers of these chips love this because the H87 and B85 chipset boards are cheaper than
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Coming in the next couple of months a revised and updated chipset for Intel 8 series motherboards will be releasing for Intel Haswell C2 stepping processors. When Intel Haswell was in its final stages of production before release a flaw was found that affected how USB 3.0 worked. Since all the motherboard manufacturers were neck
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Overclocking Intel Haswell with ASUS H87 and B85 Motherboards Now Available
With Intel Haswell being released with the flagship i7-4770k CPU and the Z87 chipset being the only chipset that has been available to actually overclock with is no more. ASUS is now releasing BIOS updates to overclock the ASUS H87 and B85 chipset motherboards. The
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Phasing Out of Older Intel Processors
A leaked picture of Intel processor end of life roadmap regarding their older generations of processors, specifically Sandy Bridge and some Ivy Bridge, is that as expected Intel is phasing them out. The picture below was leaked by a Russian IT distributor.
So basically with the launch of Intel Haswell it
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Warning: Delidding your CPU will void your warranty.
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Intel will Introduce more Intel Haswell CPUs this Coming Fall
With the launch of the flagship Intel Haswell CPU models such as the i7-4770k, Intel has been needing to fill the budget and mid tiers of their Haswell lineup. Intel will be basically introducing and releasing ten new Haswell CPUs on September 1st, 2013. The majority
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