
Tag : SATA Express
MSI Unveils Turbo U.2 Adapter Card
MSI has unveiled a new U.2 host card for use with SATA-Express SSDs such as the 2.5-inch Intel 750 that can deliver up to 2400MB/s transfer speeds. While we have seen such adapters bundled with a…
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…
OCZ Shows off Their Storage Drives at Computex 2015
Computex 2015 – A company like OCZ can’t be missed and we did of course stop by their booth to check out the latest storage drives out of their house. The Trion 100 series is a…
BIOSTAR Tease Gaming Z170X4 Motherboard for Computex
Computex is just around the corner and the excitement is rising everywhere. We know that we’ll see a lot of new products ranging from blazing fast NVMe storage drives to motherboards built around Intel’s newest platform.…
ASRock Announces the X99M-Killer USB 3.1 Socket LGA2011v3 Motherboard
ASRock has just announced its latest socket LGA2011v3 motherboard addition, the X99M-Killer USB 3.1, tailored specifically for Intel’s Core i7 Haswell-E processors. It comes in a micro-ATX form factor, featuring two 10 Gb/s USB 3.1 ports…
ASUS Announce TUF Sabertooth X99 at CeBIT
ASUS’ TuF team has taken the Intel X99 motherboard and created an awesome looking and feature rich motherboard with the Sabertooth X99. The new motherboard looks great and comes with great features such as the second generation…
BIOSTAR Announces the GAMING Z97X and Z97W Motherboards
BIOSTAR has announced their latest flagship socket LGA1150 motherboard, the GAMING Z97X. The Z97X is designed with gamers in mind and is built with a high amount of connectivity and a little bit of overclocking rather…
WD Is Preparing World Fastest 4TB Hybrid Drive
Las Vegas is a busy place this time of year with the CES event. But there also are a lot of smaller events in the city surrounding CES and one of them is the Storage Visions Conference.…
MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (LGA 1150) Motherboard Review
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging Something that becomes apparently obvious with the motherboards I review on a regular basis is that most of them have too many features for the average user. That’s too many in the sense…

MSI X99S XPOWER AC (LGA 2011-3) Motherboard Review
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging Every major motherboard brand has a particular flagship board that targets overclocking on Intel’s new HEDT X99 platform. Gigabyte have their X99 SOC-FORCE, ASUS have the Rampage V Extreme and ASRock have…
ASUS Rampage V Extreme (LGA 2011-3) Motherboard Review
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging The Rampage line of ASUS motherboards are famed for their class-leading performance and prestigious reputation. With every new CPU on Intel’s High-End Desktop (HEDT) Platform we’ve seen new ASUS Rampage motherboards. The…
MSI X99S MPower Motherboard Gets Pictured
If the MSI X99S XPower AC motherboard is a little too expensive and feature packed for your liking then MSI will also be offering another OC series board that is a few notches down. THE X99S…
MSI X99S Gaming 7 And X99S SLI Plus Motherboards Spotted
The run-up to the launch of Intel’s X99 Haswell-E platform continues and this time it is more MSI motherboards on the menu for a bit of pre-NDA showing off. We’ve already seen the MSI X99S XPOWER…
ASUS Republic of Gamers Maximus VII Formula Series Revealed
The new ASUS RoG Maximus VII Formula and Maximus VII Formula/Watch_Dogs motherboard series has been revealed. Featuring the new Intel Z97 chipset the boards are based around the latest 4th and 5th generation Intel Core processors.…
Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H-BK (LGA 1150) “Black Edition” Motherboard Review
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging Gigabyte have given their Ultra Durable series a bit of a revamp for Z97 offering their boards up in Black Edition flavours. Whilst the implications of the Black Edition are fairly obviously,…
Gigabyte Z97MX-Gaming 5 (LGA 1150) Motherboard Review
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging While mini-ITX is the “fashionable” small form factor of choice for most compact system builders, the micro-ATX form factor is still popular as it offers a better compromise between size, features and cost. Unlike…
Consumer SSD Prices To Tumble As Vendors Engage In Price War
There’s good news for consumers out there as industry experts Digitimes report that consumer SSD prices are to continue their drastic fall as competition is heating up. Major suppliers Micron Technology (who produce Crucial branded products), Intel, Kingston…
ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer (LGA 1150) Motherboard Review
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging We’ve covered an absolute ton of Intel Z97 based motherboards since the chipset launched back on June 11th, a couple of weeks ago, but in that time we’ve yet to see an…

Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 (LGA 1150) Motherboard Review
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging Intel’s first Haswell Refresh CPUs have just been recently released, Intel’s Devil’s Canyon (unlocked K series Haswell Refresh) CPUs are expected in just a month or two and rumours going around suggest…
ASUS Z97 Motherboard Launch Coverage
Introduction The official Intel Z97 chipset launch day is finally here but it’s hardly been a surprising arrival. There have been leaks left, right and centre so most of today’s revelations probably won’t come as a…
Intel Will Demo “SSD Overclocking” At IDF 2013
According to a report by X-Bit Labs it could soon be possible to overclock your SSD. Apparently Intel will reveal such a technology at their IDF 2013 event. Of course you do not “overclock” the SSD…
Intel 14nm “Skylake” Will Support DDR4, PCIe 4.0 and SATA “Express”
According to a report by the German website PCGamesHardware, we will see Intel’s 14nm SkyLake platform revolutionise the PC market. The new Intel platform, based on a second incarnation of the 14nm process, will bring DDR4…
Intel May Feature SATA Express Interface In Their Intel 9-Series Chipset
In just 2 months from now, Intel would be launching their 4th Generation Core series ‘Haswell’ processor family followed by 8-Series ‘Lynx Point’ motherboard chips. The 8 Series Lynx Point Chipset will be providing SATA III…