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Motherboard Reviews
ECS LEET Z170-Lightsaber Review: A Cut Above
The ECS Z170-Lightsaber is a significantly upgraded version of the Z170-Claymore, bringing more competitive features on-board, literally. Buttons directly on the Z170-Claymore motherboard PCB are designed to give users once…
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Motherboard Reviews
MSI Z170A MPOWER Gaming Titanium Review: Heavy Metal Magnificence
Once in a while you come across the sight of something that leaves you at a loss for words (in a good way). Even if it is something you see…
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Motherboard Reviews
Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming Review: Rebel Without a Pause
A motherboard’s identity is partly defined by marketing and partly defined by user judgment. For the Z170X-Ultra Gaming, being born as part of Gigabyte’s G1 line carries a certain expectation…
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News and Articles
MSI B150M Mortar Arctic and B150M Bazooka Motherboards Now Available
MSI has introduced two new affordable options for Intel Skylake system builders in the form of the the B150M Mortar Arctic and B150M Bazooka. MSI is a very active supporter…
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News and Articles
ASRock Reveals Their First mini-STX PC System: DeskMini110
Compact PCs could be seen everywhere at Computex in various shapes and sizes but it was no longer Intel’s NUC that was taking all the attention but a new more…
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PC News, Hardware, Software
ASRock Z170 OC Formula Now Available in mATX: Z170M OC Formula
The ASRock Z170 OC Formula motherboard is a beast of an overclocker setting and holding many records for Intel’s Skylake platform. Now users looking for a more compact version will…
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Motherboard Reviews
MSI Z170A Gaming Pro Carbon Motherboard Review
When choosing a motherboard, some users make their choice based on the extra features and overall look of the board while others choose boards based purely on speed and performance.…
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PC News, Hardware, Software
Biostar and Gigabyte Joins Non-K Skylake Overclocking Club
After ASRock, ASUS and MSI announced that some of their motherboards will feature non-K Skylake overclocking via UEFI update, manufacturer Biostar has decided to join in on the fun with…
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Affiliate News
BIOS Update Enables Non-K Skylake CPU Overclocking
You reached 5GHz on air? big whoop! Any scrub can flood voltage and push unlocked “K” processors with multipliers if the cooling is capable enough. Intel’s pronouncements of a “return”…
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PC News, Hardware, Software
FinalWire Updates AIDA64 to Version v5.60, Adds AMD Zen CPU Support
FinalWire’s AIDA64 is an all-in-one software suite that is extensively used here at Modders-Inc for our motherboard, CPU and RAM benchmarking as well CPU cooler stress testing. The latest update…
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Affiliate News
PSA: Thinner Skylake CPU Can Get Damaged from Cooler Mounting Pressure UPDATE: 12/7/2015
Skylake CPU’s such as the i7-6700K and i5-6600K can get damaged due to strong pressure from some air coolers, German hardware site PCGamesHardware.de reports. This is due to the thinner…
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PC News, Hardware, Software
Biostar Z170Z5 Hi-Fi Supports DDR3 and DDR4 Memory
The latest addition to Biostar’s Hi-Fi motherboard family is the Z170Z5, an ATX motherboard that curiously supports both DDR3L and DDR4 memory modules on its four DIMM slots. The black…
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