New platforms, like Sandy Bridge-E always bring a plethora of new product offerings from all of the component manufacturers. Whether a user plans to purchase SB-E or not, one’s decision cannot be made until all the parts are considered.
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11/9
2011
2011
Today MSI has given us an opportunity to check out their Twin Frozr III 6950 1 GB. What makes this a bit different from other 6950′s are the 1 GB of memory and MSI’s Twin Frozr III cooler which make claims of ~14 dB quieter and 11 °C temperature differences over reference cooled models.
Read More10/7
2011
2011
MSI has given us the opportunity to review one of their high end boards for Sandy Bridge, the Z68A GD65 (G3). This board has MSI’s revamped Click Bios II, Overclock Genie II for one second overclocking, the “World’s first PCIe Gen 3 Mainboard brand”, Military Class II capacitors and chokes, support for the upcoming 22 nm Ivy Bridge CPUs, and a 5 year warranty.
Read More9/21
2011
2011
Gigabyte and MSI are at it again…this time Gigabyte fires back at MSI on their claims that Gigabyte boards aren’t really ready for native PCIe Gen3.
Read More9/10
2011
2011
MSI’s Product Marketing team is calling out Gigabyte on their claim that all of the Gigabyte 6 series boards support native PCIe Gen3. Apparently, they have the slides to prove it.
Read More6/28
2011
2011
Futuremark sent word of their Lords of Overclocking competition that will be firing up next week.
Read More6/30
2010
2010
6/28
2010
2010
MSI has been working hard to improve their reputation as an overclocker-friendly motherboard manufacturer, and I can say I’ve seen a pretty steady improvement in general overclocking performance over the past few years. MSI’s newest addition to their AMD line of motherboards is one of my favorite products yet.
Read More3/22
2010
2010
With the release of Intel’s Core i3/i5 with on-chip integrated graphics, tons of low-cost H55 motherboards have been popping up. MSI’s mid-range H55 board, priced around $110, is the H55M-ED5. If you’ve been keeping up with H55 performance numbers, you know that people are getting huge overclocks on mATX boards. Although MSI sent me this board for HTPC testing (as Intel’s GMA HD IGP was intended), I also decided to test the limits of the ED55 and see just how much performance I could squeeze out of it.
Read More3/2
2010
2010
It’s been a while since AMD introduced a new chipset. The 890GX-SB850 has several new features, including USB 3.0, SATA 3, 6-core CPU support, and upgraded integrated graphics with DirectX 10.1 support. MSI is getting into the 890GX game immediately, and has sent me their 890GXM-G65 for testing. Though the 890GXM-G65 is part of MSI’s “Gaming Series,” here I’ll be testing it in an HTPC setting.
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