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MSI Nightblade Review @ ocaholic
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 Nightblade is the name of the lastest ITX gaming solution from MSI. Due to its compact dimensions and the high-end components inside, the Nightblade is a mini system perfect for everybody who need a lot of power or wants to attend LAN events."
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ASRock X99 WS-E/10G Review
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The key attraction to this motherboard are the Two 10G BASE-T LAN ports by Intel® X540. A further two gigabit LAN ports by Intel® I210AT with all four LAN ports supporting teaming means this board represents perhaps the fastest LAN solution on the consumer market. We say consumer lightly though, perhaps 'pro-consumer/pro-enthusiast' would be a better description because this board may well have a massive amount of features including the 4 LAN ports, 4way SLI and a 12 phase power design the huge specification has a big price to match.
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Shuttle XH97V w/ Pentium G3258 @ techPowerUp
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We now have the opportunity to test the XH97V from Shuttle. As its model number denotes, this barebone is based on Intel`s H97 chipset, making it compatible with 4th generation Haswell CPUs (its cooling system can support up to 65 W TDP CPUs). Shuttle advertises it as a blend of energy efficiency and performance, and our tests show their claims to be true."
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ASUS Sabertooth Z97 Mark S Review
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With their TUF series motherboards ASUS, have rather interesting products in their portfolio. Next to their unique design, these boards feature good cooling with the thermal shield and apart from that there is a decent power design as well as an overall high quality. In the case of this motherboard especially the design is simply stunning and we're very curious if ASUS is able to convince us with this product.
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GIGABYTE GA-X99M-Gaming 5 Review
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Today, we get to look at the latest LGA2011-3 Socket X99 motherboard from GIGABYTE only this time it is far from the monolithic SOC Force we reviewed upon release. This time the motherboard is much smaller but still encompasses the Gaming-G1 branding so it will be interesting to see if this mATX motherboard still has what it takes to house Intel's finest range of processors or it is simply a diminutive but basic motherboard hoping to draw in consumers on the back of previous success and clever marketing.
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USB 3.1 SuperSpeed+ tested with the ASUS Z97-A/USB
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We review USB 3.1 today alongside a RAID0 SSD based storage unit that is USB 3.1 compatible. With USB 3.0 performance is amazing at roughly 450 MB/s. With USB 3.1 we can reach speeds of an excess of 800 MB/s or even better over USB 3.1, and in this article we'll show you all the details involved, and some performance numbers as well of course.
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MSI Z97 Gaming 3 mainboard
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HardwareOverclock.com has just posted another review. Last week we have taken a look at the MSI Z97 Gaming 3 mainboard. The Gaming 3 is the cheapest version in the MSI Gaming series. But what about the performance and features, is the 119,- Euro board enough for actually gaming systems`
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Intel NUC5i5RYK NUC Mini PC
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Intel's Broadwell has finally arrived in the ultra-small form factor PC, the Intel NUC5i5RYK. Today Steven gives us a full rundown on what it can do."
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Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H Black Edition Review
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The Z97X-UD5H Black Edition from Gigabyte appears to be a rather interesting Z97 based motherboard. At a first glance you get SATA-Express as well as an M.2 slot, which adds to storage flexibility. Nevertheless the most important feature you get with this product is the quality testing Gigabyte is doing in-house on all their Black Edition models. Every single board, which belongs to this product line receives 168 hours burn-in testing before it is packed and shipped.
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Gigabyte X99-UD4 Rev 1.0 motherboard Review
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Gigabyte X99-UD4 Rev 1.0 is an ATX form-factor motherboard, but they managed cram in 4x DDR4 DIMM slots on both sides of the LGA 2011 V3 socket and 4x PCIe x16 slots along with 3x PCIe x1, dual M.2 connector, a USB 3.0 header and a lot of SATA III ports. It goes without saying that there might be some ‘hit-and-miss’ with the layout, but that largely depends on which expansion and connectivity options you’re giving a higher priority to.
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ASRock Fatal1ty X99M Killer mATX Motherboard
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ASRock is aiming to offer gamers an uncompromising set of features with its micro-ATX X99M Fatal1ty Killer motherboard. Doing so will require integration of the X99 chipset’s features and the plentiful PCIe connectivity of Haswell-E CPUs. How does ASRock’s gaming-series mATX offering stack up to the tough competition that is Gigabyte’s X99M-Gaming 5?
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How To - X99 mATX Gaming Rig - Part 1 @ ocaholic
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Today we`re going to start with an article series which will show you how to build an mATX gaming rig. This rig will be perfectly suitable for LAN parties or for users who need lots of performance. This first article is going to give you a general overview and at later stages we`re going to dive into quite a few details."
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USB 3.1 of course!
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Just over a week or so ago Allyn spent some time with the MSI X99A Gaming 9 ACK motherboard, a fact that might seem a little odd to our frequent readers. Why would our storage editor be focusing on a motherboard? USB 3.1 of course! When we visited MSI at CES in January they were the first company to show working USB 3.1 hardware and performance numbers that we were able duplicate in our testing when MSI sent us similar hardware.
But ASUS is in this game as well, preparing its product lines with USB 3.1 support courtesy of the same ASMedia controller we looked at before. ASUS has a new revision of several motherboards planned with integrated on-board USB 3.1 but is also going to be releasing an add-in card with USB 3.1 support for existing systems.
Today we are going to test that add-in card to measure ASUS' implementation of USB 3.1 and see how it stacks up to what MSI had to offer and what improvements and changes you can expect from USB 3.0.
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ASUS Sabertooth Z97 Mark 2 Review
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With their TUF series motherboards ASUS, have rather interesting products in their portfolio. Next to their unique design, these boards feature good cooling with the thermal shield and apart from that there is a decent power design as well as an overall high quality. All of this even comes at an interesting price point which sounds like a compelling offer, doesn't it?
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Beginners Guides
