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Hmmm never posted here, but this is as good a time as any seeing as this is a private section.
Pics will come later, but wow I'm really impressed with HASWELL/Z87.
I had thought it would be more like Z68/Z77 but it's very much different. For the first time I think all vendors or at least the top 4 brought their best to the sandbox, first time out.
It's not going to be a single horse race with ASUS so far in the lead it makes you wonder why others bother. For the fiirst time ever in my life, I read a motherboard manual. The GIGABYTE Z87X-OC is just that intimidating. I looked at it and was just at a loss for what all the buttons and switches on the board do. Some really cool ones though like OC-Ignition (this wiill be pivotal to avoiding cold boot bugs) and OC-Trigger I'm thoroughly impressed by. The time I spent at HQ, going back and forth, the arguments and raised voice and tempers have ultimately resulted in a board that just by looking at it, aims to be the best in the business.
MSI as well, has come to the party with their most through BIOS ever. The sheer amount of options available are reminiscent of DFI and I shudder to think how long it's going to take most of us to get a grip on just what all the new options bring to the table. Right now I'm just messing around with GT2 4600 HD Graphics and this is another area where, I'm very impressed with all vendors but in particular INTEL.
From HD 4000 to HD 4600, INTEL has doubled the performance in some cases. I couldn't believe it but the 3DMark results have increased dramatically, and even in FPS in games. IGP overclocking is no longer an AMD exclusive.
Anyway, like I said pics to come later. I'm just overwhelmed that at this point already I have way too many motherboards, and more coming in, in the next few weeks leading up to Computex, when the hammer will drop and I'll be drowning in them and reviews. I'll keep you all posted on my experiences here.
One thing I will say though is that Core i5/i7 4K series is tons of fun and runs rather cool. Tweaking and real overclocking just may be back, binning will never end but at it least it's not the end all, be all of things.
Pics will come later, but wow I'm really impressed with HASWELL/Z87.
I had thought it would be more like Z68/Z77 but it's very much different. For the first time I think all vendors or at least the top 4 brought their best to the sandbox, first time out.
It's not going to be a single horse race with ASUS so far in the lead it makes you wonder why others bother. For the fiirst time ever in my life, I read a motherboard manual. The GIGABYTE Z87X-OC is just that intimidating. I looked at it and was just at a loss for what all the buttons and switches on the board do. Some really cool ones though like OC-Ignition (this wiill be pivotal to avoiding cold boot bugs) and OC-Trigger I'm thoroughly impressed by. The time I spent at HQ, going back and forth, the arguments and raised voice and tempers have ultimately resulted in a board that just by looking at it, aims to be the best in the business.
MSI as well, has come to the party with their most through BIOS ever. The sheer amount of options available are reminiscent of DFI and I shudder to think how long it's going to take most of us to get a grip on just what all the new options bring to the table. Right now I'm just messing around with GT2 4600 HD Graphics and this is another area where, I'm very impressed with all vendors but in particular INTEL.
From HD 4000 to HD 4600, INTEL has doubled the performance in some cases. I couldn't believe it but the 3DMark results have increased dramatically, and even in FPS in games. IGP overclocking is no longer an AMD exclusive.
Anyway, like I said pics to come later. I'm just overwhelmed that at this point already I have way too many motherboards, and more coming in, in the next few weeks leading up to Computex, when the hammer will drop and I'll be drowning in them and reviews. I'll keep you all posted on my experiences here.
One thing I will say though is that Core i5/i7 4K series is tons of fun and runs rather cool. Tweaking and real overclocking just may be back, binning will never end but at it least it's not the end all, be all of things.