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CES 2012: Sapphire

CES 2012: Sapphire

Sapphire invited us up to their suite at CES to check out some of their latest products. We were shown their brand new Intel X79 board the Pure Black X9, which has the new PCI-Express 3.0 slots on it. Also on display in their suite was the Edge HD3 Mini PC which uses AMD’s E450 APU. Finally we were shown the Sapphire VID2X. This product takes a single video single and converts it to two full HD DVI signals for a dual-display setup.

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CES 2012: MSI

CES 2012: MSI

We were really excited to get up into MSI’s suite at CES to check out their flagship X79 board the Big Bang XPower II. It features a 22-phase hybrid power design, two 8 pin CPU power connectors, and seven PCI-E lanes for up to 4-way Crossfire or SLI. We were also shown MSI’s upcoming Intel 7 Series motherboards and a very cool external enclosure for graphics cards. Read on to check it all out!

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iBUYPOWER Gamer Paladin XLC Intel X79 Gaming System Review

iBUYPOWER Gamer Paladin XLC Intel X79 Gaming System Review

Intel’s X79 platform was recently announced and we are lucky enough to have one of the first custom PC’s that it is based on.  Our friends at iBUYPOWER have sent us over their Gamer Paladin XLC Intel X79 Gaming System.  This system packs a brand new Intel Core i7 3930K 6-core processor, ASUS P9X79 motherboard, EVGA GeForce GTX 580 video card and a liquid cooling system.  Read on as we take this system through the paces.

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Unboxing the iBUYPOWER Gamer Paladin XLC Intel X79 System!

Unboxing the iBUYPOWER Gamer Paladin XLC Intel X79 System!

Intel’s X79 platform was just recently released and of course custom PC builders have been configuring systems using Intel’s X79 platform. One such custom PC builder is iBUYPOWER. They have sent us their brand new Gamer Paladin XLC Intel X79 Gaming System! This system is just awesome from the case to the internal components! It features the new Intel Core i7 3930K 6-core processor, ASUS P9X79 motherboard and an EVGA GeForce GTX 580! Read on to check out our unboxing and overview video!

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