Recent content by IanM

agreed, possibly the nicest looking mini-ITX Z87, it should look pretty tidy inside an M1! I was only sent a link, no specs. I think this is just the next level of teaser before the full details are revealed. Reasonable guess at Killer NIC on the mobo, single 8 pin power on the graphics card...

MSI started teasing their Z87I Gaming, as well as a new compact graphics card. At this point we can only speculate on the GPU, but GTX 760 would be the obvious (and probably disappointing) choice, but perhaps it will be something higher spec? Place your bets...

Some good indication from Necere's own testing of the prototype: http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1039866874&postcount=2686 It's not really jaw dropping (win/lose on the gpu/vrms) and you have to remove the shroud (not such a big deal I guess.) I think it shows how a big heatsink alone is...

8000rpm! :eek: I don't really like the noise at 800rpm

I believe the current Asus implementation of M.2 is low bandwidth, limited to PCIe 2.0 x1 or SATA 6GB/s (see Asus own specifications.) No sign of anything faster to be available very soon, maybe some boards will appear with the IvyBridge refresh, or Broadwell? I believe Z97/H97 will support SATA...

how solid are the case feet? are they aluminium?

For sure it doesn't look like a case for heavy overclocking and multi GPU. The intake at the front is 140mm, and at least it's quite unobstructed due to the big opening (the opening is in that big rectangle in the bottom front, which also has the 5.25" optical bay behind it) If you can put up...

On the subject of coolers, Thermalright have done some updates to make their coolers prettier: Revised TRUE Spirit 90M, 120M and Macho 120 N.B. Macho120 is 150mm tall, True120 is 145mm However, the 125mm tall TRUE Spirit 90M Rev.A (Thermalright website) could be interesting for anyone willing...

the new Nofan is 155mm diameter, I'm pretty sure it will foul the first slot on most µATX boards, unless some very short PCIe x1 card is used. For mini-ITX it will need a miraculously perfect CPU socket placement?!

looks like a couple of new MSI should be announced soon: MSI Z87I Gaming AC and MSI H87I AC nothing official anywhere that I can see but they're listed on some stores in the EU e.g. komplett.se No details either but I think we can safely guess AC refers to the wireless spec and the Gaming will...

It would need components specified to withstand higher heat loads anyway, for the reasons outline earlier by prava i.e. heat output will be quite similar at a given load regardless of the maximum the PSU can deliver. I think that the innovation that's really desirable is in efficiency at very...

well that says it's flex-atx so maybe it could be upgraded using a Fortron (FSP) 220W or 270W if anyone has the need to do so

Lag won't be a bother for movie playback. It's a problem for gamers and anywhere else action needs an instant repsone and can't easily be anticipated e.g. broadcasters tracking cameras in say F1 or tennis. Also for action photographers, their LCDs and viewfinders on digital cameras have the same...