With Intel and Apple announcing the release of the new Thunderbolt interface on new Apple MacBook Pros last week, the obvious question is how long before we see Intel deliver it on the PC platform. We asked Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer MSI’s local Australian office and a spokesperson believed that Intel “does not expect to see [...]
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Taiwanese motherboard maker MSI is one of the first out of the blocks with Intel’s new budget H61-chipset motherboard and the first so far to feature the B3-stepping fix for Intel’s Sandy Bridge chipset. The H61MU-E35 will handle all LGA1155 socketed processors from Intel, offers up to 16GB of RAM through two DIMM sockets, features [...]
Not wasting any time, Taiwanese component and notebook maker MSI has just announced it has begun manufacture of replacement Sandy Bridge motherboards with the new B3-stepping 6-series chipset. The company announced that consumers would be able to tell the new product by looking for this sticker (pictured) indicating use of B3-stepping parts. Chip giant Intel [...]
The SATA controller flaw engulfing Intel’s new Sandy Bridge flaw could continue to degrade for a period of up to three years. That’s the result after notebook maker MSI sent an email to its international teams. In addition, MSI has stopped distrubution and sales of all its Intel 6-series (Sandy Bridge) products until further notice. [...]
MSI GX660R Rating: 70 Price: $2499 street Contact: MSI Phone: 02 9748 0070 Web: www.msicomputer.com.au VERDICT: Lots of features but they don’t readily translate into gaming speed. Gaming notebooks have been one of those product areas where we tend to wince each time we hear about them. Generally, the models we’ve seen haven’t lived up [...]