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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   ASUS  has announced Z87-Deluxe/Quad, the first motherboard in the world with Thunderbolt 2 technology certified by Intel. Based on the new Intel Z87 chipset and ready for the latest fourth- generation Intel Core processors, the ASUS Z87-Deluxe/Quad ATX motherboard has two Thunderbolt 2 ports for connecting up to 12 devices at once. Each port has up to 20Gbit/s transfer rate and is backwardly compatible with Thunderbolt 1. Z87-DELUXE/QUAD  has been subjected to tremendous compatibility, BIOS validation, video/audio and other tests to verify its quality and design. Being the world’s first certified motherboard for Thunderbolt 2 technology also means setting the standard for all of the upcoming products, which is something that ASUS has always done, said  Joe Hsieh, ASUS Corporate Vice-President & General Manager  of the Motherboard and Desktop System Business Unit. Thunderbolt 2 supports daisy-chained co...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   ASUS  has announced that the latest UEFI BIOS for its motherboards based on Intel H87 and B85 chipsets unlocks previously inaccessible overclocking features for 4th-generation Intel Core processors. Before this update, the overclocking features of new Haswell "K Series" processors could be enjoyed only with motherboards based on the Intel Z87 chipset. Now, however, performance enthusiasts can exploit the power of Haswell K Series processors using ASUS 8 Series motherboards like the  ASUS H87M-PRO and B85-PRO . The BIOS update is a free download for 10 ASUS motherboards - the H87-PRO, H87-PLUS, H87M-PRO, H87M-PLUS, H87M-E, H87I-PLUS, B85-PRO, B85-PLUS, B85M-E and B85M-G.Once installed, the update enables frequency multiplier-based overclocking in one simple step for unlocked Intel K Series processors such as the Intel Core i7-4770K and Core i5 4670K. The BIOS also includes several features to make life simpler for PC users...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   GIGABYTE  has launched  GA-X79S-UP5-WI-FI motherboard  for “Do it Yourself” (DIY) PC users to ensure them to benefit from enterprise-class hardware to build their own high-end workstation. The wireless motherboard supports up to 300 Mbps. It  employs the Ultra Durable 5 technology that includes high current capable components for the CPU power zone, including IR3550 PowIRstage ICs from International Rectifier, 2X Copper PCB and high current Ferrite Core Chokes rated up to 60A, which together are able to deliver up to 60°C cooler temperatures. It supports both Intel Xeon E5 and Core i7 processors and constitutes Z77 Express Chipsets. The other key features of the motherboard include dual GB LAN ports, memory support up to 2,400mhz, 64GB of ECC DDR3 memory, 8 SAS connectors support, PCI Express Gen 3.0 support, GIGABYTE Bluetooth 4.0 and Wi-Fi Card, 4 Channel Memory Architecture with 8 DIMM slots and high-qual...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   ASUS  has launched  M5A97 LE R2.0 motherboard  with Dual Intelligent Processors technology. This motherboard consists of the EPU (Energy Processing Unit) to monitor power consumption system for ensuring efficiency, and the TPU (TurboV Processing Unit) - guaranteeing superior performance for every task, bringing users an unbeatable experience. The TPU chip offers precise voltage control and advanced monitoring through Auto Tuning and TurboV functions. EPU enables a system-wide energy optimization by automatically detecting current PC loadings and intelligently moderating power consumption. This motherboard also comes with a Windows 8 Ready Compatibility. This motherboard also supports AMD CPUs in the new 32nm manufacturing process. AMD 970 Chipset is designed to support up to 4800MT HyperTransport 3.0 (HT 3.0) interface speed and PCI Express 2.0 x16 graphics. It is optimized with AMD’s latest AM3+ and multi-core CPUs ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd  has launched its latest HD series motherboards, bringing unprecedented dual digital display support, including HDMI and DVI. The new GIGABYTE HD motherboard series defies the current ethos that means true digital display outputs are reserved for upper mainstream models, adding both HDMI and DVI ports to a range of motherboard models at attractive and affordable price points. All DIY enthusiasts can now enjoy true HD display capability using the commonly integrated digital output technologies on today’s HD displays and TVs. “The new GIGABYTE HD motherboard series means our customers can get much more bang-per-buck from their value segment motherboards,” said Henry Kao, Vice-President of GIGABYTE Motherboard Business Unit... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd.  has announced that their dual Thunderbolt series of motherboards support 4K resolution monitors in configurations derived from two Mini DisplayPort connectors, each capable of 2K resolution output. Testing was successfully carried out at GIGABYTE’s regional facility in Tokyo, Japan with the EIZO FDH3601 high resolution color monitor that is designed for air traffic control and geophysical services.  “Desktop PC motherboards are all about cutting edge features, performance, and upgradeability, and this is why GIGABYTE was the first motherboard company to adopt dual Thunderbolt ports instead of the single port option,” commented Tim Handley, Deputy Director of Motherboard Marketing at GIGABYTE. “When combined with other innovative products, such as EIZO’s 4K resolution FDH3601 monitor, GIGABYTE Thunderbolt motherboard users can enjoy next generation display options with their existing platform, wit...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   GIGABYTE  has announced its latest Mini-ITX motherboards supporting third-generation Intel Core processors. The newly launched, The GIGABYTE Z77N-WIFI and GIGABYTE H77N-WIFI, incorporate various connectivity features that include Intel Wireless Display 2.0, Dual HDMI and Dual Gigabit LAN, Tim Handley, Deputy Director, Motherboard Marketing,  GIGABYTE , said, “The... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   GIGABYTE has announced the winners of the GIGABYTE Hidden Gems Competition. In celebration of our illustrious history, with 26 years at the heart of the DIY PC industry, GIGABYTE invited all their Facebook fans to share videos and photos of their old GIGABYTE-based DIY PC builds.  “The Hidden Gems competition proved to be an excellent showcase for GIGABYTE’s Ultra Durable philosophy, with 74% of submissions featuring boards that are older than 5 years, almost 25% of submissions with boards of more than 10 years old and 8% from the 1990s. Remarkably, the oldest motherboard submitted originates from 1991, and still runs after more than twenty years,” commented Tim Handley, Deputy Director of Motherboard Marketing, GIGABYTE.  For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Foxconn has reported a 200% growth in the last one year, in its motherboard category. This was achieved due to its H61 series motherboard in the market. On an average, Foxconn has sold 20,000 motherboards per month during the year. Foxconn representative commented, "It is an amazing feeling to have achieved huge success in one of the largest IT markets of the world -India. Our first year of operations in India has been very fruitful. The numbers are very impressive for us. We would like to thank all our partners who have made this possible. We are looking forward to have good sales of products in other categories as well." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) is all set to announce the latest Facebook campaign, the “ECS Nonstop Shop Deco Competition!” in India. The “ECS Nonstop Shop Deco Competition” will start from August 2nd to August 31st. The Company claims to give away many limited edition prizes for lucky winners. The Competition not only allows the Partner, but also their friends and family to become ECS Motherboard India fans as well. As a way to thank all for being loyal ECS Motherboard fans the Company is believed to give the opportunity to join this competition and get big prizes home. for More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   GIGABYTE has announced the latest GIGABYTE 7 series motherboards, it offers fully certified dual onboard Thunderbolt ports and is capable of connecting up to 12 devices plus 3 digital displays simultaneously, with data transfer speeds that can transfer 1TB of data. "It's easy to see how our unique dual port Thunderbolt implementation simply offers more. We're the only motherboard vendor currently offering DIY PC builders the absolute maximum in terms of device connectivity," said Henry Kao, Vice President, GIGABYTE Motherboard Business Unit. "Thunderbolt technology represents a leap in performance and simplicity for media creators and entertainment enthusiasts. We are pleased to be working with GIGABYTE as they bring the first dual Thunderbolt port motherboard to market. It's a great example of what Thunderbolt makes possible." said Jason Ziller, Thunderbolt Marketing, Director, Intel. For Mo...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   DIGILITE has extended its range of DIGILITE AMD chipset motherboards with the launch of two new AMD motherboard models - DL-960GM-GS3 FX and DL-E35M1 with AMD Radeon Graphics support. Rajan Sharma, Vice-President - Sales, DIGILITE, said, "We have been working closely with different chipset vendors to offer the customer the world-class technology products. AMD chipset-based motherboards are becoming a popular choice in the market as it combines features and robustness. The prime objective to strengthen AMD chipset motherboards supply is to offer the customer greater options in terms of technology and affordability. With success on our premium AMD fusion series, we are confident of ramping up affordable computing with DL-E35LM1." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has announced the A85F2-A Deluxe, a new motherboard built around the AMD A85X chipset with support for the latest socket FM2 CPUs. In addition to the A85F2-A Deluxe, four other models will be released with the socket FM2: A75F2-A2, A75F2-M2, A55F2-A2, A55F2-M3. In the ATX format, this ECS motherboard features two second-generation PCIe x16 slots for graphics card upgrades and CrossFireX support, as well as three 2nd generation PCIe x1 and 2 PCI slots for other cards. Up to 64 GB of dual channel DDR3 memory can be installed in 4 sockets, with a maximum speed of 1866, or up to 2300 for overclockers. There are seven 6 Gb/s SATA sockets, with support for RAID 0, 1, 5, & 10.   Expansion and connectivity options in the A85F2-A Deluxe include up to 6 USB 3.0 ports, 8 USB 2.0 ports, Gigabit LAN, and a 6Gb/s eSATA connectors for fast external storage. Separate HDMI, DVI, and D-Sub VGA ports provide gr...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE DIGILITE motherboard brand of Smartlink Network Systems Ltd has launched its new motherboard DL-AHD1S-K. The AHD1S-K is based on the AMD Hudson D1 A45 chipset with an advanced DirectX 11 graphics engine with AMD UVD 3.0 technology. The AHD1S offers enhanced connectivity and entertainment capability, backed-up by high-performance features and components. This product is suitable for AIO, digital signage, diskless nodes, cloud computing applications. AHD1S-K offers UVD supports Blue-Ray and HD-DVD content, whilst offloading power and processor-intensive video decoding from the CPU to the graphics core. S AHD1S-K support AMD the Zacate APU processors with UMI technology, and supports Single DDR3 1066MHz memory for better overall system performance. This unique Dual Core on board CPU @ 1.6GHz means users can enjoy higher frame rates on the latest gaming titles, utilizing the processing power of both discrete and onboard graphics processors. For ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE GIGABYTE has launched their long awaited 7 series motherboards designed to deliver the ultimate performance for 3rd generation Intel Core processors. Combining the world's first Dual UEFI BIOS, All Digital power design, and the latest GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 4 technologies, GIGABYTE 7 series motherboards offer an extremely compelling case for a system upgrade. "The new GIGABYTE 7 series motherboards are designed to offer a seamless upgrade for enthusiast PC DIYers by providing specifications and features that will be compatible with future CPUs, VGA cards, memory, SSDs, and wireless protocols for years to come. It makes sense then for us to aggressively transition to GIGABYTE Z77 and H77 motherboards so that enthusiasts can purchase them in anticipation for the release of Intel's highly sought after 3rd Gen Core processors," said Henry Kao, VP, GIGABYTE Motherboard Business Unit. "Intel is excited to partner with GIGABY...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE GIGABYTE has announced that their On/Off Charge technology now enables fast charging of the new Apple iPad (3rd Generation) devices, as well as previous Apple devices, on a majority of GIGABYTE motherboards, including soon-to-launch GIGABYTE Z77 motherboards. A derivative of GIGABYTE's 3x USB Power feature, On/Off Charge technology is said to allow iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices to draw more current from GIGABYTE motherboard USB ports than standard USB ports allow, with the added benefit that the PC can be on, in standby mode or even off. Many mobile devices can be charged via a desktop PC's USB ports as long as the system is connected to an active power source, however this is not the case with the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Even when the PC is being used and charging is enabled, these devices usually only draw a mere 0.5A for a trickle charge that can take 3 hours or more to fully charge the device. GIGABYTE On/Off Charge co...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE MSI has announced that MSI's Z68 (G3)/H61 (G3) series of motherboards offers official support of Intel's CPU based on the 22nm manufacturing process. Users can download the corresponding BIOS listed below at no charge to upgrade their existing MSI Intel Z68/H61 motherboard. MSI G3 motherboards also fully support the latest PCI Express Gen 3 specifications, reaching twice the current bandwidth and maximizing performance from PCI Express Gen 3 video cards. Additionally, MSI G3 motherboards carry up to 32GB/s of bandwidth and support for PCI Express Gen 3 graphics cards is unlocked. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE VIA has announced the world's first quad core Mini-ITX boards featuring the latest VIA QuadCore E-Series processor. The VIA EPIA-M900 and VIA EPIA-M910 are the first two Mini-ITX boards to feature the 1.2GHz VIA QuadCore E-Series processor. The VIA QuadCore E-Series processor features a highly optimized, energy efficient multi-core architecture, which is natively 64-bit compatible and comes with a host of additional performance features including Adaptive Overclocking. To meet the low power demands of the embedded market, the VIA QuadCore E-Series processor offers energy efficiency, with the VIA QuadCore E-Series 1.2+ GHz processor delivering a thermal design power (TDP) of only 27.5W. "The VIA QuadCore E-Series processor delivers world class performance in the industry's leading power efficient package. The high performance of the VIA QuadCore E-Series processor makes it the perfect platform for the creation of next-generation...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE GIGABYTE has announced its participation at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas where it is debuting a number of new motherboard technologies that will be central to its motherboard design in 2012 and beyond. International media and customers get a sneak peak of GIGABYTE's new technologies at their suite in The Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, from January 10th - 13th. GIGABYTE is showing forthcoming 7 series motherboards featuring the CPU power delivery with GIGABYTE's Digital Power Engine called 3D Power. Offering digital control over all the main onboard power zones, this new digital PWM design allows users to manipulate and monitor the power provided to 2nd-Gen Intel Core and Next-Gen processors for the LGA 1155 socket. "We are very excited about the new technologies that will feature on our 7 series motherboards, and are confident that our customers will find them, together with the performance and feature improvemen...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Foxconn has unveiled its H77 series of motherboards that is believed to support the 22nm Intel Ivy Bridge processors and compatible with Sandy Bridge CPU along with Intel HD Graphics performance, Intel Smart Response Technology and Intel Rapid Start Technology. Foxconn H77 motherboard supports PCIE Gen3.0, which is said to offer nearly double the signaling rate over Gen2 at 5Gbps along with H77 supports dual channel DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of 1600 MHz. H77 motherboard is claimed to provide 4 USB 3.0 and 10 USB 2.0 interfaces onboard. The high-speed SATA 3.0 is supposed to deliver super fast 6Gbps link speeds. Furthermore, H77 motherboard is claimed to be equipped with a wide range of connectivity options including D-sub, (DVI) for digital video display and a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) for digital video and audio output and to help consumers simplify wiring connections. It is also said to feature 7.1 Cha...