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Intel has introduced their new high-end Haswell-E CPUs, click here for our extensive review . The new high-end processors make use of a new socket, Socket 2011 v3, and have to be paired with a new chipset, Intel X99. More than enough reason for several...
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With the X99 WS, ASRock already has an X99 motherboard ready for launch day and this particular model comes with a reasonable feature mix. It doesn't take long until you see that ASRock did not overexaggerat equipping this board with additional chips, whi...
the structure is easy to understand and even if you're not a very experienced user you will find the things you'd like to change On another note it's always interesting to see how mature a BIOS is before a prodcut launch ASRock did a pretty good job with...
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At the end of August Intel introduced the Haswell E processors and we published a comparative test of 15 Intel X99 motherboards . Since our last test we have received another few new motherboards and we have retested some boards that did not perform opt...
The Hardware.Info Price comparison tool at the moment has a total of 30 X99 boards, out of the 30 we have now tested 20 motherboards. This should give us a good view on what is on the market and what are the best choices at the moment. We are basing our...
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The ASRock UEFI BIOS is quite functional without being over the top and makes it easy to manually tweak your system. Overclocking is straightforward using the OC Tweaker and we had no issues bumping our CPU up to 4GHz. The board has a hardware power and r...
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Bargain hunters need not apply That said, a board like this is likely to feature SSD RAID, Multi GPU's and a premium Intel processor be it extreme...
Price, Basic packaging...
The ASRock X99 WS-E/10G is a monster of a motherboard. It has more features than you can shake a stick at that's for sure! The main feature of the ASRock X99 WS-E/10G and partial justification for the astronomical price is the ability to team not two but...
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The ASRock UEFI BIOS is quite functional without being over the top and makes it easy to manually tweak your system. Overclocking is straightforward using the OC Tweaker and we had no issues bumping our CPU up to 4GHz. The board has a hardware power and r...
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While the X99 WS-E/10G is one of the most expensive X99 motherboards, I don't think there is another motherboard with as many features so perfectly implemented...
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The launch of Haswell-E ushered in a triumvirate of new technology – a new CPU line, a new motherboard chipset and DDR4 memory. Today we focus on the new consumer motherboard chipset, X99, with motherboards from all four major manufacturers: the ASUS X99-...
X99 as a platform has been anticipated for a long while. Putting the fact that every user has access to six or eight cores aside, the fact that X79 has been around for so long and lacked the modern features means that some will happily upgrade despite the...
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With the release of Intel's X99 platform there has been a groundswell of new boards from every manufacturer. Most of the emphasis has been placed on boards modeled for gaming, thereby leaving boards for professionals to the wayside. Workstation boards off...
Color Theme, Board cooling, Price compared to other X99 boards, UEFI, HDD Saver, Easy&stable overclocks, M.2 support...
More PWM fan headers, M.2 Placement...
No need to rely on a "server" boards that will break the bank. If you are looking for a solid workstation or gaming rig that can support a large amount of GPUs, top of the line CPUs and maximum capacity of memory, the ASrock X99 should be seriously con...
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ASRock is a well known name brand producing a wide range of motherboards typically at lower price points than its competition. Founded in 2002 ASRock has grown into the world's third largest motherboard manufacturer. We've reviewed a number of ASRock moth...
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Intel's Haswell-E or X99 platform is of course their high-end desktop platform and is made for extreme setups. Well the X99 motherboard we are taking a look at today definitely fits that description. Today we are checking out our first X99 workstation mot...
– Support for 4way SLI and CrossFireX setups, – Support for Xeon Processors and ECC memory, – Made with quality materials, – Power and Reset buttons on board, – Ultra M.2 slot, – Dual Intel Gigabit LAN, – Easy to use BIOS and software...
– EATX form factor might not fit in all cases...
The ASRock X99 WS is definitely one of the more high-end X99 motherboards that we have taken a look at. Being a workstation motherboard ASRock definitely has a specific user in mind when they designed this motherboard. There are many features on this mot...
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For a number of months I have been wondering when 10GBase-T would be getting some prime time in the consumer market. Aside from add-in cards, there was no onboard solution, until ASRock announced the X99 WS-E/10G. We were lucky enough to get one in for re...
Our testing however shows the reality of the situation. In a single user point to point transfer, we yielded just over 2.0 Gbps, only 20% of the supposed rating. This was with a 1 GB transfer, with higher sizes increasing the speed up to a point. In order...
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ASRock is a well known name brand producing a wide range of motherboards typically at lower price points than its competition. Founded in 2002 ASRock has grown into the world's third largest motherboard manufacturer. We've reviewed a number of ASRock moth...
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Now, don't get this board confused with its X99 WS-E/10G brother that was released a few months back as it doesn't feature the same 10GbE connectivity, Rather, this board offers dual Intel server grade 1GbE ports allowing the X99 WS-E to be available at a...
With all of its features the ASRock X99 WS-E is simply a workstation beast. It comes with a ton of storage and peripheral connectivity options as well as seven PCIe 3.0 x16 slots for near endless expansion. If you are in search of a rock solid and reliab...
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