Recent content by zinfinion

"In addition, Samsung has just launched a line-up of premium SSDs based on its 2nd generation V-NAND flash memory with 128 gigabyte (GB), 256GB, 512GB and 1TB storage options." And the model numbers/names of those drives would be...?

Care to share which retailers? I see one listing from a 3rd party on Amazon for $750 for the 512GB and listings for all 3 capacities on ramcity.com.au, $674.99 AUD for the 512GB, so minus the 10% GST and converting to USD, $574.48 before any shipping and customs fees...

I really hope they are mistaken and actually used the 4x PCIe 2.0 lanes that hang directly off the CPU (and never seem to get used) rather than monopolizing 4x PCIe 3.0 lanes, as that would be rather daft. I'm guessing it actually is the PCIe 3.0 lanes though, which is a nonstarter for anyone...

I miss VA black levels. Good to see it making a comeback but I wonder how well it can actually compete with IPS.

Good to know. Should be interesting to see how much Intel manages to improve it.

The question now is whether Devil's Canyon uses solder...

Interesting positioning of the M.2 on the Gaming 3. I'm curious if we'll see any boards with two M.2 sockets, especially since there are 4x lanes directly from the CPU that can be split between them as the sockets are only 2x.

There is a backplate, but it will run you an extra $19.99. http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=100-BP-3790-B9

It's a reinforcing base plate. Goes on the business side of the card and then the cooler is installed over it. Here's the ACX 780 version:

Indeed. I think once Z97/X99 with onboard M.2 connectors hit we'll be seeing quite a few more M.2 SSDs.

Huzzah, about freaking time.

Tempting, I've got 4x 1TB Samsung Spinpoints (pre buyout, aww yeah) sitting around gathering dust.

Uhhh, what happened to Volta? Wasn't that supposed to be Maxwell's follow up?

Going to need a driver update for 5K, seeing as current drivers wont allow anything wider than 3840. Should be good news for downsampling if they do enable it, 5120x2160 on a 29" 21:9 will be sweet.

mSATA has a single form factor. M.2 has multiple form factors which gives manufacturers/integrators more flexibility. The smallest form factor of M.2 is actually quite a bit smaller than mSATA in all dimensions (height/width/depth), so if physical size is a concern, then M.2 is actually the...