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A leading professional overclocker has managed to set a new DDR4 clock-rate record using hardware from MicroStar Interational, Kingston and Intel Corp. While overclocking results of contemporary DDR4 memory modules are impressive, when it comes to actual frequency, they are considerably behind DDR3 memory solutions. Toppc, one of the world’s …

MSI has managed to become the world's first motherboard maker to fully support NVM Express storage on all motherboards sporting the Intel 9 series chipset, including X99, Z97 and H97. BIOS updates are now available for users to download via the MSI website. For those who don't know, NVM Express …

Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology and MicroStar International remained the largest manufacturers of graphics adapters last year, according to a media report. Unfortunately, the market of graphics cards contracted by about 10 per cent in 2014. Asus shipped five million graphics cards last year, according to a report from DigiTimes web-site. …

Press images of Nvidia GeForce GTX 960-based graphics card from MicroStar International (MSI) have been published by a web-site. As expected, the add-in-board (AIB) manufacturer uses its own design and cooling system to provide its customers performance improvements. MSI readies at least three graphics cards powered by the Nvidia GeForce …

MicroStar International (MSI) has introduced its new high-performance GS30 Shadow 13.3” laptop that comes with a special dock for external graphics cards. The dock can be equipped with its own power supply unit and will support all graphics cards possible, thus, wedding high-performance gaming with portable sizes of a notebook. …

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, MicroStar International (MSI) announced that it had sold over 100 million graphics cards based on Nvidia Corp.’s GeForce graphics processors. To celebrate this achievement, MSI decided to release a special edition graphics card with improved performance and a special bundle. MSI …

When MicroStar International (MSI) introduced its truly monstrous GT80 gaming laptop last year, the company clearly impressed the whole world with a fully-fledged mechanical keyboard as well as with extreme performance such system could deliver. What MSI did not say last November were exact specifications of the system as well …

MicroStar International has unveiled its all-new Z97 Gaming ACK mini-ITX mainboard that offers a very good balance between performance, technologies and price. The platform is designed for gamers, who want to have a very small form-factor (SFF) high performance system that does not cost too much. The MSI Z97I Gaming …

Forming the more competitively-priced option in MSI's LGA 2011-3 OC Series motherboard range, the X99S MPower aims to balance the requirements of overclockers, gamers, and enthusiasts at a sub-£190 price tag. Can the features, overclocking functionality, and likeable yellow and black colour scheme attract overclocking users to MSI's aggressively-priced X99S …

In a bid to maintain market shares and unit shipments this year leading manufacturers of mainboards had to cut prices and initiate various campaigns to boost sales. Such tactics lead to price-cuts as well as erosion of gross-margins, something that threats the future of the companies. However, next year motherboard …

Once thousands of hardcore gamers have entrenched themselves with their clan/mates at a Multiplay event like i53, they really don't want to move. So what happens if you need a repair, upgrade or gift?  No problem, Overclockers UK have pioneered an effective Delivery to your Desk system – which doubles-up …

Well, well. The time has come. Over 20,000 of you sent through responses to one of our biggest competitions of the year, to try and win a brand new MSI GT70, 2OD gaming laptop worth over £2,500, and now the task lies with me to let down 19,999 of you. For …

MicroStar International and Intel Corp. on Monday announced a new cashback promotion that will help owners of certain Intel and MSI products to get some cash back. The promotion will work in multiple European countries, including the U.K. From the 16th of November until the 27th of December, 2014, MSI …

The winners are in for the MSI X99S Gaming motherboard competition that we launched last month! We apologize for the slight delay in announcement, we received over 8000 entries in total and have managed to narrow it down to twelve winners in total. In order to win, entrants had to …

At Beat IT 2014 in Taipei, alongside a whole heap of new hardware from MSI, its partners were also on hand to show their wares. KitGuru spoke with Chris Liu, hardware guru for Silverstone. With the move toward smaller form factor PCs (SFF) and emphasis on performance-per-watt etc, you would …

Notebooks with huge displays designed for gamers and professionals have always been somewhat controversial: while they did provide desktop-class performance, they never offered comfort of desktop PCs and were not truly mobile or upgradeable. As a result, in the recent years the popularity of such PCs significantly decreased. Nonetheless, there …

MicroStar International this week rolled-out its fifth mainboard based on the Intel X99 core-logic set that is designed for Intel Corp.’s latest high-end desktop (HEDT) Core i7 “Haswel-E” central processing units. The new motherboard features premium components, overclocking capabilities and all the advantages the X99 has to offer. However, it …

MSI's latest gaming laptop, the GT80 Titan , has leaked ahead of its impending announcement. This is the first laptop in the world to incorporate a fully mechanical keyboard, built by SteelSeries with Cherry MX Brown switches. Additionally, the laptop is shaping up to be quite the power house as it will …

As the weather in Taipei tips past the 30 degree mark, the situation for pro-class gamers is also set to heat up with the kick off for the Beat IT 2014 event just around the corner. Ahead of the main event, KitGuru spots a chance for you to win. We …

For the second time today we've seen an overclocking world record broken at the MSI MOA overclocking event. This time 8-Pack has managed to break 40,000 marks in 3DMark using the MSI X99S XPower AC motherboard. The new world record 3DMark Fire Strike score is 40052, with help from MSI's …

It's that time of year again folks, where MSI's Master Overclocking Arena brings together some of the best overclockers in the world to see if they can push commercial hardware to complete benchmarks and produce raw numbers faster and higher than anyone else. Over a couple of  days of frantic …

Although desktop computers are not going to leave the market any time soon, they are not as popular as back in the days. As a result, sales of many desktop components are stagnating these days, forcing manufacturers to adjust their businesses to stay profitable. A new market rumour suggests that …

If there's one thing we know how to do well here at KitGuru, it's give things away. We're not kidding. If you keep an eye on our Facebook, we're giving away something almost every day, and this one is no different. Today we've teamed up with MSI and Intel, in order …

While the X99 platform and its plentiful PCIe connectivity form a strong gaming foundation, the cost of an LGA2011-3 motherboard, DDR4 memory, and the Haswell-E CPU will put a considerable dent in any buyer's pocket. So when we see a gaming-orientated motherboard offering 3-way graphics capability, eight-core CPU support, and …

The next generation of Nvidia graphics cards are swiftly approaching and MSI is looking to build up the hype. Earlier this month, the company gave us a sneak peak at its new Twin Frozr V GPU cooler, and now we've finally got a good look at the whole thing. This …

According to MSI, the “next-gen GPUs are upon us” as the company has teased us with some images of the upcoming Twin Frozr V GPU cooler. The new design could launch alongside the upcoming GTX 800 (or possibly 900) series of GPUs from Nvidia, which are expected to be unveiled some time …

The latest revision of Intel’s High-End Desktop (HEDT) platform is upon us and that means one thing is for sure – new processors and motherboards. Bringing the HEDT platform to the feature-rich realms of 2014, new motherboards based around the LGA 2011-v3 socket will use an X99 chipset that possesses …

X99 is all set to launch later today and MSI is prepared with its new range of X99 Gaming and X99 MPower motherboards, offering up advanced overclocking tools and low lag Killer E2200 game networking. The X99 Gaming motherboards come with a brand new “Streaming Engine”, a dedicated hardware encoding …

If you've been considering one of the new Z87 or Z97 motherboards along with a new Intel CPU lately, then chances are you're expecting to shell out a fair number of your hard earned pounds to do so. Fortunately, it turns out MSI and Intel are now offering cash back …

If you're heading to the Multiplay Insomnia i52 LAN party next week, then make sure you say hi if you spot us wandering around. On top of that though, you're probably going to want to stop by the YoYotech booth too, as it's teaming up with MSI to offer some …