{"id":24809,"date":"2011-05-30T16:34:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T14:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=24809"},"modified":"2011-05-30T17:21:19","modified_gmt":"2011-05-30T15:21:19","slug":"intel-x79-motherboards-debut-at-computex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/24809-intel-x79-motherboards-debut-at-computex.html","title":{"rendered":"Intel X79 motherboards debut at Computex"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Computex in full swing, a wealth of information about the new X79 ranges of boards is hitting the internet. With sites such as VR-Zone and lab 501 showing off pictures of upcoming X79 boards from a variety of manufacturers, hardware enthusiasts have a good idea of what to expect from the next generation Intel chipset.<\/p>\n

Highlights of the X79 lineup include:<\/p>\n

GA-X79A UD3<\/a>: Gigabytes latest offering sports the new X79 ram slot layout, along with 14 sata ports and 5 PCIe slots.<\/p>\n

X79 Quantum force<\/a>: Foxconn is in the running with the same ram slot layout, 14 sata ports, 4 PCIe slots and their trademark red and black theme hailing back to the original bloodrage board.<\/p>\n

X79R-A<\/a>: ECS’ new addition to their black series brings the new ram slot layout, 10 sata ports, 4 PCIe slots and a new black and white colour scheme.<\/p>\n

C1X79EVO<\/a>: Asus are also present with their latest Evo board. The same ram slot layout, 14 sata ports, 3 PCIe slots and a colour scheme out of the 90’s.<\/p>\n

X79 Extreme4<\/a>: Asrock aren’t known for their high end boards, however their Extreme 4 board may aim to change that. New ram slot layout, 12 sata ports, 4 PCIe slots and a black and red colour scheme.<\/p>\n

Quad channel ram, 10+ sata ports and multiple PCIe slots are the current highlight of the X79 line of boards at Computex, expect more as the event unfolds over the next few days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Day 1 of Computex starts off with a bang as manufacturers debut their feature packed Intel X79 motherboards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":24865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[137,131,135,133],"class_list":["post-24809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-computex","tag-intel","tag-motherboards","tag-x79"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24849,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24809\/revisions\/24849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}