So now we have the price and the ability to buy it on retails channel.

First up on the list in the big brother : Maximus VII Hero priced at around  Rs 18100 as suggested by Asus.

then comes the next one… MAXIMUS VII Ranger priced at around 15000

And last but not the least Maximus VI Gene priced at around Rs 16800.

Expecting them to be stocked by the retailers by next week.

And wait for our reviews on the two big boys : Hero and Ranger.

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Notable features include

• Android v4.4 (KitKat) OS
• Wi-Fi Enabled
• 3G connectivity, no LTE
• FM Radio
• 1.2 GHz MSM8x10 (Snapdragon 200) Dual Core Processor with Adreno 302 graphics
• Dual Standby SIM (GSM + GSM)
• 5 MP Primary Camera, no front-facing shooter
• 4.3-inch Touchscreen @ 960×540 resolution
• 1GB of RAM
• 4GB internal storage with up to 32GB of microSD expansion
• Dual-SIM

Flipkart has already listed the phones for preorder.

• Black
• White

It will be nice if you use the links provided here since the proceeds will help us to maintain the site.

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Asrock

We start with Asrock and their crop of colorful boards starting from the mainstream Extreme Lineup to the gaming range Fatal1ty and to the OC Formula

First up, Extreme 4

The Extreme 4 comes loaded with about 9 sata port,One M.2 Socket,one USB 3.0 header and two bios chip onboard.
Apart from that we see a “purity sound” solution, onboard TPM header and Intel Lan. Although the 4 pin molex on middle of the board kinda sticks out.

Then the Extreme6,

Here we have DUAL Intel lan with 11 Sata Ports, a mini PCI-e slot with two sata M.2 slots with one being labeled as “Ultra M.2” with “‘PCIe Gen3 x4” labeled next to it.This suggest they are making place for some devices whihc are not even out yet,good for them.
This board has a bit better positioning  for the 4 pin power,but I would like it to be changed to sata power.

Moving on to the Mini ITX, we have ITX/ac

Looks like a standard fare ITX board,while the box says M.2 i don’t see any on the board.
However we see four Sata ports,one sata express ports and mini PCI-e. Reloaction of the 8 Pin power to middle will cause problems in cable management.

Coming to the gaming range,we have the Fatal1ty Killer

The board comes with four sata ports,one sata express and one M.2.Sound is being handled by the Purity Sound 2 solution here(most probably an ALC 1150 codec with tweaks).
Networking is handled by a Killer E2200 LAN.

And last is the high-end offering : OC Formula

We see a bit more yellow than the previous Z87 OC Formula.
Asrock ahs equipped the abord with on the fly adjustments switches,dip switches for PCI lanes,voltage check points along with better power phases than the other boards in the lineup.
Even though we see quad pci slots there seems to be no PLX chip pointing towards a x8/x4/x4 + x4 like its Z87 cousin.
Additionally the board comes with E2200 lan,M.2 slot,9 sata ports and ace overclocker Nick shih’s autograph on the board itself.

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 Lets check out what in the box, shall we?
The motherboard comes in a black big box with a sleek design with special mention of the five way optimization that Asus brings to table with this generation.

Other prominent features of the board such as the Wi-Fi GO!, Turbo App, Crystal Sound 2 and Turbo LAN are highlighted at the rear of the packaging.

Looking inside the box we see a nice package including

• The Motherbaord
• The user Guide
• A brochure highlighting the main features
• Sli Bridge
• 6x Sata Cables
• Q-Connectors
• I/O shield
• 1x Wi-Fi/Bluetooth antenna

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Asus today announced the launch of AM1M-A motherbaord for Kabini APU’s in India.
Priced at around INR 2400 the motherboard boasts of ASUS 5X Protection.
It also includes ASUS DIGI+ VRM (voltage-regulator module),over current protection to prevent short circuits,ESD guards etc.
On the software side we have the well-known UEFI bios of Asus which is among the most user-friendly bios around and AI Suite 3 for system tuning and overclocking.
It’s good to see that Asus is implementing almost all the software feature set on the lower end of the spectrum too.
The product page can be found here

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After Asus,Sapphire is second in race to announce their version of r9 295X2.
their version would ship in the original metal suitcase whihc AMD used to send to reviewers; although this ones would have sapphires robotic advertisements and technical jargon printed all over it.

Apart form that the card would feature a dual-GPU “CrossFire on a stick” solution based on two 28 nm “Hawaii” GPUs in the same core configuration as the Radeon R9 290X, the R9 295X2 features a factory-fitted closed-loop cooling solution, and clock speeds of 1018 MHz core, and 5.00 GHz memory. The card is expected to be priced at US $1,499.

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German E-tailer Cyberport.de posted pre-order links of two variants from Asus and Powercolor.

both variants are priced at 1399 Euro.

The original links were removed but you can check out the screenshots

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HyperX^®, a division of Kingston Technology, today, announced the launch of HyperX FURY memory for entry-level gamers and enthusiasts in India. HyperX FURY replaces the HyperX blu memory line. This next-generation high-performance memory offers automatic overclocking with an asymmetric and aggressive heatspreader design for the ultimate cost-efficient enthusiast computing experience.

HyperX FURY memory is completely Plug and Play (PnP) so it automatically overclocks within the system speed allowance without any manual BIOS tuning. The new heatspreader design comes in four colors (blue, black, red, and white) and features black PCB to enable gamers, modders and system builders to have color matched systems. HyperX FURY is available in 1333MHz, 1600MHz and 1866MHz frequencies.The HyperX FURY system memory will soon be joined by HyperX FURY SSD, designed also for entry-level gamers and enthusiasts who want to get into the game quicker. HyperX FURY SSD allows PCs and applications to load faster and improve overall system responsiveness.

So basically we can expect a new line of SSD’s in a few months too.
until that time we would have to wait.

Specification:

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Now MSI had decided to step in and solve the problem to a certain extent. a few days back they showed off a small slide in Facebook which shows the upcoming Z97 XPower AC will support delidded haswell CPU among other features.

Now while we wait to see how far its adopted by the enthusiast crowd.The conpet is pretty innovative.

What do you think? let us know

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Logitech announces a new addition to their lineup with a humongous 12000 DPI sensor with an edgy name to match it.
The G502 PROTEUS CORE is the successor to G500s which is only a year old now.

Even though high D{I doenst actually mean the sensor quality is good(and also most of the gamers play with very low DPI settings)Logitech claims the sensor has “zero acceleration, zero smoothing or filtering, and zero pixel rounding.”

Although not much cannot be said without getting an hands on with mouse here are some specs  look at till the time the mouse is actually available.

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