Overclocking event to the mobile
product presentations, if you wanted
to find out anything about INTEL
products, this was the place to be.
We witnessed plenty of these at the
show along with some interesting
information that we gathered about
Haswell-E which was not public at
the time. As you read this, just about
everything is known about the platform
and the CPUs so let google or Bing
(who uses that?) gather it all for you.
KINGSTON
As stated earlier, Presentation wise, no
other event was as well put together
as the HyperX event, its grandeur and
list of invitees was incredible with
competitors showing up if only to
see what they were up against. I was
literarily blown away by the quality of
the show, the bravado and even the
hype leading up to the event. If you
came to COMPUTEX unsure about
what Kingston had to offer, you walked
away at least feeling overwhelmed by
their commitment to each respective
market, both in products and in
financial investments. From the
Ferrari’s that dotted the entrance to the
showgirls, the lights and the cameras
it was big budget and an incredible
way of promoting one’s products to an
awe inspired crowd where a lasting
impression could be made. This new
enthusiasm at Kingston had everyone,
overclockers and gamers alike excited
for all the products that they were
going to launch in future.
MSI
With MSI we saw both motherboards
and graphics cards. Pepi and Pt1t,
were there showing off the new Z97
boards and custom Lightning graphics
cards. All decked out in the yellow
and black. We got to see the Radeon
290X Lightning, but didn’t see the
780 Ti Lightning as we know there’s
a long story behind that particular
graphics card. Still, if you want cutting
edge performance or are just getting
into overclocking, MSI has almost
everything you need to get started.
Gaming motherboards are arguably
the strongest SKU for MSI as these
boards have continued to get better
very quickly, rivaling those of the top
two vendors in many ways. Not only are
these well priced, but they have great
build quality, some wonderful gaming
centered features, but best of all, they
are actually good overclocking boards.
Add the occasional game bundle with
it and you have the MSI gaming series
being a real contender for the true
gaming motherboards of the industry.
22 The OverClocker Issue 30 | 2014