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Intel's replacement for the Z77 "Ivy Bridge" LGA1155 platform has arrived - the Haswell generation is an evolution from it's predecessor, bringing with it reduced power consumption and efficiency gains. Like Ivy Bridge, they come in Quad-core single-threaded i5 and Hyper-threaded i7 models, and have graphics included. Overclocking with an entry-level pre-built watercooling kit from Corsair is apparently very easy, according to HardOCP. Points to note: The new CPUs use a LGA1150 socket, so th …

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New review at Dansdata - Noontec Gigalink N5 NAS It's been a while, but Dan has cranked out another of his eminently-readable reviews of PC gear. From the review: "The Noontec N5 does everything most people - which is to say, I - want from a single-drive network-attached storage box. It accepts SATA hard drives up to "3Tb" in size (explanation of those scare quotes down here). It has a gigabit Ethernet interface, for speed." "It even looks quite nice, in that anonymous shiny white pseudo-App …