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Hands on with ASUS UEFI BIOS
April 9, 2011
by Keith Soreghen
in News
UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is a replacement for the traditional BIOS that you have seen for many years. This interface between your hardware and operating system has survived through countless CPU and motherboard revisions simply because it has been able to perform it’s job without the need for a major overhaul up until this point. The need for UEFI now is more than for cosmetic reasons, as the advancing hardware has hit a wall when using the old BIOS method. The biggest limitation is the inability to boot from hard drives over 2.19TB due to the Master Boot Record’s partition table limitations. The answer to this is to format hard drives with GPT (GUID Partition Tables), be running a 64bit OS, and use a board with UEFI.
Quick Look: Sandy Bridge 2600K & Sabertooth P67
April 8, 2011
by Keith Soreghen
in Videos
We are finally building another gaming PC. Due to the Intel chipset recall, our build has been delayed for two months. The new boards are here and we are back on schedule. This is a quick look at the board and processor we are using this time around. Full build video is coming soon. These are the components that we have so far:
The Build:
- ASUS P67 Motherboard $220
- Intel Core i7-2600K 3.4 GHz LGA 1155 Processor $329
- Cooler Master Hyper 212+ CPU Cooler $35
- Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 memory (8GB) $105
- Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB Hard drive $60
- Samsung SH-S223 DVD Burner $20
- Windows 7 64bit OEM $140
We are trying to get in a special (yet to be released) case for this build. Hopefully the manufacturer gets it here soon so we can finish this video for you. The power supply is still undecided. Trying to get something cool to use for that as well.
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