Core i7 6950X on sale for $ 1950

Core i7 6950X price

As usual, Intel has distributed its engineering samples between partners and means to enable them start with the relevant evidence in each case. But it seems now has an unconventional situation is that one of these partners or media has not respected the agreement with Intel and has put on sale on Ebay an engineering sample of a Intel Core i7-6950X ” Broadwell-E ” processor to the tune of $ 1950.

I’ll be completely honest, from the point of view of a media: as you know manufacturers often send us samples of their products to perform analysis, and if the product has a moderate cost, often it can be us for our personal use or testing laboratory. It is very unusual, not to say that this only happens to a few privileged, the manufacturer will yield an engineering sample that has a crazy price as is the case now concerns us. Of course there are people who do this for doing business but this, in my view, beyond all limits because as I mentioned earlier there is a confidentiality agreement by which has not been respected.

Core i7 6950X review

The Intel Core i7-6950X that is for sale is a processor 10 cores and 20 threads of process based on the Broadwell-E 14 nanometer architecture that is yet to be announced officially.It is compatible with Intel socket LGA 2011v3 (X99 chipset) and has a TDP of 140 watts.They are attached in the advertisement placed on Ebay high resolution images that leave no doubt that the product is authentic.

As you can see in the ad, who lives in the US has the processor, and charges an additional $ 50 for shipping costs shipping to anywhere in the world. So, if you want to have this processor before anybody else and you can spare $ 2,000 for nothing, now you have a good chance. However, it falls discounted according to the policy say that Intel engineering samples belong to the company regardless of any other situation, so in theory this sale would be unlawful.

Core i7 6950X specs

Family    Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition
Model number      i7-6950X
Microarchitecture    Broadwell
Data width    64 bit
The number of CPU cores    10
The number of threads    20
Floating Point Unit    Integrated
Level 1 cache size      10 x 32 KB instruction caches, 10 x 32 KB data caches
Level 2 cache size      10 x 256 KB caches
Level 3 cache size    25 MB
TDP    140 Watt

ASRock H110M-HDVP specs: loves old peripherals

ASRock H110M-HDVP review

ASRock presents its new motherboard the entry level for socket LGA1151, the ASRock H110M-HDVP with additional connectivity for personal computers used in offices and aimed at addressing the use of older peripherals. To do this, ASRock has included among its connections back a connected directly to the motherboard COM port and PS / 2 connectors for keyboard and mouse. ASRock H110M-HDVP specs are given below.

The new ASRock H110M-HDVP is built following the micro ATX form factor using the new manufacturing technology printed circuit that minimizes the space between the layers of glass fiber, short circuits by minimizing moisture accumulation. For the energy required, the board employs a combination of power connector 24-pin power connector and 4-pin EPS, fitted with a 3 + 1 VRM basic phases. The plate has two DDR4 DIMM slots that support up to 32GB of dual channel memory in combinations of 2 x 16 GB.

ASRock H110M-HDVP reviews

The expansion slots on the ASRock H110M-HDVP include PCIe 3.0 x16 size, a PCI slot and two PCIe 2.0 x1 slots size. Storage connectivity includes four ports SATA 6 Gb / s at the lower right side of the plate and rotated 90 degrees to make your stay more orderly connection when it is used.

ASRock H110M-HDVP reviews test

The display outputs incorporating the motherboard include an HDMI connector, D-Sub15 other connector and one DVI-D. Among its connectivity options, the ASRock H110M-HDVP incorporates two RS-232 serial COM ports (one on the rear panel and one other through a specific connector on the motherboard), a parallel connector LPT type (located on the plate base) and two independent ports PS / 2 keyboard and mouse.

Three USB 2.0 ports (two as heads on the motherboard and one on the back of it), four USB 3.0 ports (two via headers and two on the rear panel of the plate), 6-channel audio HD and a Gigabit Ethernet connector is responsible for completing the latest connectivity of this new model from the Taiwanese manufacturer.

It is expected that the price of the new ASRock H110M-HDVP less than 80 €.

Download S7 TWRP custom recovery: Samsung Galaxy S7 touch recovery available for download from XDA

TWRP aka team win recovery project has churned out Samsung Galaxy S7 TWRP aka S7 custom recovery and all credits go to folks at XDA for making it available to the public. This is a fully touch driven user interface and no more playing around with buttons just to navigate the UI.

Download galaxy S7 TWRP custom recover

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With the release of TWRP for Samsung Galaxy S7, users will be able to flash custom ROMs and all sorts of S7 specific hacks on it. So far there is no CWM aka clock work mod recovery that is similar to the S7 custom recovery but lacks touchscreen interactivity.

iBall Slide Snap 4G2 is a 4G LTE android 5.1 tablet

Folks at iBall have released a cheap 4G LTE android tablet. Called the iBall Slide Snap 4G2, it runs android 5.1 and packs 7 inch display packing 1024 x 600 pixel resolution, a nice 1.2 GHz quad core processor and 2GB RAM. iBall Slide Snap 4G2 specs also include 16GB of flash storage that is expandable via micro SD card slot that can accommodate 32GB easily.

iBall Slide Snap 4G2 review

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