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2013/09/06 23:35:39 (permalink)
Thought of sharing but obviously too new here to post any links so all hosted photos and screenshots have to be painfully amended... oh well.  Meanwhile, you can also read my intact forum thread here (just replace all hxxp with http)
http://forums.vr-zone.com...-2-new-toys-today.html
 
 
Unboxing










Packaged in Taiwan... can it be also MIT? Kind of rare these days if really so.


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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/06 23:36:47 (permalink)
    Contents
    eVGA definitely has one of the nicest packaging in the industry by far. The retail box is shrink-wrapped (lessens risk of tampering), all parts are individually package sealed while the mobo itself is double-wrapped (anti-static plus bubble wrap). And there is a nice looking metal eVGA case badge bundled inside too.








     


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    post edited by MacClipper - 2013/09/19 10:19:51
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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/06 23:38:46 (permalink)
    The Stinger!
    Features onboard buttons, debug display and actual Creative sound hardware - really nice all round!

     














     


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    post edited by MacClipper - 2013/09/19 10:20:39
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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/06 23:40:02 (permalink)
    Backplate Clearance

    Noctua - OK!






    Thermalright - OK!






    Asetek - NG!







    To be contd...
     
    post edited by MacClipper - 2013/09/19 10:21:51
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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/06 23:42:36 (permalink)
    The eVGA Z87 Stinger UEFI
    A sampling of the UEFI screens...


    The main subsections are


    Overclock





    Memory





    Advanced





    Boot





    Save & Exit





    Interesting options available such as...

    CPU Multiplier Options
    viz. Auto, Manual & eVGA ELEET Ratio





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    post edited by MacClipper - 2013/09/19 10:26:46
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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/06 23:43:40 (permalink)
    Latest C2 Chipset - Confirmed!

     
       
       
     
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    post edited by MacClipper - 2013/09/19 10:13:50
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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/06 23:44:53 (permalink)
    ★ eVGA Z87 Stinger | 4670K | 16GB Corsair DDR3-2666@XMP | NiCu HK 3.0-GTX360 | MSI HD 7790 | TT Smart 630W ★

    Ambient non-aircon local air, Vcore set at Over-ride ie. fixed



    Cinebench





    WinRAR





    7 Zip





    HyperPi 32M




    AIDA64 Bench




    LinX
    Super short run just to glimpse at the GFlop score, (not stabilty)








    HTH



    PS: Rather busy week with an ongoing project, quite sure you guys are likely to do much better with some detailed tweaking...
    post edited by MacClipper - 2013/09/19 10:27:24
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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/06 23:46:14 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby EVGA_WShelley 2013/09/26 17:51:52
    Summary
    • Very well featured for a mITX model - 10 layer PCB, onboard buttons, debug LED
    • C2 chipset ie. USB3 hardware bugfix incorporated
    • Overclocks well
    • 16GB RAM at DDR3-2666 ran as rated without issue
    • Has multiple user named CMOS Save profiles


    Really nice to see eVGA getting back into the mobo arena with a renewed vigour. :)
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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/06 23:52:03 (permalink)
    I will have to drop by and revisit the posts to add the proper links once the forum restrictions lift in a few days' time... unless the mods are kind enough to do so to make it easier reading for everyone.
     
    Cheers! :)
     
    Update - finally done, yippie! 
    post edited by MacClipper - 2013/09/19 10:35:59
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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/07 00:45:48 (permalink)
    Looks impressive. Did you consider any other mini ITX boards before settling on the Stinger?

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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/12 12:23:29 (permalink)
    Just love the Ferrari Red accent and that logo!








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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/12 13:13:44 (permalink)
    Very nice, maybe a mod can fix those images for you ;P
    50 post requirement to post up links and images.

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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/13 03:20:06 (permalink)
    Long way to go then...rather unusual way to penalise welcome new forum members.
     
    Glad you like the sharing so far. 
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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/14 01:24:28 (permalink)
    You'll get there Mac, we all been through that before.

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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/14 01:44:55 (permalink)
    True, true... heheh 
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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/17 05:49:14 (permalink)
    sweet ..I will get one of those when they turn massive.
    But 4 sata ports?  I will have to swap the dvd rom with a storage hard drive some time to time.

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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/17 09:39:43 (permalink)
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    sweet ..I will get one of those when they turn massive.
    But 4 sata ports?  I will have to swap the dvd rom with a storage hard drive some time to time.

    I have this board and all four sata ports populated with hard drives. I ended up creating most of my disk to ISOs then mounting them with a virtual drive software when needed. 

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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/19 10:29:05 (permalink)
    eVGA UEFI Revamp!


    2012





    2013


     
     
     
    The top portion of the revamped BIOS screen alone is packed with details, super informative!





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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/19 10:30:29 (permalink)
    Finally got posting clearance so just redid all the links and cleaned up the thread, nice! 
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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/19 10:33:43 (permalink)
    cesarx
    sweet ..I will get one of those when they turn massive.
    But 4 sata ports?  I will have to swap the dvd rom with a storage hard drive some time to time.

    Can also consider using an USB external BD/DVD instead, anyway I haven't bought any ODD for the past few years. 
     
    PS: Slysoft's Virtual Clonedrive is a great piece of freeware and coupled with Imgburn (another great freeware), you can almost throw out the ODD.
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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/26 17:57:23 (permalink)
    Thanks MacClipper for posting your experience.
     


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    Re:The eVGA Z87 Stinger - 1st Looks! 2013/09/26 22:04:31 (permalink)
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    Looks impressive. Did you consider any other mini ITX boards before settling on the Stinger?

    Missed this post... pardon me.
     
    Was invited by the local distributors to take a look at this model so checked it out over a few days and gave feedback on the findings (and a few BIOS bugs) discovered in testing.
     
    Have already returned the unit since so no further testing/findings from me.
     
     
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    Glad you found it useful, cheers. :)
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