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Experience ASUS ROG @ PAX East 2013 from March 22-24, 2013. The ROG Experience Tour is back in Boston for another installment of PAX East, and we’re packing even more gaming goodness than you thought was possible into a 20’ x 30’.

One largely overlooked aspect of Windows 8 is the arrival of a new DirectX version! Let's take a quick look at it.

Steam gets redesigned for TV-minded usage.

Twice the memory, spectacular cooling, and one slot leaner? Sign me up for some GTX 680 goodness!

A joy to use, Windows 8 emerges as an excellent operating system for gamers and DIY lovers.

FlanK3rCZ from Czech tech site, Pctuning.cz has got his hands on the latest Crosshair V Formula-Z and put together this video showing exactly how the new DirectKey function works. As Win8 can boot in under 6.5 seconds on your new ASUS board (proof soon!), you can press the button to shoot straight into the UEFI BIOS, meaning no longer having to hammer the delete key.

Just as the Crosshair V Formula-Z has been upgraded, the Sabertooth 990FX gets an R2.0 update as well. Click inside to see our quick unboxing and overview of what's new for TUF fans.

If you're now updating your motherboard BIOS for any reason, you'll need to do the CAP conversion. This is a two-step process which we've detailed in the video below so you can see how it works, and as a reference to check if your update has gone smoothly.