Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.

• BIOSTAR Preparing To Launch New “Hi-Fi Mainboard”
• ASUS Maximus VII Impact Takes it Vertical with Five Daughterboards
• Gigabyte X99 Gaming G1 Makes an Appearance
• AMD Radeon R9 285 with Tonga GPU Pictured
• SanDisk Debuts the Ultra Fit USB 3.0 Flash Drive
• Apacer Introduces the 2 TB AC233 USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive