Motherboards

by Rafael Hernandez on December 4, 2008 · 0 comments

Intel’s Atom CPUs have been a great option for portable netbooks given their low power consumption and reasonable performance. MSI has taken note of its finer qualities and plopped it into an exceedingly small Mini-ITX form factor motherboard. TweakTown has…

Read more MSI IM-945GSE-A, Atom For Your Desktop

by Rafael Hernandez on November 5, 2008 · 0 comments

ASRock is well known for their rather off-ball combination of features attached to value minded chipset and the company’s G43Twins-FullHD motherboard is no different. The MicroATX board sports Intel’s G43 chipset with the integrated X4500 GPU tied to your choice…

Read more ASRock G43Twins-FullHD, Budget MATX Motherboard With Some Spunk

by Rafael Hernandez on October 26, 2008 · 0 comments

Intel’s CPU and chipset dominance over the past 2 years coupled with AMD’s purchase of ATI (forming a sweet combination in the process) has left NVIDIA feeling a little down but they’re certainly not out of the game. Their…

Read more NVIDIA Working On AMD AM3 Supporting Chipset, MCP85 Ahoy!

by Rafael Hernandez on October 26, 2008 · 0 comments

The trend with enthusiast level motherboards has been to make yours appear much more “extreme” than the competition in some silly attempt to make it stand out, give the fanboys something to make new acronyms out of, or imbue the…

Read more Foxconn Quantum Force Blood Rage Pictured, Attempts To Scare You With Its Name

by Rafael Hernandez on October 21, 2008 · 0 comments

DFI has been known to do things a little bit differently as they were one of the first motherboard manufacturers to ship their products with many previously hidden BIOS settings out in the open for any enthusiast to modify. Their…

Read more DFI Lanparty JR P45-T2RS Motherboard Review, CrossFire Packin' MATX

by Rafael Hernandez on October 20, 2008 · 0 comments

The motherboard one-upmanship continues with Gigabyte’s new EP45-EXTREME motherboard for Intel CPUs. The board takes a mid-range priced chipset and packs on the features such as a water-coolable northbridge/southbridge/mosfet heatpiped cooler and improved power regulation circuitry. Techgage has some interesting…

Read more Gigabyte EP45-EXTREME Reviewed, More Extreme Than Most

by Rafael Hernandez on October 19, 2008 · 0 comments

Here’s a look at some of the news pieces and reviews making their way around the web this weekend.Cases, Cooling, and Power SuppliesNoctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler Review – TechReviewsThermaltake Toughpower QFan 650W Review – Overclockers ClubThermalright T-Rad² Video Card Cooler…

Read more Weekend Wrap Up – October 19th 2008

by Rafael Hernandez on October 15, 2008 · 0 comments

Another year another IGP refresh, this time around Nvidia gets in on the fun with their new MCP7a chipset. ECS’ GF9300TA Motherboard makes good use of the new chip as Guru3D can attest to. Interesting read:So why is this integrated…

Read more ECS GF9300TA Motherboard Reviewed, MCP7a Fun!

by Rafael Hernandez on October 15, 2008 · 0 comments

If there’s one thing you can count on Intel for is its staunch adherence to making solid and stable products. They carry on that pursuit of crotchety like fastidiousness with their DG45ID MicroATX motherboard which HardOCP has put through its…

Read more Intel DG45ID Motherboard Reviewed, Solid with no Frills

by Rafael Hernandez on October 15, 2008 · 0 comments

Intel’s X58 Express chipset will be the number one choice chipset for performance enthusiasts once their Core i7 CPU lineup launches next month. Leave it to ASUS to go completely overboard with their P6T Deluxe X58 Express Motherboard. Tech ARP…

Read more ASUS P6T Deluxe X58 Express Motherboard (OC Palm Edition) Preview

by Rafael Hernandez on October 11, 2008 · 0 comments

Here’s a look at some of the news and reviews that hit the web this week: Cases, Cooling, and Power Supplies Best CPU Cooler Performance – Q3 2008 – Benchmark Reviews Cooler Master V8 CPU Cooler – CPU3D Cooler Master…

Read more Saturday Wrapup