AMD’s CPU performance has lagged Intel for a number of years now. That’s not to say that their chips don’t perform well but when you look at the other camp’s offerings it’s hard to pass up. The one saving grace for AMD is that their system chipsets have been top notch as of late so […]
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The Mini-ITX form factor promised all manner of space saving and energy friendly designs for scientific and industrial applications when it was launched but, as time went on, process refinements has turned it into a platform which can easily play host to some of the fastest processors and graphics cards on the market today. GIGABYTE’s […]
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Intel has taken a good chunk of the CPU market for itself with its extremely powerful processor lineup but AMD’s focus on the whole computer, including the chipsets and graphics cards that make them tear through games ever so quickly, leads to some interesting performance and tweaking capabilities. The MSI 890FXA-GD70 Motherboard works its magic […]
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The latest and greatest typically means it’s a few years off from hitting the mainstream so while the enthusiasts have been enjoying the hardware for over a year we’re finally starting to see an effort into pushing the older chipsets down to the affordable level. The ASUS P6X58D-E Xtreme Design Motherboard comes up big with […]
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Your desktop next to you, yeah that one right there, are you fully utilizing is potential. I mean the thing has several PCI or PCI-E slots but there’s nothing in them now is there? So why have a PC that takes up so much space when you can easily downsize. The GIGABYTE H55N-USB3 mini-ITX motherboard […]
You might be one of those weekend overclockers who likes a bit of that light tweaking where a 50% increase over stock clock rates is more than good enough but there are those that require so much more from their hardware. GIGABYTE’s X58A-UD9 Motherboard is blazing new performance trails while stamping its name at the […]
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AMD has been on a bit of a tear with their graphics products managing to put together an impressive array of features that power through today’s latest games…thankfully they also have some competent chipset engineers on their payroll as well. The ASRock 890FX Deluxe3 motherboard sports the company’s latest and greatest chipset which should go […]
Stepping up to a brand new PC is an expensive proposition especially if you’re replacing every single piece of your PC which is common given the length of time people hang on to their systems. The Foxconn H55MX-S Micro ATX Motherboard is a budget board which just means you can push more of your PC […]
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Most top tier motherboard manufacturers sport feature parity when it comes to overclocking and stability so that leaves little else to compete with so added functionality is where most turn their attention towards. The GIGABYTE P55A-UD6 Motherboard brings along SATA 6G and USB3 functionality for those with super fast storage connectivity needs. HardOCP has the […]
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The trouble with product concepts is that they tend to get your hopes very high then there’s a long lull in news before you hear the plans have been dropped or they’re not nearly as impressive once launched. That doesn’t mean we’ll stop getting our hopes up. The ASUS ROG Immensity Motherboard Concept sports a […]
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Gaming computers have turned to something a bit more beastly than many would like. A large reason for that is the massive motherboards designed to support the hardware habits of gamers which, in turn, force some massive case designs. The MSI 890GXM-G65 MicroATX Motherboard keeps things tidy with its onboard Radeon HD 4290 graphics core […]
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