mATX motherboards aren’t usually what you look at for squeezing ultimate performance out of your system. ASUS has been working to change that perception with their Maximus GENE series of Republic of Gamers motherboards for several generations now. Today we’ll see just how they were able to succeed in this generation with the ASUS Maximus V GENE.
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5/9
2012
2012
Today we will be looking at one of Biostar’s socket FM1 motherboards that is targeted at the mainstream computer market with an affordable price tag.
Read More4/30
2012
2012
The TZ77XE4, it’s new, it’s shiny, it has bright orange heatsinks and lightning bolts on the box! Sounds like a good start to me.
The most obvious feature of this motherboard is the new Intel Z77 chipset and all it brings with it. Primarily that means full support for the Ivy Bridge Intel CPUs. Other highlights include full PCIe 3.0 support (though this does require an Ivy Bridge CPU), Lucid Virtu MVP and a pretty serious looking CPU power section.
3/28
2012
2012
Gigabyte brought the G1-Killer gaming series to the community early 2011 focusing on gaming features specifically in it’s design. Both the G1.Sniper and G.Assassin variants seemed to have become quick favorites with the avid gamers out there. In this review we will be looking at the X79 version of the G1 series, the Gigabyte G1.Assassin 2.
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2012
2012
We’re back today with another feature-packed ASUS board for your viewing pleasure – the Intel Z68-based Maximus IV Extreme-z.
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2012
2012
EVGA has been a player in the motherboard game for quite some time now. With Intel’s release of the Sandy Bridge-E CPU’s came with it another chipset, Patsburg (X79). They have again brought to the table its usual lineup for this platform, the SLI (E775), FTW (E777), and the Classified (E779). Today we will look at the formidable FTW and see how it stacks up in the crowded X79 motherboard landscape.
Read More2/10
2012
2012
LGA2011 and the X79 chipset brought a lot of good things: powerful 6-core CPUs, quad channel RAM, and 40 PCIe lanes. Gigabyte’s X79 line up consists of four motherboards; the UD3, UD5, UD7, and G1.Assassin2. We’ve already taken a look at the GA-X79-UD7, and today we’ll be looking at the GA-X79-UD3.
Read More1/25
2012
2012
Sometimes it’s nice to see that good things can come in small packages. For us overclockers, HTPCs are the first thing that come to mind where smaller and quieter is better.
Read More1/12
2012
2012
Here today is the Asus Sabertooth 990FX Motherboard. The Sabertooth line up was first introduced by ASUS to create a motherboard that defined the word TUF – rough, rigged, military grade; fallout wasteland TUF. The Asus Sabertooth 990FX brings these features to the table.
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2012
2012
The Big Bang-XPower II X79 motherboard launched earlier this week. Let’s see if MSI brings a solution that is worthy of your next platform upgrade.
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