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Zotac Fusion-ITX A Series Motherboard Review

splat — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:34:44 +0000

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. Thankfully, processor manufacturers have heard our cries and keep improving their small form factor offerings. Enter the Zotac Fusion ITX A Series motherboard running Read more ...

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Asus Sabertooth 990FX Review

Dolk — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:02:20 +0000

This review has been a long time coming. Here today is the Asus Sabertooth 990FX motherboard. The Sabertooth line up was first introduced by Asus in their Intel socket 1156 lineup. The idea was simple, create a motherboard that defined the word TUF – rough, rigged, military grade. Fallout wasteland TUF. What does this mean to household gam Read more ...

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MSI Big Bang-XPower II X79 Motherboard Review

Brolloks — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:36:40 +0000

The latest Intel platform, Sandy Bridge-E (SNB-E for short), hit the market mid-November last year bringing exciting new features for the overclocking community to play with. In this review, we will be taking a closer look at the MSI XPower II X79 motherboard which launched earlier this week. We will be focusing on its features and also determ Read more ...

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ASRock X79 Extreme4-M Review

Earthdog — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:06:28 +0000

At this point most everyone has become familiar or at least heard of the Sandy Bridge-E CPU’s and X79 platform and most board partners have come out with their full lineup of motherboards. ASRock has produced a Micro-ATX (mATX) sized board in the X79 flavor, the X79 Extreme4-M, which looks to pack a punch. Let’s take a closer look.< Read more ...

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Gigabyte GA-X79-UD7 Motherboard Review

Earthdog — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:17:53 +0000

Tick…tock, tick…tock goes the Intel clock. With another ‘tock’ comes another CPU chipset that everyone wants to get their hands on. In that light, Gigabyte has provided us with their high-end motherboard for their enthusiast class chipset to put through its paces, the GA-X79-UD7. In past incarnations, this board had a goo Read more ...

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ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Review

hokiealumnus — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:12:09 +0000

The last ASUS board we looked at was for AMD’s new Bulldozer platform, the Crosshair V Formula. It is currently their top of the line AMD board, but it isn’t top of the line like an “Extreme” ASUS board. Today we’re looking at the Rampage IV Extreme, and let me tell you, top of the line may not be strong en Read more ...

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Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7 Motherboard Review

hokiealumnus — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:45:21 +0000

Today we’re back with another high end motherboard featuring AMD’s 990FX / SB950 chipset: the Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7. The last 990FX board we looked at was the ASUS Crosshair V Formula, which was quite impressive; does the UD7 have what it takes to compete? Let’s find out!

Packaging and First Look

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ASRock 990FX Extreme 4 Motherboard Review

Dolk — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:07:29 +0000

ASRock has given us an opportunity to review one of their midrange AMD boards, the 990FX Extreme4. Although the word ‘Extreme’ is in the name, the number (4) shows us that it falls in the midrange between the Extreme3 and Extreme7 from their 990FX line. As with a lot of midrange offerings, they do what you need them to do, but may not necess Read more ...

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MSI Z68A GD65 (G3) Review

Earthdog — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:17:11 +0000

MSI has given us the opportunity to review one of their high end boards for Sandy Bridge, the Z68A GD65 (G3). This board features MSI’s revamped Click Bios II, Overclock Genie II for one second overclocking, the “World’s first PCIe Gen 3 Mainboard brand”, Military Class II Read more ...

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Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3-B3 Review & Intel SRT Analysis

Archer0915 — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:06:51 +0000

Gigabyte motherboards are well known for their quality, features, and innovation. The GA-Z68A-D3-B3 is one of the products that has the quality, but is a little lacking on the features and innovations. However, the price point at Read more ...

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