A few months ago we looked at the Crosshair IV Formula, what was then ASUS’ top of the line AMD motherboard. Now they’ve out-done themselves with the Crosshair IV Extreme. This one is definitely designed for extreme benchmarkers, so take it to extremes we did! Read More
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Re-Lighting Patriot's Inferno
Another look at Patriot’s Inferno 100G SSD – this time with AHCI. While we’re here, let’s throw in a chipset comparison for good measure. AHCI vs. IDE and Intel vs. AMD on a SandForce-based SSD! Read More
Touring the AMD 890FX Chipset and Athlon II 640 CPU
This article is a quick precursor for our upcoming review of the ASUS Crosshair IV Formula, which houses AMD’s newest chipset, consisting of the 890FX northbridge and SB850 southbridge. The CPU used in that review will be AMD’s recently released Athlon II 640, so we’ll have a look at that too. Read More
AMD SB850 Southbridge in Limited Supply
Industry sources reports that AMD is unable to meet the demand for its new SB850 southbridge. Some motherboards branded as 8-series products may feature last generation SB710 parts instead of the new SB850. Read More
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