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Gigabyte’s Sandy Bridge P67A-UD3R, P67A-UD3 and H67MA-UD2H motherboards previewed

Chris Davies, Oct 29th 2010 Discuss [3]

Gigabyte has come clean on its upcoming 6 Series motherboards, designed for Intel's "Sandy Bridge" second-gen Core processors. Three new 'boards have been previewed - the Gigabyte P67A-UD3R, P67A-UD3 and H67MA-UD2H - each with an Intel 6-series chipset for LGA 1155 processors; there's also USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps as standard, and CrossFireX graphics support. Read The Full Story

ASUS ROG Crosshair IV Extreme offers remote iPhone overclocking

Chris Davies, Sep 20th 2010 Discuss [0]

ASUS has made its Crosshair IV Extreme motherboard official, after teasing us with the new Republic of Gamers 'board back in May. Designed for use with AMD's socket AM3 Phenom II, Athlon II or Sempron 100 series processors, the Crosshair IV Extreme has five PCI Express slots, Lucid HYDRALOGIX and - thanks to CrossLinx 3 - can pair up to four mixed NVIDIA and ATI graphics cards at any one time. Read The Full Story

Lanner VES-310 packs Atom N450 onto 5.7 x 4.1 inch board

Chris Davies, Sep 13th 2010 Discuss [0]

Mini-ITX too chubby for you? Find yourself looking scornfully at ASUS' Eee Box and other nettops, and thinking "I could do better than that"? Then head on over to Lanner, whose new VES-310 single board computer manages to squeeze a 1.66GHz Atom N450 CPU, twin gigabit ethernet ports, four USB 2.0 ports, SODIMM slot and a CF slot onto a slice just 5.7 x 4.1 inches. Read The Full Story

ASUS Rampage III Formula high-end motherboard breaks cover

Chris Davies, Aug 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

ASUS has sent over a handful of shots of their upcoming ASUS Rampage III Formula motherboard, and it's all looking decidedly tasty. Based around Intel's X58 chipset, meaning compatibility with the latest breed of hexacore Core i7 processors, there are a full six DDR3 DIMM slots and three PCIe x16 slots. Read The Full Story

ASUS ROG Rampage III GENE packs gaming punch into microATX

Chris Davies, Jul 7th 2010 Discuss [0]

ASUS has outed their latest Republic of Gamers motherboard, and unlike many of its predecessors the Rampage III GENE packs its punch into a much smaller area. A microATX board, the new ROG Rampage III GENE supports up to hexacore Intel Core i7-980X processors thanks to its X58 chipset, as well as USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s. Read The Full Story

ASUS boost PC speed by 37%, cut energy by 80% with Dual Intelligent Processors

Chris Davies, Jul 5th 2010 Discuss [2]

ASUS has unveiled its latest motherboard innovation, Dual Intelligent Processors, which the company claims will instantly make systems 37-percent faster and make 80-percent energy savings. Found on the ASUS P7P55D-E Deluxe 'board, among others in the company's range, the key change is the addition of a "TurboV Processing Unit" (TPU) and an "Energy Processing Unit" (EPU); these take on system-intensive processing and real-time power management, respectively. Read The Full Story

ASUS Immensity concept motherboard peeks out

Chris Davies, Jun 8th 2010 Discuss [1]

ASUS has just sent us over some shots of their new ASUS Immensity concept motherboard, along with a few scant details to whet our appetite. The new 'board is confirmed as having a Lucid Hydra chipset and ATI Radeon 5000 Series GPU, along with a fair few of the latest ports like USB 3.0. Read The Full Story

ASUS RoG Crosshair IV Extreme motherboard pictured

Chris Davies, May 7th 2010 Discuss [2]

Ready for some more motherboard porn to drool over? ASUS have just sent over the latest photos of their new Republic of Gamers Crosshair IV Extreme 'board - for AMD's latest AM3 socket processors including the Phenom II X6 hexacores - that pairs the AMD 890FX chipset with dual BIOS, an onboard Lucid Hydra 200 for improved multi-GPU performance, and support for ASUS' RoG Connect with remote Bluetooth control. Read The Full Story

Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs detailed; not backward-compatible with current motherboards

Chris Davies, Apr 21st 2010 Discuss [0]

Details of Intel's Sandy Bridge 32nm processors have leaked, the successors to the current Core i3 and Core i5 chips, and anyone hoping for a straightforward upgrade is out of luck. According to documentation acquired by Bit-Tech, the new mainstream Sandy Bridge CPUs will use a new LGA1155 socket, one pin short of the existing LGA1156 sockets, and not be backward compatible. Meanwhile Intel's Sandy Bridge "E" (apparently either "Enthusiast" or "Extreme") "Patsburg" CPUs will get a new LGA2011 socket, with plenty of extra pins for its four channel DDR3 memory controller and 32 lane PCI Express 3.0 support. Read The Full Story

ASUS ROG Crosshair IV Formula motherboard pairs AMD CPUs with dual-channel DDR3 2000MHz RAM

Chris Davies, Apr 20th 2010 Discuss [0]

ASUS has been on a roll with its high-end motherboards lately, and the new Republic of Gamers Crosshair IV Formula doesn't look to break that pattern. Designed for AMD's processors - including the new Phenom II X6 hexacores - the 'board is the first in the world to pair them with support for dual-channel DDR3 2,000MHz memory; there are also two USB 3.0 ports, six SATA 6GB/s and three SATA 3GB/s connectors. Read The Full Story

ASUS add IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet to M4 Series motherboards

Chris Davies, Apr 12th 2010 Discuss [0]

ASUS have already thrown AMD Phenom II X6 support into their M4-series of motherboards, and now the company have thrown another tidbit into the mixture: IEEE 802.3az. In case you're not familiar with the latest acronym, that's Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) and it promises to cut power consumption by up to 81.3-percent during periods of low network activity. Read The Full Story

ASUS M4 motherboards get AMD Phenom II X6 compatibility (now we just need the CPUs)

Chris Davies, Mar 26th 2010 Discuss [1]

AMD may be trying to keep a lid on their upcoming hexacore AMD Phenom II X6 processors, but ASUS are just too excited about their motherboards to play along. The company has announced which motherboards in its range will be compatible with the new processors - codenamed Thuban - thanks to a new batch of BIOS updates. Read The Full Story