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ASUS Rampage III Extreme motherboard gets official

Chris Davies, Mar 22nd 2010 Discuss [0]

If the early preview shots of ASUS' Rampage III Extreme motherboard got your juices flowing, then the full information about the Intel X58-based 'board should be enough to knock you off your feet. The Rampage III Extreme is the latest in ASUS' Republic of Gamers range, and supports the newest hexacore Intel Core i7 CPUs - such as the Core i7-980X Extreme - along with straightforward overclocking, NVIDIA 3-way SLI and ATI CrossFireX support, and a pair of USB 3.0 ports. Read The Full Story

Asus P6X58D Premium mainboard for Intel LGA1366 CPUs launches

Shane McGlaun, Mar 12th 2010 Discuss [1]

Asus was whipping new mainboards out at CeBIT earlier this month and now that the show is over, Asus is still offering up new hardware. Asus has unveiled a new mainboard today called the P6X58D Premium aimed at enthusiasts looking to build up a sweet Intel LGA1366 rig. Read The Full Story

ASUS motherboards with Leo-friendly AMD 890GX chipsets spotted

Chris Davies, Feb 22nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Details of two new, so-far unannounced ASUS mainboards have emerged, with one apparently tipping the imminent arrival of the AMD 890GX chipset expected to be part of AMD's upcoming Leo platform. The ASUS M4A89GTD Pro/USB3 not only supports the new six-core Thuban processors, but squeezes in two USB 3.0 ports alongside its Radeon HD 4290 integrated graphics and two PCI Express Gen2 x16 slots. Read The Full Story

Intel G41 shortage pushing motherboard makes to AMD?

Chris Davies, Dec 18th 2009 Discuss [0]

A shortage of Intel G41 chipsets have supposedly pushed motherboard manufacturers to AMD's competing products, according to a DigiTimes report, with a spate of unexpected orders overwhelming the 8-inch fab plant responsible for their production. According to motherboard manufacturers, attempts to encourage Intel to maintain the cheaper G31 chipset failed, and as such companies have been forced to switch to the newer G41. Read The Full Story

ASUS ROG Maximus III Extreme mainboard gets Bluetooth remote overclocking

Chris Davies, Dec 1st 2009 Discuss [0]

Is there anything the humble Bluetooth cellphone can't do? ASUS have announced their latest Republic of Gamers mainboard, the ROG Maximus III Extreme, and the Core i5/i7 'board not only supports all the usual high-speed gubbins but allows you to control the system settings from your cellphone. Read The Full Story

VIA Mobile-ITX shrinks computer-on-module even further

Chris Davies, Dec 1st 2009 Discuss [1]

VIA have announced their latest embedded device mainboard, and if you thought Pico-ITX had been spending too much time among the pie-aisles then the VIA Mobile-ITX form factor should please you. Measuring 6 x 6 cm - 50-percent smaller than Pico-ITX, in fact - the board is a computer-on-system module incorporating CPU, memory and chipset, and is intended to be paired with IO boards offering various degrees of connectivity. Read The Full Story

MSI set to release Big Bang gaming series motherboard soon

Shane McGlaun, Oct 30th 2009 Discuss [0]

MSI teased us with a few tidbits on that awesome Big Bang mainboard at the end of September, and I really want one. MSI has issued a new press release that gives more details on the mainboard and promises that it will launch soon, but MSI gives no specific date for the board to hit market. Read The Full Story

VIA EPIA N700-10EW Nano-ITX board scoffs at extreme temperature

Chris Davies, Aug 6th 2009 Discuss [0]

VIA's Nano-ITX boards have already acquired something of a following among people building tiny embedded computers, HTPC-style media streamers or other compact gadgets, but what happens if you want to take your media-PC-in-a-toaster to the nearest desert or mountain top? Step forward the VIA EPIA N700-10EW, an unassuming name for a low-power board capable of running in temperatures from minus 20-degrees centigrade to plus 70-degrees. Read The Full Story

ASUS P6X58 Premium motherboard with USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s

Chris Davies, Jul 21st 2009 Discuss [0]

In case you can't read the helpful legends in the image below, you're looking eye-to-port at what promises to be the first motherboard with dual SuperSpeed USB 3.0. The ASUS P6X58 Premium is designed for Intel's Core i7 CPU range, and has six DDR3 memory slots, three PCI Express 2.0 slots and the usual bevy of USB 2.0 ports and headers; however, ASUS have also thrown in a pair of USB 3.0 ports capable of a theoretical 4.8Gbps transfer rate. Read The Full Story

ASUS Xtreme Design P6TD Deluxe Core i7 motherboard

Chris Davies, Jul 14th 2009 Discuss [0]

Motherboards may not often be the most exciting of components, but you won't get far with your PC build without one. ASUS have announced their latest "Xtreme Design" series 'board, the P6TD Deluxe, and while the box design may be sober the spec-sheet certainly isn't. Core i7 and Core i7 Extreme CPU compatibility, up to 24GB of DDR3 2000 RAM supported over six DIMM slots and three PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots make for a capable, compact motherboard. Read The Full Story

ASUS ROG Crosshair III Formula motherboard for Phenom II CPUs

Ewdison Then, Jul 6th 2009 Discuss [0]

ASUS' latest motherboard for AMD Phenom II processors has been announced. The ASUS ROG (Republic of Gamers) Crosshair III Formula uses the AMD AM3 socket platform, together with CPU Level Up real-time overclocking and bundling a SupremeFX X-Fi sound card. Read The Full Story

VIA VB8002 HD media server Mini-ITX board

Chris Davies, Apr 30th 2009 Discuss [0]

VIA have announced a new media server Mini-ITX board, the VIA VB8002, running the company's 1.6GHz Nano processor and offering HDTV output and 7.1 HD surround sound. The VB8002 uses VIA's CX700M2 media system processor, and should be able to connect with pretty much any display you have, digital or analog: ports include DVI, S-Video, component and composite, together with coaxial and optical S/PDIF for digital audio. Read The Full Story