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A quick look at Intel's DZ77GA-70K motherboard by Geoff Gasior — 11:23 AM on April 19, 2012 While preparing for a certain upcoming processor launch, we've been spending some quality time with Intel's DZ77GA-70K motherboard. Read on for a quick... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	23
Z77 motherboards from Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI by Geoff Gasior — 8:58 PM on April 8, 2012 Intel's Ivy Bridge processor may still be waiting in the wings, but the 7-series motherboards designed for it are already for sale. To provide... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	56
Sandy Bridge-E motherboards from Asus, Gigabyte, Intel, and MSI by Geoff Gasior — 2:02 AM on November 14, 2011 If you want to get in on Intel's new Sandy Bridge-E CPU, you'll need an LGA2011 motherboard. We've gathered four examples from Asus, Gigabyte,... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	31
Llano motherboards from Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI by Geoff Gasior — 11:54 PM on June 29, 2011 AMD's Llano APU arrives on the desktop with an FM1 socket that requires a new motherboard. We've assembled three candidates from Asus, Gigabyte,... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	20
Bulldozer mobos from Asus and MSI: Sabertooth 990FX & 990FXA-GD80 by Geoff Gasior — 10:57 PM on May 30, 2011 Bulldozer-based Zambezi CPUs are coming, but motherboard makers can't be bothered to wait. We take a detailed look at a pair of Bulldozer... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	53
Z68 Express motherboards from Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI by Geoff Gasior — 2:01 AM on May 11, 2011 Intel's Z68 Express has finally arrived. Join us as we explore the chipset's QuickSync transcoding support, accompanying GPU virtualization, new Smart Response SSD... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	58
Exploring the impact of memory speed on Sandy Bridge performance by Geoff Gasior — 10:09 AM on February 9, 2011 K-Series Sandy Bridge CPUs have unlocked memory multipliers that make it easy to take advantage of faster memory modules. We explore performance with... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Memory	124
Zotac's H67-ITX motherboard by Geoff Gasior — 5:04 PM on January 26, 2011 Zotac's H67-ITX is the first Mini-ITX motherboard capable of hosting Intel's new Sandy Bridge CPUs. We pit it against a stack of desktop... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	31
A quick look at chipset PCI Express performance by Geoff Gasior — 10:23 AM on January 14, 2011 Finally, Intel has a mid-range chipset with proper PCIe 2.0 lanes. We test the P67's PCIe implementation to see how it stacks up. Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	57
Sandy Bridge motherboards from Asus, Gigabyte, Intel, and MSI by Geoff Gasior — 6:05 PM on January 4, 2011 You'll need a new motherboard to run a Sandy Bridge CPU. We look at four from Asus, Gigabyte, Intel, and MSI in search... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	61
Asus details Sandy Bridge motherboard lineup by Geoff Gasior — 11:49 PM on November 14, 2010 Early last week I had a look at Asus' 6-series motherboards. Keep reading to see what the world's biggest mobo maker has in store... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	41
A closer look at AMD's Brazos platform by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:01 PM on November 8, 2010 Last week, I flew down to AMD's Austin campus for enchiladas and some hands-on time with the Brazos platform, which will hit ultraportables, netbooks,... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics Chipsets	61
AMD's SB800-series fan speed controller exposed by Geoff Gasior — 11:00 AM on October 26, 2010 We've long bemoaned the sorry state of BIOS-level fan speed controls, but AMD's SB800-series south bridge chips have a lot to offer on that... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets Cooling	66
A short tour of Kingston's Hsinchu factory by Cyril Kowaliski — 12:59 AM on June 22, 2010 During our stay in Taiwan earlier this month, we hopped on a bus to Kingston's Hsinchu factory, where memory modules and SD flash cards Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Memory	19
Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI tackle AMD's 890FX chipset by Geoff Gasior — 1:39 PM on April 29, 2010 With 44 Gen2 PCIe lanes and six 6Gbps SATA ports, AMD's new 890FX may be the finest high-end chipset on the market. Join us... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	65
AMD's 890GX integrated graphics chipset by Geoff Gasior — 12:30 PM on March 2, 2010 AMD's 890GX chipset features a hopped-up Radeon HD 4290 graphics core and an all-new SB850 south bridge with a 6Gbps Serial ATA controller. We've Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	147
Intel's Core i3 and i5 dual-core processors by Scott Wasson — 3:48 AM on January 4, 2010 Intel's Nehalem microarchitecture has gone entirely mainstream with the arrival of the dual-core processors code-named Clarkdale. This release also marks two major milestones: the... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Chipsets	148
Intel's next-gen Atom arrives in Asus' Eee PC 1005PE netbook by Geoff Gasior — 11:01 PM on December 20, 2009 Intel didn't intend for its Atom CPU to revolutionize the ultraportable notebook market, but it happened anyway. Today, the next-gen "Pine Trail" Atom platform debuts... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Chipsets Mobile computing	122

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