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ASRock Takes the Throne for World's First Micro-ATX X99 Motherboard
Aug 15, 2014 - in Articles > Motherboards
ASRock has shared some pictures of the X99M Killer, the "world's first" Micro-ATX motherboard featuring the LGA2011-3 socket and X99 Express chipset, and it looks like a well-balanced board. The X99M Killer comes with four DDR
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Biostar Introduces Hi-Fi H81S3 Micro-ATX Motherboard
Oct 16, 2013 - in Articles > Motherboards
After announcing its Hi-Fi B85N 3D Mini-ITX motherboard, Biostar has announced its new Hi-Fi H81S3 motherboard, which is a Micro-ATX motherboard based on the H81 chipset. While the motherboard might mostly be built to target budget buyers
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Super-Size Me: Gigabyte's G1.Assassin In An XL-ATX Monster
May 22, 2011 - in Articles > Components
Size Matters The Cooler Master HAF-X is one of a handful of cases able to host an XL-ATX motherboard. Here is a comparison shot, from left to right: Cooler Master CMSTORM Scout (ATX), Cooler Master Cosmos S (EATX, also known as Extended ATX
I'll Take That Extra Large, Please -slot Radeon graphics cards in a CrossFire configuration (or three GeForce cards in three-way SLI). Up until now, this editor hadn’t had any experience with the XL-ATX form factor and its extra-large proportions. So, we invite you to see exactly what
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Bigger Than The Whole Cosmos 1.Assassin requires the XL-ATX form factor. Note how the board bleeds into space required by the power supply!
The Gigabyte G1.Assassin Bundle Now that we have a case that can accommodate this huge board, let’s consider the Gigabyte G1.Assassin bundle. Included are the usual items, such as SATA cables, manuals, a driver CD, and a faceplate. The three-way SLI connector h...
The Easy Button The front-access control panel sports two USB 3.0 and one ESATA/USB combo outputs. On the left you can see the Quick Boost overclocking button, which triggers an on-the-fly clock rate boost when it's pressed.
Bling, Anyone? A large sheet of case decals is a nice touch for those who want the world to know they own Gigabyte’s most flagrant premium motherboard. In case your friends miss them, the double-sided poster offers a choice of graphics to force aware...
The G1.Assassin Mug Shot Here is the colossal board in all of its glory. It’s impossible to miss the firearm-inspired heatsinks and green/black color scheme. The TSA may or may not want to put its hands down your pants if you try taking this through a security...
Motherboard Ammunition? Gigabyte calls the G1.Assassin’s cooler a “locked and loaded heatpipe.” While we question whether or not this is the most efficient design for lowering the temperature of components, you can’t deny that it’s cool to have a magazine on ...
Stick ‘Em Up! Here is another shot of the motherboard heatsink as it wraps around the CPU socket. Note the rifle barrel pointing in the direction of the camera, and the large component on the right that’s designed to look like the fore-grip of a fir...
Creative Xi-Fi Onboard Gigabyte went through great lengths to make the G1.Assassin a one-stop-shop ultimate motherboard (how else will it convince enthusiasts to spend more than $500 on a motherboard?). Case in point: the Creative Xi-Fi Digital Audio proce...
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Asus And DFI: Core i7 Micro-ATX Motherboards Compared
May 29, 2009 - in Articles > Components
Asus Rampage II Gene Features and Layout Smaller, yet slightly updated compared to the Rampage II Extreme, the Micro-ATX Rampage II Gene lacks only a few slots, a few redundant circuits, and a secondary Gigabit network controller compared to its larger
Conclusion Top-quality Micro-ATX motherboards offer a level of performance, stability, and capability believed by many to be possible only with full-sized parts. The results make sense because of the equally-sized upper portion of Micro-ATX and full
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ATX Without The Waste With support for full-sized components and up to four expansion cards, the Micro-ATX format has always been more than adequate for the majority of high-end builds. Yet while enthusiasts have typically cited inadequate quality or design
Test Settings 850-EMBA 850W, ATX12V v2.2, EPS12V Software OS Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 Graphics Nvidia GeForce 181.20 WHQL Chipset Intel INF 9.1.0.1007 While other reviewers have standardized their tests using DDR
Benchmark Results: 3D Games The Rampage II Gene bursts from the gate in CoD:WaW, with performance that tops even full-ATX solutions. DFI lags slightly behind the full-sized P6T, but this could be due to less-aggressive use of Intel Turbo mode
Benchmark Results: Synthetics . Slight advantage in clock control are often revealed in Sandra’s CPU tests, but the difference seen above is marginal. The full-sized ATX motherboard leads Sandra’s Memory Bandwidth benchmark, but again by a trivial amount.
Overclocking, Power And Heat than most of us would consider safe. Here’s what the two Micro ATX Core i7 motherboards offer in BIOS. BIOS Frequency And Voltage Settings (For Overclocking) Asus Rampage II Gene DFI LANParty Jr X58-T3H6 CPU Base
DFI LANParty Jr X58-T3H6 Features and Layout The LANParty Jr X58-T3H6 looks almost identical to its full-sized predecessor with the exception of two missing slots, and we’re hoping to reach similar performance levels and overclocking capability. Yet DFI d...
Benchmark Results: A/V Encoding And Productivity The Rampage II Gene takes a big win in Apple iTunes format conversion. This type of leadership is so unusual that we re-tested while keeping an eye on clock speed, yet never saw the motherboard exceed its default 0.20% overclock. ...
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MSI Announces the H81-P33 ATX Motherboard
Aug 23, 2013 - in Articles > Motherboards
MSI has announced the H81-P33, an ATX sized motherboard that is based on Intel's entry level H81 chipset and offers a 6-phase VRM, a LGA1150 socket and an AMI UEFI BIOS with support for Windows 8's fast boot functionality
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ASRock's X99 Extreme11 Has 18 SATA Ports
Oct 9, 2014 - in Articles > Motherboards
to these without issue. Just to rub in how many SATA ports this is, ASRock even included a picture of them all next to each other, which is taller than half of the E-ATX size motherboard. Thankfully, they are angled sideways, and not upwards. Who wants
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Gigabyte's Z97-HD3P Comes Well-Packed For Budget Builds
Oct 7, 2014 - in Articles > Motherboards
-range board, which brings the new Z97 features to what we presume will be a lower price point. The Gigabyte Z97-HD3P motherboard comes in an ATX form factor and has the LGA1150 socket, so it will accept Haswell and Haswell Refresh processors
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Two Xeon CPUs Are Better Than One Intel P4 Extreme Platform
May 14, 2004 - in Articles > Components
The Right Motherboard Format: ATX Or WTX On the left, the big WTX format and on the right, the ATX format Compared to standard ATX boards, Xeon workstation boards have considerably more units, including, for example, PCI64/X interfaces, two Southbridges, LAN chips
The Right Power Adapter: ATX Or EPS12V, Continued With more than 350 watts, today's ATX power adapters deliver sufficient power in order to be able to supply dual systems in ATX format as well. In the meantime, there are power adapters on the market that support both ATX and EPS
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A Dual Vs. Single Processor Price Comparison was dominated by the space-hogging WTX boards, but now many manufacturers also offer such systems in the usual ATX format, and a Dual Socket 604 board fits without any problems into a conventional desktop tower. The prices for such motherboards start
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Compact All-Rounders: VIA's Eden Mini ITX Format Boards
Mar 26, 2003 - in Articles > Components
They are the size of a book, and yet they have all the functionality of a modern PC. We are talking about VIA's ultra-compact Mini ITX format motherboard based on the C3 processor. The latest generation works with DDR RAM and is said to ...
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Review of Socket 7 PCI Motherboards
Dec 1, 1997 - in Articles > Components
Gigabyte GA-586ATX03 The ATX version of the TX2 is quite a fast performer. As always, Gigabyte keeps Intel conservative specs, 66 MHz at the fastest. Configuration is easy again thanks CPU voltage auto detection. GA-586 ATX03, Rev. 1.x ATX format
Abit opening your case, isn’t it great ? As in the prior socket 7 review already mentioned, this board has some difficulties with certain types of SDRAM, e.g. the older Corsair modules won’t work properly. If your are looking for a an ATX board to run
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ABit AB-TX5 fine boards as well; before you make your choice, go ahead and read some other reviews as well. Maybe you will find some fact or feature you will regard even more important than I do. ABit AB-TX5, Rev. 1.0 Baby AT format; AT & ATX power
AOpen .g. the admirable stability at 75 and 83 MHz bus speed; you can say it's more stable than fast at 83 MHz. The only comparable boards are the ABit AB-TX5 and partially the Shuttle HOT-565/569. AOpen AX5T, Rev. 3.0 ATX format; ATX power supply; Intel
AsusTek P/I P55 TXP4 specifications as the TX97-E, but comes in ATX format. I will add the benchmark results from the TX97 and TX97-E as soon as I get them. Strange to say why Asus does not implant support for bus clocks beyond 66 MHz into their ATX format boards, the same
Chaintech has also inplemented switching regulators and an ATX power supply connector in case you want to use this AT board in a common ATX case (PC97). Chaintech now uses a BIOS extension called SeePU where you can adjust CPU speed and voltage in your system BIOS
FIC PA-2010+ Here we have a VIA Apollo VPX chipset board in ATX format. The K6 at 250 MHz was not logged in correctly, none the less it worked fine. I got real difficulties with the Pentium MMX 233. Sometimes it was logged in as Pentium 133 MMX
FIC PA-2011 This is the ATX version of the PA-2007, but just with 512 kB Cache. Technical facts are all the same. Just the most important (performance) is not at the same high level as the PA-2007. The board has an additional connector for AT power
Shuttle HOT-569 at a maximum multiplier of x5.5. The passive voltage regulators were all changed to switching regulators without any coolers; this looks like good work. Shuttle HOT-569, Rev. 1.2 AT format; AT & ATX power supply; Intel 430TX; 3x ISA, 4x PCI; 4
Soyo Soyo 5XA5 Intel 430TX chipset, 512 kB L2 Cache, 4 ISA as well as 4 PCI slots and support for 75 and 83 MHz are the main characteristics for this little ATX board. You may insert up to 3 DIMM modules and if necessary 2 PS/2 modules
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