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Computex Organizer Confirms ASRock AMD X670E Motherboards Incoming

By Mark Tyson published 20 May 22

Official reveal is still five days away, according to YouTube video countdown.

Gigabyte Confirms X670 AMD Ryzen 7000 Zen 4 AM5 Motherboards for Computex

By Brandon Hill published 20 May 22

Gigabyte flagship Ryzen 7000 motherboards will be the X670 Aorus Xtreme.

ASRock Z690 Aqua Motherboard Review

By Joe Shields published 16 May 22

A handsomely equipped Z690 flagship with an integrated water block for $1,149.99.

What Is PCIe? A Basic Definition

By Scharon Harding published 13 May 22

What is the meaning of PCIe? PCIe 4.0, PCIe 5.0, PCIe 6.0 and older generations explained.

PCIe 4 Errors Prompt Gigabyte Z690I Motherboard Exchange, Refund Program

By Mark Tyson published 13 May 22

Affected customers were seeing PCIe Gen4 graphics card issues and system instability. Now they can apply for a replacement board upgrade or a refund.

Colorful Z690 iGame Z690D5 Ultra Motherboard

Colorful's New Artsy Z690 Motherboard Only Supports PCIe Gen 4

By Aaron Klotz published 12 May 22

Colorful makes a new artsy-looking Z690 motherboard for gamers and creators, with a relatively cheap price in comparison to other Z690 boards.

What Is a Motherboard Chipset? A Basic Definition

By Scharon Harding published 12 May 22

What is the meaning of a motherboard chipset? Intel and AMD PC chipsets explained.

H610 Motherboard Roundup: i9-12900K Meets Sub-$120 Micro ATX

By Joe Shields published 11 May 22

H610 boards are good for mid-range processors, but struggle with the i9-12900K

Asus Pro H610T ITX DDR4 SO-DIMM Motherboard Hits Retail This Week

By Mark Tyson published 2 May 22

Motherboards like this can be used for compact systems, and building or upgrading AiO PCs.

Asus ROG Strix B660-A Gaming WIFI D4 Review: Sweet-Sounding Budget Bird

By Joe Shields published 29 April 22

Budget Strix comes well-equipped, with premium audio for $239.99.

Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 Overclocked to 10,004 MT/s

By Mark Tyson published 26 April 22

The deed was done on an Intel Core i9-12900KS system using an MSI MEG Z690 Unify-X motherboard. Interestingly, the CPU was cooled by LN2 but ran at just 425 MHz.

ASRock B660 Steel Legend Review: Solid Features and Affordability

By Joe Shields published 25 April 22

Reasonable features for the price ($159), but this board struggles with heavily multi-threaded loads

Framework Is Selling Mainboards Separately for Crazy Maker Projects

By Andrew E. Freedman published 22 April 22

Framework is selling its mainboards and open sourcing CAD and electrical documentation to allow for upgrades as well as maker projects.

Over 100 Lenovo Laptops Affected by Trio of UEFI Vulnerabilities

By Mark Tyson published 20 April 22

Vulnerabilities were first spotted by ESET researchers. Two would allow an attacker to disable UEFI flash memory protection. Another is an elevated privileges with arbitrary code execution flaw.

Asus ROG Maximus Z690 Extreme and Extreme Glacial Motherboard Review

By Joe Shields published 16 April 22

To water cool, or not to water cool, that is the question.

Open Source Coreboot BIOS Ported to MSI Z690-A Motherboard

By Aaron Klotz published 13 April 22

Coreboot, an open-source firmware platform, has been ported to MSI's Z690-A WiFi motherboard

AMD EPYC Genoa Motherboard With 12 DDR5 Slots Smiles For The Camera

By Zhiye Liu published 7 April 22

ServeTheHome forum user posted a photograph of a mysterious Socket SP5 (LGA6096) motherboard for AMD EPYC Genoa CPUs.

New Gigabyte Workstation Motherboards Have Arrived for Alder Lake-S and Threadripper 5000 Pro

By Aaron Klotz published 7 April 22

Gigabyte has released two new workstation motherboards designed for both Intel and AMD's newest CPUs, including Alder Lake and Zen 3 Threadripper Pro.