Five Z97 Express Motherboards, $160 To $220, Reviewed By Thomas Soderstrom published 14 August 14 Intel’s “mainstream” socket continues to spawn enthusiast parts with the company’s fastest-ever gaming-oriented CPU. You’ll probably want a feature-packed motherboard for that, and five companies stepped up to show off the best of the sub-$220 segment.
Intel Z97 Express: Five Enthusiast Motherboards, $120 To $160 By Thomas Soderstrom published 13 May 14 Tom’s Hardware readers set a higher bar for enthusiast-class motherboards, demanding overclocking capabilities and more robust feature sets. Priced from $120 to $160, we welcome the first five Z97 motherboards to our enhanced definition of mainstream!
Which A88X-Based Board Should You Buy For Your Kaveri APU? By Thomas Soderstrom published 20 March 14
Five Z87 Motherboards For Your Mini-ITX Build, Reviewed By Thomas Soderstrom published 25 November 13 Z87 rules the PC enthusiast market by exposing the Haswell architecture's full feature set. We're particularly interested in mini-ITX-based platforms able to integrate Z87 in a compact form factor. Five boards contend for supremacy of compact computing.
ASRock M8 Mini-ITX Barebones Gaming PC Review By Thomas Soderstrom published 25 October 13 Some of us love compact gaming builds, but the best of these have always been pre-configured into custom enclosures. Is ASRock’s M8 the perfect open-architecture alternative? We load this $550 barebones up with hardware and test its mettle.
Three AMD 990FX-Based Motherboards For Enthusiasts By Thomas Soderstrom published 2 April 13 AMD’s flagship FX-series processors squarely target enthusiasts with sub-$1,000 system budgets, and it's hard to get there with an expensive motherboard. We requested every vendor's top-value solution, and received three boards for your consideration.
System Builder Marathon, Q1 2013: $1,000 Performance PC By Thomas Soderstrom published 28 February 13
Four Z77-Based Mini-ITX Motherboards, Reviewed By Thomas Soderstrom published 10 January 13 Yes, you can get all of the functionality enabled by Intel's Z77 Express chipset in a tiny mini-ITX form factor! We round up four motherboards that uniquely approach the gaming and media center markets with a range of features and prices. Which is best?
Six Socket FM2 Motherboards For AMD's Trinity APUs By Thomas Soderstrom published 26 November 12 After just one generation, Socket FM1 is dead. We test six Socket FM2-based motherboards able to take AMD's newest APUs built using the Trinity architecture. Can any of these platforms, armed with AMD A85X Fusion Controller Hubs, get us to upgrade?
Six $220-280 Z77 Express-Based Motherboards, Reviewed By Thomas Soderstrom published 10 October 12 Expanded graphics card support, enhanced on-board features that include Thunderbolt on some models, and more-robust voltage control are all good reasons to consider paying a little extra for a higher-end motherboard. Today we examine five top choices.
AMD Trinity On The Desktop: A10, A8, And A6 Get Benchmarked! By Chris Angelini published 27 September 12
System Builder Marathon, August 2012: System Value Compared By Thomas Soderstrom published 23 August 12
System Builder Marathon, August 2012: $2000 Performance PC By Thomas Soderstrom published 22 August 12
Does Size Matter? Four Very Small Nettops Get Reviewed By Don Woligroski published 25 July 12 We're comparing four diminutive PCs: ASRock’s Vision HT, Jetway’s Mini-Top JBC700, Lenovo’s Q180, and Zotac’s Zbox Nano XS AD11 Plus. Despite their similar sizes, each tiny computer offers a unique feature set. Are any of them right for you?