| ECS Extends Its Replacement Service to all Motherboards and VGA Cards |
| Author: Cássio Lima |
Date: June 14, 2012 - 9:34 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.ecsusa.com/ECSWebSite/Member/LoginPage.aspx |
Today, ECS extended its 99-hour replacement service to all ECS motherboards and video cards bought after Dec. 31, 2011. Whereas previously only applicable to ECS’ high-performance Black Series products, now all ECS motherboard and video card customers can receive their replacement parts within 99 hours of processing. The 99-hour replacement service gives ECS customers in the USA (48 contiguous states) a fast and trouble-free service to replace ECS products if any issues should arise. Simply register the ECS motherboard or video card bought after Dec. 31, 2011 on ECS’ website. If a replacement is needed, ECS will process your return and ship out a replacement within 24 hours after receiving it via 3-day shipping – guaranteeing ECS customers will receive their replacement within 99 hours.
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| Computex 2012: ASUS Concept Motherboard with Two GPUs |
| Author: Gabriel Torres |
Date: June 13, 2012 - 9:18 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.asus.com |
During this Computex, ASUS showcased a concept motherboard called “X79 Zeus,” featuring two on-board GPUs. This motherboard is not intended for production (at least not yet), but rather to show off what ASUS’s engineers can do. Other features include two Thunderbold ports, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, 10 SATA-600 ports with hardware-based RAID, 12 USB 3.0 ports, WiFi IEEE 802.11b/g/n, and eight memory sockets supporting up to 128 GB. The motherboard doesn’t have expansion slots, as the area normally occupied by them was used to install the two GPUs and the necessary memory chips. ASUS didn’t say which GPUs were used. 
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| Computex 2012: Upcoming Motherboards from ASRock |
| Author: Gabriel Torres |
Date: June 11, 2012 - 10:49 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.asrock.com |
ASRock displayed two of its upcoming motherboards, one for the LGA1155 platform and one for the LGA2011 platform. The Z77 OC Formula will come with a cold plate for liquid cooling solutions pre-installed on the motherboard. It will have two PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots, one PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot, 10 USB 3.0 ports, 12 USB 2.0 ports, six SATA-600 ports, four SATA-300 ports, on-board audio based on the high-end Realtek ALC898 codec, one Gigabit Ethernet port, voltage monitoring points, and two LED displays. It will support memories up to DDR3-3000. Another highlight of this motherboard is the use of an eight-layer printed circuit board. (Motherboards usually use a six- or four-layer PCB.) As you can assume by its name, this is an LGA1155 motherboard based on the Intel Z77 chipset. This motherboard is still under development, and its physical aspect may still change. 
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The X79 Extreme11 will be an exceedingly high-end motherboard for the LGA2011 platform, based on the Intel X79 chipset, with seven PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots. All slots are PCI Express 3.0 and operate at high bandwidth configurations because of the presence of two PLX PEX8747 chips. This motherboard will have a Creative Core3D[l1] audio controller, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, eight USB 3.0 ports, 14 USB 2.0 ports, two SATA-600 ports controlled by the chipset, eight SAS/SATA-600 ports controlled by an LSI SAS2308 chip, two eSATA-600 ports, four SATA-300 ports, two FireWire ports, eight memory sockets, and a POST diagnostics display. 
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| ECS Announces A85F2-A Deluxe Motherboard with FM2 Socket |
| Author: Cássio Lima |
Date: June 1, 2012 - 9:34 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Media/NewsRoom_Detail.aspx?NewsID=149... |
ECS has announced the A85F2-A Deluxe, a new motherboard based on AMD’s A85X chipset with support for the latest AMD’s APUs, codename “Trinity.” The A85F2-A Deluxe is an ATX motherboard equipped with an FM2 socket, two PCI Express x16 slots, three PCI Express x1 slots, and two PCI slots. It has four DDR3 slots with support for up to 64 GB of DDR3-1866 memory (DDR3-2,300 O.C.), seven SATA-600 ports, six USB 3.0 ports, eight USB 2.0 ports, one eSATA-600 port, one Gigabit Ethernet port, and HDMI, DVI and VGA video outputs. The A85F2-A Deluxe is also part of the ECS “NonStop” motherboard lineup. In addition to the A85F2-A Deluxe, four other models will released with the socket FM2: A75F2-A2, A75F2-M2, A55F2-A2, and A55F2-M3. The price or the release dates have not been announced. 
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| ASUS Launches First Intel Thunderbolt Certified Motherboard |
| Author: Cássio Lima |
Date: May 21, 2012 - 9:43 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.asus.com |
ASUS has announced the launch of the P8Z77-V PREMIUM, its first motherboard to offer Thunderbolt connection. Thunderbolt is a high-speed data connection technology that provides a maximum transfer rate of 10 Gbps. Just to give you an idea, USB 3.0 provides a maximum transfer rate of 5 Gbps. The ASUS P8Z77-V PREMIUM is the first Thunderbolt motherboard to be certified by Intel. It comes with four PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, six USB 3.0 ports, six SATA-600 ports, three SATA-300 ports, two eSATA-600 ports, and a 32 GB SSD cache onboard. Information on pricing or availability was not provided. 
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| MSI Launches New Radeon Power Edition Series Video Cards |
| Author: Cássio Lima |
Date: April 20, 2012 - 9:16 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.msi.com/news-media/news/1409.html |
MSI has launched three video cards within their brand new Power Edition series of video cards: the R7850 Power Edition 2GD5/OC, the R7770 Power Edition 1GD5/OC and the R7750 Power Edition 1GD5/OC. All of them feature the latest Twin Frozr IV cooling solution (two 80 mm fans, nickel-plated copper base, and dust removal technology), military-class components, and triple overvoltage (adjust the voltage of GPU, memory and VDDCI). In the table below we’ve listed the models launched and their main specs. Model | R7850 Power Edition 2GD5/OC | R7770 Power Edition 1GD5/OC | R7750 Power Edition 1GD5/OC | GPU | Radeon HD 7850 | Radeon HD 7770 | Radeon HD 7750 | Core Clock | 860 MHz (OC: 950 MHz) | 1,000 MHz (OC: 1100 MHz) | 800 MHz (OC: 900 MHz) | Memory Clock | 4,800 MHz (OC: 4800 MHz) | 4,500 MHz (OC: 4800 MHz) | 4,800 MHz (OC: 4800 MHz) | Memory Size | 2 GB | 1 GB | 1 GB | Memory Interface | 256-bit | 128-bit | 128-bit | Mini-DisplayPort | 2 | - | - | DisplayPort | - | 1 | 1 | HDMI | 1 | 1 | 1 | DV-I | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Biostar Unveils the TZ75B Motherboard |
| Author: Cássio Lima |
Date: April 18, 2012 - 9:13 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/news/news.php?S_ID=137 |
Biostar has unveiled a motherboard based on the Intel Z75 chipset targeted toward third-generation Core i7, Core i5, and Core i3 processors (codename “Ivy Bridge”). The TZ75B motherboard comes with four DDR3 memory sockets, one PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot, one PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot, two PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots, two PCI slots, two SATA-600 ports, four SATA-300 slots, two USB 3.0 ports, four USB 2.0 ports, 8-channel audio (Realtek ALC892), and Gigabit Ethernet. This motherboard is priced at USD 110. 
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| Intel Launches 7-Series Chipsets |
| Author: Cássio Lima |
Date: April 9, 2012 - 4:26 PM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/performance-chipsets/z... |
Intel officially releases the 7-series chipsets for the “Ivy Bridge” processors (third-generation Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 processors), despite the processors not being available yet. The new Intel 7-series chipset family includes native support for USB 3.0 ports, and two new technologies: Smart Connect (allowing the computer to receive emails and refresh webpages while it is in sleep mode) and Rapid Start (faster boot times). They also support the Virtu Universal MVP, which allows you to combine the performance of the integrated graphics processor available in the CPU with the performance of any video card installed. This is similar to what occurs with the Hybrid SLI and ATI Hybrid Graphics technologies, with the notable difference of not being limited to GPUs from a specific manufacturer. Intel’s 7-series chipsets do not support the PCI bus. In the table below, we summarize the key differences of the 7-series chipsets targeted to desktops. | Intel Z77 | Intel Z75 | Intel H77 | Supported CPUs | LGA1155 | LGA1155 | LGA1155 | Integrated Video | Yes | Yes | Yes | PCI Express 2.0 Lanes | 8 | 8 | 8 | USB 3.0 Ports | 4 | 4 | 4 | USB 2.0 Ports | 10 | 10 | 10 | SATA-600 Ports | 2 | 2 | 2 | SATA-300 Ports | 4 | 4 | 4 | RAID Support | 0, 1, 5, 10 | 0, 1, 5, 10 | 0, 1, 5, 10 | Video PCIe Configuration | 1 x 16 or 2 x 8 or 1 x 8 + 1 x 4 [l1] | 1 x16 or 2 x 8 | 1 x 16 |
See below more information about 7-series chipsets targeted to laptop:
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| Manufacturers Unveil Intel’s 7-Series Motherboards |
| Author: Cássio Lima |
Date: April 6, 2012 - 10:12 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
Today, several manufacturers announced socket LGA1155 motherboards based on Intel’s 7-series chipset, targeted to upcoming “Ivy Bridge” processors. See the list below.
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| Biostar Unveils the TA970XE AM3+ Motherboard |
| Author: Cássio Lima |
Date: March 23, 2012 - 9:13 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/news/news.php?S_ID=133 |
Biostar has just introduced the TA970XE, a socket AM3+ motherboard targeted to overclockers and gamers. This board is based on the AMD 970 chipset, features four DDR3-2000 memory sockets, two PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (x16, x4), two PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots, two standard PCI slots, five SATA-600 ports, one eSATA port, two USB 3.0 ports, six USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire port, one Gigabit Ethernet port (Realtek RTL8111E), and 8-channel audio (VIA VT1828S). The TA970XE uses a 5-phase voltage regulator circuitry and high-quality solid capacitors. Biostar TA970XE AM3+ motherboard has a suggested retail price of USD 80. 
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