| Gigabyte Unleashes GA-X58A-UD9 Motherboard |
| Author: Cássio Lima |
Date: May 13, 2010 - 6:22 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_OverView.aspx... |
Gigabyte has just brought out to the market a motherboard based on Intel X58 chipset featuring a 24-phase voltage regulator, seven PCI Express x16 slots (four working at x16 and three working at x8), six DDR3 sockets (DDR3-2200+ through overclock), two SATA-600 ports, ten SATA-300 ports, three Firewire ports, two Gigabit Ethernet ports and 8-channel audio (Realtek ALC889). This monster is called GA-X58A-UD9 and also comes with several others features including solid caps, 2 oz (56 g) copper tracks (which is the double of the thickness usually used on motherboards), active phase controller (“Dynamic Energy Saver 2”), DualBIOS, power, reset and CMOS on-board buttons, recharging capability to iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch and waterblock installed on northbridge chip. No word on pricing. 
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| MSI Announces Big Bang-XPower X58 Motherboard |
| Author: Cássio Lima |
Date: May 3, 2010 - 12:41 PM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=newsdesc&news_no=1002 |
MSI has expanded its Big Bang line-up with the launch of a model based on Intel X58 chipset. This board supports Intel Core i7 processors (socket 1366), features six DDR3 sockets (24 GB max; up to 2,133 MHz under overcloking, according to the manufacturer), six PCI Express x16 slots, one PCI Express x1 slot, one eSATA port, six SATA-300 ports, six SATA-600 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, nine USB 2.0 ports, one Firewire port, two Gigabit Ethernet ports and 7.1 audio (a PCI Express x1 card featuring optical and coaxial SPDIF outputs). It makes use of only top-notch components including solid caps and ferrite chokes, and comes with several features like Winki, 16-phase DrMOS voltage regulator circuit, APS (Active Phase Switching) and OC Genie, probes for monitoring CPU, memory and chipset voltages with a multimeter and two 8-pins power connector to provide more power to the CPU. No word on pricing yet. 
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| ASUS Unveils New 890FX-Based Motherboards |
| Author: Cássio Lima |
Date: April 29, 2010 - 3:54 PM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.asus.com/News.aspx?N_ID=y0bcQWvRw2ayCil2 |
Along with Phenom II X6, AMD launched 890FX chipset and ASUS didn’t lose time and brought out to the market two motherboards based on this new AMD chipset. On the table below we listed their main specs. No word on pricing and availability. Model | ASUS ROG Crosshair IV Formula | ASUS M4A89TD PRO/USB3 | Processor | AM3 | AM3 | Chipset | AMD 890FX (SB850 south bridge) | AMD 890FX (SB850 south bridge) | Memory | 4 DDR3-2000 sockets (16 GB max) | 4 DDR3-2000 sockets (16 GB max) | PCI Express x16 slots | Three | Two | PCI Express x4 slots | One | One | PCI Express x1 slots | - | One | PCI slots | Two | Two | SATA-600 | Six ports (RAID 0, 1, 5, 10) | Six ports (RAID 0, 1, 5, 10) | eSATA | One eSATA-300 port | One eSATA-300 port | USB 3.0 | Two ports | Two ports | FireWire | Two ports | Two ports | Audio codec | Built-in SupremeFX X-Fi card | ALC 892 | LAN | One Gigabit Ethernet port (Marvell 8059) | One Gigabit Ethernet port (Realtek 8111E) | Voltage Regulator | 8+2 | 6+2 |
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| ECS Intros A885GM-A2 and A885GM-M2 Motherboards |
| Author: Cássio Lima |
Date: April 29, 2010 - 3:23 PM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/NewsRoom/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1336&... |
ECS has unveiled two motherboards based on AMD 880G chipset (SB850 south bridge): A885GM-A2 and A885GM-M2. Both support AM3 processors (including the newest AMD Phenom II X6) and have SATA-600 ports. On the table below we listed the main specs for these new products from ECS. Model | A885GM-M2 | A885GM-A2 | Form Factor | Micro ATX | ATX | Memory | 2 DDR3-1333 sockets | 4 DDR3-1600 sockets | GPU | ATI Radeon HD 4250 | ATI Radeon HD 4250 | SidePort Memory | 128 MB DDR3-1333 | - | PCI Express x16 slots | One | Two | PCI Express x1 slots | Two | Two | PCI slots | One | Two | SATA-600 | Five ports (RAID 0,1,5,10) | Five ports (RAID 0,1,5,10) | eSATA | One eSATA-600 port | - | Audio | 5.1 | 7.1 | Lan | One Gigabit Ethernet port | One Gigabit Ethernet port | Video Outputs | VGA and HDMI | VGA and DVI |
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| MSI Launches 890FXA-GD70 Motherboard |
| Author: Cássio Lima |
Date: April 29, 2010 - 3:15 PM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: tp://www.msi.com/index.php?func=newsdesc&news_no=1000 |
MSI has introduced 890FXA-GD70 motherboard, which is based on AMD 890FX chipset. This board supports AM3 processors, features four DDR3-2133 sockets, five PCI Express x16 slots, one eSATA port, one SATA-300 port, six SATA-600 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, two Gigabit Ethernet ports and 7.1 audio. It makes use of only top-notch components including solid caps and ferrite chokes, and comes with several features like Winki, DrMOS, APS (Active Phase Switching) and OC Genie. No word on pricing yet. 
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| AMD Unveils 890GX Chipset |
| Author: Cássio Lima |
Date: March 2, 2010 - 11:25 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
AMD has officially launched 890GX chipset, which brings native support to SATA-600 ports (six) and to the upcoming Phenom II X6 processor (codename Thuban). 890GX chipset works together with the new SB850 south bridge chip, features a DirectX 10.1 (Radeon HD 4290) graphics engine, a PCI Express 2.0 x16 lane that can be split-up into two x8 lanes if necessary and SidePort feature, which is an optional memory chip soldered on the motherboard in order to increase performance. Several manufacturers have already launched models based on this newest AMD chipset, as you can see below. ASUS Biostar ECS Gigabyte MSI Click here to read our review of ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 motherboard.
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| ASUS Unveils Low-Radiation Motherboards |
| Author: Cássio Lima |
Date: February 1, 2010 - 6:56 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.asus.com/News.aspx?N_ID=djfFkG5cCLikQvNp |
ASUS has announced a motherboard line-up featuring ASUS Protect 3.0 technology, which according to the manufacturer lowers the generation and transmission of electromagnetic radiation by up to 50%. This technology also reduces system-wide power consumption by up to 80.23% (motherboard can save up to 33kw of electricity annually, reducing the release of CO2 into the atmosphere by 20.7kg). Below you can see the motherboards equipped with ASUS Protect 3.0 technology.
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| MSI Launches P55-GD85 Motherboard |
| Author: Cássio Lima |
Date: January 18, 2010 - 11:55 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=newsdesc&news_no=931 |
MSI launched today P55-GD85 motherboard. This socket 1156 motherboard is based on Intel P55 chipset, has four DDR3 sockets supporting up to DDR3-2133 through overclocking (16 GB max), two PCI Express x16 slots supporting SLI and CrossFire configurations, two PCI Express x1 slots, two PCI slots, one IDE port, two SATA-600 ports, seven SATA-300 ports, one eSATA port, two USB 3.0 ports, six USB 2.0 ports, one Firewire port, two Gigabit Ethernet ports and 7.1 audio. P55-GD85 also supports several features like an automatic overclocking chip (OC Genie), a cooling solution based on an 8-mm heat-pipe (usually motherboards use 5-mm heat-pipes), a voltage regulator with a different design called “DrMOS” (click here to find out how it works), APS (Active Phase Switching) feature to save energy and on-board power and reset buttons. No word on pricing and availability. Click here to read our review of other MSI socket 1156 motherboard based on Intel P55 chipset, P55-GD80. 
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| New Biostar Overclocking Features |
| Author: Cássio Lima |
Date: January 12, 2010 - 1:59 PM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.biostar.com.tw |
Biostar has presented two new overclocking features for their products: Game Boost – GT60 and BIO-unlocKING. With Game Boost – GT60 it is possible to increase integrated graphics controller (GPU) clock on the newest 32-nm Intel processors (codename Clarkdale). This feature is available on BIOSTAR H55 motherboard series and, according to the manufacturer, allows the user to increase integrated GPU clock up to 60%. BIO-unlocKING enables ACC (Advanced Clock Calibration) function on selected AMD processors, allowing you to unlock extra CPU cores through BIOS setup. Biostar didn’t inform which motherboards support this feature.
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| Manufacturers Launch H55/H57 Motherboards |
| Author: Cássio Lima |
Date: January 8, 2010 - 8:38 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
Manufacturers have begun to bring out to the market the first motherboards intended to the newest 32-nm Intel processors with built-in graphics controller (codename Clarkdale). These boards are based on the H55 and H57 chipsets. Below you can see a list of the manufacturers and their models. ASUS Biostar ECS EVGA Gigabyte MSI Zotac
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