Mainboards
AMD DDR3 Chipsets
AMD has finally announced its DDR3 chipsets. They didn’t rush things too much, letting Intel be the first to provide support for these new modules. However, AMD knew that DDR3 memories won’t get affordable until later this year and understood that people might not make the jump immediately.
Fudzilla has found some good deals for DDR3 [...]
New P45 Motherboards
I finally decided to buy some new components. I set my eyes on an Intel X48-powered motherboard from Asus which I thought would be one of the most feature-packed model out there, but it turns out that it’s already outdated. Motherboard manufacturers have started to come up with models powered by the bran new Intel [...]
J&W Mini-ITX 780G
J&W is a relatively new mobo maker from Hong Kong. They mostly specialize in AMD-based products and their latest mini-ITX 780G motherboard seems to be receive much attention from hardware specialists.
Although it measures 170mm x 170mm, the mobo packs some high-end features. It supports all Athlon 64, Athlon X2 and Sempron CPUs and [...]
MSI Neo-F V3
Today, I have chosen a special subject to write about - my own motherboard. Why do I call it special? Well, it took some time until I got completely happy with it, but it was worth the wait. I will tell you about this, and why would you use the MSI K9N Neo V3, also [...]
VIA’s Tiny x86 Platform
While VIA retreated from the desktop processors business, it still has a strong position on other markets, and now they even managed to break a world record! No, we’re not talking about any performance record, but size, because they just succeeded in creating the smallest x86 computer platform, coming in the pico-ITX form factor!
“Pico-ITX, what [...]