Motherboards
During Computex 2024, ASRock held an event to unveil some of its upcoming X870E motherboards, designed for AMD's Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series processors. ASRock's announcement includes a pair of Taichi-branded boards, the X870E Taichi and the lighter X870E Taichi lite, which uses AMD's X870E (Promontory 21) chipset for AM5. The current flagship model announced from ASRock's X870E line-up for Ryzen 9000 is the ASRock X870E Taichi. ASRock is advertising a large 27-phase power delivery through 110A SPS, suggesting this board is designed for overclockers and all-around power users. Two PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (operating in either x16/x0 or x8/x8) provide high-speed bandwidth for cutting-edge graphics cards and other devices. Meanwhile, ASRock has gone with 4 DIMM slots on this board, so system builders will...
MSI Extends its Gaming Motherboards to B85I and B85M
Word from MSI suggests that sales of their Gaming motherboard range are better than projected and there is an enthusiasm for the brand across PC building forums. We...
6 by Ian Cutress on 4/2/2014
GIGABYTE GA-6PXSV3 Review
Server motherboards, unlike consumer motherboards, are never bought for looks. It is all about function, and the GIGABYTE GA-6PXSV3 we are reviewing today is aiming to supply enough at...
12 by Ian Cutress on 3/31/2014
GIGABYTE F2A88X-UP4 Review
In terms of motherboard output, there seems a clear dichotomy between AMD based motherboards and Intel motherboards. Innovation starts on the higher selling Intel ATX products, whereas AMD is...
18 by Ian Cutress on 3/24/2014
ASRock FM2A88X Extreme6+ Review
For the AMD Kaveri launch, a number of review publications received the FM2A88X Extreme6+ from ASRock. This is a motherboard that was released several months before the Kaveri processors...
44 by Ian Cutress on 3/19/2014
ASRock’s AM1 Kabini Motherboards Announced, including 19V DC-In Model
With the socketed version of Kabini formally announced by AMD, motherboard manufacturers are in full swing in announcing their line up to AMD’s budget range. AMD’s goal is...
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CeBIT 2014: MSI Shows New Intel Motherboards, R9 270X Gaming ITX
While we do not have anyone on the floor of CeBIT this year, manufacturers are showcasing several new products worth mentioning between now and Computex in June. MSI...
6 by Ian Cutress on 3/11/2014
GIGABYTE Server to Offer a 1P LGA2011 Motherboard with 10GbE SFP+
While home networking is moving slowly forward in the march towards 10GBase-T, having high speed access in the enterprise arena can be a specific requirement for a mission critical...
19 by Ian Cutress on 3/6/2014
ASUS’ AMD AM1 Approach: AM1I-A and AM1M-A Announced
Hot on the heels of the AMD announcement regarding socketed Kabini systems, ASUS has released information on two of their main contenders in this segment. While AMD are...
26 by Ian Cutress on 3/5/2014
Bay Trail-D from ASUS: The J1800I-C
We previously reported on Bay Trail-D motherboards coming from ECS, GIGABYTE and Biostar, but today it is ASUS’ turn to add in a SKU to the mix. The...
28 by Ian Cutress on 3/4/2014
GIGABYTE G1.Sniper Z87 Review
The G1 series from GIGABYTE has seen a recent expansion of late – from the previous socket to new chipset releases, GIGABYTE is now attempting to provide a model...
36 by Ian Cutress on 2/24/2014
MSI Launches the A88XI AC, a mini-ITX FM2+ 802.11ac Motherboard
Everyone likes the small and the powerful. If I could get the power of a GTX Titan or R9 290X in a smartphone, we should all want one...
10 by Ian Cutress on 2/23/2014
MSI X79A-GD45 Plus Review: Building Up
Breaking into the X79 game at this late stage is a rough business. The major action was at the Sandy Bridge-E launch, and the Ivy Bridge-E release was...
44 by Ian Cutress on 2/14/2014
10W Bay Trail-D Coming To Market from GIGABYTE and Biostar
News on the grapevine is filtering down for Bay Trail-D. We have had the 20W Avoton server equivalent processor in our offices for a little while now, but...
55 by Ian Cutress on 2/4/2014
ASUS TUF Z87 Gryphon Review
The TUF range from ASUS is a different sort of blip on the motherboard radar – they come with a five year warranty. ASUS will mention that the...
62 by Ian Cutress on 2/3/2014
Retesting the ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition Audio and the Pitfalls of Audio Testing
In the motherboard section of AnandTech, we rarely touched the audio section of the motherboard until fairly recently. Audio is a delicate issue, and knowledge on the subject...
59 by Ian Cutress on 1/31/2014
ASUS P9X79-E WS Review: Xeon meets PLX for 7x
Alongside their line of channel and ROG motherboards, ASUS also has business (B/Q chipset) and Workstation (WS) lines for professional markets. The goal of these products is compatibility...
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MSI Motherboards at CES 2014: Kaveri and Socketed Kabini
Wrapping up our visit with MSI, we’ve already seen many of their already-launched motherboards (e.g. series 8 chipsets), but MSI did have some upcoming Kaveri motherboards on display with...
1 by Jarred Walton on 1/6/2014
ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition Review
When Ivy Bridge-E arrived, there was discontent at the lack of a new chipset. Users who wanted to migrate to the high performance end of the spectrum received...
21 by Ian Cutress on 1/5/2014
G1.Sniper Mid-Range Expansion: GIGABYTE Launch Z5S and Z5
All the main motherboard manufacturers now have three distinct classes of motherboard to sell to the common home-build end user: the channel range, the overclocking range and the gaming...
17 by Ian Cutress on 1/3/2014
ASRock M8 Barebones Review: My Steam Box
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or so the saying goes. Most development in home computers veers towards the ultra large (high impact gaming machines for...
78 by Ian Cutress on 1/2/2014
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