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...
Zotac H55-ITX Review - The World's First mini-ITX H55 Motherboard
Zotac unleashes the first H55 based mini-ITX board on the market, we take a look...
69 by Joshua Youngberg on 2/28/2010Choosing the Best H55/H57 Motherboard, Part 2
As promised, we're back with part 2 of our H55/H57 coverage. Find out which boards come out on top in our user experience based review.
56 by Rajinder Gill on 2/22/2010Choosing the Best H55/H57 Motherboard - Part 1
January 3, 2010 saw the lift of Intel's embargo on the Clarkdale family of processors and supporting H55/H57 series chipsets. Boards featuring these chipsets have been in our labs...
60 by Rajinder Gill on 1/31/2010DFI P55 MI-T36: Little Cutie
DFI unveiled the P55 MI-T36 to the public a couple of months ago. It's an exciting little board based upon the P55 chipset, cut back to the most desirable...
42 by Rajinder Gill on 1/4/2010MSI Big Bang -Trinergy
MSI continues their quest to become one of the top high-end motherboard makers with the P55 Trinergy, with a price to match.
15 by Rajinder Gill on 12/23/2009Biostar TPower i55 – Super Middle Weight Contender
We take a look at Biostar's top end P55 motherboard and find that it really is a heavyweight contender with a middle range price tag.
49 by Rajinder Gill on 11/25/2009P55 Overclocking Showdown - ASUS, Gigabyte, and EVGA at the OC Corral (Page 6 Updated)
In our first P55 Overclocking showdown we take a look at the top boards from ASUS, EVGA, and Gigabyte. One failed, the other three made it through our torture...
58 by Rajinder Gill on 11/6/2009P55 Extreme Overclockers: Check your sockets!
If you plan on overclocking your P55 past current 4.3GHz limits on air or water, you need to be aware of potential problems with current socket designs.
275 by Rajinder Gill on 10/15/2009MSI P55-GD65 - Mid-Range P55 for the Masses
We provide an in-depth review of MSI's midrange P55 offering and find a great board in need of a few adjustments.
45 by Gary Key on 10/10/2009Budget Micro-ATX P55 Faceoff: Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 and ASRock P55M Pro
We take our first look at two of the budget micro-ATX P55 offerings from Gigabyte and ASRock. Who wins, who loses, does it really matter if both boards are...
57 by Gary Key on 10/5/2009ATI HD 5870 Scaling Performance: X58 vs P55 Showdown
We compare the performance of AMD's latest HD 5870 GPU on Intel's latest Core i7/P55 platform to see if it can keep up with the Core i7/X58 platform.
88 by Gary Key on 9/29/2009i5 / P55 Lab Update - Now with more numbers
We take a quick look at clock for clock comparisons against the Core i7/920 and Phenom II x4 965 BE when overclocked.
80 by Gary Key on 9/15/2009Two New Ions: ASUS AT3N7A-I and ASRock Ion 330
ASUS and NVIDIA gave us a chance to preview the world's second mini-ITX Ion motherboard: the AT3N7A-I. We took this opportunity to round up the three DIY Ion...
64 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/28/2009Intel P55 Launch Activities - We want your opinion!
As the P55 platform release (official) date fast approaches, we want to know your opinion on a few subjects.
63 by Gary Key on 8/25/2009Preparing for P55: Motherboards, Memory and NVIDIA
We're less than a month away from the biggest deployment of Intel's Nehalem architecture ever. Everyone is jumping on the bandwagon, motherboard manufacturers, memory vendors and even NVIDIA...
60 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/20/2009Phenom II X4 965 - Can it be Undervolted?
We provide a first look at undervolting AMD's latest and greatest processor. Will our initial results make Al Gore proud?
44 by Gary Key on 8/14/2009AMD's 785G Chipset - Revolutionary or Evolutionary?
We provide our initial analysis on AMD's update to the venerable 780G chipset. Does it provide a generational leap in performance or just a new paint job and...
47 by Gary Key on 8/4/2009Zotac's Ion Rev 2: Wake on USB Fixed
Two months after the launch of Zotac's Ion motherboard we have a new revision that properly enables wake-on-USB support. HTPC enthusiasts rejoice!
25 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/27/2009Gigabyte's GA-MA785GPMT-UD2H - AMD's 785G is Here, Sort of...
We discuss AMD's upcoming IG release since the platform is not ready for testing.
33 by Gary Key on 7/14/2009ASRock X58 Extreme - $169.99 is not too Extreme
We take an early look at ASRock's new X58 budget offering and find a board full of features and performance to boot.
44 by Gary Key on 7/2/2009