AnandTech has tested the Sapphire PURE PI-A9RX480 motherboard. The cryptic name means it uses the ATI Xpress 200 chipset for AMD’s Athlon 64 CPU bringing PCI Express support and a heap of tweaking options that rivals DFI’s latest creations….
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Futurelooks has a review of the Cooler Master Blue Ice Northbridge heatsink/fan combo. A number of the newer system chipsets have been pumping out quite a bit of heat and when companies decide to begin including more robust graphics cores…
hardCOREware has a look at three of Foxconn’s latest Intel based motherboards. All three are LGA775 supporting boards with the 945G bringing a built-in graphics core and the 955 coming in with dual-core CPU support. A solid trio of products…
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The Tech Report has finally taken a look at the Asus CT-479 Pentium M to Socket 478 adapter. The device is designed for motherboards that feature BIOS support for the mobile chip, meaning most of the Asus 478 line, combined…
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phoronix takes on the server favorable Tyan Tomcat i7221A motherboard. The board can accept your favorite Intel LGA775 CPU and features nice component layout which should make building your workstation or server a bit more pain-free. Another solid performer from…
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HardOCP tests out Abit’s Fatal1ty AN8 SLI motherboard. The gamer/tweaker oriented line features their usual over-the-top BIOS options as well as some added cooling to the crucial power regulation areas possibly improving stability under load. A nice-looking option if you’re…
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GamePC got around to testing out AMD’s lineup of dual core Athlon 64 X2 CPUs. The chips drop into most existing 939 motherboards (with the exception of at least one unlucky VIA chipset) and with a simple BIOS update it…
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AnandTech stumbled on some new settings in their motherboard’s BIOS which enables a few new memory clock dividers for their AMD Athlon 64 “Venice” and dual core CPUs. The settings allow the CPU’s memory controller to handle higher speed DDR…
Bjorn3D has a review of the Gigabyte 3D Aurora PC enclosure. The motherboard/graphics card manufacturer has been expanding into all sorts of different markets recently, with good results, now their latest creation sets itself apart from the crowd. A good…
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The Tech Report has a look at the Foxconn NFPIK8AA nForce Pro powered motherboard. The AMD Opteron single socket board uses a pair of the nForce Pro chipsets to offer up quite a number of PCI Express lanes and S-ATA…
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OCZ finds new ways to speed-bin memory and tack on more names with their EL PC-3200 Gold VX DDR memory. The memory kit is for those that enjoy low latencies at high clock speeds but it requires a bit more…
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