motherboard

by Rafael Hernandez on May 27, 2004 · 0 comments

HotHardware has some nice things to say about two motherboards both featuring NVIDIA’s nForce3 250Gb chipset for the AMD 64-bit platform. The EPoX EP-8KDA3+ and MSI K8N Neo Platinum both tout a serious feature set and each would make for…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 20, 2004 · 0 comments

AMDZone has a first look at the ASUS A8V, a VIA K8T800 Pro based motherboard designed for AMD’s upcoming Socket 939 processor lines. There are no benchmarks this time around just a few images and specifications to whet the appetite….

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 17, 2004 · 0 comments

NVIDIA and a large number of notebook motherboard manufacturers have come up with a mini PCI Express interface for laptops according to DesignTechnica. It gives notebooks a fast connection to graphics chips and may allow for “card” upgrades to become…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 13, 2004 · 0 comments

EPIACenter has a review of the Rebach HTPC enclosure designed for Mini-ITX motherboards. The case is impressive with its built-in LCD mini display and comes nicely laid out from the looks of it, heck even the inclusion of gloves for…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 10, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech takes a gander at the Foxconn 755-A01 AMD Athlon 64 motherboard that sports the SiS 755 chipset. The board keeps up very well with the best that other board makers and chip producers have to offer which is impressive…

Read more A64 Handled the SiS Way

by Rafael Hernandez on May 5, 2004 · 0 comments

VIA plans to raise the prices on its line of chipsets starting in July according to DigiTimes. The 6-10% won’t translate into much for consumers but motherboard manufacturers that buy in bulk will feel the initial sting, although with a…

Read more The Higher Cost of the Chipset Business

by Rafael Hernandez on May 5, 2004 · 0 comments

OCWorkbench has a good old time with the EPoX 8KDA3+ motherboard powered by NVIDIA’s nForce3 250Gb chipset. The big green board features a whopping 6 SerialATA ports, Gigabit ethernet, and a large number of tweaking options in the BIOS which…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 3, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at ATI’s latest system chipset for Intel’s Pentium 4 processor. Since they are one of the larger graphics chip makers they’ve decided to place a decent video solution into the chipset as well as all of…

Read more RS350 Chipset Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on April 28, 2004 · 0 comments

Xbit labs has the goods on a motherboard by a company named IBASE Technology that’s able to run an Intel Pentium 4 processor in the mini-ITX format. The form factor has mainly been used by VIA, who pretty much designed…

Read more High Performance, Small Size

by Rafael Hernandez on April 26, 2004 · 0 comments

AMDReview is all over Lian Li’s latest PC chassis, the V1000. It has a vague resemblance to Apple’s G5 case but the comparisons stop there (ok they won’t) as it sports great cooling potential with its pair of 120mm fans…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 26, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech has its hands on an MSI K8N Neo Platinum motherboard which just so happens to feature the NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb chipset. The board is solely for Athlon 64 CPUs which leaves the high end Opteron and FX-5* chips out…

Read more MSI K8N Neo Reviewed