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...
DFI 748-AL: First Look at SiS 748
DFI delivers the first SiS 748 motherboard with most of the tweaks and adjustments Athlon fans have been asking for. Does this new single-channel chipset out-perform VIA KT600...
22 by Wesley Fink on 8/30/2003ASUS A7V600: Feature-Laden – Value-Priced
ASUS launches a KT600 motherboard loaded with features at a very attractive price. nForce2 Ultra 400 has won the Performance battle, but will ASUS tempt you to open...
20 by Wesley Fink on 8/17/2003Soltek NV400-L64: Purple, Practical, AND Performance!
Soltek delivers the first nForce2 400 chipset board using the single-channel nForce2 400 chipset. Is it really faster than the more expensive dual-channel as many have reported? ...
35 by Wesley Fink on 8/11/2003MSI KT6 Delta-FIS2R (KT600): Feature Packed Fun
Today, we take a look at the third KT600 motherboard to hit AnandTech’s West Coast Labs. It’s MSI’s turn to prove that they can transform the KT600 into a...
15 by Evan Lieb on 8/5/2003DFI NFII Ultra: Mean Green Dream Machine
DFI targets the Athlon enthusiast with a LanParty board built on the nForce 2 Ultra 400 chipset. DFI? Read on to see how an unfamiliar name has...
46 by Wesley Fink on 7/30/2003Gigabyte 7VT600 1394 (KT600): More Fun with KT600
Today we take a look at the second KT600 to hit AnandTech’s West Coast Labs. This time, Gigabyte takes a shot at VIA’s KT600 chipset in an attempt to...
9 by Evan Lieb on 7/26/2003Gigabyte 7NNXP (nForce2 Ultra 400): Gigabyte Goes nForce
Today we bring you an in-depth review of Gigabyte’s first retail motherboard based on NVIDIA’s immensely popular nForce2 Ultra 400 chipset. Read on to find out if this motherboard...
29 by Evan Lieb on 7/5/2003Epox 8KRA2+ (KT600): KT600 Hits the Streets
Epox is the first out of the gate with a KT600 motherboard. Read on to find out if the hype lives up to expectations…
14 by Evan Lieb on 7/1/2003865PE/875P Motherboard Roundup June 2003 - Part 1: 20-way Shootout
We've got over 30 875P and 865PE motherboards in our West Coast Labs that have been or are currently going through intensive benchmarking and stress testing. Here is a...
18 by Evan Lieb on 6/12/2003DFI PRO875 (875P): Introducing the LAN Party Series
Today we bring you yet another 875P motherboard review, this time from desktop motherboard manufacturer DFI.
1 by Evan Lieb on 6/10/2003Albatron PX865PE Pro II (865PE): It's Springdale Time
We kick off our coverage of 865PE motherboards with Albatron's offering. Read on to find out if the PX865PE Pro and PX865PE Pro II (review board) are right for you...
0 by Evan Lieb on 5/23/2003ABIT IC7-G (875P): Challenging the Overclocking Throne
We were impressed with MSI's 875P solution but now it's time to take a look at the IC7-G, from a company who is no stranger to overclocking - ABIT.
1 by Evan Lieb on 5/21/2003MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R (875P): Our favorite thus far
A new month, a new motherboard. Take a look at everything MSI's 875P has to offer and why we're thoroughly impressed by it.
2 by Evan Lieb on 5/6/2003ASUS P4C800 Deluxe (875P)
Another day another 875P motherboard review. Today we take a look at ASUS' entry into the 875P motherboard line with their P4C800 Deluxe motherboard. Does the ASUS board have...
0 by Evan Lieb on 4/17/2003Gigabyte 8KNXP Ultra: The 875P in Retail Action
Today we take a look at what will be the first in a long line of 875P motherboards that we will be investigating in the coming weeks and months...
0 by Evan Lieb on 4/17/2003ABIT BH7 (845PE): Entry Level 800MHz FSB
Today we take a look at one of the few 800MHz FSB 845PE motherboards that will be available on the market along with the upcoming 865 and 875 dual...
0 by Evan Lieb on 4/6/2003Gigabyte 7VAXP-A Ultra: The KT400A in Retail Action
Just recently you learned about VIA’s latest Socket A chipset, the KT400A. With its improved memory controller among other performance enhancements, we had hoped the VIA KT400A would dethrone...
0 by Evan Lieb on 3/31/2003ASUS P4SDX Deluxe (SiS 655)
Today we get our hands on another motherboard based on the chipset currently making waves in the Pentium 4 market. The ASUS P4SDX Deluxe is a SiS 655 motherboard...
0 by Evan Lieb on 2/18/2003Gigabyte SINXP1394 (SiS 655): More Dual Channel DDR for P4
We continue our coverage of dual channel DDR Pentium 4 motherboards based on the SiS 655 chipset with Gigabyte's offering, dubbed SINXP1394. Find out how the SINXP1394 stacks...
0 by Evan Lieb on 2/11/2003MSI 655 Max (SiS 655)
Today we take a look at the SiS 655 based MSI 655 Max-FISR. Featuring a dual channel DDR memory controller able to operate at DDR400 speeds, does the MSI...
1 by Evan Lieb on 2/3/2003