Mobos & Memory

In-depth reviews of motherboards, chipsets, and memory (RAM)

Gigabyte Z68XP-UD4 Motherboard Review

Gigabyte Z68XP-UD4 Motherboard Review

By Carl Nelson on December 14, 2011

Today we look at the Gigabyte Z68XP-UD4, a $200 motherboard that has one major goal – to bring your Sandy Bridge CPU as far as it can possibly go. Does it succeed? Read on to find out!

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Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 Motherboard Review

Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 Motherboard Review

By Carl Nelson on September 26, 2011

The Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 is just one of many Z68 configurations made by Gigabyte, this one a mid-range full ATX board with not a lot of bells and whistles. What does $130 get you?

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Asus Crosshair IV Formula 890FX Motherboard Review

Asus Crosshair IV Formula 890FX Motherboard Review

By Carl Nelson on May 29, 2011

We take a look at the Asus Crossfire IV Formula, which has the reputation of being one of the best motherboards you can buy for a high end AMD system. It is certainly one of the most expensive, so we have put it to the test to see if it has earned its reputation, and whether it is worthy of the high price.

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Finding the Best Memory for Sandy Bridge

Finding the Best Memory for Sandy Bridge

By Carl Nelson on May 11, 2011

Which DDR3 1600 memory kit is best for Sandy Bridge? We seek to find out, as we take kits from five of the leading memory manufacturers and put them to the test. What follows is the toughest conclusion we’ve had to come to in quite some time.

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AMD vs Intel – Integrated Graphics in Games

AMD vs Intel – Integrated Graphics in Games

By Carl Nelson on February 25, 2011

We take a look at the latest integrated graphics solutions from Intel and AMD, and see how they perform in today’s hardcore games. Considering how much this console generation has held things back in terms of 3D graphics, we were wondering: Does either one have what it takes to play games with reasonable visual settings?

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MSI 890GXM-G65 Motherboard & AMD 890GX Chipset Review

MSI 890GXM-G65 Motherboard & AMD 890GX Chipset Review

By Carl Nelson on March 20, 2010

We pull double duty this time, with a review of AMD’s new 890GX chipset as well as the MSI 890GXM-G65 Motherboard

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  • Sherlock: Never mind :P Sherlock figured it out…disable UAC and restart, worked like a charm :D Thank you Carl...
  • Carl Nelson: The Z68 chipset has two native SATA 3 ports, and four SATA 2 ports. Gigabyte adds two more Marvell SATA...
  • Mathias: I have a question about the SATA3 connectivity. Are there also some native SATA 3 controllers included on...
  • Sherlock: Hi I have manged to do everything that was told to be done by this article, and I did get the controller to...
  • bearmon2010: Hi! I am in Windows 7 x64 and I followed your instruction and all was set and it works perfectly for the...

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