Archive

Foxconn Mars @ X-Bit Labs

“You are all familiar with Foxconn brand not only from the connectors and sockets installed on numerous mainboards, but also from the actual mainboards that start little by little conquering the market. Although there is no overwhelming expansion in the market yet, I should say.”

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 @ Virtual-Hideout

“So what does this all mean? Well, how about a motherboard that is more efficient and runs almost twice as cool as standard motherboards using older technology? The Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 is that motherboard, with all the new solid state hardware – not to mention an impressive heatpipe cooling system incorporating a giant copper back plate for that additional cooling.”

Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L @ OC Club

“The GA-P31-DS3L acts like both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. As a budget desktop offering, it is the mild mannered Dr. Jekyll. Start playing in the M.I.T. section of the BIOS and Mr. Hyde comes out to play. That can be taken one of two ways, very good or very bad. In this case, it is very good.”

ASUS Blitz Formula @ MadShrimps

“After the first load of more basic P35-based motherboards, Asus decided to launch a new, more extensive design around Intel’s P35 chipset. Enter the Asus Blitz series, geared towards the enthusiast end-user. Today we test the Blitz Formula board, with support for affordable DDR2 memory. Does the board blitz everything else into oblivion? Read on to find out.”

Gigabyte GA-X38T-DQ6 @ Trusted Reviews

“For the time being we’re unconvinced by Intel’s X38 chipset and DDR3 memory but Gigabyte has done a decent job with the GA-X38T-DQ6 and it looks like it could be future-resistant for a year or two which is pretty good going in this game.”

Foxconn “Digital Life” X38A @ HardwareZone

“Foxconn surprised us by introducing their first Intel X38 motherboard under the Digital Life line of boards instead of the performance Quantum Force series. However, the X38A proved to be no push over, coupling great performance, an interesting feature set and a price hard to say no to.”

ECS P33T-A @ TBreak

“ECS board arrived in a small box featuring specifications and most important details about this board, so potential buyers wouldn’t have to bother the dealer about the board. Fortunately, we’re here to answer any question you might have.”

ASUS P5K3 Premium Black Pearl @ Bjorn3D

“ASUS is a company that never ceases to surprise me. It also is a company that is not afraid of taking chances and try new things. Today I am testing yet another high-end motherboard from ASUS with a twist: the ASUS P5K3 Premium Black Pearl Special Edition. As far as I know this is the first motherboard that has on-board DDR3 memory.”

ASUS Blitz Formula & Blitz Extreme @ Virtual-Hideout

“ASUS has been gracious in providing us with two enthusiast minded solutions for both DDR2 and DDR3 utilizing the same P35 chipset, in the Blitz Formula and Blitz Extreme. Why would ASUS consider offering the two options? Well in a nut shell, it simply saves you some money since new memory standards are always costly at the start and some users would like to really maximize their DDR2 based system.”

ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP @ Hardware Secrets

“Intel X38 is a high-end chipset featuring everything P35 (a mainstream chipset) has plus additional features. The main new feature of X38 compared to P35 is the support for the new PCI Express 2.0 bus, which doubles the maximum theoretical transfer rate of the add-on card you are using, if it is also PCI Express 2.0 (at this moment the only PCI Express 2.0 video card available is GeForce 8800 GT).”