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Gigabyte P67A-UD4 @ Hardware Secrets

“Let’s take a look at one of the first socket 1155 motherboards that will reach the market, the Gigabyte P67A-UD4, based on the forthcoming P67 chipset for future Intel processors based on the “Sandy Bridge” architecture. The highlights of this motherboard include four USB 3.0 ports and a high-end voltage regulator circuit.”

Corsair F40 40GB SSD @ OCModShop

“The competition has become very fierce in the SSD market, and Corsair (known for their outstanding computer memory products), has introduced their Force Series of Solid State Drives. These drives use fast Intel flash memory, and the highly-praised SandForce controller chip to delegate the digital bits. Corsair sent over a pair of their F40 drives, which have a capacity of 40 Gigabytes each for us to put through the test lab.”

Gainward GeForce GTX 570 1280MB @ TweakTown

“Gainward offer us a great overclock out of the box when it comes to the GTX 570, but as we always try to do with the first version of a new model, we see just how far we can overclock it. At the moment we don’t have any voltage adjustment ability when it comes to the core, so our overall overclock might not be as strong as it could be when we see future versions of MSI Afterburner.”

NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 @ X-Bit Labs

“Nvidia still had one gap in its product line-up, though. It was in the below-$100 category which, according to Nvidia’s own data, accounts for about 19% of the total graphics card market. Nvidia didn’t have competitive solutions there because its GT215, GT216 and GT218-based cards traced its origin back to the old G80/G92 chips and didn’t support modern technologies like DirectX 11 and Protected Audio Path.”

HIS Radeon 6850 1GB @ eTeknix

“Since the onset of the computer, graphics have always been a major part of the user interraction. Early days saw graphics in the form of lights and numbers, but since the dawn of the GUI interface, the need for more and more power to produce high resolution and detailed images has been a constantly growing demand.”

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 @ Techgage

“To keep the mid to high-end GPU market interesting, NVIDIA has just launched its GeForce GTX 570, a replacement to the GTX 470. It’s priced a bit higher, at $349, but packs extra performance, improved power efficiency and lower temperatures. Is that enough to make it a winner in today’s tight market? We’re here to find that out.”

ASUS P8P67Pro First Look @ OCWorkbench

“This mainboard is powered by the INTEL P67 chipset for works with the LGA1155 socket CPUs. It has a memory capacity of up to 32GB with 4 DIMM slots. Dual Channel DDR3 memory can be used on board and it supporst up to DDR3-2400 (OC). There are 2 PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (single at x16 or Dual at x8) and 1 x PCIe 2.0 x4 (black in colour). There are 2 ther PCI express 2.0 x1 slots and 2 PCI slots.”

Gigabyte GA-H55N-USB3 @ FutureLooks

“The GIGABYTE H55N-USB3 sports the Ultra Durable 3 platform improvements necessary to support Dynamic Energy Saver 2 and secure an ErP certification to satisfy European Union regulations. It also fully supports the entire line of Intel LGA1156 processors, in particular the Core i3 and i5 with integrated graphics processors and of course Intel Turbo Tech.”

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R (Rev. 2.0) @ X-Bit Labs

“This mainboard belongs to the value segment only formally. It barely differs from the top model in the lineup, almost all of its functions remained the same. Its functionality is even much more extensive than that of many mainboards from other manufacturers. The only feature that allows us to consider it a Value product is its price.”

ASUS Sabertooth X58 @ X-Bit Labs

“Inexpensive mainboards built with super-reliable components, furnished with 5-year warranty, equipped with advanced cooling system and featuring extensive functionality due to a number of additional onboard controllers simply do not exist. Except for one single product from Asus, which we are going to discuss in our today’s review.”