Month: July 2009

Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P @ Benchmark Reviews

“Last month, we took a look at AMD’s new mainstream processor: the Athlon II 250. We were impressed with both performance and cost. Today, Benchmark Reviews looks at an equally impressive motherboard: the Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P. Based on AMD’s 770 series chipset, the MA770T-UD3P is one of the first mainstream motherboards to offer full support for AM3 processors and DDR3 memory. Throw in Gigabyte’s Ultra Durable 3 manufacturing process and price tag of only $80, and it’s easy to see why this board is quickly becoming a budget-build favorite.”

Point of View Ion 330 @ Guru3D

“Roughly half a year ago this was the news of the day, and today… finally the first products start to hit the market. One of many ION based products comes from Point of View. Next to nettops, and netbooks based on ION, for the somewhat more hardware freaks like us… they also offer an ION motherboard.”

Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 & Core i5 Platform Preview @ Neoseeker

“Gigabyte, one of the world leaders in that domain, is preparing some amazing things for upcoming products. Plenty of great innovations will be at the rendezvous-vous when Lynnfield finally hits the market. At Computex, Neoseeker had the chance to examine an early sample of the Gigabyte P55-UD5, which should give us a good idea of what to expect from this manufacturer.”

Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4 @ Hexus

“LGA1,156 chips differ from their LGA1,366 brethren by integrating the PCI-Express lanes directly from the CPU. That, then, removes the need for an IOH and QPI link to the processor but reduces the total number of lanes to 16. The chipset, P55 for example, connects to the CPU via DMI, just as the X58’s IOH does. In effect, the integration on LGA1156 (Lynnfield) is such that it integrates a complete northbridge to the execution cores. Say goodbye to the IOH.”

Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P @ Guru3D

“So get this I spotted this little cute Gigabyte motherboard still with 6x SATA, Gigabyte Ethernet, RAID, 4 DIMM slots, integrated audio, dual-BIOS and the entire Gigabyte enchilada of motherboards features for roughly 79 USD. Here in Europe you can even pick them up at just over 60 EUR. Pop on a nice value AMD Phenom II processors (as yes it’s AM3 ready as well) and you might have purchased a heap, seriously a HEAP of value.”

ECS Black Series X58B-A @ FutureLooks

“The Intel Core i7 is the current king of the desktop performance market and shows no signs of slowing down. At present, the Core i7 processor is the superior number crunching executioner of choice compared to any other CPU solution to cross this test bench to date. This success would be for naught without the X58 platform which currently solely supports it.”

EVGA X58 3X SLI Classified @ Hot Hardware

“EVGA commonly produces their mainstream motherboard products first, while in tandem, begins work on their high-end enthusiast product. It’s taken roughly four months since the time EVGA launched their first Intel X58 motherboard (the more than worthy X58 3X SLI) to follow it up with their enthusiast-class product, which we’ll be looking at today.”

Gigabyte MA790FXT-UD5P @ TweakTown

“AM3 has never looked so good. With support for both DDR2 and DDR3 on the same CPU, the possibilities with this platform are endless. We have already seen quite a few good boards come out, either supporting one or the other technology and some with both. But one thing remains constant; a good price and a pretty good performing board and CPU combo for the outlay.”

Gigabyte MA790GP-UD4H @ HardwareZone

“AMD’s Phenom II has quickly established itself as a platform for more budget conscious consumers. What better than to pair it with an AM2+ 790GX motherboard that uses more affordable DDR2 memory? We give you the lowdown on the Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H.”

Intel DX58SO @ X-Bit Labs

“Each mainboard has its own peculiarities, but they all have a lot of features in common. The main impression we have from Intel DX58SO is that it is totally different from all other solutions. The differences are present in every aspect: PCB layout, BIOS structure and functionality, even the accessories bundled with the board are different. A different mainboard doesn’t necessarily mean a bad mainboard, but it always implies unusual and therefore interesting.”