PC Motherboard And Chipset Reviews And News
There's nobody quite like Mom and when it comes to performance desktop computers or business class workhorse machines, motherboards are always what bring the computing family together. Motherboards house all PC components from the processor, to memory and storage. Here you'll find our coverage on big motherboard brands and products from ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, EVGA, ASRock and many more, along with the chipsets from AMD and Intel that power the PC Master Race.
The Soyo SY-6ICA Motherboard Soyo's RAMBUS Driven i820 Offering By, Dave "Davo" Altavilla - 5/17/00 Here we are again with yet another look at a motherboard from a top notch supplier based on Intel's controversial chipset, the i820. Whether you are interested in SDRAM supported designs with Intel's infamous MTH (memory transfer...
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Soyo's SY-6IZA Socket 370 Intel ZX Based Motherboard With AGP Support Fourteen years old and 400 head strong, Soyo Computer offers for your consumption, the SY-6IZA. This board offers a fairly complete sets of features in an economical package. What you are looking at is a VERY compact 4/1/1 set up. Here's the rest of the...
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The Soyo's SY-6VBA-133 The motherboard market is beginning to heat up with a surge of new technology based on new chipsets from various vendors like Intel, AMD, SIS and VIA. Soyo has typically been one of the early entries into new technologies as they come to market. With the anticipation of the new i820 chipset based motherboards,...
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Soyo SY-7IZB+ A Socket 370 - Good features and perfect for upgrading your AT System Most of you out there in cyberspace probably have one or to old AT cases containing what used to be the top of the line computer system. Also to most of you, upgrading to a PII, P!!! or Celeron would mean replacing the case, keyboard, and mouse....
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Soyo's SY-K7VTA - KT133 Motherboard AMD Socket A Technology From Soyo, Solid As A Rock By, Dave "Davo" Altavilla 10 / 25 / 2000 Motherboard offerings are really beginning to get overwhelming. Why is this you ask? Well, for starters Intel finally has true competition with AMD firmly perched in the heart of its mainstream...
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Soyo's SY-7VMA - PM133 Socket 370 Motherboard The i815 should be nervous... By, Marco "BigWop" Chiappetta 12/7/00 Competition. It seams like that is one of the first words to come to mind when discussing the current PC hardware scene. When you think of video, the competition between 3dfx and nVidia always comes up. Think...
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The Iwill KK266Plus KT133A Motherboard Its Nice, but DDR is here... By, Marco Chiappetta September 27, 2001 Recently, we were presented with the opportunity to review one of Iwill's Socket-A motherboards. We haven't had much experience with Iwill's products here at HotHardware, so we jumped at the opportunity to get their KK266Plus in...
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Abit's KT7A-RAID Socket A Motherboard Don't miss out... By Marco "BigWop" Chiappetta March 8, 2001 The competition in the CPU and motherboard chipset markets over the last year or so has been incredible. AMD has evolved into Intel's fiercest competitor and are consistently gaining market share. AMD's Athlon line of CPUs have steadily...
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Micro-Star International's MS-6163 Pro These days there are a new breed of motherboards being brought to market by a few key manufacturers that are designed with the hardcore "overclocker' in mind. Micro-Star International sent us their crowned jewel in this exciting new arena, the MS-6163 Rev. 2.0, otherwise know as the...
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Driving The Athlon MIcro-Star's MS-6167 AMD Based Motherboard Finally, the playing field is begining to level out somewhat in the Processor/Motherboard arena. The consumer is no longer limited to one processor and chipset family that will provide top end performance. For many years competitors to Intel...
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Micro Star International's MS-6309 VIA Apollo Pro133A - Coppermine Ready Socket 370 Infused April 10, 2000 By Dave Altavilla The past few months have been very interesting for the PC Motherboard market. As we all know, Intel skipped a beat with respect to release of its own PC133 compatible chipset with the i820. In...
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Microstar International's MS-6337 - i815E Pro Our second pass at the i815E and it gets better every time. By Dave "Davo" Altavilla 9/27/00 You probably have noticed... Intel's latest motherboard chipset the i815E, has taken hold with virtually all of the major motherboard manufacturers as a major component in their mainstream...
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MSI 850Pro MSI's P4 Board Driven By the i850 By Dave Altavilla 2/12/01 MSI - Micro-Star International, has long been known for top quality motherboards designed with the Performance or Power User in mind. In addition, they are typically one of the first few vendors out of the gate with a new technology or motherboard...
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MSI's 694T Pro Motherboard Let's Shed Some Light on the Subject By, Jeff Bouton September 6th, 2001 When one thinks of quality motherboards, several manufacturers come to mind, one of which has to be MSI. For over 15 years, MSI has been producing some of the finest computer products on the market and today we've...
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The past couple of days I?ve had a chance to get familiar with Shuttle?s new AV61 motherboard based on the VIA 133 chipset. I hit a few speed bumps along the way, but ended up pleased. This board has a strong list of features, at a fantastic price point, so if your itching to replace your BX mobo, and the i820/RAMBUS combo is too...
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The Shuttle AK11 KT133A Based Motherboard Too bad this isn't a DDR board! By, Marco "BigWop" Chiappetta July 19, 2001 The VIA KT133A has long been the darling of the Athlon overclocking community. With excellent performance, compatibility and stability, at a great price point, is there any question why? With the recent reduction...
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Asus P4T Pentium 4 i850 Motherboard Beyond Intel's Reference Design By Dave Altavilla 12/19/00 The maturation process has begun with respect to Pentium 4 Motherboard offerings. The first wave of product from various major manufacturers is beginning to hit the streets. The designs are improving and with them the performance...
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Pentium 4 - Adventures In Over-clocking Pushing the limits with the help of Asus' P4T i850 Motherboard By Dave "Davo" Altavilla 12/11/00 Once in a while we get a product into the lab here at HotHardware that is just plain fun to work with. As a result, we like to take our time with a full review of...
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The Elitegroup P6BXT-A+ It's two boards in one! The poeple at ECS really decided to do something different this time. They put their Marketing Hats on and decided to bring the Reseller/Custom Configurers and the End User community a board with a great deal of flexibility! They let go of conventional design practices and really thought...
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Abit's SA6R - i815E With Highpoint ATA100 RAID Controller The i815E board with an attitude and a 1GHz. Flip Chip to back it up By Dave "Davo" Altavilla 11/1/00 Motherboards mature, like fine wine as the months go on, after a new chipset is released. Intel has had the highly anticipated i815E integrated chipset out for...
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Abit's SE6 and BX133-RAID The Intel PC133 BX versus i815 - Where the rubber meets the road. By Dave "Davo" Altavilla 7/30/00 As the saying goes, "old habits die hard". In this case, power users have turned the Intel BX chipset platform time and time again, for no compromise high end PC performance. As...
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Shuttle's AV30 VIA Apollo Pro 266 DDR Motherboard With a Dash of Crucial PC1600 DDR RAM... By Marco "BigWop" Chiappetta 2/8/2001 The motherboard market is about to go through yet another large transition...maybe. In the year 2000 we saw the once omni-present, dominant Intel take a few too many punches on the chin, and they...
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