Items tagged with motherboards
If you've been in PC building and the electronics world for long enough, you'll know that kapton tape solves a lot of problems. This time around, it's to fix an incompatibility between NVIDIA RTX 50 series cards and some EVGA Z690...
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Way back when VIA introduced the Mini-ITX standard in 2001, it was initially aimed at low-power systems and highly-integrated machines. VIA's designers probably never imagined a future where you could slap a 150-watt 16-core CPU and a 575W...
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Heads up to all ASUS motherboard, prebuilt system, and laptop owners: if you're running the company's DriverHub software, be sure to update it to the latest version ASAP. The reason for this is an exceedingly nasty bug loitering in the...
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If you've been thinking about building a new high-end AMD system—or upgrading an older AM5 rig—now's a great time. Amazon just slashed prices on several top-tier Ryzen CPUs, including the brand-new Zen 5 parts, and even better, most of them come with a free copy of February's system...
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The recent release of AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D has been a notable addition to the CPU stable for buyers, one that excels at practically everything (gaming, content creation, and so forth). While it looks great in its box, you'll need a...
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Chinese hardware manufacturer Colorful is stirring the pot with a bold new teaser for its upcoming "CVN Series" motherboard, which features an unusual PCIe quick-release system. The teaser image highlights a rocker switch labeled "ON" and...
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Around this time last week, reports began to surface that the nifty quick release mechanism ASUS implements on many of its motherboards was causing physical damage to graphics cards. Called Q-Release Slim, it's intended to make removing...
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AMD's Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series processors didn't set the DIY and enthusiast worlds ablaze when they initially launched, and that's understandable considering their relatively modest gains over the previous generation. However...
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Regular HotHardware readers will of course be aware of Colorful's Colorfire Meow series of components, as we've covered them before. However, the series had been limited to Intel processors until now. With the release of the Colorfire...
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Gigabyte has gone and quietly introduced its first mini-ITX form factor motherboard based on AMD's X870 chipset, and from the renders we've seen, it's quite the looker. As the model name implies, Gigabyte's new Aorus X870I Pro Ice mostly...
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Maybe you splurged on a decked-out motherboard for your AMD or Intel build with a model that's chock full of bells and whistles, as well as copious overclocking potential. That's all well and good, but can you jam two processors into that...
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AMD and its partners have released a barrage of motherboards today based on the latest Socket AM5 chipsets. That's the X870, as well as the dual-chip X870E version, if you haven't been staying on top of things. Along with the fancy new...
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Hot on the heels of the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D launch being reportedly revealed, we now have some details on a few of the upcoming X870 and X870E motherboards from MSI. This is rather exciting, as the X870 family are the first new chipsets...
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AMD released its Ryzen 9000 series CPUs last month after a small delay and some early teething issues. We are now starting to see hints of the new motherboards for the X870 family. According to listings on B&H Photo (which the retailer...
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If you've ever rebuilt a PC, you know the struggle: the GPU is locked in the slot, and you can't get your fat adult fingers down next to the oversized CPU cooler you installed to press the retention lever down. In the words of many classic...
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AMD has recently launched its Ryzen 9000 series CPUs, including the flagship Ryzen 9 9950X. While these work perfectly well with existing AM5 X670 motherboards, ASUS has some new products up its sleeve.
Encompassing the new X870 and...
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Motherboard makers are starting to dish out BIOS updates based on new microcode from Intel to address stability issues affecting a wide range of 14th Gen and 13th Gen Core processor models. ASUS and MSI are the first to start rolling out...
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While not quite small enough to build a traditional 4x4 NUC, ASRock's new X600TM-ITX motherboard is small enough to build a mini PC, and a bleeding edge one, too. According to ASRock, the X600TM-ITX is the only 'thin mini ITX' form factor...
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In case you missed it, Intel earlier this week issued a statement saying it finally discovered the root cause of widely reported instability on its 14th Gen and 13the Gen Core processors. Intel also said it would be delivering a microcode...
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When building your PC, one of the most time consuming tasks is making the cables neat and tidy, rather than having a rat's nest of wires run amok in your rig. So it goes with traditional motherboards, anyway. However, if you abhor cable...
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Gamers know all too well how it feels to pay a premium for hardware, whether it's the usual price when splurging on a high-end product or the result of an overcharge stemming from a shortage (and greedy marketplace sellers). So when news...
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Regular HotHardware readers will recall that we reported on the leaked naming scheme for AMD's next-generation Ryzen processors. At that time, it was thought that AMD's upcoming chips would be named something like "Ryzen AI 9 HX 170", but...
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