Tag Archives: Motherboard

When it comes to ASUS motherboards you have quite a lot of choices, many users opt for their Republic of Gamers boards, but their Prime line is actually quite good. We've used a "Prime" motherboard as our baseline board for processor testing for both Intel and AMD for the past couple of years. These boards might not have all of the flash that the ROG series does, but they are extremely reliable and are still packed with features. For the Ryzen refresh the main "Prime" board from ASUS is their Prime X470-PRO. This board features a slick design with silver heatsinks and an integrated M.2 cooler as well. You also have support for DDR4 3466 MHz memory, USB 3.1, dual M.2 slots, and even some RGB lighting. Is this the board you need for your Ryzen build? Read on as we find out!

When Intel released their 8th generation "Coffee Lake" processors back in October 2017 they were released alongside the enthusiast-class Z370 chipset. That was the only chipset you could use with these new processors at the time. Now you have the option of H370, B360, and H310. The B360 chipset differs from H370 in a few different ways, first you only have support for a single x16 PCI-E slot, only 12 PCI-E lanes (compared to 24), fewer USB ports, and there is no CPU or memory overclocking. Today we will be checking out a B360 board from Biostar. This is actually our first look at a B360 board, but also our first look at a board from Biostar. The Biostar B360GT3S motherboard is part of Biostar's Racing line, which is a gaming line within their product stack. Let's take a look and see if there is a lower-cost alternative to getting a Z370 motherboard.

In a recent presentation in Taipei Gigabyte has revealed that their X399 AORUS Extreme motherboard is the first to officially support AMD's upcoming Ryzen Threadripper 2990X 32 core, 64 thread processor. These new processors will...

This year at Computex EVGA was showing off their brand new X299 Micro 2 motherboard, which of course is the successor to the X299 Micro EVGA initially announced with the X299 chipset.

Another new X399 motherboard has been spotted at Computex 2018! These new X399 motherboards are really over the top and this board is no exception. This board is the X399 AORUS Extreme from Gigabyte. This board draws power from two 8-pin EPS connectors as well as a 24-pin ATX power connection. Both of the 8-pin power connections are actually steel reinforced which is pretty cool.

Being that many people are still building their own crypto-currency mining rigs it is expected that we would see various mining boards shown off at Computex 2018. Well it looks like ASRock has a very interesting solution in their J3455 Pro BTC+ Mining Motherboard, which was on display at the show.

This year at Computex we are expecting to see new motherboards based on Intel's upcoming Z390 chipset, but MSI is showing off a new X399 motherboard. Not just any X399 motherboard, their most outrageous X399 motherboard yet, the MEG X399 Creation.

ASUS has just introduced one of its first crypto-currency mining motherboards based on Intel's 300-series chipset platform. This is great news for miners as cheaper Pentium Gold and Celeron processors for this platform are now available. The board is the H370 Mining Master and will put out 20 PCI-Express gen 3.0 lanes as x1 slots.

BIOSTAR announces a pro-level crypto mining motherboard, BIOSTAR TB250-BTC D+ that appeals to anyone looking to maximize and/or scale their mining rigs. The BIOSTAR TB250-BTC D+ allows the Intel B250 chipset to reach its full potential as it allows true native 8-graphics card support, which removes the need for riser cards.

With the launch of AMD's Ryzen 2000 processors right around the corner more photos of upcoming X470 motherboards are being leaked to the web. Today we have MSI's upcoming X470 Gaming Pro Carbon AC motherboard.