MSI 890GXM-G65 @ ProClockers
“World-leading mainboard and graphics card maker, MSI, launches their brand new 890GXM-G65 mainboard using the AMD 890GX chipset to fulfill the increasing demand for perfect Home Theatre Personal Computers (HTPC). In addition to tailoring the latest AMD Phenom II processors, the 890GXM-G65 provides full support for the DirectX 10.1 and UVD 2.0 multimedia standards to significantly enhance high-definition audio and video effects.”
Asrock X58 Extreme3 @ ProClockers
“Feast your eyes on the new X58 Extreme3. It is an incredibly attractive motherboard, based on the high end X58 chipset from Intel. We read all the new specifications on the board like USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0. Impressive as those are, we could not get over the sheer good looks of the board.”
Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H @ Legion Hardware
“However despite this, Gigabyte looks to have nailed it with the 890GPA-UD3H, by offering a perfect balance of features and value. In fact, if you compare the Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H to the Asus M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 motherboard, there appears to be very little difference between them, and despite this the Asus board comes at a $20 US price premium.”
Gigabyte H55M-USB3 @ HardOCP
“That’s quite an achievement, given the small form factor nature of the board. From what I could tell, the board’s serial number is on a white sticker along the outside edge of the 24-pin ATX power connector, while the board revision is silk screened in the upper left corner of the board.”
ASRock 890GX Extreme3 @ MadShrimps
“Knowing ASrock as a company that usually pumps out zillions of colourfull entry level boards, sometimes innovating by integrating older technology like eg AGP slots onto new platforms, makes them stand out from the crowd. Sadly when you mention ASrock, most immediately are thinking about cheap hardware, correlating it with poor build quality and durability, lack of features…”
SandForce SF1200 RAID-0 SSD Performance @ Benchmark Reviews
“The SandForce SF-1222TA3-SBH processor is part of the SF-1200 SSD controller family, and through various new technology implementations SandForce has redefined performance expectations for the entire solid state storage landscape. Not only are bandwidth speeds extremely fast (nearly saturating the SATA-3GB/s interface), but operational IOPS performance reaches SLC-NAND levels.”
G.Skill PIS Series DDR3-2400 4GB @ ThinkComputers
“This memory has been e ngineered specifically for the Intel Core i7 860/870 LGA 1156 processor and P55 Express chipset. Of course the memory operates at Intel’s max VDIMM of 1.65v, and it comes with a very nice cooling fan. Read on to check out the G.Skill PIS Series DDR3-2400 memory!”
G.Skill ECO 4GB DDR3 1600MHz CL7 @ LegitReviews
“G.Skill’s ECO series is quite the kit when you consider what it is able to accomplish with what it is given. DDR3-1600 with only 1.35vdimm may become commonplace in the future but for now it is a nice surprise. Our testing showed that using this memory kit reduced power usage at the wall when compared to other kits that use the standard 1.65vdimm setting.”
Chaintech Apogee & Corsair XMS3 DDR3 2x2GB Kits @ RBMods
“DDR3 has been conquering the memory markets for a while now. Both AMD and Intel use it nowdays and prices have dropped to reasonable levels. We took two kits for our tests and will compare them with two other kits we had in stock. Both kits reviewed are not the cheapest available, but definitely not the most expensive ones either. Let’s see how well they perform.”
Kingston HyperX PC3-15000 @ TweakTown
“Let’s hope that this isn’t just some normal kit of memory with a new colored heatsink and fancy title. Hopefully we’ll discover that the kit deserves to sit in the HyperX series and LoVo is something that we should be interested in.”