Month: January 2011

ASUS Maximus 4 Extreme @ OC3D

“Certainly all the parts are there. It comes with all the ROG goodness we’d expect to find such as the LN2 and ProbeIt features for those extreme overclockers. We have the Go button and BIOS recovery options that help all of us to reach the potential of our system as quickly as possible without too many headaches.

Any flaws in what we have to play with are more about the P67 chipset than ASUS themselves. We’d prefer to see full USB3.0 usage and SATA 6Gbp/s but those are out of ASUS hands to a large extent.”

ASRock P67 Extreme4 @ Anandtech

“The ASRock P67 Extreme4 shows a lot of potential. With this being our first Sandy Bridge motherboard review, there’s a very fine line of being wowed by Sandy Bridge, and deciding whether this motherboard is something people will want to buy. There will be a lot of choices on offer on release day, and ASRock is obviously competing to be the best board out there.”

MSI P67A-GD65 @ HardOCP

“MSI chose to package the P67A-GF65 in a box with a straight forward artistic design, simply pointing out the technological support and design strengths of the board on a white reflective background. MSI includes the following accessories in with the board itself: locking connector SATA drive cables and power cables; a 2-way NVIDIA SLI connector; a rear panel bracket containing USB 3.0 ports; extension plugs for the USB and front panel headers; voltage check point cables; and the normal complement of manuals and drivers discs.”

Intel P67 3-Way Motherboard Roundup @ Neoseeker

“Now that the Sandy Bridge CPU and chipset launch is officially out of the bag, we can at last complete our in-depth look at three P67 motherboards we previously teased for you earlier: the Gigabyte P67A-UD4, ASUS P8P67 Deluxe, and MSI P67A-GD65.  This time we’re able to bring you performance numbers for all three boards using the new Core i7 2600K CPU.  See how well this first batch of P67 boards from trusted manufacturers play with the new Intel CPU architecture!”

Asus, Gigabyte, Intel, & MSI Sandy Bridge Mobos @ Tech Report

“As the most expensive board in the bunch, Gigabyte’s GA-P67A-UD4 has more to prove than its rivals. There’s a lot to like here, including low power consumption under load and integrated audio with Dolby Digital Live support. The UD4 also has the best peripheral performance of the bunch. However, it’s missing the powered eSATA ports and FireWire connectivity available on cheaper alternatives.”

Biostar TH67XE @ PCStats

“Motherboards like the Biostar TH67XE support up to one PCI Express 2.0 x16 videocard, but more than likely will never see any discrete graphics outside of the Sandy Bridge iGPU. Biostar TH67XE motherboard features one DVI, one HDMI, one Display Port and one Analog video output – it supports multiple monitors over the iGPU as well.”

Micron Unveils Bigger, Faster C400 SSD @ Hot Hardware

“Earlier today, before the onslaught of consumer tech goodness that is CES 2011, our man Mat Miranda had a chance to catch up with Micron representatives at the Storage Vision 2011 conference that is taking place before CES 2011 opens in sunny Las Vegas.  Micron it appears is readying their next generation of SSDs to follow-up their very successful RealSSD C300 line-up.”

Corsair Vengeance Series PC3-12800 8GB @ TweakTown

“The release of P67 hasn’t done much in the way of RAM requirements, which for the most part is great. We say for the most part only because the lack of changes means that there’s nothing super exciting about RAM on the new platform. With that said, though, there’s a change when it comes to JEDEC standard; 1600MHz DDR being the stock minimum clock now and CL9 timings also being the minimum at those speeds. Companies aren’t going to have an issue, though, as we’ve been dealing with speeds well above 1600MHz DDR for a long time now.”

Core i5-2500K vs. Phenom II X4 975 BE @ Hardware Secrets

“Intel is launching this month their new CPUs based on the “Sandy Bridge” architecture. Let’s check the performance of the new Core i5-2500K (3.3 GHz) and compare it to its main competitor from AMD, the new Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition (3.6 GHz) that is being released today. We also added the Core i5-661 in the mix.”

“Today two new products are launched by AMD, and here at Guru3D we’ll review the fastest one. Let’s have a peek first as to what AMD has got prepped for you with the right pricetag. It’s that Phenom II X4 975 ‘Black Edition’ we are interested in. Tagged with a price of just  195 USD this puppy is clocked at a nice 3.6GHz and is an unlocked Black Edition processor. And the BEs always offer tremendous overclock potential, BE processors definitely have our preference in terms of tweaking flexibility.”

Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition @ Guru3D
AMD Phenom II X4 975 & 840 @ OC Club
AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE and Phenom II X4 840 @ TweakTown
AMD Phenom II X4 975 and 840 @ PureOC
AMD Phenom II X4 975BE and 840 @ Legit Reviews
AMD Phenom-II X4-975 Black Edition @ Benchmark Reviews
AMD Phenom II X4 840 @ Au-Ja!
AMD Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition @ Bjorn3D
AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE & 840 @ ExtremeOC
AMD Phenom II X4 840 @ TechwareLabs