The suitability for overclocking was beyond any doubt, but apart from that we could observe some minor and major mistakes. BIOS versions that could damage the mainboard, an incorrectly designed voltage measuring point and a few software problems clouded the picture a bit. We judged last year that ASUS had lost sight of its sovereignty with the Crosshair product line.
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Today, we will be taking a look at the ASRock Fatal1ty H370 Performance Motherboard. It utilizes the Intel H370 chipset, which is designed with performance in mind, for both mainstream users and gamers alike. It features a 10 Power Phase Design and supports DDR4 2666, Intel Optane memory, AMD Quad CrossFireX, Dual M.2, Intel Gigabit LAN, ASRock Polychrome RGB, as well as Creative Sound Blaster™ Cinema 5 audio.
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In this review, we finally put the Gigabyte B450 AORUS PRO WIFI to the test with our AMD Ryzen 2 2700 CPU. Since we didn’t have the chance to power up the motherboard in the previous articles, we can now take a look at the aesthetics when the RGB lighting comes into play.
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Mid-level might be a better term for this price, and the Asus ROG Strix X299-E Gaming (which sells for at or just under $300 when we wrote this) gets there with a combination of dual USB 3.1 Gen2 controllers, a 867Mb/s Wi-Fi module, enhanced overclocking and competitive RGB lighting features.
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The B350 Tomahawk is a standard-ATX motherboard with an uncluttered, comfortable layout. Every key component has some space around it, which translates to an easier installation experience than you’ll get with some cram-packed MicroATX boards or feature-stuffed full-ATX flagships.
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The GIGABYTE X470 AORUS Gaming 7 WIFI board features a matte black PCB with with a black armor overlay protecting the rear panel and audio components, as well as an integrated rear panel shield. In keeping with their previous AORUS series board designs, GIGABYTE spread RGB LEDs throughout the board’s surface, configurable via the UEFI or the windows app.
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The mini-ITX motherboard market was long dominated by Intel due to the company’s indisputable advantage in CPU power efficiency, an essential characteristic for small form factors. That was until AMD introduced its game-changing Zen CPU architecture in early 2017 and now, with Zen in the second generation, AMD mini-ITX solutions are as competitive as ever.
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Thanks to Asus, we’ll be taking a quick look at their ROG Strix B360-F Gaming Motherboard. It utilizes the latest B360 chipset from Intel and supports all 8th gen Coffee Lake processors using the LGA1151 socket (unfortunately, it is not compatible with 6th/7th gen processors).
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The Taichi Ultimate is the flagship AM4 ATX motherboard from ASRock which has a clear focus on performance. A few indications of this include the addition of an Aquantia AQC107 10Gb/s 10GBase-T network port, as well a large and overkill sixteen phase power delivery controlled by the formidable International Rectifier Infineon IR35201 PWM controller.
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We haven’t seen many B450 motherboards in for review since they launched, so today is a good day. I have in my hands, the B450M Mortar from MSI. We loved their B350 version which joined us with the previous Ryzen launches, and they should be a nice upgrade for it. It’s still pretty much the same design, but a few nips and tweaks are included.
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