The ROG Strix Gaming set of motherboards has several members varying from the inexpensive Z370-H at ~$150 to the Z370-F at ~$200. All the boards are jet black in color and use brushed aluminum heatsinks to cover the power delivery bits. RGB LEDs make an appearance on all the ROG Strix boards, and the Z370-F has the rear IO cover light up as well.
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Gigabyte’s Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming 2.0 is a revision of one of its more popular mid-to-high-end line-ups, the Ultra Gaming. Packing a clean look, plenty of connectivity, and solid dependable performance with an affordable price tag, it’s a product that’s well placed to hold on to substantial market share, and is a perfect choice for anyone looking to build a mid-range Core i3 or i5 machine.
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Though it is not yet slated for local release in the Philippines, Asus let us check out their ASUS ROG Strix B450-I Gaming motherboard but they are waiting to see how interested the local consumers will be with this model. So, with this review, we want to try to be as detailed as we can…
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The X470 Taichi gets a new look in its Ultimate edition’s grey accent panels, but the “Ultimate” component comes in the form of Aquantia’s AQC107 10Gb Ethernet controller. The controller is typically priced at $100 when mounted to a PCIe x4 card, but ASRock was able to reduce the premium to a mere $60 by integrating it.
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Ryzen Threadripper 2950X builds on all of the goodness offered by AMD’s first-gen Ryzen Threadripper processors, addressing some of our concerns in the process. If you’re looking to upgrade from an older CPU to an all-around crowd pleaser, Threadripper 2950X does not disappoint.
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The MSI B360 GAMING ARCTIC is a striking board that holds promise in its very name. MSI has a good track record for producing premium products at every price point, and I expect this B360 offering to be no different. So here is the question I’ve been driving towards: the B360 GAMING ARCTIC, just how “cool” is it?
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Others can’t handle Intel’s highest-end Skylake-X chips without a fan directly on their VRM heatsinks to prevent overheating, even when chips aren’t overclocked. In short, X299 has fallen a bit short of the expectations we hold for high-end desktop platforms, especially when compared to the stability and reliability we’ve seen from AMD’s X399 boards.
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The ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac is a tiny little motherboard designed to give you the best possible performance in the smallest package. The board itself measures 170mm x 170mm with small heatsinks and space-saving features to make a powerful, yet small, workstation or media PC.
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Gigabyte has included a total of three Ethernet ports, which consists of two Intel Gigabit and one Aquantia 10 Gigabit. To our mind 10Gbit is an expensive luxury for gamers however a number of our YouTube audience are absolutely in love with this feature. Nonetheless, we maintain that gamers will be perfectly well served by Gigabit while it is workstation users who will benefit from 10Gbit.
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In our continuing series of Coffee Lake motherboard reviews, we take another look at a B360 based offering, but this time from ASUS in the form of the B360-G Gaming. The board is one of the first MicroATX size boards we have reviewed on this platform and promises a number of competitive gaming features at a low overall price.
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