http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Motherboards Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2012 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Tue, 29 May 2012 01:01:02 GMT Tue, 29 May 2012 01:01:02 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-s-Least-Capable-Chipset-to-Be-Released-this-Autumn-272051.shtml We’ve already talked about the fact that Intel doesn’t have a real AMD Trinity competitor and that their UltraBook bet is likely to be a losing one for the American/Israeli company. This is why the it is desperately trying to gather up volumes of cheap low-performing CPUs and chipsets.

Intel is very confident in t... (read more)]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 10:41:02 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-s-Least-Capable-Chipset-to-Be-Released-this-Autumn-272051.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-s-Least-Capable-Chipset-to-Be-Released-this-Autumn-272051.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ECS-Presents-the-NonStop-Motherboard-Series-271963.shtml
ECS motherboards have long been known for being affordable and for offering “good-enough” reliability.

The price advantage offered by the company helped it achieve sales much greater than any of... (read more)]]> Sun, 27 May 2012 11:05:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/ECS-Presents-the-NonStop-Motherboard-Series-271963.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/ECS-Presents-the-NonStop-Motherboard-Series-271963.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-P8C-WS-Professional-Motherboard-Launched-271030.shtml Intel's Xeon E3 series central processing units need motherboards just like all other CPUs out there, so ASUS decided it was time for its labs to spawn another platform.

The motherboard we are looking at here is called P8C WS, uses the LGA 1155 socket and the brand-new chipset C216.

The WS in the name stands for “wo... (read more)]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 11:53:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-P8C-WS-Professional-Motherboard-Launched-271030.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-P8C-WS-Professional-Motherboard-Launched-271030.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-FM2-Socket-Part-of-MSI-s-Very-Early-Motherboard-270918.shtml We have just finished detailing a motherboard based on a still unreleased Intel chipset and, now, we get to check out a photo of an AMD-powered platform too.

This time around, we can't really go into as much detail as we could when checking out the Q77M vPro Motherboard.

That's because ASRock's platform has already ... (read more)]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 07:23:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-FM2-Socket-Part-of-MSI-s-Very-Early-Motherboard-270918.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-FM2-Socket-Part-of-MSI-s-Very-Early-Motherboard-270918.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASRock-Launches-First-Ever-Q77-Motherboard-270903.shtml Intel has yet to release all the Ivy Bridge central processing units and, likewise, it hasn't launched all accompanying chipsets, so people can expect various motherboard announcements starting a week from now.

The chipset we are looking at is called Q77 and will be released in official capacity, by Intel, in about a week and a half.
read more)]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 06:46:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASRock-Launches-First-Ever-Q77-Motherboard-270903.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASRock-Launches-First-Ever-Q77-Motherboard-270903.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASRock-Z77-Extreme9-Motherboard-Strides-Forth-269526.shtml One would have expected all motherboard makers to reveal something equipped with Intel's thunderbolt technology this week, but ASRock is either postponing that announcement or not intent on implementing it at all for a while.

ASRock has formally introduced the Z77 Extreme9 which, though a high-end platform, does not support the 10 Gbps... (read more)]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 07:47:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASRock-Z77-Extreme9-Motherboard-Strides-Forth-269526.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASRock-Z77-Extreme9-Motherboard-Strides-Forth-269526.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/MSI-Launches-Thunderbolt-Motherboard-Z77A-GD80-269197.shtml Micro-Star International has made the formal introduction of the Z77A-GD80 motherboard, which features Intel's high-bandwidth interface standard.

Thunderbolt is the fastest data connection available on a PC, running at 10 Gbps and transmitting both PCI Express and DisplayPort signals through a single cable.

The former prot... (read more)]]> Sat, 12 May 2012 19:11:01 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/MSI-Launches-Thunderbolt-Motherboard-Z77A-GD80-269197.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/MSI-Launches-Thunderbolt-Motherboard-Z77A-GD80-269197.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ECS-Z77-Based-X77H2-A3-Motherboard-267547.shtml Elitegroup Computer Systems has a new motherboard on its website, one that has yet to be listed up for sale anywhere, but which shouldn't take too much longer to arrive.

Then again, it isn't really accurate to say that the mainboard has its own product page, because it does, in fact, not have one that we've been able to find.

We did... (read more)]]> Thu, 3 May 2012 10:10:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/ECS-Z77-Based-X77H2-A3-Motherboard-267547.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/ECS-Z77-Based-X77H2-A3-Motherboard-267547.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-s-i7-3770K-CPU-Overclocked-to-7-GHz-with-MSI-s-Z77-Motherboard-267108.shtml MSI has just announced on its official website that the MSI Z77A-GD65 motherboard based on the Intel Z77 chipset has been successfully overclocked at 7 GHz using an Intel Core i7-3770K CPU. The motherboard is build using very high quality components and was certified to conform to the MIL-STD-810G standard via third-party labo... (read more)]]> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:05:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-s-i7-3770K-CPU-Overclocked-to-7-GHz-with-MSI-s-Z77-Motherboard-267108.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-s-i7-3770K-CPU-Overclocked-to-7-GHz-with-MSI-s-Z77-Motherboard-267108.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/If-You-Want-a-Motherboard-You-Can-Afford-ASUS-has-Some-266902.shtml Intel's introduction of the Ivy Bridge central processing units was followed by a whole slew of motherboards, but many of them aren't what one would call affordable.

That doesn't mean such things don't exist, though. After all, even if the new CPUs are high-end, there will be mainstream ones eventually, which means that mainbo... (read more)]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:32:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/If-You-Want-a-Motherboard-You-Can-Afford-ASUS-has-Some-266902.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/If-You-Want-a-Motherboard-You-Can-Afford-ASUS-has-Some-266902.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Lynx-Point-Chipset-Models-Detailed-266472.shtml Even though Intel has barely just brought out the Ivy Bridge CPUs line, and not all of them at that, people are already snooping around, trying to find info on the platform that will come next.

For next year (2013), Intel plans to bring out the series of LGA-1150 central processing units codenamed Haswell.

They will be just pa... (read more)]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:35:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Lynx-Point-Chipset-Models-Detailed-266472.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Lynx-Point-Chipset-Models-Detailed-266472.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Besides-Z68-Motherboards-MSI-s-H61-G3-Support-Ivy-bridge-266391.shtml Micro-Star International made it a point of proving that it doesn't take an all-new motherboard to provide Intel's new Ivy Bridge CPUs with a home.

The company has already made its share of product releases involving the third-generation Core central processing units, not the least of which is the allegedly fastest Ivy Bridg... (read more)]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:14:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Besides-Z68-Motherboards-MSI-s-H61-G3-Support-Ivy-bridge-266391.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Besides-Z68-Motherboards-MSI-s-H61-G3-Support-Ivy-bridge-266391.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-P8Z77-V-Motherboard-Introduced-on-Video-266360.shtml There will soon be a new motherboard up for sale, one that will directly compete against all the other platforms compatible with Intel's Ivy Bridge central processing units.

The motherboard we are referring to is one that ASUS invented and which AnandTech somehow got a video presentation of.

This is probably one of the most... (read more)]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:08:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-P8Z77-V-Motherboard-Introduced-on-Video-266360.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-P8Z77-V-Motherboard-Introduced-on-Video-266360.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-TUF-Sabertooth-Z77-Motherboard-Formally-Launched-265619.shtml ASUS has unveiled one of its highest-end motherboards, part of the established TUF series and outfitted with the Thermal Armor cooling technology that seldom gets called upon.

Thermal Armor is a military-grade cooling solution that uses a convection hole design and optimizes VRM cooling, as well as pretty much everything else.<... (read more)]]> Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:44:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-TUF-Sabertooth-Z77-Motherboard-Formally-Launched-265619.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-TUF-Sabertooth-Z77-Motherboard-Formally-Launched-265619.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sapphire-Reveals-Pure-Platinum-Z77-K-Motherboard-263943.shtml We've already covered a significant number of upcoming 7-Series motherboards, but that doesn't mean that there aren't more of them on their way to stores.

In fact, Sapphire has just made its contribution, or at least has offered a glimpse of one mainboard of this type.

The product bears the name of Pure Platinum Z77/K a... (read more)]]> Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:57:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sapphire-Reveals-Pure-Platinum-Z77-K-Motherboard-263943.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sapphire-Reveals-Pure-Platinum-Z77-K-Motherboard-263943.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/High-End-Z77-Boards-Need-an-Ivy-Bridge-CPU-to-Power-The-Third-PCIe-x16-Slot-263722.shtml As information stickers on new Z77 motherboards show, builders of Z77-based systems will need an Ivy Bridge CPU to make one of the long PCIe slots work.

This is quite strange as it’s the first time we’re presented with a disabled PCIe x16 slot on a wide range of high-end PC motherboards.
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The ZT-Z77-U1D SuperOverclock hasn't actually been launched officially, or at least we haven't spotted the press release yet.

Instead, it is Expreview ... (read more)]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:55:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Zotac-Has-a-Bigger-and-Badder-SuperOverclock-Motherboard-Too-263720.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Zotac-Has-a-Bigger-and-Badder-SuperOverclock-Motherboard-Too-263720.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Zotac-s-Mini-ITX-Ivy-Bridge-Ready-Powerhouse-263706.shtml Intel's Ivy Bridge CPUs will be launched in a couple of weeks, so motherboard makers are showing their 7-Series platforms, even very small ones.

Contrary to what some may think, a powerful computer does not actually need to have a huge main unit, far from it.

It all boils down to the motherboard size and how many features ... (read more)]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:33:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Zotac-s-Mini-ITX-Ivy-Bridge-Ready-Powerhouse-263706.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Zotac-s-Mini-ITX-Ivy-Bridge-Ready-Powerhouse-263706.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/And-Finally-Some-Details-on-the-Ivy-Bridge-Chipset-263613.shtml We know that the first members of Intel's Ivy Bridge CPU collection will be launched in about two weeks, and we also know that the full range won't be out until next year, or late 2012 if the company is really fast.

As we wait for Intel to make it happen, we are, naturally, going to cover whatever leaks, rumors and product release... (read more)]]> Mon, 9 Apr 2012 14:56:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/And-Finally-Some-Details-on-the-Ivy-Bridge-Chipset-263613.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/And-Finally-Some-Details-on-the-Ivy-Bridge-Chipset-263613.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/EVGA-s-Z77-FTW-Is-Now-Official-263608.shtml In anticipation of Intel’s Ivy Bridge launch, California-based video card and motherboard manufacturer EVGA has just announced its new EVGA Z77 FTW motherboard on its official website.

The mainboard is targeted at PC overclocking enthusiasts and power users.

The mainboard has robust overclocking features, good cooling and high qualit... (read more)]]> Mon, 9 Apr 2012 14:39:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/EVGA-s-Z77-FTW-Is-Now-Official-263608.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/EVGA-s-Z77-FTW-Is-Now-Official-263608.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Releases-Maximus-V-GENE-Motherboard-263424.shtml ASUS has finally started to show off its series of motherboards compatible with Intel's upcoming line of Ivy Bridge, socket LGA 1155 central processing units (CPUs).

People dropping by the ASUS Republic of gamers (ROG) minisite will probably stumble upon the Maximus V GENE platform.

This is the latest-generation Maximus mother... (read more)]]> Mon, 9 Apr 2012 06:14:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Releases-Maximus-V-GENE-Motherboard-263424.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASUS-Releases-Maximus-V-GENE-Motherboard-263424.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ECS-Reveals-Z77-Black-Extreme-Golden-Limited-Edition-Motherboards-263358.shtml Like others before it, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has brought out some Ivy bridge-ready motherboards, but its announcement focuses on the top pair instead of describing the whole collection.

In this respect, ECS is more similar to Biostar rather than Gigabyte, ASRock and Micro-Star International (MSI).
... (read more)]]> Sat, 7 Apr 2012 08:31:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/ECS-Reveals-Z77-Black-Extreme-Golden-Limited-Edition-Motherboards-263358.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/ECS-Reveals-Z77-Black-Extreme-Golden-Limited-Edition-Motherboards-263358.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Biostar-s-7-Series-Ivy-Bridge-Ready-Motherboards-263346.shtml Biostar has done what its various rivals did, or will do soon enough, namely launch a whole bunch of new motherboards in preparation for the event that will supposedly take place on April 23.

Biostar made a point of saying that this is the “for the first time” product lineup and, sure enough, used those words no less tha... (read more)]]> Sat, 7 Apr 2012 07:45:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Biostar-s-7-Series-Ivy-Bridge-Ready-Motherboards-263346.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Biostar-s-7-Series-Ivy-Bridge-Ready-Motherboards-263346.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/And-Of-Course-MSI-Has-7-Series-Motherboards-Too-263292.shtml Like ASRock and Gigabyte, Micro-Star International has a bunch of Ivy Bridge-compatible motherboards ready to welcome the third-generation chips.

According to this page, there are, in total, six platforms based on the Z77 chipset, two on the H77 and one on the B75.

That makes a total of nine, which is three less than th... (read more)]]> Fri, 6 Apr 2012 14:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/And-Of-Course-MSI-Has-7-Series-Motherboards-Too-263292.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/And-Of-Course-MSI-Has-7-Series-Motherboards-Too-263292.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASRock-Shows-Off-Its-7-Series-Motherboards-Too-263273.shtml As we mentioned when we wrote about Gigabyte's 7-Series collection of motherboards, other manufacturers have products of this type out as well.

Whether by coincidence or not, ASRock has just as many Ivy Bridge-compatible motherboards as Gigabyte: twelve.

One of them, the ASRock Z77E-ITX, is supposed to be “the most... (read more)]]> Fri, 6 Apr 2012 13:41:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASRock-Shows-Off-Its-7-Series-Motherboards-Too-263273.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/ASRock-Shows-Off-Its-7-Series-Motherboards-Too-263273.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gigabyte-Release-7-Series-Motherboards-263262.shtml Since Intel will be formally unveiling its Ivy Bridge central processing units on April 23 this year (2012), Gigabyte has decided to stop putting off the launch of its 7-series motherboard line.

If anyone is wondering how we know when the chips will show, we don't (nothing is certain after all), but we did find reports saying as much. Go here... (read more)]]> Fri, 6 Apr 2012 13:14:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gigabyte-Release-7-Series-Motherboards-263262.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gigabyte-Release-7-Series-Motherboards-263262.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-s-H77-Motherboards-Pictured-Properly-262636.shtml As always, Intel has a complete array of chipsets ready to welcome its next-generation CPUs, and now we have some actual, detailed images of the H77-based models.

Intel seems to like to make it hard for people to find large photos of its motherboards, especially when online vendors have yet to list them, or perhaps this is just our impres... (read more)]]> Tue, 3 Apr 2012 14:52:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-s-H77-Motherboards-Pictured-Properly-262636.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-s-H77-Motherboards-Pictured-Properly-262636.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Commel-Presents-the-First-Pico-ITX-Dual-Core-Atom-Mainboard-261386.shtml Last year VIA launched the EPIA-P900 Pico-ITX platform powered by its own VIA Eden X2 Dual Core CPU, and now Commell intros an Intel Atom Dual Core powered mainboard using the same format.

Commell's product is built upon the ICH8M Intel Southbridge and powered by Intel’s Atom N450, D410, D510 or even the D525 dual-c... (read more)]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:12:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Commel-Presents-the-First-Pico-ITX-Dual-Core-Atom-Mainboard-261386.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Commel-Presents-the-First-Pico-ITX-Dual-Core-Atom-Mainboard-261386.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Tyan-Announces-the-Newest-Generation-of-Platforms-Supporting-the-E5-2600-Intel-processor-261239.shtml Tyan unveiled eight new platforms supporting the new Intel E5-2600 processor on their official website. This new line of products comprises five models of motherboards with different options each and four barebones.

The dual socket Intel Xeon E5-2600 mainboards are designed for various applicat... (read more)]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:35:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Tyan-Announces-the-Newest-Generation-of-Platforms-Supporting-the-E5-2600-Intel-processor-261239.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Tyan-Announces-the-Newest-Generation-of-Platforms-Supporting-the-E5-2600-Intel-processor-261239.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sapphire-Intros-Pure-Platinum-A55V-Motherboard-261038.shtml Even though the web has been frantic about the Intel Ivy Bridge series of CPUs, makers of motherboards haven't forgotten about Advanced Micro devices or its own chips.

Sapphire is the one making a move in this part of the worldwide market, having created the pure Platinum A55V.

The name may be somewhat misleading, as the ... (read more)]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:36:00 GMT Softpedia News - Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sapphire-Intros-Pure-Platinum-A55V-Motherboard-261038.shtml Motherboards http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sapphire-Intros-Pure-Platinum-A55V-Motherboard-261038.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop)