Motherboards
Minisforum continues to diversify its business beyond compact PCs and this week it introduced a rather unusual Mini-ITX motherboard with an MXM slot. Typically used for graphics cards, Minisforum's Eyertec AD650i motherboard instead comes with an MXM adapter to house up to three M.2 SSDs. All together, the Mini-ITX board is able to drive 4 M.2 SSDs, as well as a couple of SATA SSDs for good measure. [making the platform suitable for an HTPC, NAS, or a small desktop that needs three M.2 drives.] The Minisforum AD650i Mini-ITX motherboard itself is based on Intel's laptop-grade Core i7-12650H processor (6P + 4E CPU cores, up to 4.70 GHz, 24 MB cache, UHD Graphics with 64 EUs, 45W PBP) that can be paired with up to 64...
MSI MPG Z490 Carbon EK X: LGA1200 Motherboard with an EKWB Monoblock
In one of the coolest collaborations of the year so far, MSI and EK Water Blocks have come together to create a new Z490 motherboard, the MSI MPG Z490...
18 by Gavin Bonshor on 6/3/2020
Biostar's Two New H410 Motherboards: H410MHG and H410MH
Not only did Intel unveil its Z490 motherboard chipset for Intel's 10th generation desktop processors, but it also announced its more budget-friendly chipsets. Biostar has announced two new micro-ATX...
26 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/29/2020
The ASRock Z490 Taichi Motherboard Review: Punching LGA1200 Into Life
In our first Intel Z490 motherboard review, the ASRock Z490 Taichi takes center stage. With its recognizable Taichi clockwork inspired design, a 12+2 power delivery, three PCIe 3.0 x4...
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AMD's B550 Motherboards Start Appearing Online
Today is the next stage of the AMD AM4 B550 motherboard rollout: numerous vendors have started listing its models in place of an expected launch on June 16th. One...
51 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/21/2020
New Q470E and H420E Embedded Motherboards From ASRock
Off the back of Intel's announcement of its 10th generation Comet Lake vPro processors for the 400-series chipset, ASRock Industrial has announced some details about its incoming product stack...
14 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/14/2020
ASRock Rack Announces W480D4U, Micro-ATX for Intel Xeon W-1200
With Intel recently announcing its Xeon-W1200 series product stack for W480, ASRock's server arm, ASRock Rack, has lifted the lid on one its micro-ATX model based on the W480...
10 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/14/2020
The Supermicro H11DSi Motherboard Mini-Review: The Sole Dual EPYC Solution
Users looking to build their own dual EPYC workstation or system, using completely off-the-shelf components, do not have a lot of options. Users can buy most of the CPUs...
37 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 5/13/2020
MSI Unveils MEG Z490 Unify Series: Unassuming Style
With the release of Intel's 10th generation desktop processors (Comet Lake-S) looming ever closer, MSI has announced a pair of new Z490 models, the MSI MEG Z490 Unify and...
28 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/11/2020
Intel Z490 Motherboards Available For Pre-Order: From $150 to $1299
In preparation for the launch of Intel's Z490 chipset and Intel's 10th generation Comet Lake desktop processors, Z490 motherboards are now available to pre-order from various retailers. For entry-level...
32 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/6/2020
The ASRock Z490 Aqua: Thunderbolt 3, PCIe 4.0 Ready, Water Cooled
Following a resurgence of motherboards decked out with custom monoblocks, ASRock has announced details on its Z490 Aqua. It includes a familiar aluminium plated copper custom monoblock, with just...
18 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/5/2020
First ATX12VO Consumer Motherboard: The ASRock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4SR
A blog post from Intel has showcased the first consumer motherboard with the ATX12VO power standard from ASRock, and we reached out to ASRock for more details. They have...
47 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 5/5/2020
The ASRock Rack Z490D4U-2L2T, Micro-ATX Server For LGA1200
Off the back of the announcement of a substantial amount of Z490 motherboards designed for Intel's 10th generation desktop processors, ASRock Rack has announced a server-focused model. The ASRock...
10 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/5/2020
The Intel Z490 Overview: 44+ Motherboards Examined
After another long wait for a new Intel platform, Comet Lake and the 400 series finally descends. Here we get a new socket, support for up to 10-cores with...
52 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/30/2020
The ASRock Rack EPYCD8-2T Motherboard Review: From Naples to Rome
It's no secret that AMD is looking to carve out a bigger share in the server market with their enterprise EPYC processors, and much fanfare has been made about...
35 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/20/2020
Intel H81 Chipset EOL'd: Long Lived Haswell Chipset to be Retired
Intel has announced that it will be discontinuing some of its Lynx Point based chipsets which are most commonly associated with its Haswell processors on socket LGA 1150. Along...
5 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/1/2020
The GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0 Motherboard Review: EPYC with Dual 10G
The workstation and server markets are big business for not only chip manufacturers such as Intel and AMD, but for motherboard vendors too. Since AMD's introduction of its Zen-based...
37 by Gavin Bonshor on 3/25/2020
Embedded 1.8-inch Zen PC: DFI Unveils Credit Card-Sized AMD Ryzen Board
DFI has announced what they consider the world’s smallest single-board computer (SBC) that uses on AMD’s Ryzen Embedded processor. The highly-integrated credit card-sized GHF51 motherboard can be used for...
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On The Wings of an Eagle: GIGABYTE's X570 I Aorus Pro WIFI Motherboard Tested
The mini-ITX form factor is an interesting one as it allows users to create a small form factor system with the ability to integrate some of the top-performing hardware...
64 by Gavin Bonshor on 3/19/2020
Biostar Launches Low-Power A10N-9630E Mini-ITX Motherboard
AMD’s Bulldozer microarchitecture was originally designed with mainstream and high-performance applications in mind, but eventually its development took a turn to focus solely on mainstream mobile and desktop PCs...
18 by Anton Shilov on 3/16/2020
MSI Extends Product Warranties by Two Months Due to Coronavirus
The outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has already caused the cancellation several major trade shows and will have other kinds of impacts on the high-tech industry. And while the...
3 by Anton Shilov on 3/11/2020
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