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• MSI P4N Diamond NF4-SLI Intel Edition Motherboard Review   [Review, PCStats]
  When it comes to Pentium 4 processors, the rule thumb is that Intel's CPUs perform best on Intel chipsets. Third party competitors have encountered a whole host of problems attempting to break into this market; from reliability to product shortages, performance qualities, and even licensing issues, there are formidable barriers to creating core logic for Intel CPUs. This is why it's refreshing to see nVIDIA enter the Intel chipset world. After witnessing what nVIDIA was able to do with AMD in a few short years, the future for what it could bring to the Intel platform is quite alluring.
   Sun, 25 Sep, 2005 | 7 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Asus A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 Motherboad   [Review, TrustedReviews]
  This is the third version of this board, which supports all Socket 939 AMD CPUs and offers dual PCI Express slots for SLI, with a standard version and a Deluxe underneath this Premium Edition. This might be the most expensive version, but it’s the most interesting, for two primary reasons. Firstly, on this board Asus has done away with the flip chip PCB that has to be flipped round to enable SLI a on other motherboards. Instead this function is controlled by the BIOS, so that if you put in a second graphics card, it will just work. For some reason, the BIOS option, labelled AI Selector, has three settings, Auto, Single and Dual, though I’m not sure why you need the last two settings.
   Thu, 22 Sep, 2005 | 36 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ECS KN1 SLI Extreme Review   [Review, insanetek]
  The KN1 SLI Extreme is the latest AMD flagship motherboard from ECS. The motherboard performs well and has great overclocking potential. It is a sneak peek of what the "new ECS" can provide.
   Thu, 22 Sep, 2005 | 17 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ECS PF5 Extreme Intel motherboard   [Review, TrustedReviews]
  As a PC system builder in my dark and murky past, I was reasonably familiar with ECS, or to give it its full moniker, Elitegroup Computer Systems. Invariably its products were specified for budget systems where cost was more important than capability. Despite the fact that ECS was, and still is, a high volume manufacturer, its boards were seen as a poor and often unreliable alternative to the better specified alternatives. In fact you’d be surprised how many unflattering phrases you can make from the acronym “ECS”.
   Thu, 22 Sep, 2005 | 11 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ABIT NI8 SLI (NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition)   [Review, HardwareZone]
  The ABIT NI8 SLI is the first nForce4 SLI Intel Edition motherboard from ABIT to hit the streets and we are duly impressed with its performance, cooling and stability. We've even brought in the Guru Clock to see how it stacks up as a µGuru extension. Read on.
   Tue, 20 Sep, 2005 | 17 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Foxconn WinFast NF4SK8AA-8EKRS   [Review, bit-tech]
  Foxconn is a manufacturer that is relatively unknown among enthusiasts, but they’re one of the largest suppliers of motherboards (and other components) to OEMs, including the likes of Dell. As we write, this is changing after the release of several motherboards with the required spin and features for the enthusiast to make use of. The company are also looking to penetrate in to the UK market with their products. With the sheer size of the company, we expect that they’ll succeed in making Foxconn a household name for enthusiasts over time too. Today we are looking at their new NForce 4 SLI motherboard that is aimed at the lower end of the market, retailing at around $130 in the US and £80-90 in the UK.
   Tue, 20 Sep, 2005 | 13 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• 3-way i955x motherboard shootout   [Roundup, Hexus]
  What makes a good i955X motherboard? From what we've seen in this review, it's a combination adding a number of useful discrete features to boost a i955X-equipped motherboard to deluxe standard. All three motherboards here carry additional SATA support from Silicon Image, FireWire800 connectivity, and in the case of the ABIT AW8-MAX and Gigabyte Royal boards, dual PCIe Gigabit LAN ASICs from Broadcom. Both also add in enthusiast-specific features, with ABIT opting for heatpipe northbridge cooling and Gigabyte running with a potential 8-phase power supply.
   Fri, 16 Sep, 2005 | 11 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ECS KN1 SLI Extreme (NVIDIA nForce4 SLI)   [Review, HardwareZone]
  ECS finally releases an nForce4 SLI motherboard and the KN1 SLI Extreme boasts high-end features that was lacking in the KN1 Extreme (nForce4 Ultra) including extra SATA II, eSATA and dual LAN. ECS even managed to surprise us with their stance on SLI switching. Read on.
   Sat, 10 Sep, 2005 | 16 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ECS KN1 Extreme Motherboard Review   [Review, legitreviews]
  The KN1 Extreme brings together the dominance of AMD's socket 939 processors and NVIDIA's nForce 4 chipset in an extremely affordable package. Coupled with a top notch bundle, the KN1 Extreme definitely makes the list of top budget boards.
   Tue, 06 Sep, 2005 | 12 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• MSI K8N SLI (NVIDIA nForce4 SLI)   [Review, HardwareZone]
  The MSI K8N SLI is a new breed of budget nForce4 SLI motherboards that is freeing up the high-end spot to the soon to be released nForce4 SLI X16 chipset. Expect SLI goodness in a new no-frills package for the price of an nForce4 Ultra.
   Tue, 06 Sep, 2005 | 19 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI-D Motherboard   [Review, TrustedReviews]
  DFI’s popularity has risen steadily ever since it launched its Lanparty range of motherboards a couple of years ago. Since then the Lanparty family has grown with the introduction of a ‘lite’ version in the shape of the Lanparty UT. DFI hasn’t stripped out all of the features of the Lanparty boards to create the Lanparty UT range with only minor changes to the hardware. The only thing you really lose out on is the extra accessories such as the Front-X and the case carrying straps.
   Sun, 04 Sep, 2005 | 19 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 Motherboard   [Review, TrustedReviews]
  Foxconn might not be a familiar name to you, but chances are that its technology is already in your current PC as it makes the I/O connectors and cables for many motherboard manufacturers. Recently, it decided to move into the motherboard market as a brand in itself and the 955X7AA, based on Intel’s 955 chipset for Socket 755 processors, is the first of its products to arrive at TrustedReviews for review.
   Sun, 04 Sep, 2005 | 12 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ABIT NI8 SLI Motherboard   [Review, TrustedReviews]
  The ABIT NI8 SLI is the second passively cooled motherboard that I have looked at this month, but this time around the heatpipe really gets to show what it’s made of. On the AN8 Ultra, the heatpipe barely got warm to the touch, but on this board it got scorching hot. It seems that that the nForce4 Intel Edition chipset runs a lot hotter than its AMD counter part.
   Tue, 30 Aug, 2005 | 14 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ECS KN1 Extreme   [Review, xtremeresources]
  The enthusiast market and community have grown by leaps and bounds in the last 5 years or so, and with the popularity of overclocking and high performance computing platforms have arisen many familiar names in that genre including Abit, Asus, Epox, Gigabyte and most recently DFI with their wildly successful nForce4 iterations. With this Editor, when the name ECS ELITEGROUP is mentioned the first thoughts that pop out are, 1) o­ne of the largest mainboard manufacturers in the world, providing boards suitable to both OEM and system builders, and solid stable platforms for the mainstream computer market. Of course there has been some success of late with a few different platforms in the enthusiast market by ECS, but associated with low cost "bang for the buck" type systems.
   Tue, 30 Aug, 2005 | 9 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Fall IDF 2005 - Day 3: Intel Demos On-Chip North Bridge & Voltage Regulator   [Article, AnandTech]
  One of the biggest performance and technology advantages AMD has hold over Intel has been their on-die memory controller and North Bridge. Not only does AMD's on-die memory controller increase performance, but it saves overall system power as it can take advantage of the CPU's power management and advancements in microprocessor manufacturing technology.
   Tue, 30 Aug, 2005 | 7 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Foxconn NF4UK8AA-8EKRS system board   [Review, htpcnews]
  In the current flurry of nForce 4 motherboards on the market it is hard to make a decision on which board to go with. If you are a HTPC user looking to upgrade this decision is especially painful. Why the pain you ask? The majority of the socket 939 motherboard market is dominated with motherboards that have only two or three PCI slots. and as most HTPC users know, that just will not cut it! No thanks to the current lack of PCIe devices such as HDTV tuners and PVR cards HTPC users need as many PCI slots as possible. What is worse is that most of these boards are even designed with the PCIe graphics slot right next to a regular PCI slot! Once you put in a graphics card with a large silent cooler such as the HIS X850XT IceQ II, you are now down to 1 or 2 PCI slots. I know I myself use two tuners and a HDTV tuner, then a modem for caller ID and throw in a high end gaming sound card and you have easily eaten up 5 PCI slots.
   Tue, 30 Aug, 2005 | 13 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Jetway 939GT4-SLI: Gem with a New SLI Twist   [Review, AnandTech]
  Jetway has had many interesting products in the last couple of years. Smaller players in the PC Market often have a hard time getting noticed, and we applaud Jetway for bringing some unique products to market as a means of shining the spotlight on the Jetway brand. When we first heard of the Jetway nForce4 SLI board with 3 x16 PCIe slots, we figured it was just another interesting twist from Jetway. However, the idea is such a good one that we really wanted to take a closer look. The first SLI motherboards provided SLI capabilities with a Paddle card that was reversed to switch between single x16 video and dual x8 operation.
   Tue, 30 Aug, 2005 | 23 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• ASUS P5LD2 Deluxe WiFi-TV (Intel 945P Express)   [Review, HardwareZone]
  With a plethora of features, the ASUS P5LD2 Deluxe is more than a motherboard, it is the core of your next entertainment system, but little would you have suspected that this i945P Express board packs some serious performance too.
   Mon, 29 Aug, 2005 | 23 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• SAPPHIRE PURE Innovation A9RX480 S939 Mainboard   [Review, Hexus]
  ATI's Xpress 200P seemed like a strange choice, as previous partners' motherboards fell short in almost every department when compared to the established duo. However, with the mix of RX480 northbridge and SB450 southbridge, SAPPHIRE has added its own mix of design flair and an enthusiast-friendly BIOS to create a motherboard which is strong in most areas. PI-A9RX480's subjectively stunning looks are complemented by a decent layout and reasonable feature-set, and general performance is good, whilst overclocking performance is just stellar.
   Mon, 29 Aug, 2005 | 9 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Budget And Premium Motherboards At The Crossroads   [Article, TomsHardware]
  Sometimes a single manufacturer offers a wide selection of motherboards, all able to host your desired processor. This leaves the user with an essential question: are premium motherboards worth the extra money? We compared MSI's budget motherboard with its highest-end model to find out.
   Mon, 22 Aug, 2005 | 22 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail