AMD has introduced three new CPUs to its lineup today, including the new top contender, the Phenom II x6 1100T Black Edition, as reviewed by Hardware Canucks. A Phenom X2 565 BE fills out the mid range, and the Athlon II x3 455 slots in for the budget builders. The new flagship Phenom II X6 [...]

With companies such as GIGABYTE and ASUS, breaking the silence on the public debut of their upcoming Sandy Bridge, Socket LGA-1155 motherboards, ASRock has jumped in the ring, ready with a full compliment of boards for all market segments. The company has planned for eight models, four ATX based on the P67 chipset along with [...]

We got a glimpse of Gigabyte’s lineup of Sandy Bridge ready motherboards late last week, however today we get to see the full lineup of products, which includes an expansion of the new black PCB that was first revealed with the P67-UD3R. All models will have full support for Intel’s 32nm Sandy Bridge CPU’s when [...]

Motherboards from the Asus line of Sandy-Bridge, P67 chipset were shown off in Europe this week; the ROG Maximus IV Extreme, TUF Sabertooth P67, P8P67 Deluxe and P8P67. The Maximus IV Formula is slated to handle absolute everything that could possibly be thrown at it, sporting 4 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots, allowing for 3/4-way [...]

GIGABYTE has posted three upcoming motherboards that all share one common trait; support for Intel’s yet to be released Sandy-Bridge processors. Based on the P67/H67 chipset, the three boards will begin the companies mid-range offerings when the new processors are released sometime in the new year. All of the boards are based on the LGA1155 [...]

In a possible bid to be a little more competitive with AMD in the best value chip category, Intel has trimmed the prices of 6 of its entry processors across 5 different lines. CPU Speed Original Price* New Price* Core i3-550 3.2GHz $138 $117 Pentium E6700 3.2GHz $86 $75 Pentium E5700 3.0GHz $75 $64 Celeron [...]

ASUS launches the highly anticipated Republic of Gamers (ROG) Crosshair IV Extreme motherboard in North America today. Featuring a class leading design and innovative features, the Crosshair IV Extreme sets a new standard for a world class enthusiast motherboard based on an AMD chipset. Rigorously tested and approved by leading enthusiasts, the Extreme series is [...]

AMD’s highly anticipated Bulldozer redesign is still a long way off, and the here, now, Phenom lineup is getting a long in the tooth; nearly 5 months without a new addition, what is this madness! Today the company has launched six new CPUs to round out its offerings, filling in some gaps and providing a [...]

Want some extra horsepower for your CPU? Intel has packed its Pentium G6951 dual-core processor with some extra tidbits, but it’s going to cost you $50 USD to get at it. The $99 Pentium LGA1156 chip is virtually identical to the Pentium G6950, with the addition of “hardware feature upgrades” available for purchase. What the [...]

MSI, the world renowned motherboard and graphics card maker, has followed up the recent release of its revolutionary Fuzion series mainboard by upping the ante with the release of the 870A Fuzion Power Edition mainboard that features AMD 870 and SB850 chipset and support for AMD’s full line of Phenom II, Athlon II, and Sempron [...]