The MSI P67A-GD65 will be a good option for users looking for a high-quality mid-range socket LGA1155 motherboard with lots of features. Its highlights include four SATA-600 ports, four USB 3.0 ports, automatic overclocking by simply pushing a button (“OC Genie II”), dual BIOS, two PCI Express x16 slots (x16 or x8/x8 configuration) supporting both SLI and CrossFireX modes, voltage monitoring points, and a high-end voltage regulator circuit.
The Maximus VI HERO is a top mid-range motherboard from ASUS based on the new Intel Z87 chipset, targeted to socket LGA1150 processors based on the new “Haswell” microarchitecture. Let’s check it out.
We benchmarked the forthcoming SiS 771, a socket AM2 chipset with integrated graphics. Take a look to have a clue on the performance of motherboards based on this new chipset.
The ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer is a mid-range socket LGA1150 motherboard based on the new Intel Z97 chipset, bringing a high-end audio codec, six SATA-600 ports (allowing one SATA Express connection), and six USB 3.0 ports.
A quick look at current and forthcoming water-cooling products from CoolIT: Pure, Freezone Elite, Reference Series, Boreas and a prototype for rack-mount servers.
We took a look at iGreen Power 430 W, the simplest power supply on the new iGreen power supply series from Cooler Master.
The ASRock Z97 Anniversary is an value socket LGA1150 motherboard based on the Intel Z97 chipset, targeted at the Pentium Anniversary Edition processor, but also being a good pick for mainstream PCs based on other CPUs.