Motherboards come in various sizes, from small and compact mini-ITX boards to unfathomably complex and larger boards like E-ATX and EE-ATX. Although the standard ATX motherboard is considered the most ...

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Been having problems with my computer for a long time now, see here: https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1445881 I want to try one last thing ...

Not long ago it seemed like the size of PC chassis was about to spiral out of control. Full towers were all the rage, but would eventually give way to the monstrous ultra tower or super tower. These ...

I'm happy with my PC as it stands, but I need IOMMU support (vt-d). My understanding is that it is broken for ASUS boards. Gigabyte makes the ga-x58-udr3, which has IOMMU support, but I don't find ...

If you're looking to upgrade your business' computer equipment without spending a lot of money, it might be tempting to try to simply upgrade CPU chips without upgrading the rest of the computer.

The CPU may be the brain of a computer, but by itself it has no way to interact with the PC's other components—it needs a nervous system. That would be the motherboard. In many ways, it's little more ...

Intel is reportedly set to discontinue their LGA 1366 and LGA 1156 line of processors in 2012 to make way for new CPUs set to launch next year. Processors reaching end-of-life status include the Core ...

Gigabyte’s G1 Killer series of X58 Express-based motherboards are specially designed for gamers. There are three products in this particular line up: the G1 Assassin, G1 Sniper, and G1 Guerrilla. In a ...

It's becoming more difficult to justify the purchase of Intel's X58 Express chipset with all the new technology looming on the horizon. This chipset came out almost three years ago. Time sure flies, ...

October 3, 2010 | Now that we know the GIGABYTE X58A-UD9 can handle three-way SLI with the GTX 470, we find out if it can hang with the big dogs; a ravaging pack of GTX 480s in Quad SLI. GIGABYTE X58A ...