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Asus TUF Gaming B550M-Plus WiFi Review

Is B550 worth it or should go full-fat X570?

MSI MEG Z490 Ace Review

MSI's new premium £400 Z490 board certainly looks and feels ace but can it handle Intel's Core i9-10900K?

Gigabyte TRX40 Aorus Master Review

We take a look at Gigabyte's sub-£500 TRX40 board to see if it can compete with the excellent ROG Strix TRX40-E Gaming.

Asus TUF Gaming B550M-Plus WiFi Review

Is B550 worth it or should go full-fat X570?

June 16, 2020 | 14:00

MSI MEG Z490 Ace Review

MSI's new premium £400 Z490 board certainly looks and feels ace but can it handle Intel's Core i9-10900K?

May 26, 2020 | 14:00

Gigabyte TRX40 Aorus Master Review

We take a look at Gigabyte's sub-£500 TRX40 board to see if it can compete with the excellent ROG Strix TRX40-E Gaming.

January 17, 2020 | 12:00

Asus CrossHair II Formula and Hybrid SLI

Asus takes Nvidia's nForce 780a to the next level with its second generation CrossHair motherboard. Does Hybrid Graphics cut the mustard? Does Asus make another Republic of Gamer masterpiece? We went off to find out.

August 15, 2008 | 12:15

Intel releases USB 3.0 host controller draft specs

Intel has announced the availability of draft rev. 0.9 for USB 3.0 Host Controller Interface specs. An updated draft (v0.95) is expected in Q4.

August 14, 2008 | 09:02

First Look: AMD 790GX IGP and SB750

We've got the low down on exactly what AMD's new "performance-leading" integrated graphics northbridge offers, in addition to its latest southbridge which is apparently primed for some super-overclocking. Has the AMD platform finally come good again?

August 6, 2008 | 08:03

Nvidia denies planned MCP exit

Nvidia has denied rumours started by Digitimes that it is to quit the motherboard chipset market in favour of concentrating on its graphics card technologies.

August 4, 2008 | 10:59

EVGA nForce 750i SLI FTW

EVGA has gone For The Win with a board that's been upgraded from the nForce 750i SLI reference design. We put it through its paces to see if there really is the Cheesecake at the end of the tunnel.

July 22, 2008 | 08:28

Nehalem arrives in week 40 and 44, possibly

Well, that's the word in Taiwan anyway, however some are saying Intel might push it back..

July 14, 2008 | 14:48

Nvidia SLI will work on some X58 motherboards

Nvidia won't have it's own SLI chipset when Nehalem launches, but there will be some X58 boards that support SLI.

July 14, 2008 | 13:28

AMD 770X Motherboard Duel

We pit the Abit AX78 against the Sapphire Am2RX780 in a battle of the budget AM2 Crossfire motherboards! Who will emerge victorious from the bit-tech Benchmark Arena? Click on to find out!

July 2, 2008 | 07:53

MSI P45 Platinum

We check out the latest P45 flavour from MSI to see if its new GreenPower Center, funky new heatpipes and DrMOS features, mean it's worth the consideration compared to the competition.

June 20, 2008 | 08:21

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6

Oodles and oodles of features can't even begin to describe the latest Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 motherboard. The question is though: is this board a political statement against the Asus P45 Premium or does it warrant a place high above all on its own?

June 18, 2008 | 08:46

Gigabyte Nan-Ping Factory Tour

Gigabyte recently invited bit-tech and a few other international journalists to visit one of its factories in Nan-Ping. Read on to find out exactly where that Gigabyte P45 board you want to buy comes from.

June 12, 2008 | 07:52

VIA announces mini-ITX 2.0 form factor

COMPUTEX 2008: VIA has announced an updated version of the mini-ITX form factor and has also teamed up with Nvidia to create optimised PCs.

June 9, 2008 | 15:31

Foxconn revamps its look, works with AMD

COMPUTEX 08: Foxconn has reimagined it's digital home boards and is also working with AMD on something new.

June 9, 2008 | 08:36

Plenty of Nehalem boards on show

COMPUTEX 2008: Usually very coy to show unreleased products, Intel is so confident in Nehalem it's already showing off X58 boards.

June 6, 2008 | 20:54

AMD's new 790GX and SB750 pictured

COMPUTEX 08: We found 5 minutes and a free 790GX/SB750 to take apart for you. We also overheard AMD will be launching a new CPU when this chipset arrives too.

June 6, 2008 | 11:34

J&W 780G mini-ITX has niche HTPC features

COMPUTEX 08: Relatively unknown motherboard manufacturer, J&W, has its 780G mini-ITX board with breakout box and other cool features.

June 6, 2008 | 10:49

Gigabyte G45 board plays HD movies over VGA

COMPUTEX 2008: Gigabyte showed us its new G45 mobo playing Blu ray movies on two popular players using a normal VGA connection.

June 6, 2008 | 09:08

Asus has GeForce 9400 Hybrid SLI Intel mobo

COMPUTEX 2008: Hybrid SLI is coming to Intel processors soon. We'll probably see products in-hand by the end of August.

June 4, 2008 | 17:17

Gigabyte v. Asus - it's all over

The final blow in the Gigabyte versus Asus debaclé has landed, with Gigabyte agreeing to publish a full apology in Taiwanese newspapers for its indelicate comments about Asus.

June 2, 2008 | 13:42

Asus P5Q Deluxe: Intel P45 has arrived

While we've been inundated with P45 boards from across the breadth of the motherboard world, Asus is the first to us with a BIOS that works well. We take it for a full spin to see if Intel's highly anticipated new mainstream chipset is a worthy successor to the massively popular P35.

May 28, 2008 | 08:21

Jetway JNC62K (GeForce 8200 on mini-ITX)

Nvidia's latest GeForce 8200 IGP is (finally) here and we take a look at a special little mini-ITX motherboard from Jetway to see if High-Definition capable things can really come in small packages.

May 20, 2008 | 09:30

First Look: Asus P5Q3 & Maximus II Formula

We take a quick first look at the new Asus P45-based Republic of Gamer motherboard: the Maximus II Formula. We also have a look at the company's new feature packed P5Q3 Deluxe WiFi-AP @n to see what's hot, what's green and if it's potentially worth the upgrade.

May 16, 2008 | 08:07