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  • ASUS P5K3 Deluxe - high-bandwidth mobo

    2 July 2007, 09:08

    Is it worth the £15 price premium over its DDR2-equipped stable-mate? Lets' find out!

  • ASUS P5K Deluxe WiFi Edition - Bearlake with all the trimmings

    25 May 2007, 08:45

    Now that the embargo has at last expired, we're able to bring you our take on Intel's new P35 motherboard chipset and its implementation by ASUS in the P5K Deluxe ...

  • Foxconn P35A Bearlake motherboard

    21 May 2007, 09:50

    Bottom line: the Foxconn P35A is a basic, decent Intel P35 chipset-based motherboard that's hamstrung by a comparatively high price, and it doesn't have a really standout feature that makes ...

  • ASUS M2N32-SLI Premium Vista Edition Motherboard

    6 April 2007, 00:32

    Overall, then, an interesting product from ASUS but one which feels like its trying to eke a little more profit out a 6-month-old SKU by riding the Vista bandwagon than ...

  • EVGA NVIDIA nForce 680i LT SLI

    26 March 2007, 14:00

    Bottom line: the motherboard's underpinnings are sound and the lower price point is compensation enough for the lopping off of certain features, although we'd like to see the debug LED ...

  • AMD 690G chipset and EQS's retail board

    28 February 2007, 05:01

    We like the AMD 690G. The chipset has no obvious weaknesses and the introduction of native HDMI - including HD audio transport - opens up the way for AMD to ...

  • AMD AM2 motherboard duel - Foxconn vs Sapphire

    2 February 2007, 08:42

    Two AM2 motherboards, one costing £70 and the other £140. Which one is better value for money? We tell you.

  • ASUS COMMANDO TAKES ON ALL-COMERS

    31 January 2007, 08:50

    ASUS COMMANDO TAKES ON ALL-COMERS

  • ECS Elitegroup PN2 SLI2+ nForce 680i SLI motherboard

    4 January 2007, 08:39

    What our review has shown is that it is no better/worse than the competition that have employed a similar approach. It's expensive, yes, and you should only seriously consider it ...

  • HEXUS Dragon Tour - abit's wares for early '07

    3 January 2007, 09:00

    What you will see from abit at CES 2007, delivered now!

  • Foxconn P9657AA-8EKRS2H Intel P965 motherboard

    22 November 2006, 01:24

    The Foxconn P9657AA-8ERS2H is a decent proposition in most respects and the low street price is a definite selling point...

  • eVGA nForce 680i SLI LGA775 motherboard

    20 November 2006, 00:30

    680i SLI sports a brand new SPP designed not only to support the latest Core 2 Quad processors, but to overclock like nothing else before it and bring new levels ...

  • MSI K9A Platinum AM2 mainboard

    24 October 2006, 07:35

    We can't help feeling the K9A Platinum is a bit of a missed opportunity. It's a decent enough package, but for a performance board it doesn't take full advantage of ...

  • Foxconn 975X7AB motherboard

    20 October 2006, 08:14

    You might think from our description so far that the Foxconn 975X7AB is a bit of a disappointment. Compared to Abit's AW9D Max it's not a tour de force. From ...

  • abit AB9 Pro

    13 October 2006, 19:22

    Has the former darling of the enthusiast crowd created something akin to boards of old; something that can't be ignored? We've run it through the HEXUS mill to see, so ...

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  • abit AW9D Max

    11 October 2006, 08:59

    So, AW9D Max it is then, packing i975X, ICH7R and abit special sauce. Best get on with finding out if it really is smokin' before someone notices the horror of ...

  • MSI P965 Platinum

    13 September 2006, 08:14

    Supporting the aforementioned PCI Express, DDR2 and Intel Core 2 Duo processors, the P965 Platinum is the premium model in MSI's Intel P965 mainboard range. Can it pull a "P5W64", ...

  • ASUS P5W64 WS Professional

    7 September 2006, 10:41

    Hello, dear reader. I have a few questions to ask you, if you've got a couple of minutes. You do? Brilliant, thanks for stopping by. Are you a high-end computer ...

  • ASUS enthusiast AM2 motherboard duel

    3 September 2006, 10:10

    Enter two new enthusiast boards from ASUS, the CROSSHAIR and M2N32-SLI Deluxe, that just might be a pair of such killer boards. They certainly dish our their share of features ...

  • ASUS M2R32-MVP Radeon Xpress 3200 CrossFire motherboard

    31 August 2006, 08:36

    On test today is an Xpress 3200 based board from ASUS. It's called the M2R32-MVP and it's got a reputation to maintain; we reviewed its Socket 939 counterpart some months ...

  • ATI Sturgeon CrossFire Xpress 3200 AM2 reference board

    30 August 2006, 08:47

    ATI have created the 'Sturgeon' reference board for Socket AM2. It combines the new socket with RD580, and, crucially, their long-time-coming I/O ASIC, SB600

  • ASUSTeK P5W DH i975X mainboard

    14 August 2006, 08:46

    Regardless of if you're a new user looking to build your first Intel-based system or you're an experienced overclocker, the ASUS P5W-DH Deluxe needs to be considered if you need ...

  • Foxconn P9657AA-8EKRS2H - First Look

    8 August 2006, 09:03

    Foxconn's P9657AA-8EKRS2H is shaping up to be a decent P965 board.

  • ECS RS485M-M AM2 Radeon Xpress 1150 motherboard

    4 August 2006, 08:33

    Socket 939 isn't going anywhere for a while, and while we found ECS's RS482-M to have decent scope for upgrades, it stands to reason that based on AM2, the RS485M-M ...

  • NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI Intel Edition

    3 August 2006, 09:00

    There's been no better time to jump on the Intel bandwagon than now. The world is going to embrace Core 2 Duo in a big, big way, so compliant chipsets ...

  • ECS RS482-M Radeon Xpress 200 motherboard

    2 August 2006, 19:30

    In this case the board we're looking at is a budget offering, with integrated Xpress 200 graphics and Socket 939 processor support. Of course, it's a PCIe board and Socket ...

  • Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 Intel P965 mainboard

    24 July 2006, 08:23

    The GIGABYTE GA-965P-DQ6 looks impressive on paper... but have we unearthed limitations that make it difficult to justify its premium asking asking price? Find out in this comprehensive HEXUS.review...

  • abit KN9 SLI - nForce 570 SLI

    11 July 2006, 15:47

    Today it's time for us to take another nForce 570 SLI-based board for a spin. Rather than a K9N, it's a KN9 (now that's going to get confusing)... abit's KN9 ...

  • MSI K9N SLI Platinum - nForce 570 SLI

    4 July 2006, 09:21

    In this review, we'll take a little look at what differentiates the 570 and 590 SLI, and then see what MSI have managed to create with the 570 SLI at ...

  • Intel's technology branding

    1 June 2006, 15:44

    Three Intel technologies.

  • MSI 945GT Speedster-A4R Motherboard

    30 May 2006, 17:51

    MSI, then, has launched a motherboard that caters for CPUs which might not seem as attractive in a month or two. Its Speedster-A4R is a generally decent motherboard in most ...

  • Project Tritium - Foxconn's C51XEM2AA

    28 May 2006, 16:23

    It stands out not only as one of the first nForce5 590 SLI mainboards to hit retail, but also because it's the NVIDIA nForce5 590 SLI reference board that NVIDIA ...

  • ATI RADEON Xpress 3200 Shootout: ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe -v- Sapphire PURE Crossfire PC-A9RD580

    21 May 2006, 21:15

    A big nod to the enthusiast, one who's mostly in raptures with nForce4 boards when using AMD processors, RD580 is a bid to steal some of NVIDIA's well-earned limelight in ...