EPoX EP-8NPA SLI AMD Athlon 64 Socket 754 PCIe SLI motherboard Review

The EPoX EP-8NPA SLI Motherboard is the first Socket 754 board in the test, which has the nForce4 SLI chipset like current Socket 939 boards and can be equipped with two PCIe 16x video cards. Altogether this SLI board gives the Socket 754 a completely new meaning and an ample scope for new AMD PC system combinations. All further details of the overclocking result, equipment and performance of SLI vs. Non SLI in comparison are in the current EPoX S754 … Continue reading EPoX EP-8NPA SLI AMD Athlon 64 Socket 754 PCIe SLI motherboard Review

SOLTEK SL-75FRN2-RL mainboard test with great overclocking options.

Today I would like to present a completely special nForce2 chipset based mainboard. The SOLTEK SL-75FRN2-RL compared to more than 20 tested mainboards is a real tough competitor and clearly reaches the top past all mainboards tested in overclocking. With changeable VDD, VDIMM, Vcore, multiplier, FSB, AGP bus and many other options the SL-75FRN2-RL offers as standard. Before I continue, I would like to let the readers know that the SOLTEK SL-75FRN2-RL won the Overclocking Dream Award 12/2003.

Albatron K8X800 Pro (AMD Athlon 64 Socket 754) motherboard Review

The Albatron K8X800 pro has at present a price of approx. of 70 euro (02/2005) and is thereby appropriate in the good centre of the 754 Mainboards. However the equipment and the overclock features aren’t in the centre zone, because large variety at different voltage adjustments are found neither on one of the reviewed SocketA Mainboards, nor on the so far tested Socket 754 Mainboards.

EPoX EP-9NPA+ SLI AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 PCIe motherboard Review

The EPoX 9NPA+ SLI Socket 939 PCI express motherboard offers in addition to the two 16x PCIe SLI video card slots even three PCI card slots. And in spite of the original chipset voltage this board was overclocked to a HT reference clock of 330 MHz, so also processors with locked multiplier are able to reach a real good frequency. There’re many reasons why this EPoX motherboard got the OverClocking Dream Award, so you shouldn’t miss out on.

ASRock 939S56-M AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 PCIe motherboard Review

Not all AMD PCIe motherboards are inevitably equipped with a nForce4 chipset. ASRock shows us, what’s possible with a SiS 756 chipset in combination with a SiS 965L South Bridge. The inexpensive ASRock 939S56-M Socket 939 PCIe motherboard offers the most important features, which are necessary for the entrance into the fast 16x PCI express technology. Further details regarding the equipment, performance and overclocking of the approx. 54 Euro PCIe motherboard are tested in the latest ocinside.de motherboard Review and … Continue reading ASRock 939S56-M AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 PCIe motherboard Review

AMD Athlon 64 Socket AM2 CPU in a Socket 939 Motherboard

An AMD Socket AM2 CPU in an AMD Socket 939 motherboard won’t work ? It works 😉 As already mentioned in the previous Review, the ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2 motherboard offers beside the AMD 939 pin CPU socket also a so-called ASRock Future CPU Port. Who already own this board and would like to buy now one of the inexpensive AMD AM2 CPUs, is able upgrade the board for Socket AM2 within a few minutes This Review contains the final result, the … Continue reading AMD Athlon 64 Socket AM2 CPU in a Socket 939 Motherboard

Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro SLI AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 PCIe motherboard Review with SLI special

Today there’s a combined test of the fast Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro SLI Motherboard with an introduction to the SLI technology on ocinside.de Gigabyte once again enthuse an overclocker, who would like quite recommend this board with little modifications to the chipset cooling as a well Tuning motherboard. All further equipment details, performance comparison SLI vs. Non SLI and the explanation of the SLI technology are in the current Gigabyte Motherboard Review.

ASRock K8 Combo-Z AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 & 754 Motherboard Review

There’s probably no better way to switch from AMD Socket 754 Reviews to Socket 939 motherboard Reviews, as with a test from a Combo board. The ASRock K8 Combo-Z can be equipped alternatively with one of these two Athlon 64 processors without any adapters, so that it’s possible to buy the inexpensive Socket 754 CPU at present and change it later without buying a new motherboard. Whether the extremely inexpensive K8 Combo-Z board is suitable despite this ingenious option also … Continue reading ASRock K8 Combo-Z AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 & 754 Motherboard Review

Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 PCIe motherboard Review

Today again a nice AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 Motherboard is tested on ocinside.de whereby it starts now after the past 11 AGP Reviews with the PCI express motherboards. The Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 motherboard offers owing to the nForce4-4X chipset an inexpensive all-round board with three pci slots and one PCIe 16x video card slot. Further details to the good equipment, the overclocking features, the performance and other important characteristics are shown in this motherboard Review.

Asetek WaterChill Xternal Water Cooling Review

There are many water cooling systems for the PC and Mac on the market, whereby the choice isn’t really easy. The company Asetek offers beside the well-known VapoChill Compressor cooling units (see ocinside.de Test section) since a few years in addition also water cooling units with the name WaterChill. But new is the concept, that the radiator with pump unit, water reservoir, and fans are embedded in one complete cooling unit, which is managed with a special USB control panel … Continue reading Asetek WaterChill Xternal Water Cooling Review

ASRock Motherboard Preview August 2006

ASRock Motherboard Preview August 2006 The newest ASRock Motherboards The introduction to the ASRock product presentation … Also in this year the company ASRock invited again to the current product presentation on 30.08.06 and presented a couple of interesting AMD and Intel Motherboards. The presentation was in the above shown hotel “van the Valk” in Cuijk (Netherland). On the following pages the new AM2NF6G-VSTA, ALiveNF4G-DVI, 939Dual-VSTA, ALiveSATA2-GLAN and AM2NF3-VSTA ASRock AMD Motherboards are presented, which were partially also Live demonstrated. … Continue reading ASRock Motherboard Preview August 2006