Hardware Reviews

Here you’ll see tests and overclocking suitability of the following hardware components …

AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket AM2 and AM2+, Hardware Reviews

ASRock ALiveNF5-eSATA2+ AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review

The ASRock ALiveNF5-eSATA2+ Socket AM2 motherboard is based on the nForce 520 chipset and offers many overclocking options for a very good price. It is not only easy to overclock with this board, it is also easy to underclock. For some users with 24/7 PCs it became a sport to underclock processors in order to lower the temperature and to lower the power consumption enormously. It was possible to run an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Socket AM2 CPU instead of … Continue reading ASRock ALiveNF5-eSATA2+ AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review →

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket AM2 and AM2+, Hardware Reviews

Foxconn A690GM2MA-8KRS2H AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review

The Foxconn A690GM2MA 8KRS2H MicroATX motherboard offers with the new AMD 690G chipset an onboard graphics solution with DVI and Sub-D VGA ouput, as well as internal TV-Out connection. The ATI Radeon 1200 series is by far not comparable with current PCIe video cards, however it offers sufficient performance for office applications and thanks to the provided Microsoft Windows Vista drivers it’s possible to build an inexpensive Vista based PC platform. There’re some deficits regarding overclocking, but this shouldn’t be … Continue reading Foxconn A690GM2MA-8KRS2H AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review →

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket AM2 and AM2+, Hardware Reviews

ASRock AM2NF3-VSTA AMD Athlon 64 Socket AM2 Mainboard with AGP Review

No, there’s no failure in the product description or headline, because the AM2NF3-VSTA from ASRock is really an AMD Socket AM2 motherboard with AGP 8x Slot Surely, some will be surprised about this combination and the nForce3 250 chipset, but it is nevertheless an interesting and an enormously inexpensive combination. Because this motherboard is useful for those, who bought a fast AGP video card for the previous system and would like to update the PC to a current AMD Socket … Continue reading ASRock AM2NF3-VSTA AMD Athlon 64 Socket AM2 Mainboard with AGP Review →

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket AM2 and AM2+, Hardware Reviews

Foxconn N5M2AA-EKRS2H AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review

The new Foxconn N5M2AA-EKRS2H is an inexpensive solution for overclocker and all-rounder. Although the nVidia nForce 4 chipset is meanwhile somewhat outdated, Foxconn developed a good alternative to the latest Socket AM2 chipsets with this relaunch. Because beside a good basic equipment the board offers several overclocking options and was overclocked up to 300 MHz reference clock during the test. All strengths and weaknesses of the Foxconn WinFast motherboard will be shown in the review and can be compared in … Continue reading Foxconn N5M2AA-EKRS2H AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review →

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket AM2 and AM2+, Hardware Reviews

Foxconn N570SM2AA-8EKRS2H nForce 570 SLI AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review

The brand-new N570SM2AA-8EKRS2H motherboard from the company Foxconn reminds on the recently awarded C51XEM2AA-8EKRS2H motherboard. However, the current pendant with a nForce 570 SLI chipset is more inexpensive and offers a better equipment. Unfortunately this board is not as well overclockable, but the results are still very nice compared to the 25 previously tested AMD Athlon 64 motherboards

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket 939, Hardware Reviews

ASRock 939SLI-eSATA2 PCIe SLI AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 Motherboard Review

After the recently published ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2 Motherboard test there’s today the 939SLI-eSATA2 motherboard reviewed on ocinside.de Who would like to save 10 Euro compared to the SLI32 pendant, shouldn’t miss this Review. In addition the current test report of the inexpensive ASRock 939SLI-eSATA2 Motherboard shows if there’s much difference between PCIe 16x compared to PCIe 8x and what we can expect regarding the overclocking.

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket AM2 and AM2+, Hardware Reviews

Foxconn MCP61SM2MA-ERS2H PCIe AMD Socket AM2 mATX Motherboard Review

MicroATX motherboards are unfortunately often less overclockable than ATX boards and are partially a nightmare regarding the overclock options. The Test of the current Foxconn WinFast MCP61SM2MA-ERS2H motherboard will clarify, whether this inexpensive board is an exception. Moreover the Review shows, whether the integrated GF6100 onBoard graphics solution is fast enough for current 3D games and if the board also has enough features to satisfy power users.

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket AM2 and AM2+, Hardware Reviews

Foxconn C51XEM2AA-8EKRS2H nForce 590 SLI AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard OC Review

Two 16x PCI express Slots, four DDR2-800 Slots up to 8 GB memory, six S-ATA II ports, ten USB 2.0 ports, two 1 Gigabit LAN connectors and wonderful OC features is not my list of wishes for Christmas, but rather the excellent equipment of the new Foxconn C51XEM2AA-8EKRS2H Socket AM2 motherboard. Without anticipating the result, this Socket AM2 board is a dream for overclocker, because this mainboard has as many OC options, that it would be possible to write dozens … Continue reading Foxconn C51XEM2AA-8EKRS2H nForce 590 SLI AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard OC Review →

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket AM2 and AM2+, Hardware Reviews

ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 PCIe SLI AMD Athlon 64 Socket AM2 Motherboard Review

After more than 20 different AMD Socket 939 and Socket 754 Motherboard Reviews and the recently published AM2 Upgrade report, it’s time to test more AMD Socket AM2 boards. To compare all Socket 939, 754 and Socket AM2 motherboards a CPU with the same frequeny was used and just the memory modules were changed to the new 240-pin DDR2 memory. The ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 test report shows if this board is good overclockable and if it offers a wide range of … Continue reading ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2 PCIe SLI AMD Athlon 64 Socket AM2 Motherboard Review →

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket 754, Hardware Reviews

EPoX EP-8KDA3+ nForce3 (AMD Athlon 64 Socket 754) motherboard Review

Today there’s a very well overclockable Athlon 64 motherboard at ocinside.de The EPoX EP-8KDA3+ nForce3 Socket 754 board can really convince on the whole line and is thus the first Reviewed motherboard, where’s absolutely no negative aspect. More details to the overclocking features, the scope of supply and the technical equipment is shown in the EPoX EP-8KDA3+ Athlon 64 Review.

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket 939, Hardware Reviews

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.

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket 754, Hardware Reviews

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.

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket A, Hardware Reviews

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.

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket 754, Hardware Reviews

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 →

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket 754, Hardware Reviews

Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro socket 754 (AMD Athlon 64) motherboard Review

I don’t like to bore with socket 754 motherboard reviews, but this Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro motherboard is really worth to attract attention. The so far best equipment of all tested AMD A64 motherboards, great features and several overlocking options may convince you to buy this reasonably priced board with an inexpensive AMD Socket 754 processor to get high speed at low price.

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