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ASRock & ASUS Motherboard Review Roundup

Patrick "MACMAC" MacMillan

2008-06-11 19:17:05.0


CPU3D and Hardware Canucks have reviewed Intel & Nvidia-based motherboards from ASRock and ASUS.

Let’s see what they had to say:

  • CPU3D: ASRock Penryn1600SLIX3-WiFi Motherboard:

    “This board is quite stacked with features. Dual 16x PCI-E slots and one PCI-E 8x slot (for TRI-SLI), 7.1 HD audio, built in Wi-Fi, overclocking and system monitoring software that can be utilized under windows. Even support for new generation Intel CPU's. While the board didn’t clock as high as the Intel counterparts, it did clock high enough to make a considerable performance difference. Taking into consideration that you could build a TRI-SLI setup around it, that more than makes up for any CPU core clock difference. The CPU socket is quite spacious, and should allow for almost any large CPU cooler to be fitted with ease. ASRock even decided to throw in heatpipe cooling for both the North and South bridge.”


    Click here to read the full review.


  • CPU3D: ASRock X48 TurboTwins-WiFi Motherboard:

    “The ASRock X48TurboTwins-WiFi+AP may not appeal to the hardcore extreme enthusiast, but for the rest of us mainstream user it's near perfect and offers great value for money. It does lack some of that WOW factor associated with big name brands ... but having said that, it does offer good performance with the added bonus of onboard WiFi, and support for both DDR2 and DDR3 ram.”


    Click here to read the full review.


  • Hardware Canucks: ASUS P5E3 Premium WiFi-AP @N X48 Motherboard Review:

    “With the bad comes plenty of good though, including dual PCI-E 16X slots for the ultimate CrossFire X gaming rig. The P5E3-Premium also boasts a silent cooling solution that again impresses with improvements to mounting hardware and the ability to really push the motherboard passively. Round that up with a full accessory package and enough software features to keep the geek in the house happy and you have a very well laid out, high performing motherboard that fills the high-end gaming segment very well. Just don't forget the sweet spot we talked about and keep the boards clocking high and the Performance Level low.”


    Click here to read the full review.

Enjoy the reading!

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