Look no further than 990FXA-UD7 says PC PowerPlay!

Matt Wilson from PC PowerPlay Magazine just put an online preview of the upcoming magazine review of GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD7 motherboard. The reviewer was so impressed with the board he gave it 10/10. If I’m not mistaken that’s one of the first times I’ve seen any magazine in Australia give a perfect mark!

With Bulldozer literally around the corner, what can you do in order to prepare? Well, you may not actually have to do all the much (if you are already on the AMD platform), as Gigabyte and a few other vendors will be providing support on their old 870-890 chipsets.

For those of you who do need a motherboard upgrade, however, look no further than the 990FXA-UD7.

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…and with rumours of 5GHz+ CPUs being available Q1 2012 really makes you wonder if there is any reason to not jump over to the 990FX chipset sooner rather than later.

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VERDICT: The best 990FX board available and also very well priced

SCORE: 10

Keep an eye on issue# 196 coming up in the next month or so for this and other motherboard reviews!

PureOverclock.com see ‘Great Value’ in the GIGABYTE A75M-UD2H

Jim Baranski from Pure Overclock took a good hard look at our A75M-UD2H motherboard, and from what we can gather, he liked what he saw. As well as being impressed with AMD’s new Llano platform as a whole, Jim also found the A75M-UD2H to be the perfect foil for this new breed of graphics touting processor and excellent value for money.

As usual, Gigabyte comes out with a bang with the GA-A75M-UD2H. The aesthetics on both the box and the motherboard are typical of Gigabyte's mainstream motherboards and give a soft look. The features hold today's updated hardware with 6G sata and USB 3.0.

Additional treats like multiple PCI(E) slots are not part of the package as the platform as detailed is engineered and positioned for mainstream desktops and workstations. The quality upholds Gigabyte's reputation for manufacturing a quality product.

Easytune 6 is a very good overclocking and management software but most of all, is user-friendly. We really could not find any negative issues with the GA-A75M-UD2H.

Adding an additional graphics card is what separates the men from the boys here as a 6xxx series GPU can run in Crossfire with the on-die GPU, which is in our opinion, groundbreaking territory and the results show major gains in performance. Although mainstream users may not add an additional graphics card, the 6550D gives plenty of graphic performance as a standalone for light duty workloads; don't expect this to be a gaming rig.

However, on the more enthuasiast slant, overclocking the A8-3850 gave a very healthy boost on this Gigabyte A75 board. For a micro-ATX motherboard, it packs all the features mainstream users will seek.

The Pure Point: Retailing for aobut $100 US, the Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H is a strong performer at a great price.

 

You can read the.review in full on PureOverclock.com

The A75M-UD2H board can be found here.

Video: Motherboards.org show off high-end gaming machine featuring the GIGABYTE G1.Sniper

Motherboards.org and Elric are back. After teasing us with a stack of high-end PC gaming hardware a few weeks ago, Elric returns with the rig all pieced together. And what a rig it is! Estimated at costing somewhere in the region of $4000 bucks, this monster is based around our renowned GIGABYTE G1.Sniper motherboard which packs a range of high-end features that are guaranteed to whet the extreme gaming appetite; a dedicated E2100 network chip from Bigfoot Networks, a Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Digital audio processor and support for 3-way SLI and Crossfire X graphics.