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Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is less than the stated amount.

Gigabyte X58 market is being hit with a number of motherboards, the Gigabyte latest X58A-UD9. Not surprisingly, Gigabyte motherboard also market their own specific standards: DualBIOS, which allows for a backup BIOS protection; Hybrid Silent-Pipe 2 design for the conductance in the chipset and VRM heat so the fan is not needed (the connector is provided for cooling water), and hardware control IC for precision control voltage. Gigabyte penchant for the high number of phases also exist in the form of phase '24 'VRM (ability is currently not known). Also there is support for On / Off Charge, which allows the USB device will be powered by the USB port specified when the motherboard is turned off - Gigabyte to take advantage of this by providing 3x more power to the USB port of this.

Hello colleagues and loyal visitors, yesterday I had posted the best gamers laptop in 2009. Now I will post a suitable motherboard 10 for the gamers, especially those pleased with the Desktop computer

True gamers will always want the best CPU, graphics card RAM capacity of the best and much the best gaming experience from a desktop or laptop. And to accommodate all of this and increase your system's performance should have a good motherboard. However, if you think the mother board with a high price means the best, you are wrong. You must choose the right motherboard to obtain optimum performance. You can get a mainboard that supports the latest SLI card and DDR3 RAM for your system's performance to a new level at an acceptable cost. More expensive motherboards that will only increase one or two fps game enhanced graphics performance. Here is a list of 10 best motherboard with price and good performance:

* Processor Socket: Intel Socket B (LGA 1336)
* Supported Processor: Intel Core i7
* Memory Technology: DDR3
* Max System Memory: 12 GB
* Multi GPU Support: ATI CrossFire | nVIDIA SLI

Price $ 359

* Processor Support: Celeron, Core 2 Quad, Pentium D, Core 2 Extreme Quad-Core, Pentium Dual-Core

* Maximum Memory: 8GB

* Memory Standard: DDR2-800/PC2-6400

Price $ 113

* Supported Processor: Intel Core i7
* DDR3 Memory Technology
* Max System Memory: 8 GB
* Multi GPU Support: ATI CrossFire

Price $ 209

* Supported Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2-Phase DDR2
* Higher Overclockability

Price $ 207

* Intel P45 Express
* Socket 775
* Dual-Channel DDR3
* CrossFireX
* PCI Express 2.0 x16
* SATA

Price $ 179

* Processor Socket: AMD Socket AM3
* Memory Technology: DDR3
* Max System Memory: 16 GB
* Multi GPU Support: ATI CrossFire

Price $ 173

* Processor Socket: Intel Socket T (LGA 775)
* Memory Technology: DDR2
* GB Max System Memory: 16 GB

Price $ 98

* NVIDIA GeForce 7050/610i
* Socket 775
* microATX
* Audio
* VGA
* PCI Express
* 10/100 Ethernet LAN
* USB 2.0
* Serial ATA
* RAID

Price $ 49

* Socket AM2
* Geforce 8300

* ATX
* HDMI
* SATA
* Gbit LAN
* Hybrid SLI

Price $ 99

This one product that uses the ATI RD480 chipset or also known as the Radeon Xpress 200 Crossfire, and is intended for lovers of AMD socket 939 platform.

As is known, the chipset released by ATI is a response to SLI platform much earlier released by Nvidia. Even so, in terms of features and performance, of course, RD480 motherboard which is also aimed at power users or gaming segment is not less than the nForce 4 SLI version. In fact, in terms of price, its position under berchipset SLI motherboard. Let us discuss both these A8R-MVP.

As a socket 939 motherboard, of course Asus A8R-MVP supports all socket 939 processors AMD output, either single-core or dual core. The following technical specifications of the motherboard Asus A8R-MVP. In terms of appearance, nothing too unique in this series motherboards. At first glance, this motherboard layout similar to the A8N-SLI series, for example in the use of the heatspreader on the MOSFET, the placement holder processor and DIMM slots, power ports, and several other complementary components.

Equipment and Layout

In the sales package, ASUS is only included as standard equipment on most motherboards are two SATA cables and the power is, two ATA 100 cable and a floppy cable, I / O shield, manual, firewire cable and a USB port extra. Asus provides a metal plate on the back of the board, just below the socket holder 939. In addition to help the board when burdened by hook extreme heatsink fan that sometimes made the motherboard slightly curved, the plate can also help reduce board temperatures around the processor holder.

On the external panel on the back, in addition to providing standard ports such as a pair of ports PS / 2, each with a parallel and COM ports, audio ports, and RJ-45, you’ll find four USB ports, Firewire, and SPDIF output. For the network, ports are supported by chip utilizing Marvel 88E8001 PCI standard communication lines. SPDIF while it is controlled by the onboard ADI AD1986A 6-channel audio CODEC which are calculated for standard multimedia PC systems today.

To cool the chipset on the job, Asus provides each a heatsink without a fan on the northbridge and southbridge chips. Though a bit hot to the touch, but this passive cooling is sufficient to overcome the heat generated, proved no stability problems or crashes due to excessive temperature effects when we do a test. The surplus, in addition to more save power, use of these passive cooling would minimize the noise level to 0 decibels.

Intel might have the most efficient and best-performing CPUs out there at the moment, but AMD offers a few significant advantages. The first of these is value, as at the budget end AMD processors hold the price versus performance crown. The second is processor socket continuity: whereas Intel has restricted upgrade options by using different socket-types for its latest CPUs, you can buy an AMD motherboard safe in the knowledge that any current (and near-future) processor from the company will fit. So, if you're looking for some of the latest features like USB 3.0 yet want a smooth upgrade path and value for money, the Asus M4A89GTD Pro/USB3 might be a good bet.

As well as support for superfast USB 3.0, the M4A89GTD Pro/USB3 offers features such as CPU core unlocking, integrated graphics with an automatic overclocking utility, one-touch CPU overclocking, CrossFireX and more, all of which we'll look at in due course.


The M4A89GTD Pro/USB3 uses AMD's new 890GX IGP, which combines an 890GX Northbridge with the latest SB850 Southbridge. 890GX features the new ATI Radeon HD4290 integrated graphics chip (basically an overclocked HD4200 though this new solution offers and DirectX10.1 and HDMI 1.3 video out compared to its predecessor's DX10 and HDMI 1.2) and has 24 PCIe lanes. AMD's latest Southbridge integrates native SATA 6Gb/s support and increases the number of available USB 2.0 ports from the 12 found on its previous generation chipset to 14. Unfortunately, there is no native USB 3.0 support, but like most motherboard manufacturers Asus has gotten around this by using a NEC USB 3.0 controller, which offers two ports.

Asus' included bundle is fairly standard, consisting of a manual and driver CD; an EIDE cable; four SATA cables (two SATA 3Gb/s and two SATA 6Gb/s); and two pin extenders for the company's Q-Connector system, which allows you to connect all those fiddly case wires to these extenders before inserting them into the appropriate pin header set.



Onto the board itself, the M4A89GTD Pro/USB3 is one very attractive piece of kit. While it lacks the edginess of MSI's P55-GD65 or even Asus' own P7P55D-Deluxe, its combination of light and dark blues with cream, white, brown and black is certainly attractive. What really stands out is the impressive cooling setup on the mosfets around the CPU socket, with heatsinks that are almost abstract pieces of art.

AMD's 7 series of chipsets is a bit of a mixed bag. Head to the AMD website and you may well come to the conclusion that there are three chipsets that support Phenom. In order of price you get 770, 790X and 790FX that respectively offer PCI Express support for a single graphics card, CrossFire and CrossFire X support. Dig a little deeper and you'll find the 780G chipset on a different webpage, which makes a certain amount of sense.

780G is the only 7 series chipset with integrated graphics and is aimed at the budget PC and Media Centre markets rather than the gaming sector. What you may not know is that there's a fifth 7 series chipset that doesn't appear on AMD's website. This week we've got our hands on a Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2H that sports the mysterious 740G chipset and happily we also have a Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H with 780G chipset for comparison.

Both boards are Micro-ATX designs that are very similar in appearance with passive coolers on the chipset and a single PCI Express graphics slot. The only visible differences are four DDR2 memory slots on the 780G model and two slots on the 740G plus some minor changes on the I/O panel. The 740G ditches the second PS/2 port so you'll be obliged to use one of the four USB ports for your mouse and it's got three audio mini jacks rather than the six you'll find on the 780G. In addition the 780G has one eSATA port and one Firewire but both models have digital audio output (optical on the 780G, coaxial on the 740G) and most importantly of all they both have VGA, DVI and HDMI graphics outputs.



Both motherboards have a clean, simple layout that is exactly the sort of thing you expect from a board with a relatively short list of features made by a major motherboard manufacturer.

We found the GA-MA74GM-S2H on sale for £10 less than the GA-MA78GM-S2H and as the 780G offers two more memory slots as well as the eSATA and Firewire that we mentioned that might all seem very straightforward. Except we haven't checked out the differences between the 740G and 780G chipsets, and that's where things get a bit weird.

780G is bang up to date and offers Radeon HD 3200 graphics with support for DirectX 10 and 40 Unified Shaders. Although you can play games on 780G the most important feature is the UVD 2.0 (Unified Video Decoder 2.0) which does a superb job of HD video playback. There are other aspects of 780G that suggest it is a true 7 series chipset as it supports the quad-core Phenom with Hyper Transport 3.0 and if you fancy adding a graphics card the interface is the latest PCI Express 2.0.




By contrast the Northbridge of the 740G has features from a previous generation of chipsets as it supports PCIe 1.1 and HT 1.0 however the Southbridge is the latest SB700. The graphics core is called Radeon 2100 which is a name that means very little to us. Running GPU-Z shows that the graphics core supports Shader Model 2.0 with four Vertex Shaders and four Pixel Shaders so the 740G would appear to be a combination of 690G Northbridge and 7 series Southbridge. Essentially, the graphics core should have no trouble handling the Aero interface in Windows Vista but what else can it do?