Two motherboards Thunderbolt in Asus

ASUS formalizes two motherboards rather top-of-range in the P8Z77-V series, with port Thunderbolt.

ASUS officially introduced two new motherboards (socket LGA 1155 - chipset Z77) to feature to propose a Thunderbolt connections. The first model is known, since it is a Pro P8Z77-V which is therefore version Thunderbolt.

The Panel back of inputs and outputs is slightly changed, with for main difference the disappearance of two USB 2.0 ports and the passage of the DisplayPort to mini-DisplayPort.

Asus has not indicated when and how many would out this version of the motherboard, and our colleagues from Hardware.fr questioned the possibility of an additional for the P8Z77 - V Pro Classic, card to appear in trade to offer optional the Thunderbolt. Follow.

The two maps Asus Thunderbolt side by side...

The other new motherboard of Asus in Thunderbolt have been presented is the P8Z77-V Premium. A map which has an additional PCI Express switch, allowing it to manage together up to four PCIe ports on the processor.

Note also the presence of two Ethernet ports, and that of a 20 + 4 + 2 phase power circuit. On the refinements of the "Premium" model, there is the presence of Bluetooth 4.0 and WiFi n "dual" modules.

But it is not everything, to take advantage of the mSATA port, this motherboard will be delivered with a SSD of 32 GB. If you don't know the characteristics of the disk in the final version, the first samples of the card use MLC Toshiba chips and a Marvell 88SS9175 controller. Availability is announced for the coming weeks at the price of €429.

Thunderbolt devices to the string...

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Gigabyte announces its PCI-Express 3.0 and Ivy Bridge compatible motherboards

Known Ivy Bridge, which will be the next generation of Intel processor with the 22 nm, will be compatible with Socket 1155 via a bios update. Gigabyte publishes a list revealing its motherboards series 6 compatible with Ivy Bridge as well as with the standard PCI-Express 3.0.

Support for the PCI-Express 3.0 standard is unique since it depends on the used processor. The Sandy Bridge integrates current processors a controller, which manages 16 lines PCI-Express 2.0 used for graphics cards. Unlike Ivy Bridge will handle sixteen lines PCI-Express 3.0 standard. Slots PCI-Express 3.0 and 2.0 being the same, a switch on the motherboard will then allow following the processor installed to use one or the other.
Course according to the number of adapters installed sixteen lines PCI-Express 3.0 will be spread over one or two ports PCI-Express.Here is the list of motherboards Gigabyte compatible PCI-Express 3.0 and Ivy Bridge via a bios update:

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ASRock Unveils in turn of PCI-Express 3.0 and Ivy Bridge compatible motherboards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASRock Unveils him also of socket 1155 motherboards supporting the standard PCI-Express 3.0 and therefore Ivy Bridge, which will be the next generation of Intel processor with the 22 nm.

ASRock has made available a mini site dedicated to the standard PCI-Express 3.0 unveiling new motherboards. They are easily differentiated other models of manufacturing with the addition of the GEN3 concept. However, although its motherboards are listed as compatible with the PCI-Express 3.0 standard, this will depend on the used processor.

Indeed current processors Sandy Bridge incorporates a controller, who only manage sixteen lines PCI-Express 2.0. It will be a processor Ivy Bridge, which includes managing sixteen lines PCI-Express 3.0, located on the motherboard socket for the switch ports PCI-Express 3.0. Of course because the processor manages only sixteen lines PCI-Express 3.0 following the number of connected graphics cards they will be spread over one or two ports PCI-Express.

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The market of the motherboards in recession

PCB orders are declining, European, American and Chinese markets are less prosperous than expected...

Manufacturers of motherboards have announced reduced 30% their orders of PCB and for the months of July and August. This reduction is then that the majority of manufacturers are optimistic about shipment figures for the third quarter. Nevertheless, these figures must imperatively be revised downward because sales in the United States and Europe are low while sales in China are lower than expected. As a result, PCB orders rose an average of 2.8 million monthly units to only 1.95 million units.These figures, it can wonder about estimates of the manufacturers that year still hope to increase their sales of many percent without anyone actually founded behind. As a result often current mandatory adjustments of the year, followed by adverse movements in financial markets. The world economy is not in the beautiful fixed and it is vain to hope that the consumer will perpetually buy new products in this bleak atmosphere. Our consumer society has its limits, the non-iPad Tablet market takes off not beautiful evidence.

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Three Z68 in EVGA motherboards: unnecessary?

The California manufacturer EVGA launches three new motherboards equipped with the duo Z68 + LGA - 1155...

EVGA has (finally) launched a series of motherboards equipped with the Z68 Express chipset and socket LGA-1155. Found as three solutions, Z68 FTW, Z68 SLI and Z68 SLI Micro. These references are similar as two drops of water to FTW, D67 SLI and D67 D67 SLI Micro. They are therefore the stalemate on the output video, and will therefore be able to take advantage of the fact that their chipset enables to exploit the graphics solution integrated into the processor. It will, however, use the Smart Response technology (which allows to design hybrid storage with an SSD and a HDD).

Z68 FTW is a motherboard in the E - ATX format, with the power system 12 phases. It offers also five slots PCI Express x 16 and one PCIe x 1 slot. The Sandy Bridge not offering as many lines, EVGA incorporates a bridge, which allows to take advantage of three slots in x 16 in the best of cases (the remaining slots are unusable). This solution supports the DDR3 to 2133 MHz on two channels and four slots. The storage is entrusted to two Serial ATA 6 Gb/s ports and four 3 Gb/s ports, as well as two eSATA ports. The back panel of the motherboard shows Dual Gigabit LAN, and audio HD connections to 7.1 channels. There are also two USB 3.0 ports (knowing that EVGA uses a controller VIA offering will four ports, to be then two others on a square). This Z68 FTW is 264,99 only $ and 299,99 $ with accessories EVGauge and ECP V4 (that allow to check real time certain frequencies and voltages, and BIOS and CPU temperature codes).

The California manufacturer also unveils its Z68 SLI, sold 209,99 dollars. This motherboard provides that three PCI Express x 16 slots, and it therefore adopts an ATX format. It also supplies 8 phases, merely an eSATA port, and three SATA 3 Gb/s ports, two USB 3.0 ports (this time led by an NEC controller). Z68 SLI Micro closed walk. This Micro ATX solution is proposed with a tag of $ 159.99. There is more that six phases of supply, and two PCI Express x 16 slots, accompanied by two PCIe x 1 slots. It returns to two eSATA ports, while USB 3.0 comes an ASMedia controller. In the end, if you don't do as take advantage of the Smart Response technology, there is no great interest to spend more on its EVGA Z68 FTW, Z68 SLI and Z68 SLI Micro solutions (over the mark D67 models).

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The Brazos Round-Up: Eight AMD E-350-Based Motherboards

AMD’s Brazos platform, driven by the Zacate APU, offers a lot of performance per watt. It comes up short on features, though. Eight manufacturers try to change that perception by adding slots, controllers, and even overclocking in a couple of cases.

Buying a low-cost, high-efficiency platform is kind of like choosing a cable package. For a few dollars more you can always get a killer feature that you really want. But then it seems like the features that are still missing really aren’t that much more expensive. It's a clever scheme to keep you constantly thinking about the next-best thing just a few dollars up the ladder.

You might face the same sticky decision when it comes time to shop for that inexpensive PC: go for the budget gold, or spend a few extra dollars on a faster processor (and then a few more dollars on a better graphics card, and a bit more on more memory, and...it really never ends). But AMD is hoping that its Brazos platform gives you enough compute horsepower, enough graphics performance, and enough value to squelch that never-ending desire to push just a little bit further. If you want a solid idea of what the platform includes, check out ASRock's E350M1: AMD's Brazos Platform Hits The Desktop First.

Today we have eight different Brazos-based platforms, priced from $115 to $175. If you're dead set on saving money, one of these setups should be able to satisfy you. Now it's time to figure out which tier in this little sub-market serves up the best value.

E350 Fusion Motherboard FeaturesOther DevicesBluetooth Transceiver
802.11n Antennas

E350 Fusion Motherboard Features Sapphire Pure
Fusion Mini E350PCIe x1/x41x mini PCIe (Filled)
1x x4 (Open for x16)

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