MSI B360M Mortar Titanium motherboard review. Image product of the low-end category

With this material, we open a series of reviews of devices designed for desoldering inexpensive hubs designed for Intel Coffee Lake-S processors. A non-trivial model will act as the first participant. A special silvery shade of textolite clearly distinguishes it from a number of competitors, a kind of fashion step. There should not be any …

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MSI Z170A MPower Gaming Titanium motherboard review. Platform for 2016 Intel Skylake-S processors

In fact, a year has passed since the appearance on the market of processors for the LGA1151 socket. By their announcement, MSI presented the Z170A Gaming M7 model, which can be attributed to the middle-end segment. Since then, there have been some changes in user expectations from modern motherboards, as a result, the developers decided …

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MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Armor 8G Video Card Review and Test

We continue our acquaintance with the new NVIDIA video cards. Next in line is the third model of the new generation – the GeForce RTX 2070. Among the solutions based on the Turing architecture, this is the most affordable offer so far. Therefore, the GeForce RTX 2070 is of particular interest. In this review, we …

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Review of the ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula motherboard based on the Intel Z390 chipset. Strict elegance

ASUS Formula motherboards have always stood apart from the rest of the solutions in the ROG Maximus series. Not inferior in their overclocking capabilities to the older products of the Extreme series, they have their own unique features. For example, a heat sink is installed on the power elements of the processor power converter …

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Review and testing of motherboard ASUS Prime B560-Plus. diligent internship

High-level motherboards attract the attention of all enthusiasts, however, ordinary, inexpensive devices also find their buyers. The cheapest ASUS products turned out to be assembled in the Prime family, and the letter index of the model directly indicates segmentation within the line. In the current situation, it is the board chosen for review that occupies …

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Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 motherboard review for Intel Skylake processors

Gigabyte presents a lot of products in different price segments for the latest Intel processors. We have already managed to get acquainted with some representatives of the “mainstream” category in the framework of our reviews. This time, let’s take a look at a slightly more expensive board compared to the GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 model, which is …

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ASRock Z170 OC Formula Motherboard Review – The Manufacturer’s Flagship Solution for Intel Skylake Processors

Finding a modern ASRock OC Formula board in Ukrainian retail is quite difficult, but we were lucky to take it for testing right after CEE 2016. Enthusiasts appreciated the previous models, which are great for overclocking Intel LGA 1150 processors and DDR3 memory. It is very interesting to determine whether the manufacturer managed to maintain …

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ASUS ROG Strix Z390-I Gaming motherboard review. Fine cut

Products from ASUS based on the Intel Z390 chipset differ significantly from last year’s products with the Z370 hub, mainly due to the redesigned VRM, which should appeal to overclockers. Today we will study the behavior of a compact model when interacting with the most powerful processor – Core i9-9900K. The main features of the …

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Review and testing of the motherboard MSI MEG Z490 Ace. Dry dock – Intel Core i9-10900K, super cooler and memory kit based on SK hynix DJR chips

In the MSI product range, the MEG line of boards is the most prestigious, full of various “chips” and bonuses. One step away from the top there is the current guest of our laboratory – a model with the suffix Ace. A feature of such devices, which is a generation in a row, is the …

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Review of the Enermax RevoBron 700W ED2 power supply

We have previously reviewed the RevoBron power supply from Enermax, which was made with a good element base, but only met the “bronze” energy efficiency certificate. Its highlight was the presence of an external controller for controlling several fans, which allows you to bypass the painstaking setup in the UEFI of the motherboard for these …

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