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Introduction The review today takes a look at one of ASRock’s new offerings, the X870 CHALLENGER WiFi White motherboard. The Challenger motherboard series was first offered by ASRock in July 2025 for the B850 chipset. In February of 2026, the X870 lineup was introduced. The CHALLENGER series is...

Introduction In this article, we examine the MSI MAG Z890 TOMAHAWK WiFi II. This board is a “refreshed” issue of the original Z890 TOMAHAWK, no roman numeral we first looked at in December of 2024. The MSI MAG (MSI Arsenal Gaming) tier of motherboards is well-known and recognised. We have...

Introduction The evaluation today shifts to the Intel side of things for the MSI Z890 GAMING PLUS WiFi6E. This board is part of the entry-level gaming motherboard selections from MSI. In the order of things, the GAMING boards are just below the MSI Arsenal Gaming (MAG) selections. On the AMD...

Introduction As the great Yogi Berra said: “It’s like Deja Vu all over again.” Today, we are reviewing the GIGABYTE X870E AERO X3D DARK WOOD motherboard. This is a complement to the GIGABYTE X870E AERO X3D WOOD Edition motherboard we reviewed in March. The color scheme is the exact opposite. The...

Introduction GIGABYTE has sampled us a companion piece of hardware with our recent review of the GIGABYTE X870E AERO X3D DARK WOOD Motherboard to evaluate as a great combo option for overall system aesthetics. A very large, heavy box was dropped off by our friendly UPS driver in addition to the...

Understandable moves by the buyers. This release is rather a nothing burger. Its nice to see something out there but the overall compromises will make this a tough sell.

Cost.....1 oz of gold bullion.

"I can pull a rabbit out of my hat, I can pull him out, but I can't put him back......"

Introduction Our review is evaluating a new entry from MSI into their “MAX” AM5 motherboard lineup. The MSI MAG B850M Mortar MAX WiFi is a refreshed version of the MSI MAG B850M MORTAR WiFi that we reviewed in July 2025. The MAG (MSI Arsenal Gaming) tier is the entry-level gaming platform...

Well then. Review ressurection. Dust off those old 7000 cards. Cant make new cards? We'll just make new frames......

Would have been interesting to have some "run of the mill" 6000MT/s RAM like alot of folks use (because its affordable) to compare as a baseline......?

Try buying some??? Need a loan.....LoL

You forgot the GTX 8800 Ultra. THE ultimate SLi combination. For the money, one of the best. Although the 1080 Ti was a great card, still is.

Introduction Today, we are taking a break from the tidal wave of motherboard releases to evaluate a graphics card in 2026 (you heard that right). The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE SFF 16G (GV-N5080WF3-16GD) is on the bench for our testing. GIGABYTE offers quite a selection of RTX 5080...

Introduction In this review, we are evaluating another new, refreshed AM5 socket motherboard from MSI. We take a step up in the overall tiers to the MSI Performance Gaming level for the MSI MPG X870E CARBON MAX WiFi. We have reviewed a number of newly released “MAX” boards from MSI, which...