PC Zenith v4

When it comes to add-in board vendors, EVGA is probably the most faithful company in the business. Ever since the company launched, Nvidia was the only name EVGA wanted to hear about. But, things are about to change. Here are the facts:
1)    EVGA does not want to miss the Core i7 train
2)    Nvidia is not making a chipset for Intel Core i7
3)    EVGA poached excellent engineering team from now-defunct EPoX and does not want that team to do nothing until MCP8-series show up
Well, those facts end with a really simple result. EVGA is preparing to launch its first non-Nvidia based motherboard, but it will still have Nvidia chips on it. You’ve guessed it right – X58+nForce 200 bridges for full Triple-SLI capability. Read more @ TheoValich blog.

MSI has built a stellar motherboard with the DKA790GX Platinum board. The board has all of the features that you would want from a 790GX motherboard including HD 3300 graphics with CrossfireX capability, ACC overclocking and more. From a performance point of view, the DKA790GX has nearly the same performance as the other 790GX board that I tested, meaning that it is pretty high on the totem pole. It did work better in Hybrid CrossFire than our previous 790GX boards and that is a very good thing. MSI DKA790GX Platinum @ Motherboards.org

MSI’s P45 Diamond is an attractively packaged motherboard (just check out the size of the box!) that performs well for the price. It costs about a third of the price compared to seriously high-end solutions from the like of ASUS and Foxconn, but it’s comparable to Intel’s X48 and nVidia’s 790 chipsets when it comes to everyday usage and gaming. It looks pretty neat (the CircuPipe and the water-cooled Northbridge block in particular), sports an impressive array of onboard features, and the BIOS offers good overclocking and tweaking options. The P45 Diamond isn’t the most powerful solution for extreme users (that’ll be one based on Intel’s imminent X58 chipset and Corei7 processors), but it’s a decent all-rounder for the price. MSI P45 Diamond @ Bios Magazine

MSI-jev USB hub je zadovoljio moje potrebe, kako po pitanju dizajna, tako i po pitanju performansi. Hub je malen i kompaktan, kvalitetno izražen, a zahvaljujući cirkularno smještenim USB utorima, spajanje novih uređaja neće biti teško. Po pitanju performansi, hub radi odlično, a u raznim scenarijima spajanja koje sam isprobao nije došlo do usporavanja pri prijenosu podataka i općenito radu. Ako odlučite spojiti energetski zahtjevnije uređaje na ovaj hub, svakako spojite strujni pretvarač u za to predviđeni utor čija je jedina mana to što nema nigdje specificirano koliki napon treba spojiti.

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Ovo je jedan od primjera što se dogodi kada se ubacuju razne funcije u uređaj bez da se razmišlja o najvažnijem kriteriju: upotrebljivosti. Uređaj po specifikacijama izgleda jako dobro, kvaliteta izrade također nije loša, kao ni audio performanse, no kada ga krenete koristiti samo otkrivate stvari koje vam se ne sviđaju i zbog kojih žalite što niste uložili koju kunu više pa kupili iPod ili drugi provjereni uređaj. Softver ugrađen u ovaj uređaj je prilično spor, uz česta „blokiranja“ kada nešto birate za vrijeme reprodukcije glazbe, a imao sam osjećaj da tipke ponekad uopće ne hvataju (jel je tome kriv softver ili same tipke nisam siguran). MSI je poznat po solidnoj podršci tako da možda izda novi firmware kojim bi barem dio neoptimizacija bio uklonjen.

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