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You can almost feel it in the air, albeit some virtual air, like the internet. All of the PC world is holding its breath for another major component refresh. Intel launched its new “Penryn” CPU lineup, while AMD will follow very closely by launching its “Phenom” quad core CPU parts at the end of november - for real this time, we hope. As CPU’s will not function without a motherboard, these are very exciting times to be reviewing motherboards as well. On the Intel side, we have had the major chipset overhaul for the 965 chipset already, and the 975 chipset is getting its overdue retirement as we write this review. P35 and X38 are almost as hot as the CPU parts they have to support, for some maybe even more so: in case you didn’t know, Penryn needs a chipset from the last generation to function at all. While we wait for more Penryns to arrive in our test labs, this is the ideal moment to review a top-of-the-line motherboard that supports the CPU. While we could have opted for the hot new X38 chipset, instead we chose a board with the proven P35 chipset for a review. Not just any board mind you, we bring you the top performing Asus P35 board : enter the Asus Blitz Formula. For those that want an update on Asus, here's how they see themselves:
Package Like with many chipset launches lately, Asus was very quick to the market with its P35 boards. Together with the Gigabyte boards, the P5K was the first P35 board to hit many (r)etailers, and the board still holds its grounds today (which in my book, is quite impressive when you're first to the market). The Blitz family is the last P35 based motherboard to be added to the Asus lineup, and as its name implies, the board settles in nicely at the top of the P35 range. The Blitz family actually consists out of two boards : the Asus Blitz Extreme and the Asus Blitz Formula (Special Edition). The "Extreme" board is suited for DDR3 memory, while the Formula board accepts "regular" DDR2 memory. Today, we're looking at the DDR2 variant... Have a first look at the magnificent box this board comes in:     some more box details, click to open Let's see what you get for your money on the next page >  More reviews in this category can be found below: |
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