If you’re following Asus’ R.O.G. brand to any extent, then you should be familiar with its Vulcan ANC gaming headset. The company has improved it further in a new model called the Vulcan Pro and at the same time the company has announced a more affordable gaming headset called the …

When it comes to high-end motherboard, Asus’ R.O.G. series has gained something of a reputation for offering some of the most extreme features in the market. Earlier today at Computex, Asus unveiled its Maximus V Extreme based on the Z77 chipset and to say that some of the enthusiast community …

This year’s consumer product presentation by Asus at Computex involved a lot of talk about cloud computing, or rather Asus Open Cloud Computing, also known as AOCC. Apparently Asus is hoping that its customers will spend even more money with the company for a range of always connected devices that …

We have to say that Thunderbolt doesn’t seem like the most useful addition to a desktop system, simply because there are enough expansion ports and internal interfaces for most people to be more than happy. However, on something like a mATX motherboard it makes a little bit more sense and …

AMD’s change of socket for its APU platform is disappointing so early into the eco systems life, but in time for Computex the first socket FM2 boards are starting to appear. Gigabyte’s first model is the GA-F2A85X-UP4 and is as the model name suggests based on AMD’s new A85X chipset. …

So far, we’ve only seen motherboards with a single Thunderbolt port, but Gigabyte’s new GA-Z77X-UP4 TH is the first motherboard to sport a pair of the high-speed ports. However, there’s much more to this new motherboard than Thunderbolt connectivity, so let’s take a closer look at what’s on offer. The …

We’ve seen quite a few “extreme” motherboards over the years, but Gigabyte’s new GA-Z77X-UP7 takes things to a new level, at least as far as the PWM is concerned. The company is using a new type of power regulation in the shape of International Rectifier’s PowIRstage (pronounced power stage) which …