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A photo of an MSI MEG X870E Godlike X Edition, next to its retail box

MSI MEG X870E Godlike X Edition review

By Nick Evanson Published

Score: 80% Taking one of the most over-the-top, luxury-class AMD motherboards around and making it even more exclusive.

Score: 80%
A photo of the MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi motherboard, next to its retail packaging.

MSI Z890 Tomahawk WiFi motherboard review

By Nick Evanson Published

Score: 87% Lots of features, not a lot of price.

Score: 87%
A photo of the ASRock Phantom Gaming X870 Nova WIFI motherboard, next to its retail packaging

ASRock X870 Nova WiFi motherboard review

By Nick Evanson Published

Score: 70% Lots of features, lots of compromises.

Score: 70%
An AMD chip and AM5 motherboard socket with visible damage

AMD blames toasted AM5 sockets on motherboard makers pushing their luck with CPU settings

By Jeremy Laird Published

News Non-adherence to the recommended "AMD values" is the cause.

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MSI's latest Godlike motherboard in both standard and gold trim.

MSI is celebrating 10 years of Godlike extravagance with a gold-trimmed AMD motherboard—to go with your golden graphics card and RAM, naturally

By Jacob Ridley Published

News A golden PC is now on the cards, or at the very least spread across many expensive monthly payments.

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AMD Zen 4 AM5 socket photograph

AMD's new AM6 socket has all the pins—2,100 of 'em—but don't worry, your old CPU cooler will apparently still fit just fine

By Jeremy Laird Published

news Plenty of pins and all the bandwidth.

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An NZXT N9 X870E motherboard in black with the port covers removed.

NZXT N9 X870E review

By Antony Leather Published

Score: 80% A stylish departure from the usual names and faces, but leaves a little to be desired.

Score: 80%
Photo of an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D processor

Gigabyte unveils its second generation of X3D Turbo Mode, for squeezing up to 15% more performance from Ryzen X3D CPUs

By Nick Evanson Published

Computex Up to 15% more performance with one click in the motherboard BIOS? Hmmm…

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A promotional image of the Minisforum BD790i X3D embedded mini-ITX motherboard

This odd but surprisingly well-priced mini ITX motherboard from Minisforum packs an embedded AMD X3D processor

By Nick Evanson Published

News Its specs are far from perfect, but that price tag is very tempting.

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The Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Extreme motherboard on a blue gradient background

I know tariff-related price increases are a thing right now but a $1,371 motherboard might be pushing it, even if it is 'Extreme'

By Andy Edser Published

News A beast of a board, but holy moly that price.

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