With so many factors to consider, choosing a motherboard can be a bewildering exercise. We put 11 models through their pace to find the ultimate in performance, flexibility and value

The Labs team delves into the guts of this month’s motherboards, and points out what you need to know to chose the right one for your needs.

Instant-on Linux from flash memory? Sounds mighty nice, if you're willing to forgo a "real" operating system.

ASX-listed hardware manufacturer and distributor Legend has partnered giant motherboard maker Foxconn to distribute the latter's products in Australasia and around the globe.

All the acronyms and obscure new technologies got you in a jargon jumble? Tim Dean busts it up to help us make sense of it all.

Canadian class action suit alleges defective motherboards.

Rumours of an ASUS -Gigabyte takeover scotched, but this is the next best thing.

Ever wondered what a particular acronym stands for? Find the answer in our comprehensive reference guide to computer industry acronyms. RTFM!

When we think of SiS graphics, we usually think of low cost, low-end cards or integrated offerings for the entry-level 2D market, with the possibility of some rudimentary 3D capabilities thrown in.

Motherboards. The Labs this month is absolutely filled to the brim with them. Not only do we have our massive motherboard Labs, but with all the testing needed for our upgrade feature, the Labs team have been knee deep in components all month. As such, we’ve hereby dubbed this month 'Australian International Month of the Mobo’ in the Labs. Ahh, it all took me back to my Labs days of fiddling with SIMMs, DIMMs and RIMMs, probing BIOSes and hacking the registry to get stubborn drivers and benchmarks to work…

One gigabyte of RAM is enough to get most applications running smoothly, but should you buy the cheapest or the fastest?

Whether you're upgrading your existing PC or building one from scratch, the motherboard you choose is of pivotal importance.

Gigabyte's new Canterwood-based GA-8KNXP is, without a doubt, one of the most full-featured motherboards we've ever seen. It incorporates all of the basics offered by the MSI 865PE Neo2 (see below) plus more. The differences between the older 845 and new 865 (Springdale) and 875 (Canterwood) chipsets are primarily feature-based – the 875P is designed to be the ultra-high-end option for extreme power users. As such, it's more expensive but has more niche capabilities.

If you equate the CPU as the brains of the PC then think of the motherboard as the nervous system, shuffling signals back and forth from the extremities of your PC. In exposing these 15 e

Emagens entry is a fairly mixed system, with some excellent and some average features

While its a relatively simple task to install peripheral cards into a fully assembled PC, its a different story to actually construct a PC from scratch. Like every venture where some assembly is requi

Prepare to say goodbye to the Pentium as we reveal the next generation

Meet a new player in the local motherboard market, with great features and solid performance

Plenty of connectors, but not much pizzazz

An appealingly upmarket board at a fair price