AMD’s next generation of CPUs brings 45nm technology and higher clock speeds - but is that enough to compete with Intel’s latest and greatest?

A great combination of features at an excellent price makes this our new A-List board - suitable for just about everyone.

A high-quality Core i7 motherboard with great expansion potential and premium features.

An HDMI-equipped board ideal for small media-centre systems

Your cheapest MicroATX ticket into Intel's Core 2 world.

The move to a new platform brings credible new challengers to Intel’s Core 2 processors

A capable little package at an attractive price

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

An expensive board, but a fascintating way of getting a powerful, quiet system, especially if you're prepared to tweak.

Like the KT4 Ultra, the ASUS A7V8X is an Athlon XP board that uses the VIA KT400 chipset. It packs in a truckload of extras, such as Serial ATA, FireWire, Gigabit LAN, AGP 8X and even RAID.