Asrock launches upgradable M2 slot motherboard

ECS plans to introduce dual graphics to entry level using it Scalable Dual graphics Engine Technology. AMDZone has a preview of the whole thing and points at the price of $60. It is currently a working concept though. Slides and photos await you on the website.

German website Tweak PC sends us a review of the MSI K8N Diamond SLI motherboard which is arguably one of the better SLI boards out there with a heatpipe cooling system, onboard Creative sound chip and Dynamic overclocking. This is of course on top of all the usual accessories and excellent overclocking. You can get an approximate translation by clicking on the US flag on top of the page.

HKEPC sends me an English snippet of its latest Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 motherboard review which is a M1695 part. Most interesting is the "Future CPU Upgrade port" which Ricky claims is the M2 upgrade socket. It is compared to a nForce 4 SLI and does get narrowly beaten in most scenarii. Expect it to be sold for under £50.

Sunbeam comes under the limelight at Xtremeresources. The accessories manufacturer send a luggage load of products to Steve Camel for review; the 20-in-1 superior panel, the light bus, the Pro-Series Lite Up keyboard, the Chameleon and the Tuniq Tower 120 CPU cooler. He shows us how he stuffed the panel with all sorts of peripheral to test whether there was any problems. Overall an informative article for Sunbeam products.

The Sapphire PURE innovation PI-A9RX480 motherboard has been tested at Hexus. Destined at gamers and enthusiast, it aims at reversing negative perceptions. But it is too expensive and still suffers from nagging USB shortfalls. Also read the Interesting Right2reply part where ATI's spindoctors reply to Hexus.

More details of Microsoft Lasemouse and Laser desktop together with prices and more photos can be found here. For the first time, Microsoft will launch a laser mouse with an integrated USB dongle for laptop lovers. µ