Asus comes up top in P965 battle

IT LOOKS LIKE Intel's P965 chipset is the order of the day in today's hardware roundup.

HardwareLogic brings us its ASUS P5B Deluxe WiFi-AP Edition Motherboard Review, with more features than you can shake a stick at this is another excellent product from Asus although enthusiasts and hardcore gamers might want to consider the Deluxe version over this one.

TweakTown has reviewed the MSI P965 Platinum Motherboard and by the looks of things it's a great motherboard with all the features and performance most people will be looking for, but without the hefty price tag.

Anandtech has taken a close look at the results from 12 of its P965 motherboard reviews to bring us the Intel P965: Roundup Recap and Awards with the overall winner being the ASUS P5B-Deluxe WiFi-AP thanks to it's combination of great design and bundled features. It must be noted that there wasn't really much difference between the boards, with one P965 motherboard being very much like any other.

Virtual-Hideout has taken a look at the competition in its ECS PN2-SLI2+ NVIDIA 680i SLI Motherboard Review which comes to much the much the same sort of conclusions that we did in our review of the board.

The PC Perspective Hardware Leaderboard offers punters a look at what these boys think make up the best components you can buy to build a PC within four separate price brackets. The article is sponsored by Newegg so all prices are in Newegg Dollars, but given the fun manufacturers have in shafting Blighteys at ever turn the price comparison is probably about one-to-one to the Overclocker Pound.

According to SysOpt OCZ Does True DDR2-800! PC2-6400 System Elite Edition Review. It looks like these sticks are some of the first to automatically configure themselves to standard DDR2-800 settings when stuck into compatible motherboards. The 2V warranty limited voltage may put off serious overclockers, but if just want high performance memory without the hassle of overclocking then this may be just the sticks for you.

If you're tired of untangling the mouse cable every time you dig it out of your laptop case then you may want to read XSreviews' take on the MSI Laptop StarMouse ES-101. The review mentions something about the mouse being over-sensitive so you may want to keep some tissues nearby in case it starts crying.

With Skype calling becoming more and common, but many of us still using a landline as well USR may have come up with a solution in the U.S. Robotics Cordless Skype Dual Phone reviewed here by BIOS magazine. This little gadget connects to both your landline and your PC to allow you one device that you can use to chat to friends and family over traditional analogue lines or VoIP .

BenchZone has dipped its feet into the murky waters of hardware reviews with an interesting article that looks at Performance scaling with GeForce 8800GTX Graphics Card. Essentially, it asks the question of what impact the CPU and other system factors has on gaming if you already have a high end graphics card.

After looking at skins to brighten up your Xbox and Xbox 360, Rbmods brings us the PS2 DecalGirl Skins Review. Being made of vinyl and covering a wide range of themes, these skins can really help brighten up your aging PS2. µ