Digit-Life has posted a review on the ASUS CUSL2-CB "Black Pearl" motherboard.
Today´s motherboards are often developed not only by engineers but also by designers. The latter ones do their best, especially when speaking about AOpen and Gigabyte mainboards. To arrest customers´ attention the companies use not only good technical characteristics of their products but also attractive color solutions as compared with standard two-colored ones. Stylish blue boards from Gigabyte meant for the retail market will undoubtedly draw attention of buyers. AOpen has gone even further: apart from the well thought-out design of the board (including the color of the chipset´s heat sink, frequently sputtered with noble metals etc.), they take care of the housing - the box. Boards in AOpen implementation are put in a plastic case, and an external cardboard box (traditionally bright) has an advantage: it has got some openings through which a user can estimate the card´s design.Read more
