Stephen ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe @ Motherboards.org
“The combination of the 790FX chipset and SB750 has some benefits including ACC meaning that the 790FX chipset now is on par with the 790GX in terms of overclocking features. ASUS has hit a home run with the ASUS M3A79-T board with excellent features, excellent performance and excellent overclocking.”
ASUS P6T Deluxe @ Guru3D
“Next to that, it’s just an amazing piece of machinery to look at. Nice black PCB, extravagant connectivity, SLI/ Crossfire compatible, passively cooled. And if you opt the P6T Deluxe OC Palm version, you’ll even receive an external little LCD screen showing off the latest system info, widgets and overclocking tools at hand. Very cool.”
Intel X58 Extreme DX58SO @ Guru3D
“Intel DX58SO motherboard test. This review is going to cover the basics of Intel’s X58 mainboard chipset. The key features of course bringing support to QPI, triple-channel memory and Socket 1366 thus Core i7 processors. the mainboard used is Intel’s reference Extreme DX58SO motherboard.”
ASUS P6T Deluxe @ PC Per
“And how can we forget that this is the FIRST STANDARD MOTHERBOARD TO OFFICIALLY SUPPORT BOTH CROSSFIRE AND SLI to hit our test bench? We have seen a couple of complete system builds used “special” drivers to offer the same experience and yes the Skulltrail platform from Intel last year also had SLI/CrossFire support but was weighed down by extreme component pricing.”
MSI X48 Platinum @ PCStats
“The raw specs for MSI’s X48 Platinum motherboard are equally impressive. The board is based on the Intel X48 Express and ICH9-R variant Southbridge, and supports DDR3-800/1066/1333 and 1600 (XMP) memory formats. It has four DDR3 memory slots which may accommodate up to 8GB of RAM in a dual channel configuration. The real beauty of MSI’s X48 Platinum is broad accommodation of videocards.”
abit AN78GS @ OC Club
“I was impressed by the Abit AN78GS performance. In almost every game test, it had the advantage over the comparison boards. It was always a few frames per second over the top of the pile, except in Call of Duty 4, where it fell short at higher resolutions. Furthermore, the GeForce 8200 integrated graphics processor can allow great energy savings if the Hybrid power technology is turned on.”
ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe @ Neoseeker
“While it is true that a quad core Penryn on a nice X48 board will significantly out perform it, a Phenom on a good 780 or 790 board is still a viable choice as high end games tend to be GPU bound – and the money you save on the CPU and motherboard is probably better spent on getting a better GPU.”
ECS X58B-A @ Guru3D
“It’s feature rich has a few hidden Easter eggs and get this .. it’s less than 249 USD. Now this motherboard is a Black Edition. Meaning black PCB, a solid color schema connector wise, extra hidden features like micro switches for power/reset and even CMOS CLEAR, optical audio TOSLINK outputs, copper heatpipe passive cooling, dual GigE Ethernet and heck it’s even SLI certified for two way SLI.”
ASUS Rampage II Extreme X58 @ PC Per
“Serious overclockers know that monitoring voltages via the BIOS and any on-board monitoring logic doesn’t give them as much control as using a reliable multimeter so ASUS has put all the necessary leads doing this in on easy to access location.”
DFI X48-T3RS @ MadShrimps
“A bit late to the market, but, as always, DFI comes in with a bang. Today we have a look at the latest addition to the DFI lineup, in the form of the (ultra) high end X48-T3RS. Does it have what it takes to beat Asus et al? Read on to find out.”