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ASUS Rampage IV Gene X79 @ Motherboards.org

“This is the latest X79 motherboard from Asus and by the looks of it this is a pretty amazing little board. It features a Micro-ATX form factor, but it comes with just about all of the bells and whistles that you’d find on a full size ATX board. It’s also in their ROG line of motherboards, so you know it’s meant to perform.”

MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) @ Motherboards.org

“This is the all new X79 motherboard from MSi. This is their high-performance offering for this chipset and it should come with a whole host of features that will impressive the enthusiast community. MSi have a well-earned reputation for producing incredibly well performing products and offering them at a very competitive price.”

ASRock Z68 Extreme 7 @ PureOC

“We have the ASRock Z68 Extreme 7 Gen 3 on the test bench. The aesthetics and performance level of ASRock products has lived up to their billing so far and they compete with other top tier motherboard companies, so let’s get the Extreme 7 fired up and see what it has to offer.”

Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 @ OCInside

“Gigabyte offers with the GA-Z68XP-UD3 an Intel LGA1155 Sandy Bridge motherboard with some interesting characteristics and a lot of OC features. The Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 is based on the Intel Z68 chipset for current LGA1155 processors like e.g. the Intel Core i7-2700K, Intel Core i3-2100, or the Intel Core i5-2500K processor which is used for the overclocking tests.”

ASRock X79 Extreme9 @ Legit Reviews

“The ASRock X79 Extreme9 is the flagship motherboard from ASRock. Built around the Intel X79 Express chipset it can take advantage of the latest second generation Intel Core i7 Extreme processors in the LGA2011 package. Today we will be pitting it against the flagship X79 motherboards from several other companies!”

ASRock X79 Extreme9 @ Hardware Secrets

“This time we will take a look at the X79 Extreme9, which is the most high-end (and most expensive) socket 2011 motherboard offered by ASRock at this time, with five PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots, eight SATA-600 ports, eight USB 3.0 ports, and a high-end, add-on sound card called “Game Blaster.””

H67 Motherboard Roundup @ PureOC

“Today we are looking at a roundup of five different H67 motherboards from ASUS, ASRock, ECS and Gigabyte. Remember there’s no overclocking here, but if you want something still powerful but less expensive, then this may be the course for you. Each of these motherboards are promising in their own right, but not all are created equal.”

Zotac A75-ITX Wi-Fi @ OCC

“While you can get the same performance as the Zotac A75-ITX WiFi for less money, the board’s features help to make up for the extra cost. For instance you’ll be able to utilize a total of six USB 3.0 ports and each of the board’s four SATA connectors are SATA 3 6Gb/s. The board is also equipped with dual 10/100/1000Mbps LAN connectors, as well as integrated IEEE 802.11n WiFi networking.”

Zotac A75-ITX WiFi @ Bjorn3D

“At retail pricing of $146, the Zotac A75-ITX WiFi is certainly worth considering if you plan to build a small foot-print  media PC. By pairing this up with a 65W AMD A8 or A6 APUs, you can have a very nice system that is able to handle your multimedia streaming and HD encoding with the HD 6650D that is found on the Llano APU.”

Biostar TA990FXE @ X-Bit Labs

“At first glance Biostar mainboards are exactly the same as all others, but if you take a closer look at them you will find a lot of peculiarities and distinguishing features. Biostar TA990FXE is based on a combination of AMD 990FX North Bridge and AMD SB950 South Bridge, so it will be interesting to find out how it is different from similar products from other mainboard makers available today.”