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ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 @ TweakTown
“Jump forward a bit and we got the release of the Fatal1ty line of boards; we saw a shift to those black PCBs with the accents of red. This was a really nice step in the right direction, but in the event you didn’t want to be stared down by Fatal1ty in the BIOS, you were unfortunately out of luck when it came to other options.”
ECS A990FXM-A @ Hardware Secrets
“Today we are going to take a look at the A990FXM-A, the first socket AM3+ motherboard from ECS, supporting the forthcoming “Bulldozer” CPUs from AMD and coming with three PCI Express x16 slots.”
ASRock Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 @ TweakTown
“The Fatal1ty lines of boards have done a good job in the past impressing us with some good performance at a good price point. The question is, can the Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 do the same? Before we find out how the performance of the board goes, the first thing we need to do is get stuck into the package to see just what ASRock are offering.”
Gigabyte G1.Sniper2 Z68 @ TechPowerUp
“Outfitted with a real X-Fi chipset and a KillerNIC E2100 to score maximum kills, Gigabyte\’s latest from the G1.Killer series, the G1.Sniper2, hits TechPowerUp\’s boot camp. Ready to jump into trenches and enter combat, we put the Intel Z68-equipped G1.Sniper2 in the front lines, target in sight.”
ASUS P6X58-E WS @ OC Club
“Connectivity shouldn’t be a problem unless consumers are wanting to use older hardware, such as PCI cards. With dual gigabit Ethernet, both optical TOSLINK and RCA S/PDIF, two USB 3.0 slots, one IEEE 1394 FireWire, a combination PS/2 port, and six USB 2.0 ports there are plenty of options on how to hook things up.”
ASUS Maximus IV Extreme Z @ Guru3D
“Being a ROG motherboard the Maximum IV Extreme-Z features intricate little extras like on-board Power, Reset and Clear CMOS buttons, a BIOS debug display, voltage measurement points and four DIP switches for disabling each of the four PCI-E x16 slots.”
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme @ Bjorn3D
“ASUS offers a whole line of boards, many of which we will feature here at Bjorn3D, but if you must have the best of the best, and are ready to annihilate the competition with the press of a button then give the Rampage IV Extreme a look.”
Sapphire Pure Platinum A75 @ Neoseeker
“Sapphire’s Pure Platinum A75 is an AMD Socket FM1 motherboard supporting the A75 platform with many features that could really make it stand out of the crowd, but does its performance similarly make enough of a difference? Hit our newest Sapphire AMD motherboard review!”
ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z Z68 @ eTeknix
“We’ve taken a look at the likes of the Asus Crosshair IV Formula before and soon to be the Crosshair V, which are all part of the Republic of Gamers product range and follow the same criteria as specified above. A key motherboard from Asus is the Maximus IV Extreme which utilised the P67 platform and was able to push sandybridge based systems to the top.”
ASUS Intel Z68 ROG Maximus IV @ Legit Reviews
“The ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z is aimed at those looking to squeeze every last Megahertz out of their second generation Intel Core processor. With features like the LN2 switch that will help get past that pesky little cold bug problem, we know this board is meant for the extreme user. When we were performing our overclocking with the ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z it was a very smooth process.”