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ASUS F1A75-V PRO @ PureOC
“ASUS, a full line motherboard manufacturer, has been busy with both AMD socket AM 3+ and now socket FM1 motherboards. Let’s dive in a see what the F1A75-V PRO brings to the table with these APUs from AMD coupled with groundbreaking on-die graphics processor 6550D.”
Gigabyte X58A-OC @ Think Computers
““People have been overclocking computer hardware for quite some time. Overclocking is not that hard at all, but to really get the highest achievable overclocks you need a motherboard that can take the punishment. Over the past 2 years we have seen efforts from many different manufacturers, but these efforts were targeted at 2 different demographics, overclockers and gamers.”
Sapphire Pure Platinum A75 @ Bjorn3D
“The latest model joining the Pure family is the Pure Platinum A75 (PT-A8A75) designed for AMD’s latest APU. The Platinum A75 is packaged in a black box with reflective silver color accent that looks like many of Sapphire’s boards. We actually like the clean look of the Sapphire retail box that has enough information yet is not overly saturated with too much marketing slogans.”
ASUS Rampage III Black Edition @ Neoseeker
“Along with all the impressive features, the Black Edition motherboard has what really counts, excellent performance. During our testing the ASUS board was able to compete with our highest performing X58 based motherboards. While the difference between the other boards wasn’t huge, it was still better.”
ECS A990FXM-A @ Guru3D
“The ECS Black Extreme A990FXM-A comes with 140W AM3+ Processor support and harbors AMD CrossfireX and NVIDIA SLI technology compatibility. You’ll spot 3 PCIe x16 slots, dual gigabit jack, it has 7.1 channel High Definition audio, USB 3.0 and well… just a lot more. We’ll have a look at the motherboard performance, based on Phenom II processors.”
GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD5 @ Bjorn3D
” Today we look at GIGABYTE’s more recent iteration of the Z68 chipset: the GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD5. This board was built to a more industrial standard and the quality shows. For those of you who want the most out of your Intel i5 K- series, for $270 this is a serious contender for the competition.”
ASUS P8H67-I @ TweakTown
“The format has really blown up lately, though, and we’re seeing more and more companies offer mITX boards based on chipsets that indeed offer the chance to give us some real performance. Today we’re looking at the ASUS P8H67-I which as you can possibly tell from the name, is based on the H67 chipset.”
Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H @ X-Bit Labs
“Gigabyte got to the point where the final price of a product like that reached as much as $123. In other words, its price is in the range of the top Socket FM1 processor – A8-3850 ($135). So, it turns out that Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H is an expensive mainboard for inexpensive systems. So, why will be the target user group in this case?”
Intel Z68DB @ Motherboards.org
“Based around the new Z68 Express Chipset, the DZ68DB is a very flexible motherboard that can be integrated into many different types of systems, due to its robust feature set and price point. The DZ68DB has the ability to be used as an HTPC all-in-one solution for both general PC users and media enthusiasts, by utilizing the onboard graphics capabilities of the 2nd generation Intel Core i3 through i7 CPUs.”
GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD @ Legit Reviews
“What truly blew my mind was the price. As I said above, I thought the GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD was going to cost a pretty penny, somewhere in the $350-$400. Imagine my surprise when I found out that the Z68XP-UD7-iSSD retails for only $239.99! Needless to say I was a bit shocked!”