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Sapphire Pure Platinum Z68 @ eTeknix

“Eager to show what else they can do, they are bringing a Z68 board to market, branded under the same Pure Platinum group of products and we were keen to show it off before its official release on the 18th August 2011. Feature wise it looks hopeful to be a good contender and seems to offer some unique features that we’ve seen on the likes of their A75 board.”

ASUS Maximus IV Extreme @ Hardware Secrets

“In fact, according to ASUS, the sales of P67-based motherboards are still outperforming those of Z68-based products. ASUS offers a wide range of motherboards based on this chipset, and today we are going to take a look at the most high-end model from this manufacturer, the Maximus IV Extreme, which offers four PCI Express x16 slots supporting high speeds and a myriad of advanced options for the extreme enthusiast.”

Sapphire Pure Platinum A75 @ Motherboards.org

“With the A75 the first thing you have to know is that these don’t use your standard processors. These support the FM1 socket APU processors. AMD APU processors feature embedded graphics that are very similar to Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors. The A8-3800 processors come with AMD HD 6500 series graphics.”

Sapphire Pureblack P67 Hydra @ XS Reviews

“Sapphire are GPU manufacturers at their heart, but they’ve been known to dip into other markets in the past few years; perhaps one of the most interesting ones being  motherboards. Today I’m looking at their latest foray into the mobo game, the Sapphire Pureblack P67 Hydra. It’s got 4 PCIe ports, an onboard post and CPU temperature readout and some nice onboard power switches. Lets get investigating.”

Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD @ PCStats

“There are four key features that make the Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD motherboard a real killer among Intel Z68 platforms: 1) It comes bundled with a 20GB Intel mSATA SSD for implementing Intel Smart Response Technology. 2) It has an onboard HDMI video output so users can leverage Intel’s Quick Sync media transcoding acceleration by way of the Intel Z68+Intel HD 3000/2000 IGP.”

MSI P67A-GD65 @ eTeknix

“The P67A-GD65 is one of the more recent boards MSI have released. It is part of the MSI ‘Military class’ range of components and also contains useful features like the updated ‘OC Genie 2’ and UEFI ‘click BIOS’. It is packed to the brim with features and comes in at a very affordable price tag of around £130.”

MSI 990FXA-GD80 @ Hardware Secrets

“So far, MSI has released only two motherboards based on the new AMD 990FX chipset, one for the top mainstream market (990FXA-GD65), and one for the high-end market (990FXA-GD80). Let’s take a look at the MSI 990FXA-GD80.”

GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2: A Preview @ Bjorn3D

“GIGABYTE has a new motherboard in the G1.Killer series. The G1.Sniper 2 is the successor to the G1.Sniper board, and is designed for gamers like every other board of the G1 line. However, the G1.Sniper 2 comes even more loaded, featuring 32nm Sandy Bridge support. Gamers can finally enjoy the full power of the Sandy Bridge architecture with loaded features of the G1.Killer line of boards.”

Gigabyte G1.Sniper & GA-X58A-OC @ X-Bit Labs

“The box with Gigabyte GA-X58A-OC inside is of pretty standard size, but its design is dramatically different from what we saw on regular mainboards packaging. No bright multi-color images, no numerous logo icons, just the model name and a modest but significant description: “Overclocking Motherboard”.”

ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional @ Legit Reviews

“The gaming performance of the ASRock Fatal1ty Professional P67 motherboard was right on track with all of the Intel P67 offerings that we have looked at so far. In fact, it was even able to lead the pack at times. If I could change anything about the ASRock Fatal1ty Professional P67 motherboard there wouldn’t be much.”