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ASUS Maximus IV Extreme @ TweakTown
“While a lot of the recent motherboard news has come from the Intel Z68 chipset and the new AMD 990FX one, the original Sandy Bridge P67 chipset from Intel is still very dominant on the market. If you have a look at Newegg, you’ll find around 50 P67 based motherboard for sale while the Z68 sits around the 20 mark.”
ASRock Z68 Extreme4 @ PureOC
“ASRock is known for producing motherboards that bring solid performance at affordable prices, but can it bring the performance that enthusiasts crave? One board that comes with a strong feature set and an attractive price tag of $180 is the ASRock Z68 Extreme4.”
GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD7 @ TweakTown
“Over the coming months as we build up towards finally getting our hands on the Bulldozer platform, we’ll no doubt be looking at plenty of 990FX based motherboards from companies. Having already looked at what ASUS offered us in their ROG Crosshair V Formula board, today we’ll take the time to check out the GIGABYTE option.”
ASUS M5A97 EVO AM3 @ TechPowerUp
“Released on May 31st by ASUS, the M5A97 EVO is a new AM3+ motherboard, boasting support for AMD’s upcoming AM3+ CPUs, as well, as current AM3 Phenom II CPUs. Sporting the now familiar black and blue color scheme from ASUS, the M5A97 EVO seeks, like its brethern, to turn the competition black and blue too.”
ECS A890GXM-A2 @ Neoseeker
“The A890GXM-A2 takes the strengths of the A890GXM-A previously reviewed, and adds what is missing: USB 3.0. Sounds well enough, but as you’ll see in our latest Socket AM3 motherboard review, we were taken for quite a ride with this offering!”
MSI P67A-GD80 @ PC Perspective
“MSI continues to impress us with the amount of custom features and applications they bundle with their products. The P67A-GD80 proved to be a supreme overclocker with almost unlimited possibilities for enthusiasts who like to tweak with voltages and test the stability of their entire system.”
Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3 @ eTeknix
“Gigabyte are widely regarded as one of the biggest computer component manufacturers in the world, especially in the motherboard market. They cater for all of the latest AMD and Intel platforms including AM3, socket 1156, 1155 and 1366 and with Sandy Bridge taking over, we still believe that 1366 has some life left in it.”
ASUS E35M1-I Deluxe @ Neoseeker
“Performance wise, the E35M1-I Deluxe performed just a tiny bit below the other Brazos boards and in real world tests this difference will not be really apparent; in most cases only synthetic benchmarks could detect it. However, the thing that makes the E35M1-I Deluxe stand out the most is its fanless design, allowing for a completely silent setup.”
MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) @ Au-Ja!
“The solution of the MSI Audio P67A-GD65 is good can, in other motherboards from MSI, however, does not keep up. Therefore, the MSI P67A-GD65 proved to be extremely stable and highly compatible. The motherboard swallowed everything, without exception, what we brought to the board, and throughout the test, we did not experience a single crash.”
MSI Z68A GD80 G3 @ Guru3D
“The MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3) motherboard itself then, yeah it is impressive alright. However thee conclusion is going to be 99.98% similar to the B3 version. Compared to the B3 model the G3 model has two primary changes, the first being a new revision click BIOS.”