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MSI E350IA-E45 @ PC Perspective
“The MSI E350IA-E45 mini-ITX Fusion APU motherboard is our first experience with a desktop form factor iteration of AMD’s latest CPU technology and we came away very impressed by the implementation. The board is low cost yet offers features that will prevent your system from being outdated quickly like support for SATA 6.0 Gb/s storage and USB 3.0 devices.”
Sapphire Fusion Mini E350 @ iXBT Labs
“On the whole, Sapphire Fusion Mini E350 is an interesting solution that offers more expandability than competing boards. Gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.0 are not a peculiarity for this class of products, and the supplied Bluetooth is surely not a drawback, even despite the implementation.”
Gigabyte G1 Assassin @ Think Computers
“This year at CES, one of the biggest announcements was Gigabyte unveiling their G1-Killer Series motherboards. This new series of motherboards has gamers in mind with a Killer E2100 Dedicated network processing unit and Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Digital Audio Processor (20K2) on the motherboard itself! No need to go out and buy a Killer NIC or a dedicated sound card. These are the two features that stand out on the motherboard the most, but there are a quite a few others.”
Gigabyte E350N-USB3 @ PureOC
“Gigabyte has coupled a new motherboard with the newest release by AMD. This release is not your typical expectation; rather something AMD has been working for some time, a vision now reality called FUSION. The product is an embedded processor named the E350 and the motherboard is labeled the E350N-USB3.”
ASUS P8P67 Pro @ X-Bit Labs
“We like ASUS’s approach to developing products. Instead of building something from scratch, they add new features to the existing and time-tested functionality core. The P8P67 Pro is good in almost every aspect: starting with the useful accessories, and finishing with the rich and flexible EFI BIOS settings.”
Gigabyte P67-UD7-B3 @ PureOC
“Today we have the Gigabyte P67-UD7-B3, a flagship board that looks great and comes with some more features than what we see on the UD4 version. Coming with a price tag of about $329, the UD7 is not cheap by any stretch of the imagination. Does it measure up? Worth the cash? Let’s take a closer look and find out.”
MSI 890FXA-GD65 @ PC Perspective
“MSI has created a fine board. It certainly appears to have had a real teething process, but now the BIOS support has caught up and we are seeing a very fast and mature product on the marketplace. The current price makes this one of the more exciting AM3 motherboard out there, especially for the budget enthusiast. MSI has scored nicely with the 890FXA-GD65.”
Gigabyte E350N-USB3 @ Neoseeker
“Today we take a look at a small form factor motherboard offering from Gigabyte based on AMD’s Fusion platform, the E350N-USB3. The Fusion platform combines motherboard, CPU and graphics into one very compact solution geared for the HTPC market, and we put the E350N-USB3’s performance to test in our first Fusion-centric review.”
ASUS Rampage III Black Edition @ Guru3D
“The spec-sheet might read pretty similar to last year’s Rampage III Extreme, but there have been a few tweaks alright. The board now sports a quartet of PCIe x16 slots capable of supporting three-way SLI or four-way CrossFireX, support for 24GB DDR3 at speeds of up to 2,200MHz and then the fun begins, USB 3.0, SATA 6G, a ThunderBolt add-on card that integrates Xonar sound as well as BigFoot’s Killer NPU.”
MSI P67A-GD65 @ PureOC
“The latest P67 board to hit our bench is the MSI P67A-GD65, a premium board that promises innovative features at a great price of $180. There are some very interesting features here, and MSI is serving notice they’re ready to play hardball with the competition.”