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Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 @ PCStats

“In addition to the P45 chipset’s inherent PCI Express 2.0 and dual videocard Crossfire support, Gigabyte’s EP45-DQ6 motherboard boasts no less than four gigabit network ports, ten SATA channels, three IEEE1394 Firewire and twelve USB2.0 ports! Follow along as PCSTATS reviews the performance, overclocking and ‘Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced’ power saving features of Gigabyte’s GA-EP45-DQ6 motherboard, an enthusiast platform that packs in every feature you can think of.”

XFX nForce 750i SLI @ Motherboards.org

“XFX has a very interesting product with the nForce 750i SLI board. It overclocks very well with the 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo hitting over 3.2GHz on air cooling. That is a pretty impressive feat considering how generally un-overclocker friendly the CPU is. The ability to use two NVIDIA graphics based cards in SLI is another plus that is not available on the Intel LGA-775 platform except for those users having a SLI-capable motherboard like this one.”

Jetway X-BLUE P43 @ PC Shop talk

“On the right part of the motherboard we see one of the 3-pin fan connectors along with a power LED and speaker connector; we also have here a front panel connector marked JW_FP. It is very nice to have the POWER and RESET buttons on the board, when testing it before putting it into a case. The Floppy connector is still here, but the IDE connector is gone, so we have no JMICRON controller present.”

ECS A780GM-A @ PCStats

“The ECS A780GM-A motherboard is an affordable media center platform based on the mainstream AMD 780G chipset. This spunky little integrated graphics chipset is ideal for home theatre PC/media applications, or budget-friendly workstation PC’s because of its built in Radeon HD 3200-class videocard. The AMD 780G brings several new technologies to the table when paired with AMD’s Phenom AM2+ processors, without abandoning support for socket AM2 Athlon64/X2/FX CPUs.”

DFI LanParty DK 790GX-M2RS @ MadShrimps

“DFI has taken the latest AMD 790GX chipset and loaded it on a flashy motherboard fitted with custom cooling and fully fleshed out BIOS which allows you to tweak almost every aspect of the AM2+ platform. Let us find out if the engineers at DFI were able to extract more performance from the 790GX chipset compared to the competition.”

Gigabyte EX58-Extreme @ Motherboards.org

“The EX58-Extreme motherboard overclocked to nearly 4GHz, the second highest we’ve seen from an X58 motherboard so far. Gigabyte’s board is worthy of a Hot Product award with only the fact that it didn’t overclock as high as the fastest board we have tested keeps it from getting the Editor’s Choice award.”

Intel X58 Extreme DX58SO @ Motherboards.org

“Intel has a lot to be happy about with their new CPU and X58 family launch, firmly taking over the enthusiast market with new processors that are clearly faster than the last generation. The DX58SO motherboard is nearly as fast as the other boards on the platform, with minor differences due to the board manufacturer tweaks in performance.”

ECS X58B-A Black @ Motherboards.org

“The ECS X58B-A Black Series motherboard is available online for a price of only $260. This compares favorably in the price department to other X58 motherboards which have a heftier premium. As we move into 2009 we will likely see the prices of these motherboards reach a more mainstream level allowing more people to use them.”

EVGA X58 3X SLI @ Hot Hardware

“Of course, all of these changes mean lots of new product releases from Intel’s “ecosystem partners”, as they like to call them. Since our launch article took flight in November, a steady stream of Intel X58 chipset-based motherboards have been filing into our labs here at HotHardware and we’re queueing them up for testing and evaluation.”

Foxconn A79A-S @ IXBT Labs

“We like three main properties of this motherboard, which actually shape the attitude of hardcore users to the price tag: functionality, support for top CrossFire configurations, and a sufficient set of BIOS settings for overclocking.”