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Gigabyte EP45T-Extreme @ Bjorn3D
“When I heard that I was going to be getting the Gigabyte EP45T-Extreme I was extremely excited. It’s been quite a long time now since I’ve gotten my hands on a motherboard designed specifically for overclocking. The last one was from DFI, back when their LanParty boards were king.”
ASUS P5Q Deluxe @ IXBT Labs
“ASUS P5Q Deluxe motherboard is a good example of a top model, which does not irritate common users with its exotic features for ‘hardcore gamers’ and the like. Four LAN ports are twice as cool as two ports, of course, and six PCIEx16 slots are approximately three times as ‘powerful’ as two standard slots. But this motherboard works out its high price not resorting to quantitative measures.”
DFI LANParty JR P45-T2RS @ HardwareZone
“That just leaves a very, very niche scenario where one would need a mATX board without an option for integrated graphics – LAN gaming machines, or to be more specific, portable LAN PCs. For those LAN party enthusiasts who lug their own systems to such game gatherings, DFI has just the right solution with a mATX motherboard built around Intel’s mainstream P45 chipset, the new LANParty JR P45-T2RS.”
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.”
Biostar TF8200 A2+ @ PCStats
“For around $100, the Biostar TF8200 A2+ motherboard offers up the nVidia Geforce 8200 chipset on a platter along with support for AMD processors, HDMI output with hardware HD content decoding. The platform supports HDMI 1.3a output, which in human terms means an audio signal is transmitted along with the video over the HDMI cable.”
ASRock A770CrossFire @ IXBT Labs
“ASRock approached with maximum creativity and decided to squeeze everything possible not only from the Southbridge, but also from the Northbridge: they installed the 2nd graphics port and added nominal CrossFire support (8x + 8x), although only 790X and higher-end chipsets officially possess this feature.”
ASUS P6T Deluxe @ Motherboards.org
“ASUS’s P6T Deluxe OC Palm Edition is the perfect example of what a new motherboard chipset should be when released. Every conceivable feature including SLI, CrossfireX, 24GB DDR3-1600MHz support, and the general build quality that exists on ASUS’s boards generally means that the P6T Deluxe is one of the motherboards to beat in the current crop of X58 motherboards.”
MSI P6NGM @ Viperlair
“With HTPC becoming more and more a mainstream thought, a few chipsets have been designed with that exact end game in mind. Unfortunately, just because a chipset has a desired function or gizmo attached, it does not equate into the motherboard manufacturers implementing said technology, fortunately, there are some motherboard manufacturers that have taken note of the HTPC desires.”
Gigabyte EG45M-DS2H @ TechGage
“On the test bench today, we have Gigabyte’s latest Micro ATX offering, the Intel G45-based EG45M-DS2H. This board carries the typical Gigabyte enthusiast charm, but also caters towards those looking to build a media center. But how does it stack up against the other Intel mATX boards we’ve tested recently?”