Gigabyte EP45-UD3P

Gigabyte EP45-UD3P @ Techgage

“Looking to build a new machine on a budget? Then look no further than choosing Gigabyte’s EP45-UD3P as your choice for motherboard. It may not offer a lot in the area of bling, but it includes a solid design, lots of connectivity options (including 8 USB and S-ATA), fantastic overclocking potential and best of all, it comes in at an average price of $115.”

Biostar TP45 HP

Biostar TP45 HP @ X-Bit labs

“However, Biostar TP45D2-A7 doesn’t look like an overclocker legend. The simple aluminum heatsinks on the chipset and the four-pin ATX12V processor power connector are not really impressive, and the solid-state capacitors in the CPU voltage regulator circuitry are no longer a distinguishing feature of elite mainboards and can very often be found on regular mainstream solutions, too.”

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 @ Techware Labs

“Behind every amazing computer, there is an amazing motherboard. Today, RTM takes Gigabytes GA-EP45-DQ6 for a spin. Competing with such boards as the ASUS Striker II, we have high hopes for this energy efficient little devil. Now we are left wondering: Can this board out perform the competition?”

MSI DKA790GX Platinum

MSI DKA790GX Platinum @ Motherboards.org

“MSI has built a stellar motherboard with the DKA790GX Platinum board. The board has all of the features that you would want from a 790GX motherboard including HD 3300 graphics with Crossfire X capability, ACC overclocking and more. From a performance point of view, the DKA790GX has nearly the same performance as the other 790GX board that I tested, meaning that it is pretty high on the totem pole.”

MSI P45-8D

MSI P45-8D @ MadShrimps

“Did you know that the ‘I’ in MSI stands for ‘Innovation’? Well, it doesn´t, but it should be changed, because of one reason: the MSI P45-8D Memory Lover. This motherboard features 8-dimm slot memory configuration, unseen on the mainstream desktop market. Madshrimps has a look at the performances of this motherboard in both DDR2 and DDR3 test setting comparing it to three other P45 motherboards; a 4-way P45 motherboard comparison in other words.”

ECS GF9300T-A

ECS GF9300T-A @ Hardware Secrets

“ECS GF9300T-A is a socket 775 motherboard targeted to Intel processors featuring on-board video based on the new GeForce 9300 chipset and HDMI output. Let’s take a look on the features and performance of this new product.”

MSI P7NGM

MSI P7NGM @ Neoseeker

“I have a feeling that the GeForce 9300 was rushed to market, and enough time was not spend optimizing the BIOS, especially when it came to memory timings. There is no other way to put it – the memory performance is atrocious, with the exception of writes – latencies are especially bad. I have to wonder if the BIOS thinks DDR2 is DDR3 and thus forces such ridiculous (even for DDR3!) timing values.”

ECS GF9300T-A Black Series

ECS GF9300T-A Black Series @ Big Bruin

“The ECS GF9300T-A Black Series GeForce 9300 motherboard is hopefully a BIOS update away from being an incredible motherboard. It seems well conceived and well designed, but there are just too many issues and limiting factors to get overly excited about it as is. The performance was respectable in many tests anyway, and it makes me wonder just how good this board could be (at stock speeds or overclocked) if it wasn’t being held back.”

ECS GF9300TA

ECS GF9300TA @ Guru3D

“We’ll see integrated IGPs more and more in the years to come, and mark my words… we feel that this trend is becoming normalized in the mainstream market. We peek at a GF9300 mainboard, the model tested comes from the fine folks at ECS, and as always… they were quick enough to send us their “Black Edition” model, a product series that is doing so very well in the EU and USA thanks to it’s nice design and additional features.”

DFI LANPARTY DK P45-T2RS Plus

DFI LANPARTY DK P45-T2RS Plus @ MadShrimps

“The P45 chipset has been out on the market for quite some time now and motherboards are widely available. But as usual, it takes a bit more time for DFI to tweak and tune their version of the P45. Today, we have a look at the P45-T2RS Plus motherboard, let’s find out if it was worth the wait.”