Month: October 2009

Here are some prices for several of the top tier to budget end products available. Several new P55 based motherboards have been added to the list, and I will have AMD boards listed soon. Thanks for your support all!

Intel Core i5 / i7 / 2 Duo Processors
Core i7 975 Extreme Edition
Core i7 965 Extreme Edition
Core i7 940
Core i7 920
Core i7 870
Core i5 750

Core 2 Duo E8600
Core 2 Duo E8500
Core 2 Duo E8400

AMD Phenom II / Athlon X4 Processors
Phenom II X4 955
Phenom II X4 945
Phenom II X4 940
Phenom II X3 720
Phenom II X3 710
Athlon II X4 620

Intel P55 Motherboards
ASUS Maximus III Formula
ASUS P7P55 Deluxe
ASUS P7P55D EVO
EVGA P55 FTW
EVGA P55
EVGA P55LE
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4P
Intel DP55KG
MSI P55- CD53
MSI P55- GD65
MSI P55- GD80

Intel X58 Motherboards
ASUS Rampage II Extreme
ASUS P6T
ASUS P6T Deluxe V2
ASUS Rampage II GENE
EVGA X58 SLI
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R
Intel DX58SO
MSI Eclipse SLI

AMD Motherboards Coming Soon…

Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2H uATX @ TechWare Labs

“It would seem the growing trend lately is bigger, better and faster. Sometimes bigger is not always better, as in the case of Gigabytes new GA-G41M- ES2h micro ATX motherboard. This board promises to pack a ton of features into the small 9.6″x9.6″ dimensions that make up the micro ATX standard. What may come as a surprise due to its small size and relatively low price range, is this board is designed for high end multimedia and mainstream gaming.”

Preview of Gigabyte P55A Mobos @ TweakTown

“Marvel has since fixed and improved its single disk and RAID 0 supporting SATA3 controller and now we see one of the first motherboards on the market to support the next generation storage system. At the moment, there is no RAID 1 support, but a GIGABYTE product manager mentioned in our meeting that Marvell may come out with a new firmware a little later adding that ability.”

Gigabyte P55 UD5 Motherboard @ Guru3D

“Today we’ll look at Gigabyte’s offering with their P55 UD5 motherboard. The UD5 features Gigabyte’s UD3 suite of features, which include 2oz of copper throughout the PCB, Japanese solid capacitors, low RDS MOSFETs, high-quality ferrite core chokes, and more. The UD5 comes equipped with a modest 12 phase power design. s standard the board has ten USB 2.0 ports and additional USB headers to add another 14 USB ports should you want to.”

Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 Review @ Overclockers Club

“The Smart Quick Boost utility delivered a 3.84GHz clock speed with the click of the icon or just over 900MHz worth of increase, just by choosing the Twin Turbo option. The Turbo and Faster options delivered clock speed increases, but, as you can imagine, they were not as dramatic as the Twin Turbo option. The 3.84GHz clock speed is about 100Mhz higher than the utilities on the Maximus III Formula and MSI P55-GD65 delivered (at 3.7GHz), but the OC Genie is still by far the easiest to use option with the Gigabyte running a close second.”

ASRock P55 Extreme Motherboard @ PCShopTalk

“In this review I will test the P55 Extreme motherboard from ASRock, a much better equipped motherboard from their P55 series, will present its features, applications, BIOS and ultimately will compare it with the other motherboards I have tested in the past ( not only 1156 but also 1366 ).”

AMD Athlon 2 X3 435 @ Bjorn3D

“We’re going to take a look at the new AMD Athlon 2 X3 435 triple core CPU and see if we can’t unlock it’s potential, then we’re going to try and unlock that disabled core. You should know that unlocking that disabled core is a crap shoot and not every Triple core CPU can handle it.”

AMD Athlon II X3 435 CPU @ X-Bit Labs

“The launch of triple-core Athlon II X3 CPUs can hardly be called a big surprise. Being an exclusive manufacturer of processors like that, AMD pays special attention to these solutions. They are great from marketing as well as technical standpoints. On the one hand, Phenom II X3 and Athlon II X3 CPU series provide the company with an extra way of putting partially defective quad-core dies (with the defects in one of the cores) to good use.”

AMD Athlon II X2 240 2.80 GHz @ TechPowerUp!

“AMD’s Athlon II X2 240 is set out to deliver a best-in-class experience for less than $60. Even though it has only two cores it can deliver in many benchmarks including gaming. Its attractive price point and undervolting capabilities also make it an interesting choice for a budget oriented media PC setup.”

G.Skill Ripjaws 4GB DDR3-1600 @ PureOC

“We’re looking at a set of G.Skill Ripjaws 4GB DDR3-1600 modules that are designed for use in the LGA1156 socket Core i5/i7 platform. We’ve seen in the past that G.Skill modules typically great performance at excellent prices, particularly in the more “mainstream” market, so let’s find out if G.Skill has produced another winner with these Ripjaws sticks.”