ECS A890GXM-A @ Guru3D
“AMD’s new 890GX chipset is merely out for what, two weeks ? This will be the third AMD 890 based motherboard review. This time around from the good folks at ECS. The AMD 890GX based motherboard chipsets proof their strength and by all means is really fun to work and play around with. When you plant the two chips from AMD on a mainboard from ECS, they’ll try to do some more stuff.”
Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H @ TweakTown
“Today we take a look at one of the top motherboard manufacturers and their flavor of 890GX motherboard. This is the GA-890GPA-UD3H; it features what GIGABYTE likes to call their 333 onboard acceleration. This is the combination of SATA 3.0, USB 3.0 and Power 3X. GIGABYTE rolls this and much more up into a package that costs a shave under $140 at Newegg.com.”
ASUS P7P55D-E Pro @ Think Computers
“There are a couple of other decisions that will have to be made, mainly whether or not to get ready for the two other new technologies on the market…SATA 6gb/s, and USB 3. Many new P55 motherboards have onboard SATA 6Gb/s and USB 3, but were you aware that most of them actually use PCI-E lanes to compensate for the lack of buses to utilize these new methods of data transfer, taking those valuable lanes away from the video cards?”
AMD 890GX Chipset Overview @ iXBT Labs
“The AMD 890GX chipset is obviously an evolutional solution called to put company’s product line in order and introduce the new Southbridge. Judging by the features of the latter, it will let manufacturers make motherboards with rich enough features and moderate cost prices.”
ASUS Maximus 3 Extreme @ Bjorn3D
“For every platform, a premiere board appears for every vendor. Asus is known for making the end-all and be-all of premier boards. The Asus Maximus 3 Extreme just about goes beyond that stage. When we first received the board, the sheer number of features was overwhelming. What amazed us most was that almost all of the features were practical and useful.”
MSI 770-C35 @ iXBT Labs
“This motherboard can be recommended to users who upgrade rarely and have no need for the latest innovations. Consider this solution, if, upgrading, you tend to use as many older parts you already have as possible.”
Core i7 980X – Overclocking With LN2 @ MadShrimps
“Instead of following the flock of hardware reviewing websites and using a series of at least one hundred benchmarks to come the exact same conclusion, we decided to put Intel´s latest, codenamed Gulftown, to a series of extreme tests. Inside, you will find pictures, benchmark results and info on an extremely overclocked Gulftown B.”
As usual, here is a pretty good listing of the most popular processors and motherboards from the likes of Intel, AMD, ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte and more. We have boards listed based off of the X58, P55, H55 / H57, AMD 785G / 790GX and ION platforms. If you’re in the market for any of these products, click through to find the best prices on the web. I’ll be upgrading this guide soon back to it’s own section of the website, so be sure to check back soon! Thanks for your support all!
Intel Core Processors
Core i7-975 Extreme
Core i7-940
Core i7-920
Core i7-870
Core i7-860
Core i5-750
Core i5-670
Core i5-661
Core i5-660
Core i5-650
AMD Processors
Phenom II X4 955
Phenom II X4 945
Phenom II X4 940
Phenom II X3 720
Athlon II X4 620
X58 Motherboards
ASUS Rampage II Extreme
ASUS P6T
ASUS Rampage II GENE
EVGA X58 SLI
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R
Intel DX58SO
MSI Eclipse SLI
P55 Motherboards
ASUS Maximus III Formula
ASUS P7P55D Deluxe
ASUS P7P55D EVO
EVGA P55 FTW
EVGA P55
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P
Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD4
Intel DP55KG
Intel DP55WG
MSI P55-GD65
MSI P55-GD80
H55 / H57 Motherboards
ASUS P7H55-M PRO
Intel DH55TC
Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H
EVGA H55
ASUS P7H57D-V EVO
AMD 785G / 790GX Motherboards
ASUS M4A78T-E
Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2
MSI 790GX-G65
ASUS M4A785-M
MSI 785GTM-E45
ION Motherboards
ASUS AT3N7A-I
Zotac IONITX-A-U
Zotac IONITX-C-U
Zotac IONITX-B-E
Well, now that we’ve had some time for the mass of Intel Core i7-980X reviews to surface on the web, here is a list of all those that I have been made aware of. More coming in the near future no doubt…
Intel Core i7-980X @ Guru3D
Intel Core i7-980X @ Benchmark Reviews
Intel Core i7-980X @ iXBT Labs
Intel Core i7-980X @ Hot Hardware
Intel Core i7-980X @ Hexus
Intel Core i7-980X @ PC Perspective
Intel Core i7-980X @ Tech Report
Intel Core i7-980X @ OCC
Intel Core i7-980X @ TweakTown
Intel Core i7-980X @ Techgage
Intel Core i7-980X @ Motherboards.org
Intel Core i7-980X @ Hardware Secrets
Intel Core i7-980X @ TweakNews
Intel Core i7-980X @ Au-Ja!
Intel Core i7-980X @ Bjron3D
AMD CPU Reviews Galore @ Metku
“The CPUs included in the review are the Phenom 2 X2 555 BE C3, which is the highest performing dual core from the current range, as well as three CPUs from the Athlon range: X4 635, X3 440 and X2 255.”