AMD Athlon II X3 445 3.1GHz Triple Core @ Legit Reviews
“The AMD Athlon II X3 445 was a processor I was looking forward to working with when the opportunity had presented itself. Not necessarily because it is going to be the fastest processor out there, but it only has three active cores. Whats that mean?”
MSI 890FXA-GD70 @ Guru3D
“This is the basis and infrastructure of your PC, the 890 FX chipset. It’s that kind of flexibility that allows ODMs like MSI to make little gems motherboards out of that chipset. MSI’s 890FXA-GD70 is loaded with features like the aforementioned, but also USB 3.0, automated overclock options and even five (physical) PCIe x16 slots and even core unlock functionality from within the BIOS.”
ASUS P7H55D-M EVO @ TweakTown
“The new toy is called the P7H55D-M EVO. It is one of ASUS’ mid-range products. As an ASUS product there is a not so much a distinction between entry, mid and high-end products as there is a blurry space between each division. As an example, the P7H55D-M EVO we received still has the TurboV software, O.C. Profiles, Express Gate, 7.1 audio, EPU-6 software and much more.”
ASUS ROG Rampage III Extreme @ TweakTown
“We have taken a look at the Maximus III Extreme for Socket 1156, the Crosshair IV Formula for AMD AM3 CPUs and now have our hands on the X58 based Rampage III Extreme. This board is a monster on paper and at just under $370 on NewEgg.com, it also has a monster price. With that in mind, let’s take a look at this board and see if it can live up to the hefty price tag and lead the ROG crew.”
ASUS P7P55D-E Pro @ Benchmark Reviews
“The Intel P55 platform has been with us for a good while now, and it is a real sleeper, having the memory controller integrated with the CPU gives it a nice performance advantage over competing products, even higher priced ones. If it has any serious shortcomings, it’s the number of PCI-e lanes that it supports.”
ASUS P7F7-E WS SuperComputer @ TweakTown
“Today we have the chance to look at the follow on to that board, the P7F7-E WS SuperComputer. This board is built around the 3450 Express chipset (ibex peak). This has many of the same features as the H57 with a few improvements for the professional crowd. ASUS has also dropped a NF200 chip on this board to allow for some serious multi-GPU work.”
ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 @ PureOC
“We’ve got the ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 . Featuring integrated HD4250 graphics with DirectX 10.1 support, SATA3 and USB3.0 support, it’s pretty loaded, and for less than $120, it’s looking good so far. However, as we all know, paper specs don’t always match up to real-life performance, so let’s take a closer look.”
ASUS P7H57D-V EVO @ iXBT Labs
“ASUS P7H57D-V EVO is definitely an original motherboard. However, while the support for the latest peripheral interfaces is nice, the simultaneous support for the integrated graphics and multiple discrete graphics cards seems to be a purely marketing feature that will hardly be useful.”
Gigabyte 890FXA-UD7 @ HardwareSecrets
“The AMD 890FX is a new high-end chipset for AMD processors and the Gigabyte 890FXA-UD7 is a high-end motherboard based on this new chipset, bringing features like six PCI Express x16 slots, six SATA-600 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, Japanese solid capacitors, lots of overclocking features and more.”
BIOSTAR X58 TPower @ Motherboards.org
“The cool thing about BIOSTAR motherboards is that they are generally less well known than some of the other motherboard manufacturers on the market, allowing them to try to differentiate themselves by bundle, features and performance… The TPower X58 is a decent version of the X58 chipset with good performance and an ok featureset.”