Gigabyte X58A-UD7 @ Bjorn3D
“Considering that the UD7 is one of the top model motherboards in the Intel platform socket LGA1366, it makes sense for it to be priced at around $340. It is not the overall price that causes concern, but the price disparity between the UD7 and its predecessor, the UD5. The UD5, with an MSRP of $290, also comes with 16 Phase Power, 2x Gigabit LAN, and Unlocked Power features.”
Gigabyte 880GMA-UD2H @ Hardware Secrets
“Let’s take a look at the Gigabyte 880GMA-UD2H, a micro-ATX, socket AM3 motherboard from Gigabyte based on the AMD 880G chipset, featuring five SATA-600 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, and two PCI Express x16 slots.”
ASUS TUF Sabertooth X58 @ Guru3D
“Much to our surprise the motherboard is actually LESS high-end than say a Rampage III Extreme, it does however come with the latest features like USB 3.0, SATA6G and offers nice aesthetics based on a military theme. Another oddity is that the cooling on this motherboard is based on a ceramic design.”
ASRock P55 Extreme4 @ TweakTown
“The pairing of two and two (SATA 3.0 and USB 3.0) is what you normally get with Intel and their products; at least that is until ASRock dropped the P55 Extreme4 on the market. This board boasts four SATA 3.0 ports and four USB 3.0 ports (two on the back and two on the front). This is in addition to a few other nice features that we are sure will come in handy; items like THX audio, eSATA 3.0, OC DNA and mounting holes to fit both 1156 and 775 coolers.”
Gigabyte X58A-UD9 @ TweakTown
“We have taken a look at all of the UD7 line-up and now have managed to get our hands on GIGABYTE’s flagship board, the X58A-UD9. This colossal motherboard is designed with one thought in mind; getting the most out of your system. From the advanced “unlocked” 24-phase power design (with Dual Phase Switching) to the two extra NF200 chips making 4-way x16 SLI or Crossfire a reality, it is clear you are going to get a lot from this motherboard.”
ASRock 890FX Deluxe4 @ Hardware Secrets
“The AMD 890FX is the current high-end chipset for AMD processors and the ASRock 890FX Deluxe4 is a motherboard based on this new chipset, bringing nice features like three PCI Express x16 slots, eight SATA-600 ports, four USB 3.0 ports, solid capacitors, core unlocking utility, and more.”
ASRock 890FX Deluxe4 @ PureOC
“The ASRock 890FX Deluxe4 is more of a “premium” product that still looks to offer great value. Bringing a few new features to the table over its predecessor, the Deluxe4 looks impressive, we have to admit. Let’s take a closer look at this motherboard and see if ASRock can continue its success in offering strong products at modest prices.”
Asus P6X58D-E @ Hexus
“The time of premium X58 boards costing north of £200 is over. Big-name manufacturers are putting almost their entire focus on delivering value-orientated motherboards. Gigabyte does it well with the X58 USB3 and UD3R, while MSI’s X58 Pro is worthy of consideration, priced at £132.”
Asus X58 Sabertooth @ OC3D
“Run it certainly can too. It is almost identical to the P6X58D-E in most of our testing but the benchmarks where it edged ahead were the important ones. The differences in 3D Gaming benchmarks can largely be attributed to the better graphics card performance from the earlier Catalyst drivers on the P6X58D-E tests. Even then the X58 Sabertooth stays within a cats whisker.”
Biostar TA870+ @ iXBT Labs
“Biostar TA870+ is a decent mid-end model that offers complete chipset features, including some undocumented. On the upside, the motherboard controls CPU fan well, has eSATA and optical and coaxial S/PDIF Out ports, can withstand moderate CPU overclocking. On the downside, its analog audio output quality is relatively low. Besides, the IDE channel is provided by an auxillary controller, not the chipset.”