Stephen MSI Z77A-GD65 @ Legit Reviews
“The Intel ‘Ivy Bridge’ platform is quickly approaching on the horizon. We may not have the new 22nm processors in the test lab today, we do have the first of the Intel Z77 motherboards. The MSI Z77A-GD65 features the latest Intel Z77 chipset that natively supports SuperSpeed USB 3.0! We may not have the new processor we do have our Intel Core i7 2600K processor which is easily supported by the new chipset.”
MSI Z77A GD65 Preview @ Guru3D
“In this MSI Z77A GD65 motherboard preview we look at the hardware that will empower future Ivy bridge processors. Obviously we can’t share any in-depth details on the chipset or upcoming generation processor, but have a look at the pretty pictures. So here’s a quickie overview of what’s up and coming.”
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme @ OC Club
“For the gamer, there are the four PCIe 3.0 ready 16x slots that support both NVIDIA’s Quad SLI along with AMD’s Quad CrossFireX configurations at 16x/8x/8x/8x, to get the most out of the available graphics horsepower that can potentially be installed. Adding a fourth card limits availability of the connectivity at the bottom of the PCB, but there are sacrifices to be made for four video cards.”
ASUS Intel Z77 Motherboard Preview @ LegitReviews
“ASUS recently allowed us to take a look at their upcoming motherboards that uses the Intel 7-series chipset and supports the 3rd generation Intel Core processor. Read on to see what innovative ideas the hardware engineering team over at ASUS has come up with for this new motherboard series. If you’ve been waiting on Intel to release their upcoming 22nm ‘Ivy Bridge’ processors, this is a must read!”
MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) @ PC Perspective
“There is always a steep price with upgrading to the newest processors and motherboards, and this is where the X79A-GD65 (8D) may have difficulties against other competitively-priced offerings from Gigabyte and ASUS. Users with deep pockets won’t blink an eye at dropping $300 on a motherboard, but combine that with purchasing quad-channel memory and an i7-3820 and the entire upgrade could cost close to $800 for only three components.”
ASUS P8P67 Pro @ PCStats
“The ASUS P8P67 Pro motherboard is a pretty standard platform with a good feature set, ideal for mainstream overclockers and gamers. Along with the dual PCI Express x16 slots for x8/x8 SLI/Crossfire, ASUS include SATA III, USB 3.0, a powered eSATA port for external storage devices, integrated Bluetooth v2.1 ( particularly unique and handy for smart phone interfacing ), 8-channel audio with DTS Surround and a whack of proprietory ASUS stuff that’s guaranteed to glaze your eyes over.”
ASUS Rampage IV Formula X79 BF3 @ Motherboards.org
“This board looks amazing and delivers incredible performance. There will be those that will be put off by the price. That’s to be expected though from such an enthusiast level product. If you are looking for one of the very best motherboards in this platform then you really don’t have to look further than this one.”
MSI Z68A-GD65G3 @ RBMods
“Today we have a motherboard review for you, we finally got back on track and are focusing on hardware and MSI is a big step towards our goal. We are looking at the Z68A-GD65G3 that has some nice features such as; UEFI, Military class components, and even THX audio. Lets find out if also performs as well as expected.”
ASUS X79 Sabretooth @ MadShrimps
“The ASUS Sabretooth lineup always has been part of a little controversy. Some had no idea why the TUF series ever had to be made. Claiming high Durability and Reliability. So the other ASUS boards were inferior then in build quality ? Wouldn’t they survive the torture test that the Sabretooth series do ? I’ve had the Sandybridge P67 version for internal testing and must say that it was a joy to work with.”
Mini-ITX Socket FM1 Roundup @ X-Bit Labs
“They are all designed in the same form-factor and support Socket FM1 CPUs. All mainboard makers decided to go with the same exact core logic set – AMD A75. Since it is one of best feature-rich i/o hubs, all miniature AMD Llano mainboards support current interfaces and therefore look very attractive, probably just as good as the LGA 1155 mainboards of the same size.”