Stephen Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 @ iXBT Labs
“If the lack of support for integrated graphics doesn’t bother you, Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 is a good and promising choice. It stands out among typical mid-end solutions by having richer functionality (two USB 3.0 and two additional SATA 6Gbps controllers), comes with a lot of software utilities, and you don’t have to pay for extra hardware features you might not need.”
Zotac H67-ITX WiFi @ eTeknix
“The Zotac H67-ITX WiFi is still aimed at the HTPC market but differs somewhat in its design compared to the boards we’ve looked at recently. We say that as instead of having a built-in style processor or APU, we see a conventional socket able to take Intel’s 2nd generation of processors which we all know as Sandybridge.”
MSI Z68A-GD80 @ Benchmark Reviews
“Add Lucid’s Virtu software for intelligent switching between the integrated GPU and a video card and Intel’s Smart Response Technology for using an SSD as an intelligent cache for your main hard disk, and the features and advantages of a Z68 motherboard become very attractive. Benchmark Reviews looks at MSI’s Z68A-GD80 motherboard in this review.”
Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX & MSI 990FXA-GD80 @ PC Perspective
“For now, it is nice to see that AMD has finally released the official chipsets and boards that will support Bulldozer. Asus took a big lead here with their SABERTOOTH product, but historically speaking MSI is not all that far behind. A few BIOS fixes and perhaps a revision, and we have a competitive part from MSI that actually costs $10 less than the rather lean and sparse TUF product.”
ASUS Crosshair V Formula @ TweakTown
“Alongside the launch of the new AMD 990FX chipset, I think most people would like to be seeing the next generation of AMD CPUs come with it. As AMD don’t hop around changing the socket every 5 minutes like Intel, though, the interesting thing is, that while we’ve got a delay in the Bulldozer line of CPUs the 990FX based motherboards can still be released.”
Asus & MSI: Sabertooth 990FX & 990FXA-GD80 @ Tech Report
“In some ways, the Sabertooth 990FX and 990FXA-GD80 are very similar boards. But there are also stark differences between them, making it easy to pick a favorite. If you’ve been paying attention over the preceding pages, you probably have a pretty good idea of which board we prefer. Here’s a hint: it’s not the GD80.”
ASUS Crosshair-V Formula 990FX @ Benchmark Reviews
“The long-awaited 990FX Chipset is finally here. The manufacturing partners have put together their offerings, each putting their personal touches to the design. Benchmark reviews is here with a look at the ASUS Crosshair V Formula 990FX motherboard and the all new 990FX Chipset. It’s been a long time coming, and a full six months after the Intel P67-Express chipset means that AMD is behind the curve.”
ASUS Sabertooth 990FX AM3+ @ eTeknix
“990FX opens up improved DDR3 memory support, the ability to have a UEFI GUI based BIOS, and support for SLI. AMD have hogged the limelight for quite some time forcing users to buy AMD all the way with the motherboard and GPU combination if wanting multiple graphics cards. The 990FX chipset sees an improvement in this area, now allowing for Quad SLI on some boards.”
MSI 990FXA-GD80 @ Legit Reviews
“AMD released the 900-series of chipsets this morning at Computex 2011 to show the world that they are preparing for the upcoming released of the AM3+ processors by releasing platforms with the new AM3+ socket. This is an evolutionary change or progression of the socket AM3 infrastructure, which means that this new socket will be backward compatible with existing AM3 processors.”
GIGABYTE P67A-UD7-B3 @ Legit Reviews
“One of the areas that many of us (myself included) want to know about when purchasing a shiny new motherboard, is the overclocking potential. Well I’m here to tell you, the GIGABYTE P67A-UD7-B3 has plenty! I was able to bring the Intel Core i5 2500K to a new high with the P67A-UD7-B3.”