Stephen Sapphire Pure Black X58 @ TechRadar
“The Pure Black X58 also comes with the new generation of I/O interfaces, in the shape of twin SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 ports, as well as legacy support in the shape of the oft-missed IDE interface. Granted it aint the fastest, but there’s still a lot of us out there with our grint stored on old PATA drives…”
ECS P67H2-A2 @ TechPowerUp
“The ECS P67H2-A2 is one of those products, but it’s no normal “Black Series”; it’s a “Black Deluxe”. The Black Series of products from ECS centers around a tale of two defeated dragons who turned themselves into black holes in order to torment humanity, and have now returned looking to meet the heroes destined to slay them. An epic tale for what may very well prove to be a legendary board. Let’s take a look to see what it brings to the table.”
MSI P67A-GD55 @ TBreak
“So for $160 you get pretty much the entirety of the P67A-GD65, except for 2 less SATA III (6Gbps) ports, no eSATA ports (GD65 has two of those) and no voltage check point compared to the one on the GD65. That’s a fair enough reduction for $20 worth, but for those who plan to use more than two SATA III HDDs in the future, the GD65 maybe a more tempting offer.”
ASRock P67 3-Way Motherboard Roundup @ PureOC
“We’re looking a three P67 motherboards from ASRock, known for producing motherboards to suit modest budgets. New for the P67 lineup are the Transformer, Pro3, and Extreme6. Each of these boards share some similarities but also differences, and one board is particularly innovative, bringing the P67 chipset to the previous-gen 1156 socket.”
ASUS Rampage III Formula @ 8Ware
“This is undoubtedly ASUS ROG Rampage Formula III to a Main Board of the upper class. The equipment, the quality of the built-in components and performance and overclock Inge properties convincing. The layout has no errors, and imaginary for overclockers BIOS is for “normal users” to understand and easy to use.”
Gigabyte P67A-UD3 @ Hexus
“Gigabyte’s P67A-UD3 stakes a claim as the budget P67 board of choice. Solid performance and impressive overclocking credentials are offset by a tired-looking BIOS and a substandard PCIe lane arrangement for graphics. Worth putting on a shortlist if it dips much below £100.”
ASUS P8P67 Deluxe @ OCAholic
“The ASUS P8P67 Deluxe is very comfortable regarding Overclocking. If you try to get some more performance via the BIOS this is quite simple. One reason for this is the very nice EFI-BIOS. Another is that the BIOS has also been very well structured and it’s also forgiving if you chose settings which do not work.”
ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution @ OCAholic
“The P8P67 WS Revolution is ASUS’ first workstation motherboard which supports Intels upcoming Sandy Bridge processors. At a first glance we see that between every PCI-Express x16 slot there is an x1 slot which means that installing a dual slot graphics cards is possible in every single x16 slot.”
ASUS Maximus III Gene @ TechPowerUp
“Summing it all up proves very easy, as there is no question which board is both the better performer, as well as the better overclocker. I remain so impressed with the Maximus III Gene that it will become my main motherboard, without a doubt. All the included features packed into such a small package didn’t detract from the board’s ability, and it truly shocked me how everything worked so well together.”
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7 @ OC3D
“When you add in the many high-end features it comes with, such as a plethora of USB3.0 ports and expansions, eSATA and SATA 6Gbp/s by the bucketload and full 16x/16x PCIe slots it’s easy to see why this is a clear winner of the much coveted OC3D Gold Award. The ease of overclocking and performance that unleashes also mean it’s worthy of our Performance Award too.”