Gigabyte H55N USB3

Gigabyte H55N USB3 @ Guru3D

“As such we see that the H55N-USB3 motherboard is ready for all LGA 1156 Core i3/i5 and i7 processors, it is equipped with four SATA 2 ports, a x16 PCIe Slot for high-end graphics, durable components like solid chokes and very quality capacitors, optical Toslink SPDIF output, and when paired with a Clarkdale based Core i3 or i5 processor the ability to utilize the D-SUB (VGA), DVI or HDMI connector. Oh and it’s got USB 3.0 as well.”

ASUS P67 Preview

ASUS P67 Preview @ PureOC

“We’re previewing a “First Look” of four new motherboards from ASUS for the Sandy Bridge processors. We are limited as to what we can tell and show you, however, as the processors and specific chipset details are under NDA. However, we can give a photographic walkabout of each of these boards and talk about what we see, so we’ll do that today.”

ECS P67 & H67 Preview

ECS P67 & H67 Preview @ PureOC

“We’re previewing two new motherboards from ECS for the Sandy Bridge processors: the P67H2-A and H67H2-M. We are limited as to what we can tell and show you, however, as the processors and specific chipset details are under NDA. However, we can give a photographic walkabout of each of these boards and talk about what we see, so we’ll do that today.”

ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme

ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme @ PureOC

“The ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme sports the Lucid Hydra chip, a special addition that allows for the bridging of AMD and Nvidia GPUs. Add a whole boatload of premium features and excellent overclocking performance, this may very well be the best AM3 board we’ve ever seen.”

ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme

ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme @ TBreak

“Based on the AMD 890FX/SB850 chipset, the ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme will support any AM3 based Phenom II, Athlon II and Sempron 100 series CPU. Since this is a Republic of Gamers enthusiast motherboard, packed in along with the instruction manual and the drivers CD is an extra eSATA expansion bracket, 3x SATA 6.0GBps cables, 1x SATA 3 cable, 1x USB cable, rear i/o panel cover and an RoG sticker for your case.”

ECS P67H2-A Preview

ECS P67H2-A Preview @ Guru3D

“You’ll notice a very impressive motherboard loaded with features and options, heck the P67H2-A even comes with not one, but two NEC USB controller allowing 4 ports, an Hydra chip is embedded so you can share and combine graphics cards and overall there’s a lot more to see alright.”

High End X58 Motherboard Roundup

High End X58 Motherboard Roundup @ MadShrimps

“In this roundup of second generation X58 motherboards we put the best products from Asus, Gigabyte and MSI through the OC grinder, to find out which one can help you push your hardware to the limit. Some in-depth overclocking analysis lies ahead.”

Preview: ECS P67H2-A and ECS H67H2-M

Preview: ECS P67H2-A and ECS H67H2-M @ Au-Ja!

“While the ECS H67H2-M uses Intels H67 chipset that makes of the graphics unit that is integrated into the CPUs, the ECS P67H2-A is a full featured enthusiast mainboard with three PEG slots and a Hydra PCIe controller that allows you to mix AMD and NVIDIA based graphics cards.”

ASRock 890GX Extreme4

ASRock 890GX Extreme4 @ OCInside

“ASRock tops their own excellent 890GX Extreme3 with the brandnew ASRock 890GX Extreme4 motherboard. With this board overclocking is fun and makes overclockers hearts beating faster. The overclocking result became once again better, there are more voltage adjustments and also the equipment was extended.”

ASUS TUF X58 SABERTOOTH

ASUS TUF X58 SABERTOOTH @ Bjorn3D

“One of the early launches of the TUF line was the Socket 1156 Sabertooth 55i, which met huge demand last year in India. The product was so popular because the motherboard is designed to handle higher ambient temperature and humidity conditions. The capacitors, chokes and MOFSETs (Metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor) are tested to military standards by IST (Integrated Service Technology) in Taiwan.”