Stephen MSI 890GXM-G65 @ TechwareLabs
“TechwareLabs takes a look at MSI’s latest offering, the 890GXM-G65. Gearing towards both the HTPC and portable gaming market, does this board have what it takes to satisfy both groups or is it spreading itself too thin? Find out if this motherboard should be in your next build.”
ASRock X58 Extreme 3 @ RBMods
“With the new X58 chipset on the market the S1366 seems to have to got another speed bost, we are today looking at the Asrock X58 Extreme 3 motherboard which is filled with some nice features. The queston is though will we see some performance difference compared to older S1366 boards?”
Gigabyte 890FXA-UD5 @ ProClockers
“Yes, the new Gigabyte 890FXA-UD5 gives you all the benefits of the 890FX chipset. They have even given the chipset a bit of Gigabyte’s own prescription. The resulting medicine would be the ability to unlock the extra cores on X3 and X4 Athlon II and Phenom II processors. This ability is no longer present within the chipset, but integrated in the motherboard via a hardware mounted IC.”
ASUS Rampage III Extreme @ Hardware Secrets
“ASUS Rampage III Extreme is a socket 1366 motherboard based on Intel X58 chipset and ICH10R southbridge, bringing all features dreamed by the most fanatic users: four PCI Express x16 slots, two SATA-600 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, Japanese solid capacitors, among other fatures. Is is part of “Republic of Gamers” (ROG) line, the high-performance series from ASUS with a unique visual identity.”
BIOSTAR TH55XE @ HardOCP
“The layout and design of the TH55XE was well thought out, with adequate space between most of the critical components and board problem spots. The one area you may run to trouble with is the left side memory locks when using a full sized video card. The board’s revision and serial number are located in between the primary PCI-Express x16 slot and the CPU socket, with the serial number located on a white sticker.”
MSI Big Bang X58 XPower @ Guru3D
“MSI is one of the ODMs releasing something really special, and today we’ll review the Big Bang X58 XPower motherboard. It is chucked full with the latest gadgets and features; it is equipped to make sure you get the very best overclock out of it and heck, even if you can’t overclock, flick a button and the motherboard will do the work for you, completely automated.”
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 @ EliteBastards
“That aside though, the M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 has a lot going for it if you’re looking to build an AMD-based system – Its on-board graphics won’t appeal to everybody, which will make a 890FX-based part more suitable for some, but that aside its a solid performer which has a near-perfect feature set for the vast majority of users, including the ability to boast the latest technology standards in USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps.”
ASUS P6X58D-E @ InsideHW
“The high-quality passive cooling system is also coloured in dark blue. The southbridge and parts of the voltage unit above the CPU socket are covered in separate aluminium coolers, while the northbridge and voltage unit parts left of the CPU socket are interconnected with a heatpipe cooler. Speaking of which, this motherboard has an 18-phase (16+2) voltage unit.”
ASUS Crosshair IV Formula @ Benchmark Reviews
“The 8-series chipsets along with the SB850 south bridge brings some new capabilities over the previous “Dragon” 7-series chipsets, and as you might expect, ASUS is ready with a new enthusiast-level offering, the ASUS Crosshair IV Formula motherboard. This AMD 890FX-based motherboard offers some interesting new enhancements over the previous generation 790FX-based Crosshair III Formula motherboard, and Benchmark Reviews compares the two as well as taking the Crosshair IV Formula as far as it can go with the fastest components.”
MSI 890GXM-G65 @ OC3D
“Firstly this is an excellent HTPC or internet motherboard. The on-board HD4290 certainly wont win any awards for 3D performance, but it’s definitely capable of running all the HD media we threw at it. It’s compact and, because of everything being on-board and fanless (CPU apart) you wont have to have the speakers pumping to drown out your PC”