Stephen Zotac ION-ITX-A @ X-Bit Labs
“The resulting “Intel-on-Nvidia” platform abbreviated to ION turned out a real success and become an inspiration for many computer enthusiasts having overshadowed the original platform that consisted only of Intel components. It is the ION based systems that allow combining the functionality of a traditional home computer system with that of a multimedia player and thus replacing a large ATX desktop with a compact Mini-ITX box.”
ASUS TUF SaberTooth 55i @ Bjorn3D
“This motherboard uses Intel’s P55 chipset, like other motherboards based on the this chipset, the ASUS Sabertooth 55i motherboard can support any 1156 socket CPU. It can be configured to run either Nvidia’s multi GPU configuration SLI, or ATI’s multi GPU configuration Crossfire X. But like all other P55 based motherboards, this motherboard only supports Dual Channel memory.”
AMD 785G Motherboard Roundup @ iXBT Labs
“The AMD 785G chipset expands the application of integrated graphics core in video transcoding tasks. Considering that it can still decode HD content, a compact motherboard with this chipset is one of the most attractive foundations for an inexpensive and energy-efficient home theater PC.”
ECS A890GXM-A 890GX @ OC Club
“This is the second ECS board that would not overclock my AMD 955BE and it might be due to the high voltage requirement of the CPU, but I have overclocked it on many boards successfully, just not any ECS offerings, as of yet. The 890GX chipset is not fully registered by CPU-Z and is shows up as 785GX/SB750 in the Mainboard page.”
ASUS P6X58D Premium @ Motherboards.org
“ASUS has taken the successful X58 chipset and added features like support for the next generation Intel 6-core CPUs, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0 and more to their X58 lineup. These results in the most feature-rich motherboard on the X58 platform I have ever seen. Performance is as to be expected from a high-end board like this one and the layout of the motherboard is excellent.”
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 @ PCStats
“ASUS’ M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 motherboard is built around the 55nm AMD 890GX and SB850 southbridge. It features 128MB of onboard DDR3-1333 Sideport memory for the integrated DX10.1 ATI Radeon HD 4290 graphics. Its AM3 CPU socket will accommodate AMD Phenom II and Athlon II processors, right through to the six-core Phenom II X6 (code name ‘Thuban’/140W CPU).”
ECS A890GXM-A @ Au-Ja!
“Meet the brand new ECS A890GXM-A: This mainboard offers three slots for graphic cards. It supports CrossFire X and Hybrid Crossfire. The integrated ATi Radeon HD 4290 graphics core supports DirectX 10.1 and ECS inludes four display outputs: VGA, DVI, HDMI and Display-Port. AMD’s 890GX chipset is the first to include SATA III 6 Gbps and ECS adds two Gigabit-LAN controllers with teaming.”
Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H @ Techware Labs
“Check out the new Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H Motherboard. This is Gigabytes first board to include AMDs new 8-series chipset, the 890GX. Check out what’s the future holds inside! The new Phenom II X6, Thuban will also be supported by the 890GPA-UD3H.”
ASUS P6X58D Premium @ PureOC
“The P6X58D appears to be an evolution of the vaunted ASUS P6T, not only with a new colour scheme but also several other design and functional improvements. Indeed, the P6X68D Premium is positioned to be the successor to the P6T going forward in the ASUS product lineup. Let’s take at a closer look at some of these new features and see if the P6X58D Premium can successfully continue to evolve and improve the LGA1366 platform.”
Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H @ Hexus
“An AM3 socket with a 4+1 phase power design takes up a chunk of board space and supports – you guessed it – all existing AM3 CPUs, as well as upcoming hexa-core AMD Phenom II X6 processors, codenamed Thuban and expected to arrive sometime in April. Memory, meanwhile, is catered for by a set of dual-channel slots supporting DDR3 at speeds of up to 1,866MHz.”