USB 3.0 & SATA 6Gbps – Gigabyte P55A-UD6

USB 3.0 & SATA 6Gbps – Gigabyte P55A-UD6 @ MadShrimps

“A couple of motherboard manufacturers are now including SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 chips on their motherboards. In this to the point article, we take look at the performance for SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 compared with their predecessors.”

MBR: Intel DH55TC Review

Well, I have put the finishing touches on my review of Intel’s H55 solution, the DH55TC. What are my thoughts on the board? Give the review a look and find out!

“It offers a solid feature set that will suit the needs of the majority of users in its market, offers excellent stability and reliability, a trait Intel is known for, and offers support for a more powerful home theater or multimedia setup than has been available in the past. If you’re in the market for a board that just plain works, give the Intel DH55TC a look…”

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MBR: Mobo Review Database Updated!

Well, after a little cleaning house, the Motherboard Review Database is now up to date again, sporting 395 reviews of 118 of the most popular motherboards on the market for both Intel and AMD processors. Looking for some reviews? Check out the DB!

MBR: CPU & Mobo Prices 2/5

Here is a pretty good listing of the most popular processors and motherboards from the likes of Intel, AMD, ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte and more. We have boards listed based off of the X58, P55, H55 / H57, AMD 785G / 790GX and ION platforms. If you’re in the market for any of these products, click through to find the best prices on the web. Thanks for your support all!

Intel Core Processors
Core i7-975 Extreme
Core i7-940
Core i7-920
Core i7-870
Core i7-860

Core i5-750
Core i5-670
Core i5-661
Core i5-660
Core i5-650

Core i3-540
Core i3-530

AMD Processors
Phenom II X4 955
Phenom II X4 945
Phenom II X4 940
Phenom II X3 720
Athlon II X4 620

X58 Motherboards
ASUS Rampage II Extreme
ASUS P6T
ASUS Rampage II GENE
EVGA X58 SLI
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R
Intel DX58SO
MSI Eclipse SLI

P55 Motherboards
ASUS Maximus III Formula
ASUS P7P55D Deluxe
ASUS P7P55D EVO
EVGA P55 FTW
EVGA P55
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P
Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD4
Intel DP55KG
Intel DP55WG
MSI P55-GD65
MSI P55-GD80

H55 / H57 Motherboards
ASUS P7H55-M PRO
Intel DH55TC
Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H
EVGA H55
ASUS P7H57D-V EVO

AMD 785G / 790GX Motherboards
ASUS M4A78T-E
Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2
MSI 790GX-G65
ASUS M4A785-M
MSI 785GTM-E45

ION Motherboards
ASUS AT3N7A-I
Zotac IONITX-A-U
Zotac IONITX-C-U
Zotac IONITX-B-E

More Listings Coming Soon!

Choosing the Best H55/H57 Board

Choosing the Best H55/H57 Board @ Anandtech

“If you’re after cheap and cheerful, the ASRock H55M-Pro will get the job done. The remaining quirks are a matter of overclocking preferences and overclocking functionality more than anything else. The current release BIOS has not given us any issues in normal usage scenarios at all so far and seems to make for a very stable PC build.”

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 @ HardOCP

“The GIGABYTE X58A-UD7 motherboard is implemented using the Intel X58 Northbridge and the Intel ICH10R Southbridge chipsets. This chipset combination offers innate support for the following technologies: Intel LGA1366 Core i7 processors and soon to be launched “Core i9″ six-core processors, DDR3 memory operating in Triple Channel mode up to 1333MHz officially, and either NVIDIA SLI and ATI CrossFireX graphics mode using matching video cards.”

AMD Phenom II X4 910e

AMD Phenom II X4 910e @ PCStats

“This 2.6GHz quad core chip has as all the Phenom II features that you expect: 2.6GHz quad-core design based on the “Deneb” microarchitecture, 6MB of shared L3 cache and 512KB of L2 cache per core, and a 4GHz HyperTransport 3.0 processor-to-system bus. Clearly, AMD seeks to shift that tide with the introduction of the energy efficient AMD Phenom II X4 910e processor for socket AM3.”

ECS A785GM-AD3 Black Series

ECS A785GM-AD3 Black Series @ Motherboards.org

“ECS has taken the 785G chipset, and added a few features not found on many motherboards including Special ACC, eJiffy and 15 micron gold plating. This results in a better motherboard for overclocking versus the 785GM-M board which is similar in many respects. Performance on the 785GM-AD3 is stellar with higher overall performance is excellent for this chipset.”

Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P

Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P @ PCStats

“Enter the Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P motherboard, based on Intel’s P55 Express chipset with a trio of augmentations that push its capabilities beyond the typical Intel P55 offering. Top of the list is Gigabyte’s 333 Onboard Acceleration marketing pitch, which in real world terms is USB3.0, SATA III and 3x USB power. Phew… all the GA-P55A-UD4P needs now is a Laser-7 optical connection and then you can finally hook up that Wii! “

Gigabyte H55M-S2H

Gigabyte H55M-S2H @ TBreak

“Today, we take a look at the Gigabyte H55M-S2H motherboard today which is based on the recently released Intel H55 chipset. The H55 chipset is more-or-less, the P55 chipset with integrated graphics along with a few more additions such as Remote PC Assist, Quiet System Technology and Anti-theft/Identity Protect Technologies.”