Stephen ASUS Z8NA-D6C @ Motherboards.org
“ASUS is well known for their motherboards and the Z8NA-D6C fits the bill as a motherboard that can act as a server or a workstation with dual Xeon CPUs. While the cost of a Xeon system is expensive for the most high-end CPUs, there are Xeon CPUs like the 5504 that cost much less and when paired with a Z8NA-D6C motherboard provide a powerful computer for any server or workstation applications you need to run.”
ECS A785GM-M @ TBreak
“The latest in the Black Series range of motherboards is the A785GM-M. It is based on the AMD 785G chipset with 140W Phenom II processor (Socket AM3) support. The A785GM-M integrates the ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics IGP, which includes AMD Hybrid Crossfire technology and DirectX 10.1 capabilities. With HDMI output and 7.1 channel audio output, we find out if this micro-ATX board could be an excellent board to build your HTPC.”
ECS, eVGA, Gigabyte, MSI P55 Roundup @ Legit Reviews
“MSI steps up the price with their P55-GD65 which sits closer to the average price, quality and feature-set for a P55 motherboard. EVGA bumps the price up into the enthusiast price-range while offering a board geared primarily towards overclocking enthusiasts in the EVGA P55 FTW.”
ECS A785GM-M Motherboard @ OC Club
“While I did get a bit more of an overclock on the ECS A785GM-M motherboard than I did on the Sapphire 785G board, the overclock was still very limited. I was not able to push either the multiplier, or the reference clock very far, no matter how much voltage I threw at the system. I know the Phenom II X4 965 has a lot more headroom to go, so the limiting factor is the motherboard which is hit or miss. This overclock, while stable, was not very impressive when it came to the scores.”
ASUS M4A785TD-M EVO @ Bjorn3D
“ASUS is a name that stands out among motherboard manufacturers, and for good reason. The M4A785TD-M EVO is no exception to the rule, and provides a great bundle of features for a great price. Based on the popular AMD 785G and SB710 chipset combination, the M4A785TD-M EVO is a micro ATX form factor motherboard with all the features you would usually find on a standard ATX motherboard.”
MSI 785G-E53 – AMD 785G Meets DDR3 @ Au-Ja!
“We’ll start our round-up of AMD 785G based mainboards with MSI’s 785G E53. This black ATX sized motherboard looks quite simple: no heatpipe cooling, no additional SATA/RAID controllers, only one slot for PCIe graphic cards. But the 785G E53 took us by suprise. It is a decent overclocker and very stable, the audio quality is very good and MSI uses PCIe based controllers for GBit-LAN and Firewire.”
MSI Big Bang Trinergy P55 @ PC Perspective
“Of course one of the biggest features of the Trinergy is in its namesake: triple SLI support. By integrating the NVIDIA nForce 200 chip with the PCI Express channels coming from the Lynnfield processor MSI brings us the first motherboard to truly and correctly support 3-Way SLI and 3-Way CrossFireX multi-GPU solutions on the P55 platform.”
ASUS Maximus III Gene @ Neoseeker
“Just like the Formula, the Maximus III Gene sports Intel’s P55 chipset, LGA1156 socket and supports Core i5 and i7 800-series processors. Faithful to ASUS’ Republic of Gamers product line, the Gene carries just about every feature the engineers could think of. Needless to say that the board supports both CrossFire and SLI multi-GPU technologies and dual channel DDR3 memory up to 2133 MHz through overclocking.”
DFI BI 785G-M35 @ HardwareZone
“The micro-ATX form factor appears to be the choice for motherboards using the AMD 785G chipset, including this latest version from DFI. With some enthusiast-friendly features, including its Auto Boost System, can the DFI LANParty BI 785G-M35 stand out from the rest?”
Gigabyte P55A-UD6 @ Bjorn3D
“Gigabyte has gone P55 platform wide with USB 3.0 and SATA 3. Almost every board they offer with the LGA 1156 socket has a version available with SATA 3 and USB 3.0 built in. While SATA 3 and USB 3.0 isn’t designed into the P55 chipset Gigabyte has found a solution to include it in this generations boards that will help mainstream SATA 3 and USB 3.0 faster.”