Stephen 10 Low-Budget AMD Motherboards @ InsideHW
“We decided to review all AM2/AM2+ motherboards with price tag between 50€ and 70€ because we believe that some of those motherboards can be very good choice especially for new Athlon II CPUs. Except price, there was another feature that all motherboards should have: support for DDR2 memory. Since we are choosing motherboard for a budget PC and DDR2 memory is cheaper and offers similar performances to DDR3, it was logical choice.”
ASUS M4A79XTD EVO @ Hardware Secrets
“Keep in mind that socket AM3 motherboards are compatible only with socket AM3 CPUs. While socket AM3 CPUs can only be installed on socket AM2+ motherboards, you cannot install socket AM2+ CPUs on socket AM3 motherboards. In fact AMD says that this installation will burn the CPU and the warranty doesn’t cover this situation.”
MSI P55-GD65 Review @ Legit Reviews
“The MSI P55-GD65 is a solid motherboard that offers users a full range of overclocking and tweaking options. All in all, this is a great motherboard for the price. Combined with a Core i5 750 CPU this would be a killer gaming system on a budget, and one that would reach 3.6GHz with very little effort.”
ASRock M3A770DE @ TweakTown
“In the past ASRock has also been overlooked by the enthusiasts, especially when they were OEM only. However, this has changed over the last two years. ASRock has changed its business model, hoping to attract the overclockers and enthusiasts out there and so far it seems to be working. ASRock boards are actually amongst some of the best overclocking out there and with additional features sometimes packed in such as the first boards to enable four cores on the Phenom tri-core CPU, it’s no wonder we are sitting up and taking notice.”
ASUS Maximus III ROG LGA 1156 @ Bjorn3D
“The Asus Maximus 3 Formula ROG (Republic of Gamers) motherboard is without a doubt one of those legendary boards. Gifted with style and grace and pretty enough to soften the heart of the hardest core overclocker the board is a sheer joy to run and overclock. Despite the ability to deliver great performance for the casual end user and self overclock the i7 870 to 3.52GHz with just a mouse click, the Maximus 3 has more than enough features for the enthusiast hard core overclocker.”
Intel DP55KG Video Review @ Motherboards.org
“Intel has done a great job with the DP55KG Extreme motherboard. The board overclocks decently, but the real treat for this board is on the automatic overclocking that Turbo Boost provides. The board automatically changes the multiplier for the Core i7 or i5 CPU higher so it operates at 3.2GHz for the Core i5 750 CPU or 3.6GHz for the Core i7 870 CPU.”
ASRock P55 Deluxe Review @ Motherboards.org
“ASRock is not well known in the enthusiast community as they often have niche motherboards based on esoteric chipsets with unique features found nowhere else. This board is the first board I’ve seen with the new SATA 6Gb/s interface and has good features and great performance, making it a solid choice for a Hot Product award.”
ASRock M3A785GMH/128M @ RBMods
“They are well known for their motherboards that have always been a bit cheaper than the rest, but does this mean they don’t perform well? Personally I don’t think so but today we are going to look at the M3a785gmx motherboard and compare it vs a well performing Asus board.”
Here are links to some prices for several of the top tier to budget end products available. I plan on adding some new sections to this soon as well. Thanks for your support all!
Intel Core i5 / i7 / 2 Duo Processors
Core i7 975 Extreme Edition
Core i7 965 Extreme Edition
Core i7 940
Core i7 920
Core 2 Duo E8600
Core 2 Duo E8500
Core 2 Duo E8400
Core i7 870
Core i5 750
AMD Phenom II / Athlon X4 Processors
Phenom II X4 955
Phenom II X4 945
Phenom II X4 940
Phenom II X3 720
Phenom II X3 710
Athlon II X4 620
Intel P55 Motherboards
ASUS Maximus III Formula
ASUS P7P55 Deluxe
ASUS P7P55D EVO
EVGA P55LE
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4P
Intel DP55KG
MSI P55-GD65
Intel X58 Motherboards
ASUS Rampage II Extreme
ASUS P6T
ASUS P6T Deluxe V2
ASUS Rampage II GENE
EVGA X58 SLI
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R
Intel DX58SO
MSI Eclipse SLI
Updated AMD Motherboards Coming Soon…
Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P – AMD 790FX @ PCStats
“Gigabyte’s GA-MA790FXT-UD5P motherboard is based on the AMD 790FX and SB750 chipsets and offers up much in the way of dual videocard gaming and generally fast socket AM3 AMD processor support. At its heart is AMDs 790FX chipset which supports HyperTransport 3.0 at 5200 MT/S. The Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P supports DDR3 memory at speeds of up to 1066/1333MHz, and 1666 MHz when overclocked.”