Stephen ASUS ROG Rampage II Extreme @ IT Reviewed
“With support for the latest Intel chipset and Core i7 processors, along with the additional overclocking headroom afforded by ROG Extreme Engine, the sexy-looking (just check out the red, black and dark metallic grey cooling) Rampage II Extreme is that fastest and most customisable motherboard on the planet. The downside is that it costs almost the same as a whole computer.”
MSI DKA790GX @ Digit-Life
“This motherboard looks very unusual with its fanciful heatsink. Judging by its characteristics, it’s designed for practical users who choose a motherboard for an all-purpose home computer.”
XFX’s ‘Budget’ X58 Early Look @ Hexus
“XFX knows that the majority of customers will be purchasing a Core i7 920, which currently etails at around £240, and includes a couple of ‘X-Profiles’ in the BIOS that overclock the chip to either 2.93GHz or 3.2GHz, which are the speeds of the 940 and 965 EE, respectively. In effect, XFX is guaranteeing 965 EE speeds for free.”
ASUS P5E3 Premium/Wifi-AP.N @ PCStats
“ASUS has given us everything enthusiasts ask for in a motherboard and then multiplied that by pixie dust and a kitchen sink factor with the Asus P5E3 Premium motherboard. Sure, other motherboards have dual gigabit lan ports, but how many have dual eSATA? Or dual firewire? In addition to a dual antenna wireless-N integrated network adapter?”
Gigabyte GA-EP45T-Extreme @ Techware Labs
“Consumers are looking for value in when putting together their shopping list with increased frequency. These same consumers still continue to seek the best performance for their dollar. Gigabyte seeks to fill the motherboard best performance for your dollar segment with their GA-EP45T-Extreme motherboard. We show you how extreme this copper clad warrior is and compare it to the fastest rig available in the 3DMark Vantage test for a cost vs performance comparison. Who do you think the winner will be?”
ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution @ Motherboards.org
“If you’re looking for a workstation class board on the X58 chipset this is the board for you as it has all the bells and whistles that you expect from ASUS and the extra features you want. SLI works as advertised with the proper spacing for three GTX280 dual-slot cards. Crossfire also works out of the box.”
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R @ Motherboards.org
“The GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3R board is an interesting motherboard in this day and age of economic crisis. While the Core i7 and the like outperform the P45 and X48 motherboards with the Core 2 Duo and AMD Phenom II CPUs by a wide margin, the COO (Cost Of Ownership) of the new platform is also much higher. You can buy a Quad Core CPU, DDR3 memory and this motherboard for a much lower price than buying the Core i7 platform.”
ASUS Rampage II Extreme vs. MSI Eclipse @ Hot Hardware
“We’re writing to let you all know that we have just posted a new article at HotHardware in which we evaluate the features, performance, and value of two high-end Intel X58 Express based motherboards for the Core i7 from Asus and MSI, the Rampage II Extreme and the X58 Eclipse.”
ASUS P5N7A-VM @ Big Bruin
“Although the P5N7A-VM’s stock performance would normally be more than enough for most home theater PC or basic home desktop tasks, overclocking could be beneficial. The P5N7A-VM offers very basic overclocking functionality, but it was more than enough to allow me to overclock the Q6600 to 3.0 GHz (9×333) with a stock Intel heatsink.”
Gigabyte EP45T-Extreme @ DigitLife
“It’s interesting to review this board and to evaluate its proprietary technologies. However, we would recommend it only to users who are ready to spend that much on a motherboard, and who are willing to please themselves with the purchase.”