Stephen ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution @ Big Bruin
“In the end the ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution X48 ATX motherboard wound up being just about what I had hoped it would be… A high end motherboard equally well suited for serving in a workstation and a gaming rig. With all of the performance features, its slick styling, and the ample bundle of accessories, it is almost like someone at ASUS paid close attention to their market research!”
MSI P45 Diamond @ TBreak
“Today. We take a look on MSI’s upcoming P45 Diamond motherboard that is equipped with Intel latest EagleLake chipset aka P45. The new chipset brings official support for 1333MHz FSB along with the option to use DDR3-1333MHz. We say option as the chipset also supports DDR2-800MHz and the motherboard manufacturer can decide which way to go.”
ASUS Rampage Formula @ OC Club
“This motherboard was a breeze to overclock. To OC this board, I attempted to get the highest Front Side Bus that I could. After many different settings, the highest I could get stable was 470×7. This motherboard booted up at 500×7 easily, but Windows didn’t like that overclock. I could get into Vista with 485×7, but it wasn’t stable enough to run benchmarks.”
Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 @ Neoseeker
“I was able to run stably at 9.5×475, which is actually a pretty good result – however the memory read, write, bandwidth and latency results are not as good as I’d expect; frankly this may very well be a matter of “too conservative” values for some of the default memory timings, or it could be a board layout issue requiring slower timings; I don’t know what the cause is, however the memory performance of the board is definitely a limiting factor in the results obtained from the board.”
ASUS Striker II Extreme @ Hardware Logic
“Hitting the enthusiast scene decked out from head-to-toe, this motherboard brings next-gen right to your doorstep with the new 790i nForce chipset, 1600MHz front side bus support, Tri SLI compatibility, PCIe 2.0, DDR3-2000 support and an integrated water cooling system. Holy cow! Hold on to your seat as HardwareLogic puts this monster on our test bench and unleashes the full assault of our benchmarking suite.”
ASUS P5E3 Premium WIFi-AP @ Motherboards.org
“ASUS has done it again with their P5E3 Premium WiFi-AP@n motherboard. The board features everything you could possibly want from a new motherboard today including DDR3 support, external SATA support, Crossfire support, and saves energy while delivering the features and performance you want from a new motherboard. The P5E3 Premium WiFi-AP@n board has a high price online but you get what you pay for when paying that price.”
MSI P7N SLI Platinum @ ViperLair
“Those of you who passed on the previous generation of Intel SLI boards will be pleased that many of the issues from before seem to be gone now. While not the fastest board, the MSI P7N SLI Platinum performed well and overclocked well with some elbow grease. Stability was great.”
ASUS P5Q Deluxe @ TechGage
“Intel’s P45 is due out next month, but the boards are already rolling in. Our first look is at ASUS’ P5Q Deluxe, a DDR2 offering that’s feature-packed and comes in at a great price. Features include a layman’s RAID tool, updated Splashtop, lots of connectivity, a great layout and more.”
ASUS P5E3 Premium WiFi-AP@n @ OC Club
“Performance-wise, the P5E3 is a mixed bag. Running DDR3 memory at the same timings as comparable DDR2 kits did not really cause a performance loss per se, but once the memory speeds and CPU clockspeeds are increased, the board just comes alive with performance increasing at leaps and bounds.”
DFI LANParty LT X48-T2R @ TweakTown
“What can be said for the DFI X48 LANParty board other than yet another success from this once OEM company is that DFI has really taken on a new persona over the last three years. With a huge boost in R&D, DFI are designing boards that are not only functional, but look just as good as they perform.”