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ASUS Rampage II Extreme @ TweakTown
“Rampage II Extreme is the latest in the ROG series, something that ASUS really puts a lot of pride into. And with all that effort and R&D comes a price tag to match. However, if you’re one who can afford a Core i7 along with dual GPUs then you’re not going to care or skimp on the board.”
MSI X48 Platinum @ PCStats
“The raw specs for MSI’s X48 Platinum motherboard are equally impressive. The board is based on the Intel X48 Express and ICH9-R variant Southbridge, and supports DDR3-800/1066/1333 and 1600 (XMP) memory formats. It has four DDR3 memory slots which may accommodate up to 8GB of RAM in a dual channel configuration. The real beauty of MSI’s X48 Platinum is broad accommodation of videocards.”
abit AN78GS @ OC Club
“I was impressed by the Abit AN78GS performance. In almost every game test, it had the advantage over the comparison boards. It was always a few frames per second over the top of the pile, except in Call of Duty 4, where it fell short at higher resolutions. Furthermore, the GeForce 8200 integrated graphics processor can allow great energy savings if the Hybrid power technology is turned on.”
ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe @ Neoseeker
“While it is true that a quad core Penryn on a nice X48 board will significantly out perform it, a Phenom on a good 780 or 790 board is still a viable choice as high end games tend to be GPU bound – and the money you save on the CPU and motherboard is probably better spent on getting a better GPU.”
ECS X58B-A @ Guru3D
“It’s feature rich has a few hidden Easter eggs and get this .. it’s less than 249 USD. Now this motherboard is a Black Edition. Meaning black PCB, a solid color schema connector wise, extra hidden features like micro switches for power/reset and even CMOS CLEAR, optical audio TOSLINK outputs, copper heatpipe passive cooling, dual GigE Ethernet and heck it’s even SLI certified for two way SLI.”
ASUS Rampage II Extreme X58 @ PC Per
“Serious overclockers know that monitoring voltages via the BIOS and any on-board monitoring logic doesn’t give them as much control as using a reliable multimeter so ASUS has put all the necessary leads doing this in on easy to access location.”
DFI X48-T3RS @ MadShrimps
“A bit late to the market, but, as always, DFI comes in with a bang. Today we have a look at the latest addition to the DFI lineup, in the form of the (ultra) high end X48-T3RS. Does it have what it takes to beat Asus et al? Read on to find out.”
ECS GF9300T-A @ OC Club
“There are some mainstream motherboards on the market that overclock very well. The GF9300T-A is not one of them if you are using a 1333 FSB processor. With limited overclocking options in the BIOS, its very difficult to push your components higher than 1333 FSB. With that said, I gave it my best shot. The board did recognize the E8600 and set its speed correctly but the Mushkin memory was automatically set to 800MHz.”
Gigabyte GA-EX58 UD5P @ Guru3D
“For those of you who missed the little bomb that Intel dropped earlier on, X58 is the enthusiast high-end chipset for motherboards. Enthusiast also means expensive and I won’t lie to you, it would make more sense to just sit it out and wait for cheaper chipset to arrive.”
ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe @ TBreak
“Asus has built an AM2+ socket motherboard based on the AMD 790FX chipset and the product of that is the Asus M3A79-T Deluxe motherboard set to support a quad CrossFireX setup with 140w CPU support.”