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ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme @ PureOC
“The ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme sports the Lucid Hydra chip, a special addition that allows for the bridging of AMD and Nvidia GPUs. Add a whole boatload of premium features and excellent overclocking performance, this may very well be the best AM3 board we’ve ever seen.”
ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme @ TBreak
“Based on the AMD 890FX/SB850 chipset, the ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme will support any AM3 based Phenom II, Athlon II and Sempron 100 series CPU. Since this is a Republic of Gamers enthusiast motherboard, packed in along with the instruction manual and the drivers CD is an extra eSATA expansion bracket, 3x SATA 6.0GBps cables, 1x SATA 3 cable, 1x USB cable, rear i/o panel cover and an RoG sticker for your case.”
ECS P67H2-A Preview @ Guru3D
“You’ll notice a very impressive motherboard loaded with features and options, heck the P67H2-A even comes with not one, but two NEC USB controller allowing 4 ports, an Hydra chip is embedded so you can share and combine graphics cards and overall there’s a lot more to see alright.”
High End X58 Motherboard Roundup @ MadShrimps
“In this roundup of second generation X58 motherboards we put the best products from Asus, Gigabyte and MSI through the OC grinder, to find out which one can help you push your hardware to the limit. Some in-depth overclocking analysis lies ahead.”
Preview: ECS P67H2-A and ECS H67H2-M @ Au-Ja!
“While the ECS H67H2-M uses Intels H67 chipset that makes of the graphics unit that is integrated into the CPUs, the ECS P67H2-A is a full featured enthusiast mainboard with three PEG slots and a Hydra PCIe controller that allows you to mix AMD and NVIDIA based graphics cards.”
ASRock 890GX Extreme4 @ OCInside
“ASRock tops their own excellent 890GX Extreme3 with the brandnew ASRock 890GX Extreme4 motherboard. With this board overclocking is fun and makes overclockers hearts beating faster. The overclocking result became once again better, there are more voltage adjustments and also the equipment was extended.”
ASUS TUF X58 SABERTOOTH @ Bjorn3D
“One of the early launches of the TUF line was the Socket 1156 Sabertooth 55i, which met huge demand last year in India. The product was so popular because the motherboard is designed to handle higher ambient temperature and humidity conditions. The capacitors, chokes and MOFSETs (Metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor) are tested to military standards by IST (Integrated Service Technology) in Taiwan.”
ASUS ROG Crosshair IV Extreme @ Bjorn3D
“The ASUS Crosshair has a long legacy of being one of the best high-end motherboards for AMD systems. One of the trademarks of the Crosshair series is support for multi-GPU. While the first and second generations Crosshair motherboards support Nvidia SLI, the third generation only supports AMD CrossFire due to chipset limitation.”
Gigabyte H55N-USB3 @ PCPer
“I’ve been testing mini ITX motherboards from a variety of vendors including Zotac and VIA to name a few, but never I’ve tested one with the power, performance, and feature set included with the H55N-USB3. Gigabyte’s first mini ITX board should give other vendors something to strive for as they look to create a small motherboard with full-size features.”
ASUS Rampage III Formula ROG @ Bjorn3D
“The ASUS Rampage III Formula supports a stunning 3-way SLI and CrossFireX, making it a dream for any hardcore gamer. The USB 3.0 and SATA 3 is yet another feature that puts this motherboard at the top of the list. What truly makes this motherboard perfect for gaming is ASUS’ excellent Gigabit ethernet with ROG GameFirst and SupremeFX audio solution.”