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Here is a pretty good listing of the most popular processors and motherboards from the likes of Intel, AMD, ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte and more. We have boards listed based off of the X58, P55, H55 / H57, AMD 785G / 790GX and ION platforms. If you’re in the market for any of these products, click through to find the best prices on the web. Thanks for your support all!

Intel Core Processors
Core i7-975 Extreme
Core i7-940
Core i7-920
Core i7-870
Core i7-860

Core i5-750
Core i5-670
Core i5-661
Core i5-660
Core i5-650

Core i3-540
Core i3-530

AMD Processors
Phenom II X4 955
Phenom II X4 945
Phenom II X4 940
Phenom II X3 720
Athlon II X4 620

X58 Motherboards
ASUS Rampage II Extreme
ASUS P6T
ASUS Rampage II GENE
EVGA X58 SLI
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R
Intel DX58SO
MSI Eclipse SLI

P55 Motherboards
ASUS Maximus III Formula
ASUS P7P55D Deluxe
ASUS P7P55D EVO
EVGA P55 FTW
EVGA P55
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P
Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD4
Intel DP55KG
Intel DP55WG
MSI P55-GD65
MSI P55-GD80

H55 / H57 Motherboards
ASUS P7H55-M PRO
Intel DH55TC
Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H
EVGA H55
ASUS P7H57D-V EVO

AMD 785G / 790GX Motherboards
ASUS M4A78T-E
Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2
MSI 790GX-G65
ASUS M4A785-M
MSI 785GTM-E45

ION Motherboards
ASUS AT3N7A-I
Zotac IONITX-A-U
Zotac IONITX-C-U
Zotac IONITX-B-E

More Listings Coming Soon!

Choosing the Best H55/H57 Board @ Anandtech

“If you’re after cheap and cheerful, the ASRock H55M-Pro will get the job done. The remaining quirks are a matter of overclocking preferences and overclocking functionality more than anything else. The current release BIOS has not given us any issues in normal usage scenarios at all so far and seems to make for a very stable PC build.”

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 @ HardOCP

“The GIGABYTE X58A-UD7 motherboard is implemented using the Intel X58 Northbridge and the Intel ICH10R Southbridge chipsets. This chipset combination offers innate support for the following technologies: Intel LGA1366 Core i7 processors and soon to be launched “Core i9″ six-core processors, DDR3 memory operating in Triple Channel mode up to 1333MHz officially, and either NVIDIA SLI and ATI CrossFireX graphics mode using matching video cards.”

AMD Phenom II X4 910e @ PCStats

“This 2.6GHz quad core chip has as all the Phenom II features that you expect: 2.6GHz quad-core design based on the “Deneb” microarchitecture, 6MB of shared L3 cache and 512KB of L2 cache per core, and a 4GHz HyperTransport 3.0 processor-to-system bus. Clearly, AMD seeks to shift that tide with the introduction of the energy efficient AMD Phenom II X4 910e processor for socket AM3.”

ECS A785GM-AD3 Black Series @ Motherboards.org

“ECS has taken the 785G chipset, and added a few features not found on many motherboards including Special ACC, eJiffy and 15 micron gold plating. This results in a better motherboard for overclocking versus the 785GM-M board which is similar in many respects. Performance on the 785GM-AD3 is stellar with higher overall performance is excellent for this chipset.”

Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P @ PCStats

“Enter the Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P motherboard, based on Intel’s P55 Express chipset with a trio of augmentations that push its capabilities beyond the typical Intel P55 offering. Top of the list is Gigabyte’s 333 Onboard Acceleration marketing pitch, which in real world terms is USB3.0, SATA III and 3x USB power. Phew… all the GA-P55A-UD4P needs now is a Laser-7 optical connection and then you can finally hook up that Wii! “

Gigabyte H55M-S2H @ TBreak

“Today, we take a look at the Gigabyte H55M-S2H motherboard today which is based on the recently released Intel H55 chipset. The H55 chipset is more-or-less, the P55 chipset with integrated graphics along with a few more additions such as Remote PC Assist, Quiet System Technology and Anti-theft/Identity Protect Technologies.”

Mushkin Blackline PC3-12800 2x2GB @ OC Club

“Mushkin’s Frostbyte heatspreaders are designed to keep the modules cool under fire with the wide flow path for airflow through the modules. Even with 1.7 volts through them, they remained just barely above ambient temperature under load. Airflow of course helps to keep the Frosbyte heatspreader working more efficiently.”

Intel Talks Six-Core Processors, Future @ TechReport

“In a press conference earlier today, Intel provided a sneak peek at some of the papers it will present next week during the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco. The chipmaker revealed a few juicy details about Gulftown, its upcoming six-core, 32-nm processor, as well as some interesting research prototypes kicking around in its labs.”

Crucial RealSSD-C300 SATA-III 6Gbps SSD @ Benchmark Reviews

“Solid State Drive technology has helped transform computers into high-performance machines. Adding to the mania, 6.0-Gbps SATA-III bandwidth has cleared any bottlenecks that may have previously limited SSD speeds. Based on the Marvell 88SS9174-BJP2 SSD processor, the 256GB Crucial RealSSD-C300 becomes the industry’s first SATA-6G consumer Solid State Drive. Likewise, the C300 is also the first SSD to use ONFI 2.1 synchronous NAND flash.”