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ASUS Maximus III Formula @ Neoseeker

“This brings me to ASUS’ Maximus III Formula, part or theit Republic of Gamers series of products. The Maximus is their top-end mid-range, if that makes any sense, motherboard. It all started with the P35 chipset, so this is their third iteration. However, this one is quite a bit difference since Lynnfield and P55 brought some drastic changes as you most likely read in our launch article. The Maximus III Formula is packed including the usual CrossFire and SLI, but also brings along others that are unique to their RoG line.”

ASUS P55M Pro @ PCShopTalk

“At first, I have struggled a lot trying to make this board work at 4GHz; I have tried multiple settings, ran Linx instances, OCCT and 3DMark tests, to make sure that the board is stable. Almost each time when I ran 3DMark 2005, I was getting an error at low CPU voltages, and when I was setting in BIOS a value over 1.38V for the CPU, the computer was shutting itself off, during the first or second CPU test in the 3DMark 2005 benchmark. Surprisingly, with the same settings, 3DMark Vantage was running perfect.”

MSI Big Bang Fuzion Mobo Features @ PC Perspective

“I just came across some other news about this motherboard in regards to the sound system it will be utilizing. The Big Bang Fuzion motherboard will be the first to offer THX’s new TruStudio PC technology with Creative EAX Advanced 5.0 support. TruStudio PC is a collaborative effort between THX and Creative with the goal of creating the best possible audio experience for music, movies as well as games.”

AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ T-Break

“This one slipped through the cracks while we were doing a bit of site re-designing and not getting much sleep. The AMD Phenom X4 955 is based on AMD’s AM3 socket that was revealed some time back, featuring DDR3 support.  When the 955 was released, it was AMD’s flagship CPU running four cores at…”

AMD Phenom II X4 905e @ FutureLooks

“When it comes to selecting the components for your home theatre PC (HTPC), the one biggest problem is how to balance performance and heat. Since heat needs to be exhausted away from the computer, and the primary way to do that is with fans, it would stand to reason that the higher performing a component you want to install the noisier it’ll be.”

AMD Athlon II X4 620 – Quad-Core at $99 @ TechGage

“Last month, AMD became the first company to bring a $99 quad-core processor to market, the Athlon II X4 620. The question, of course, is whether or not it delivers. At 2.60GHz, it looks to offer ample performance, but the lack of an L3 cache is sure to be seen in some of our tests. Luckily, the chip’s overclocking-ability helps negate that issue.”

GSKILL Rip Jaw 2000MHz Memory @ Bjorn3D

“But that’s where it ends as far as similarities. Because unlike the CPUs of old, the newer Core i5/i7 socket 1156 CPUs, use a IMC (Integrated Memory Controller) like the 1366 socket CPU’s have. The newer Core i5/i7 socket 1156 CPUs can really handle the memory very well. So well in fact these CPUs can keep up with their tri channel CPUs counter parts.”

Foxconn Flaming Blade @ NinjaLane

“In this review we will be looking at the latest Quantum Force motherboard from Foxconn called the Flaming Blade.  The Flaming Blade is an X58 based motherboard for the Intel Core i7 and shares many of the same features, layout, and color scheme found on the famed BloodRage, the only real difference is that the Flaming Blade is more designed with the gamer in mind than the full out overclocking hardware enthusiast.”

ECS A790GXM-AD3 Review @ Hardware Secrets

“A790GXM-AD3 is the socket AM3 version from A790GXM-A, which we have already reviewed. It is an ATX-sized motherboard with on-board video based on AMD790GX chipset featuring two x16 PCI Express slots, HDMI output and other interesting features. Let’s take a look on this motherboard. A790GXM-A, however, features a dedicated 128 MB on-board video memory in order to increase gaming performance (feature called “Side Port”), which is not present on A790GXM-AD3.”

Gigabyte GA-EX58-Extreme LGA 1366 @ PC Perspective

“This high-end motherboard is intricately designed for extreme overclockers as its name states, but I think other intermediate PC enthusiasts can also take advantage of a lot of its overclocking and power features. It might have a harder time competing with the newer LGA 1156 platform because of its price point, but the LGA 1366 still has a lot of life left in it for graphic design professionals, video production studio workstations, and other users who depend on their CPU to run multi-threaded applications and programs at the most optimum performance it can.”