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MSI Eclipse Plus @ OC Club
“MSI has certainly delivered a great board with the Eclipse Plus, overclocking my i7 to 4GHz was fairly easy although with base clock frequencies past 200 some moderate tweaking had to be done, I even managed to get a CPU-Z at 4.5GHz. If an overclock fails, the motherboard must restart three times to clear – an annoyance but with the clear CMOS button near the PS/2 ports users can easily reset the BIOS and continue overclocking.”
MSI Eclipse Plus @ X-Bit Labs
“The reason why we remembered about all these circumstances today is because we got our hands onto a new MSI Eclipse Plus mainboard, which we are happy to discuss in our new review. It differs from the predecessor not only by the “Plus” in its model name: it looks different, boasts a number of additional features and most importantly works way better. We would like to start, as usual, with the closer look at the board and accessories.”
ASUS M4A79T Deluxe @ FutureLooks
“Today we are taking a look at another motherboard for the new Dragon platform. This latest motherboard from Asus is said to support the new Phenom II 955 chip, and has both a rather boastful price tag and feature set. Let’s see if the combination works for the most recognizable motherboard manufacturer in the world.”
ASUS M4N82 Deluxe SLI @ Bjorn3D
“We’ve been running our Phenom 2 reviews on an Asus M4A78T-E board and it’s a very capable board driving speeds of up to 4 GHz on selected Phenom 2 X4 CPU’s. It’s not a particularly fancy board so we decided to look at one of the Asus M4N82 Deluxe SLI boards.”
ASUS Maximus II Gene @ Motherboards.org
“As the GTX260 is a pretty balanced video card in the scheme of things against the competition from ATI and other cards in this price range, the MSI card would logically be a faster version of that card. The card easily overclocked to the highest level I’ve ever seen on a GeForce GTX260 216 core card including the Superclocked and Black Edition cards from other manufacturers.”
ASUS Maximus II Gene @ Bjorn3D
“At the same time we were all shocked at the cost it would cost us to upgrade to this newer standard, ranging anywhere from 800-1200 USD at a minimum. With the cost of this new CPU standard in mind, lot of people decided to hold on to there Intel socket 775 platforms, which still proven to be a good solid platform for gaming and anything we saw fit for the use of our computers with out the large expense of moving to a entirely new CPU socket and motherboards, including memory.”
Gigabyte EG45M-UD2H @ Guru3D
“This G45M motherboard is based on a Micro ATX form factor. Normally this doesn’t leave much room for extras. The motherboard tested today however comes with UD3 technology, that G45 chipset, integrated GPU, HDMI, 8-channel audio, Gigabit Ethernet, plenty of SATA connectors, fairly nice design, 4 DIMM slots, dual-bios, passive cooling .. and all that on a m-ATX form factor design.”
MSI 790GX-G65 @ ITReviewed
“The new memory type certainly gives you a slight performance boost over DDR2, but those running a strong DDR-based machine probably won’t notice much of a speed boost to justify the cost of a new motherboard and memory. If you are in the market for building a machine from scratch and have decided upon an AMD Phenom II X3 or X4 processor, the 790GX-G65 is an excellent value motherboard that makes stable overclocking a breeze thanks to the EZ OC Switch and bundled software.”
ASUS Rampage II Gene @ Neoseeker
“The layout is nothing short of flawless – everything that needs user intervention is a breeze to access. Asus managed to cramp onboard start and reset buttons which are unbelievably handy. It’s also important to note that all five fan connectors have 4 pins and support up to 24W. Yes, 24W!”
ASUS M4A79T Deluxe @ Benchmark Reviews
“ASUS has it tough. No question about it, everyone loves to hate the front runner. It’s hard to remember when they weren’t one of the top dogs, and in this business, it’s as hard to stay on top as it is to get there. For the last several years, like everyone else, they’ve been paying the bills by selling Intel-based systems. They kept faith with the AMD crowd however, and have consistently offered a full range of products to support the underdog in the CPU race.”