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XFX MB-X58I-CH19 @ Motherboards.org

“The XFX MB-X58I-CH19 motherboard is XFX’s second motherboard to use an Intel platform, with the first being the G31 based board we reviewed last year. XFX has diversified successfully with their two Intel boards and numerous ATI based video cards as of late. If you want a motherboard based upon the X58 chipset the XFX board has some good positives including a generous bundle, good support and a fully featured motherboard based upon the best chipset on the market today.”

Gigabyte GA-X48-DS5 @ PCStats

“Gigabyte’s high-end GA-X48-DS5 motherboard is, as you might have guessed, based on the Intel X48 Express and ICH9R chipsets. It’s core logic offers up 32 lanes of PCI Express 2.0 bandwidth which makes this platform great for running a pair of Crossfire’d ATI videocards at full tilt.”

MSI X58 Platinum @ ViperLair

“MSI has labeled the X58 Platinum as part of their “Gaming Series”, to prove out their point they have included several niceties that have come to be expected by the premier gaming Motherboard Manufacturers such as Asus, DFI, EVGA et all. Putting MSI clearly on the map of enthusiasts who want performance and stability for as little coin as possible.”

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R @ Motherboards.org

“The GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3R board is an interesting motherboard in this day and age of economic crisis. While the Core i7 and the like outperform the P45 and X48 motherboards with the Core 2 Duo and AMD Phenom II CPUs by a wide margin, the COO (Cost Of Ownership) of the new platform is also much higher. You can buy a Quad Core CPU, DDR3 memory and this motherboard for a much lower price than buying the Core i7 platform.”

Gigabyte EX58-UD5 @ Neoseeker

“It consistently took the top spot for stock speed results in the majority of tests; and it was almost always in second place – and several times in first place – for the overclocked tests, even though the MSI X58 Eclipse was running the Core i7 920 processor at a slightly higher overclocked speed (4.05GHz vs. 4.03GHz).”

Leadtek GeForce GTX 285 @ TechPowerUp

“NVIDIA’s latest addition to their graphics card lineup is based around the 55 nanometer GT200b. The new card offers more performance, consumes less power and is quieter than the previous model. Yet these improvements cost you a premium of about $70 over the GTX 280. Is that price justified?”

ASUS Rampage Extreme @ TBreak

“Extreme is the word used to define something that exceeds anything normal. And what we have with us today to review is anything but normal. An Asus motherboard on a Rampage is the Asus Rampage Extreme that has it all. This board simply demands you take it seriously, or else…”

ECS X58B-A Black Series @ Bjorn3D

“Recently, Intel has been releasing new computer related technologies so quickly that PC builders like myself are having a hard time keeping up with them. Intel’s latest offering, Core i7, a new processor lineup has brought on a slew of new motherboards for all kinds of users.”

Biostar TPower N750 nForce 750a @ PCStats

“Today though PCSTATS is testing an unlikely marriage of an nVidia chipset and an AMD socket AM2 processor – say hello to the nVidia nForce 750a SLI integrated graphics chipset! The Biostar TPower N750 motherboard is based on the single chipset Nvidia 750A SLI Media Communications Processor (MCP), which means this board supports two NVIDIA Geforce videocards in SLI.”

ECS Elitegroup GeForce 6100PM-M2 @ OCModShop

“The funny thing about how expensive technology is, is that as soon as you buy something that costs $300, it’s automatically obsolete and is worth roughly 1/3 of the original price. Actually, it was pretty much obsolete the moment you bought it.”