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Gigabyte GA-EP31-DS3L @ Hardware Secrets

“We took a look on GA-EP31-DS3L, a motherboard from Gigabyte based on Intel P31 chipset targeted to the mainstream market, coming with a lot of features and a relatively low cost. Check it out!”

Intel P45 Vs. X48 Crossfire @ TweakTown

“While there are a few differences between the two, we only cared about one of them. We wanted to know the performance difference between the X48 and the P45 when running Crossfire. While both boards carry two physical x16 slots, when two cards are installed the electronics behind the slots on the P45 tune back to x8 on both slots.”

ASUS Crosshair II Formula @ OC Club

“While going over this review I tried to think of something that I disliked about the Crosshair II and for once, I cannot find anything that is a negative about it. The price is on the high side, but considering the performance the Crosshair II showed and the wealth of utilities, extras, and addons, it is justifiable since you do get what you pay for.”

MSI P45 Platinum @ OC Club

“A song from the group Disturbed comes to mind here, “Down with the Sickness.” The P45 Platinum is the first and only motherboard I have been able to get a Quad core processor over 500MHz. In fact, 515MHz was achieved and was stable enough to run some of our benchmark suite. 515MHz is a great validation screen shot but I wanted to find out where I could gain a measure of stability without having to cook my little piece of silicon.”

MSI P7N SLI Platinum @ MadShrimps

“In this review we take a look at an affordable NVIDIA 750i based motherboard from MSI. It allows you to build an SLI gaming system powered by an Intel S775 CPU. Is this product good enough for the enthusiast? We compare its performance to an X38 based S775 board and also let you explore the BIOS of the MSI with our virtual tour.”

MSI P7N2 Diamond @ TweakTown

“So far we have had the ZOTAC board cross us; now it’s time for MSI, one of the biggest motherboard makers in Taiwan, and one of the biggest presences here in Australia to have its time in the sun. Today we have been given the P7N2 Diamond motherboard. This baby is aimed at being the top gun of all 790i SLI boards out there. While that’s a good aim, does it perform? – Let’s see.”

ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution @ Big Bruin

“In the end the ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution X48 ATX motherboard wound up being just about what I had hoped it would be… A high end motherboard equally well suited for serving in a workstation and a gaming rig. With all of the performance features, its slick styling, and the ample bundle of accessories, it is almost like someone at ASUS paid close attention to their market research!”

MSI P45 Diamond @ TBreak

“Today. We take a look on MSI’s upcoming P45 Diamond motherboard that is equipped with Intel latest EagleLake chipset aka P45. The new chipset brings official support for 1333MHz FSB along with the option to use DDR3-1333MHz. We say option as the chipset also supports DDR2-800MHz and the motherboard manufacturer can decide which way to go.”

ASUS Rampage Formula @ OC Club

“This motherboard was a breeze to overclock. To OC this board, I attempted to get the highest Front Side Bus that I could. After many different settings, the highest I could get stable was 470×7. This motherboard booted up at 500×7 easily, but Windows didn’t like that overclock. I could get into Vista with 485×7, but it wasn’t stable enough to run benchmarks.”

Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 @ Neoseeker

“I was able to run stably at 9.5×475, which is actually a pretty good result – however the memory read, write, bandwidth and latency results are not as good as I’d expect; frankly this may very well be a matter of “too conservative” values for some of the default memory timings, or it could be a board layout issue requiring slower timings; I don’t know what the cause is, however the memory performance of the board is definitely a limiting factor in the results obtained from the board.”