Gigabyte 890FXA-UD5 @ ProClockers
“Yes, the new Gigabyte 890FXA-UD5 gives you all the benefits of the 890FX chipset. They have even given the chipset a bit of Gigabyte’s own prescription. The resulting medicine would be the ability to unlock the extra cores on X3 and X4 Athlon II and Phenom II processors. This ability is no longer present within the chipset, but integrated in the motherboard via a hardware mounted IC.”
ASUS Rampage III Extreme @ Hardware Secrets
“ASUS Rampage III Extreme is a socket 1366 motherboard based on Intel X58 chipset and ICH10R southbridge, bringing all features dreamed by the most fanatic users: four PCI Express x16 slots, two SATA-600 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, Japanese solid capacitors, among other fatures. Is is part of “Republic of Gamers” (ROG) line, the high-performance series from ASUS with a unique visual identity.”
BIOSTAR TH55XE @ HardOCP
“The layout and design of the TH55XE was well thought out, with adequate space between most of the critical components and board problem spots. The one area you may run to trouble with is the left side memory locks when using a full sized video card. The board’s revision and serial number are located in between the primary PCI-Express x16 slot and the CPU socket, with the serial number located on a white sticker.”
MSI Big Bang X58 XPower @ Guru3D
“MSI is one of the ODMs releasing something really special, and today we’ll review the Big Bang X58 XPower motherboard. It is chucked full with the latest gadgets and features; it is equipped to make sure you get the very best overclock out of it and heck, even if you can’t overclock, flick a button and the motherboard will do the work for you, completely automated.”
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 @ EliteBastards
“That aside though, the M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 has a lot going for it if you’re looking to build an AMD-based system – Its on-board graphics won’t appeal to everybody, which will make a 890FX-based part more suitable for some, but that aside its a solid performer which has a near-perfect feature set for the vast majority of users, including the ability to boast the latest technology standards in USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps.”
ASUS P6X58D-E @ InsideHW
“The high-quality passive cooling system is also coloured in dark blue. The southbridge and parts of the voltage unit above the CPU socket are covered in separate aluminium coolers, while the northbridge and voltage unit parts left of the CPU socket are interconnected with a heatpipe cooler. Speaking of which, this motherboard has an 18-phase (16+2) voltage unit.”
ASUS Crosshair IV Formula @ Benchmark Reviews
“The 8-series chipsets along with the SB850 south bridge brings some new capabilities over the previous “Dragon” 7-series chipsets, and as you might expect, ASUS is ready with a new enthusiast-level offering, the ASUS Crosshair IV Formula motherboard. This AMD 890FX-based motherboard offers some interesting new enhancements over the previous generation 790FX-based Crosshair III Formula motherboard, and Benchmark Reviews compares the two as well as taking the Crosshair IV Formula as far as it can go with the fastest components.”
MSI 890GXM-G65 @ OC3D
“Firstly this is an excellent HTPC or internet motherboard. The on-board HD4290 certainly wont win any awards for 3D performance, but it’s definitely capable of running all the HD media we threw at it. It’s compact and, because of everything being on-board and fanless (CPU apart) you wont have to have the speakers pumping to drown out your PC”
As usual, 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.
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Intel Processors
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
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
ASUS Rampage III Extreme @ HardwareSecrets
“ASUS Rampage III Extreme is a socket 1366 motherboard based on Intel X58 chipset and ICH10R southbridge, bringing all features dreamed by the most fanatic users: four PCI Express x16 slots, two SATA-600 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, Japanese solid capacitors, among other fatures. Is is part of “Republic of Gamers” (ROG) line, the high-performance series from ASUS with a unique visual identity.”