ASUS Sabertooth P67 @ OCIA
“The ASUS Sabertooth P67 mainboard is certain to garner attention from onlookers. Perhaps one of the reasons is many of the mainboards out there have started to blend together with the same general look. I don’t know if the TUF Thermal Armor is going to catch on elsewhere, but I do like the innovation.”
GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD5 @ Vortez
“The X79-UD5 has all the new features of the X79 chipset as you would expect, quad channel support, PCIe Gen3, SATA 6GB/s along with USB 3.0. Much like the MSI X79 GD65 motherboard we are comparing it to today, it too has 8 DIMMS capable of hosting 128GB.”
ASRock A55 Pro3 @ ProClockers
“They have sent over the A55 Pro3 board, which as the name implies is based on AMD’s A55 FCH chip (or Fusion Controller Hub if you remember it first being mentioned back in the E350M1 review), and is the little brother to the A75 FCH. Both of these are what make up AMD’s Lynx desktop platform and it is aptly named we think.”
ASUS X79 Rampage IV Extreme @ Hardware Canucks
“It really is difficult to find much to complain about with the Rampage IV Extreme. The main issue that may deter some buyers is price: at close to $500 it may be the most expensive X79 option yet. We also had problems when trying to uninstall graphics cards due to a minimal of space between the primary PCI-E slot and the CPU socket.”
ASRock X79 Extreme4-M @ Vortez
“Overall then, what we have reviewed today is, for the most part, the performance leader and depending on your taste, the best looking X79 motherboard we have had the pleasure of reviewing thus far. Improvements could be made to the product as an overall package as for £170 you don’t get a great deal of extras which was slightly disappointing.”
Gigabyte X79-UD7 @ OCWorkbench
“In Conclusion, we feel that this board is aimed at the overclockers. We have seen it being used on LN2 and the processor is able to run full benchmarks at 5.4GHz. If you are looking for performance, there are cheaper variants of this board and they should perform equally well for your daily usage.”
ECS A990FXM-A @ TechPowerUp
“Once again the dragons are upon us, and once again a challenger emerges to defend humanity from their wrath. ECS’s A990FXM-A socket AM3+ has landed on our testbench, ready for battle, sword and shield in hand. Will the ECS A990FXM-A save us from the black hole that is slow computing? We find out.”
Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 @ Motherboards.org
“This new UD5 is no exception. For those looking to purchase a new 990FX board, but don’t think they’ll ever need all of the bells and whistles that come with the UD7, I think they will be more than pleased with the UD5 and end up saving a few bucks too. If you’re interested in the UD7 you can check out our review of that board as well.”
Gigabyte G1.Sniper.2 @ Guru3D
“The Gigabyte G1.Sniper 2 offers stunning looks, great performance and feature set that is extensive. There are minor points here and there that I think could have been better, but the end result remains simple, it is an astonishing motherboard. Very nice, and as such very much recommended if it suits your budget, a Guru3D top pick no doubt.”
X79 Motherboard Roundup @ TBreak
“Third in line is the ECS X79R-AX, which despite its poor overclocking performance is still good enough at stock performance to go toe to toe with the more expensive motherboards tested while costing the least. It has some nice features like the 4-way SLI or CFX setup and the temperature indicator on the chipset heatsink. If money is an issue and you’re not planning to do any overclocking, the ECS X79R-AX is the best motherboard of the bunch.”