october 5 2010 review by overclock3d

This is a high quality mainboard that really feels well put together and solid. The inclusion of a CMOS Reset cap is a nice touch.

Overclocking: The increase in the quality of the VRM means it is able to deliver smooth power to the CPU and RAM and therefore get a stable overclock where other mobos would fail. A Phenom II X6 1090T BE was OCed @ 4.185 GHz.

Test Setup:

• Memory : Corsair Dominator GT 2x2GB
• OS : Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
• Power Supply : Corsair AX1200w
• Processor : AMD Phenom II X6 1090T BE
• Video Card : ATi Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5

Compared To:

ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme, MSI 870A Fuzion Power Edition.

Benchmarks tested:

3D Mark Vantage, Cinebench, CPU Benchmarks, Crysis: Warhead, Lavalys Everest Ultimate, Mafia II, Memory Benchmarks, Metro 2033, POV-Ray, Sisoft Sandra.

july 9 2010 review by tweaktown

Conclusion:

When compared to the Intel P55 boards this mainboard performs well, besides that it has six SATA3 connectors. This mobo is also a good gaming machine with the option of a Quad Crossfire setup. The reviewers gave it a 95% value for money rating, which is a very good deal for the hardcore gamer and overclocker.

Overclocking:

An AMD Phenom II X6 1095T was OCed @4016.07MHz. Ther was an issue with the Hardware Thermal Control setting, which had to be disabled to reach a higher BCLK.

Compared to:

• ASRock P55 Deluxe, ASRock P55DE3
• ASUS Crosshair IV Formula, ASUS P7F7E WS Supercomputer, ASUS P7P55D-E Pro, ASUS Maximus III Extreme
• EVGA P55 FTW

Test Setup:

• Memory: 2x2GB Kingston KXH12800D3T1K3/6GX.
• SSD: Kingston SSDNow 80GB.
• Air Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 with 2 fans.
• PSU: Cooler Masrer UCP1100.
• OS: Windows 7 x64.

Benchmarks:

HyperPi, Lightwave 3D, AutoGK, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, SIMS 3, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Temperature, Power Consumption, 3D Mark Vantage, Cinebench, Far Cry 2, Lavalys Everest Ultimate, PC mark vantage, PC mark vantage x64, Sisoft Sandra. In the gaming benchmarks an AMD Radeon HD 5870 1GB was used.