august 16 2010 review by insidehw

Because of the low price of this board it will enable users on a budget to buy a faster processor or a better video card. They get extras like SATA3 and Firewire, but they will have to accept a lesser overclocking potential.

Benchmarks: WinRAR, 7-Zip, x264 720p, Blender, Cinebench R10 and R11.5, Everest, 3D Mark 2006, 3D Mark Vantage, World in Conflict.

Test Setup:

• CPU : AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
• CPU Cooler : Cooler Master V10
• Graphics Card : ATI Radeon HD 5830
• HDD : WD 500 GB
• Memory : 4GB DDR3 1333MHz TakeMS
• OS : Windows 7 x64
• PSU : Cooler Master Ultimate 1100 W

Compared to:

This mainboard was not compared to another board, instead it was compared to its own overclocking results.

Overclocking:

The reviewers couldn't reach any further than 3.7GHz with an AMD Phenom II X6 1090T.