10 Best Motherboards for Performance
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Why We Recommend These Products
Out of thousands of reviews for 151 products, over 500 people recommended Motherboards specifically for Performance. These 10 are the most highly recommended products we found.
Abit iP35 Pro 843323000223
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$280
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53 People Recommend
"even though it's super stable and is one of the best overclockers we've seen the general stock performance is on average, not quite as good as the rest of the competition, but abit designs the board…" - Richard Swinburne at Bit-tech.net "too many other features and it would have survivd without intervention...…" - Newegg.com User "it had a good manual and all the features i would ever need.…" - 0gab0ga at Newegg.com |
eVGA nForce 650i ULTRA 122-CK-NF66-T1
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$119
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46 People Recommend
"it has 4 memory slots (one of my top qualifications), 3 extra system fan connectors, and one cpu fan connector, an a wide range of cpu compatibilities with the 775 socket feature.…" - Tigerdirect.com User "i searched for literally weeks looking for the best of all possible motherboard features, future expansion, support as well as keeping cost in line.…" - Jeff Jackson from Louisville, Kentucky at Buy.com "so, i found this motherboard and was impressed with the layout and the features.…" - A Customer from Spokane, WA at Buy.com |
Gigabyte MA69VM-S2 1.0 AMD Socket AM2 MicroATX
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$86
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23 People Recommend
"other thoughts: get it, its cheap, works well, and has all the features of much higher priced boards…" - Newegg.com User "sure its not got every single feature, but for the price it does offer a lot of features.…" - Mike at Newegg.com "it's packed with features, has everything that you would find on a full atx chipset...…" - SliTechGuy at Newegg.com |
Intel DP35DP
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$96 - $130
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21 People Recommend
"very impressed with the performance of this motherboard with the q6600 quad core processor.…" - Tigerdirect.com User "the onboard features are very nice.…" - Mwave.com User "summary: this is a great board if you want a high-performance pc, but are not into overclocking.…" - Mwave.com User |
Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H
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$103
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17 People Recommend
"with price, performance and comparison to msi and sapphire mbo's in mind, this gigabyte product deserves a value 4 money award with ease.…" - Verdran Dakic at ITReviews.com "tons of features, most notably, an hdmi port, which makes it (and it's little brother, the s2h) great for media center pcs.…" - Newegg.com User "full of features that every user should have.…" - Newegg.com User |
ASUS M2R32-MVP
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$94 - $115
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17 People Recommend
"summary: great product, abundant features, support not so great, and it seems like quite a few of them have the issue of not entering post.…" - Amazon.com User "never updated bios as it works great how it is and theres no reason to update it if its not broken/poor performance.…" - Z at Newegg.com "overclocking features are better imo than the more expensive p5k.…" - Newegg.com User |
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6
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7 People Recommend
"unfortunately its memory performance is not where i expected it to be; and its lower priced sibling, the p35, can significanlty outperform the x38 on memory benchmarks.…" - William Henning at Neoseeker.com "other thoughts: bios has lots of features and could be complicated to a novice user.…" - Newegg.com User "and this board is very stable, and has great cooling features to boot.…" - Newegg.com User |
Intel DG33BU UATX DDR2 800 GBE LAN VIIV 1333MHZ
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$95 - $122
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6 People Recommend
"if you need the features of the g33 (1333mhz bus, onboard video, onboard gigabit ethernet) in this form factor, it does fine.…" - Newegg.com User "has just the right features for a low-wattage router or similar: low-end integrated graphics (it's all you need!) and quality intel pcie gigabit ethernet.…" - N/A at Newegg.com "combined with an e6550 and a raptor, performance is extremely close to my d975xbx2 w/ e6600 which cost a lot more money.…" - Newegg.com User |
Gigabyte GA-G33M-S2H
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5 People Recommend
""the ga-g33m-s2h is the perfect solution for multimedia users who want to take advantage of the on-board video features and hdmi output.…" - Steve Grever at PCPer.com "the ga-g33m-s2h is the perfect solution for multimedia users who want to take advantage of the on-board video features and hdmi output.…" - Steve Grever at PCPer.com "other thoughts: this is a great product and the onboard hdmi video card performance is awesome.…" - Newegg.com User |
Gigabyte GA-M68SM-S2
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5 People Recommend
"it also has a desktop overclocking feature which has easy to understand beginner peripherals and an advanced mode for do-it-yourself tweaking.…" - Newegg.com User "flight sim x runs with almost all features at max settings with native geforce 7025 on board video and standard clock settings.…" - Newegg.com User "lots of features for the price. …" - Newegg.com User |
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