The Top Motherboards for Fast

EVGA X58 LGA1366 Intel ATX SLI 132-BL-E758-A1

EVGA X58 LGA1366 Intel ATX SLI Motherboard (132-BL-E758-A1)

$396.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
it really is a breeze to set up and it runs faster than i imagined it would with stock cooler and default settings.
from DDB, www.newegg.com
one note on memory, it detected my ocz 6gb fine but at lower speed...
from DG, www.newegg.com
it's fast, supports everything you want, pretty board, since north/south bridge fan/heatsink cons: post time could be better, but who cares?
from Steve, www.newegg.com
i am running intel speedstep that slows down the processor until it needs the power and clocks it back up to my 3.25 ghz overclock setting when needed.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
once it's running, it is very fast.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Reliability, Excellent Performance, Memory Type: DDR3 SDRAM

ASUS 90-MIB850-G0EAY00Z

$283.00 Est. at Amazon

from THRILLED TO OC!!!, www.newegg.com
it's fast.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
used the software to increase the 950 to 3.7ghz and it just reboots and goes even faster with no problems.
from RaptureMe, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: no problems at all running ubuntu 9.04,vista ultimate 64 or win 7 ultimate 64.with patriot viper 3 x 2gb ddr3 1600 and a core i7 920 do stepping the motherboard auto set the cpu speed
from N/A, www.newegg.com
my northbridge temp is 38c at i7 920 default speed.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
at stock speeds, runs in mid 60s.

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Positives: Good Performance, Easy To Install, High Quality, Socket LGA1366

ASUS MB P5KPL-CM C2D LGA775 INTELG31 ICH7 DDR2

$63.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
fast delivery on a quality product.
from Tim, www.newegg.com
but, i don't think the $150 premium is worth the 0.75% speed increase i *may* have been able to get with a $200 motherboard.unless you actually have the need for more than 4gb of ram or plan on
from reviewer bob, www.newegg.com
i would have given this board 5 eggs if the back panel audio was working.the memory speeds - it gives options for 800mhz/667mhz, but they're really ratios: 2:1 and 5:3.
from Oregonian2, www.newegg.com
gigabit ethernet port (most "value" mb's seem to have just a fast-ethernet port).
from Cornhead, www.newegg.com
this system was surprisingly fast (no oc'ing).

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Positives: Nice Reliability, Easy To Install, Nice Performance, Socket LGA775

ASUS P6T Deluxe V2

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from N/A, www.newegg.com
this system is blazing fast and the motherboard offers nearly everything that the other mobos that cost $100+ more offer and nearly identical, if not faster gaming/real world benchmark scoring.imo,
from WB, www.newegg.com
on first boot-up, you get a small footprint linux os which is built into the board - they call it express gate and it gives you quick access to things like internet and skype.
from Eric Sorensen, www.newegg.com
blu-rays can play in the background and it doesn't even slow down the system.
from SysopJ, www.newegg.com
very fast.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
very stable and blazing fast.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Good Performance, High Quality, Socket LGA1366

Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L

$75.00 Est. at Amazon

from Rockin' Bobby J., www.newegg.com
thanks newegg for another great product and super quick shipping and the best customer service in the it universe.
from Dennis, www.newegg.com
it paired nicely with an intel e5200 chip to produce a quiet, fast pc without worrying about overclocking.
from Gary, www.newegg.com
also, compatible with a large variety of memory configurations, although 800mhz is the max speed that it downgrades faster memory kits to.
from SJO, www.newegg.com
it's very fast and cheap.
from Coal, www.newegg.com
it was the quickest build i've done.

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Positives: Excellent Reliability, Easy To Install, Good Performance, Socket LGA775

M4a78t-e - ASUSTEK COMPUTER 90-MIB7G0-G0EAY00Z

$169.00 Est. at Amazon

from Brian547, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: not asus's fault to have to change default bios settings for my ddr3 1600 7-7-7-20 so that it actually runs at that speed.
from marcus, www.newegg.com
i do not overclocked do not need too amd 810 x4 2.6 it is fast and runs cool in a t.k.
from Zemo, www.newegg.com
it installed quickly and came with plenty of screws.
from HGC, www.newegg.com
i appreciate that kind of quick response and concern for a customer.after getting a ps/2 keyboard and learning to emulate a mouse with it, i was able to resore an old registry backup to get my usb
from N/A, www.newegg.com
had some trouble getting my 1333 rated ram to work at rated speed and timings, but i just changed it and now it works fine.3.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Nice Performance, Excellent Reliability, Socket AM3

Namco Outdoor Challenge Wii 80006

$60.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
though i don't get really fast finish times, it has gotten me off the couch, and everyday it gets a little easier.
from www.amazon.com
it's a great workout, very good cardio, and quick which is what i need as i'm only home for a few hours each night before bed.
from www.amazon.com
although the beginner level starts out slow before you know it you have moved to the next level and the exercise really begins.
from www.amazon.com
it is definitely more engaging and fast paced.
from www.amazon.com
it says i'm moving the remote too fast (well, how else am i supposed to paddle?!) i don't think i'm supposed to just sit there.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Nice Performance, Great Reliability, Socket LGA775

EVGA 132-CK-NF78-TR nForce 780i SLI Mainboard

$202.00 Est. at Amazon

from toastsniffer, www.newegg.com
no reason to go with i7 940 at this point 9550 is about as fast as it without o.c.
from RoRo, www.newegg.com
have 3 hd's and 2 dvdrw's, does not slow tranfer rates.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
great service, fast processing and speedy delivery as usual!!!
from ill_magnified, www.newegg.com
this board is incredible at adapting to clock speeds.
from Overtkill, www.newegg.com
they have been courteous and fast in getting me replacements for myself and my customers.

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Positives: Excellent Performance, Good Reliability, Easy To Install, Socket LGA775

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P

$169.00 Est. at Amazon

from uncle-buck, www.newegg.com
tested it a 3.5 ghz and it was solid there, too - but i didn't want to push my luck and really don't have the need for that kind of speed.
from www.amazon.com
today sata has replaced pata and though the ep45-ud3p motherboard supports both i am abandoning all the old relatively slow pata devices.
from tkeller, www.newegg.com
where it get's complicated is i will throw in the price difference between different speeds or step ups and level of importance.
from www.amazon.com
sata raid works very well, although it is slightly slower in raid1 than i think it should be.
from Rick, www.newegg.com
it hosed my network connection speed went down to a crawl < 3 mbps reinstalled the drivers off the mb disk and i'm back to 24mbps other thoughts: looked at a lot of mbs i liked what the reviews

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Positives: Easy To Install, Nice Reliability, Good Performance, Socket LGA775

Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H 991443028

$147.00 Est. at Amazon

from Shakyone, www.newegg.com
really fast computer, more due to the e8500 i installed with it.
from mike48085, www.newegg.com
my e5200 cpu idles at less than 3 watts- boots relatively quickly and sleeps / hibernates/resumes as it should.
from Mark1, www.newegg.com
i just want a fast desktop.
from Dude, www.newegg.com
linux is extremely fast with this hardware.
from danmac51, www.newegg.com
the tech support link for drivers is in taiwan and the downloads take forever and i am running a high speed cable connection (t-1 lan).

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Positives: Easy To Install, Good Performance, Excellent Reliability, Socket LGA775

ASUS M3A76-CM

$70.00 Est. at Amazon

from techietrooper, www.newegg.com
it has provided a solid and fast system for about 2 months now.
from skyblue, www.newegg.com
put the board in my htcp atx case...ready to run the phenom ii 955 out of the box.mine had no issues installs vista fast...the via audio has dts, not dolby disconect but more than what i thought
from ChrisO6988, www.newegg.com
everything runs smoother and faster compared to the ecs board it replaced.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
it along with my 710 tri core run very fast and cool.
from Jon, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: neweggs shipping was fast, ordered it on the third of this month, got here next day when i ordered with 3 day.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Performance, Good Reliability, Socket AM2+

ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX

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from pinflap, www.newegg.com
fastlooks good cons: not really a con but, must set memory in order for it to run at spec other thoughts: price dropped 40 dollars the day after i purchased.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
assuming the heat issue doesn't burn everything out quickly, it was well worth the purchase.
from Pennarin, www.newegg.com
its all heatsinks on the chipsets so no noisy high-speed minifans to cool it all.
from Dave, www.newegg.com
the board is a speed demon, and works great after getting it setup, but that bios settings issue could cause more than one false rma just because its a finicky as a little child.
from dj, www.newegg.com
i only set timing/clock to match the 8gb corsair ram spec (5-5-5-15/1066) and it is fast and reliable without any other tweaking.

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Positives: Good Performance, Good Reliability, Easy To Install

ASUS Maximus II Formula Intel P45 Core 2 Extreme

$349.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
it's super fast and extremely stable!
from www.amazon.com
no doubt about it, this mobo is fast and reliable.
from TNReview, www.newegg.com
it has plenty of sata ports (6 up front, 2 more for speeding hdd up front, and an esata on the back).
from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: new egg delived this very quick ordered it at 12pm est and got it next day delivery by 10am in my area.
from Flowen, www.newegg.com
high speed.

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Positives: Great Performance, Easy To Install, Great Reliability, Socket LGA775

EVGA 132-YW-E178-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i

$175.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the speed and timings were off but it was a simple fix to do it manually in the bios.
from SirKillsalot, www.newegg.com
the speed and timings were off but it was a simple fix to do it manually.
from Tenacious, www.newegg.com
evga tech support comment : "answered by charles g (12/30/2008 11:49:58 pm): this board should be able to handle that speed of ram but i would recommend only use just 2 sticks of it, and i would
from Dukman, www.newegg.com
that like to dabble with ocing, but don't fully have a grasp on the whole concept yet.and not to mention the board is constucted with colors that look like it was sponsored by large fast food chain.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
quick and fast.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Reliability, Excellent Performance, Socket LGA775

Gigabyte AM2+ 780G MAX-16GB DDR2 ATX

$114.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
running vista home premium 32bit, which boots much faster than xp for me, so very happy with it.
from dudejustgetit, www.newegg.com
(not crysis, but i'm on all high on it) it's also an amazing fast video editing system.
from Orion, www.newegg.com
one program gives specs of whole sys along with temps and fan speed that you can tweeak.
from bmatt, www.newegg.com
did not detect my pc8500 as such, though i believe this is not the motherboards fault as i've read the spec on most 8500 ram that is read to detect the speed is actually the same as 6400.
from repeatloader, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: if you want simple and yet fast, this is the board for you.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Good Performance, Excellent Reliability, Socket AM2

M4n72-e - ASUSTEK COMPUTER 90-MIB750-G0EAY00Z

$139.00 Est. at Amazon

from icon, www.newegg.com
it comes with some interesting utilities like quick gate, but i don't use them.
from Csjag, www.newegg.com
it booted up the first time, everything worked like is should have, and with the 720 chip, has all of the speed that i will need for years.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
build quality is great, packaging was a+, and newegg shipped it out blazingly fast.
from s1ave_one, www.newegg.com
(remember to flash bios with the updated bios if you have memory faster than pc800 though).
from Kao, www.newegg.com
everything runs blazing fast.

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Positives: Good Performance, Easy To Install, Nice Reliability, Socket AM2

MB EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 775 750I SLI

$176.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
what can i say about this: it went in fast with no problems; was easy to figure out and best of all; i've had absolutely no problems with it at all.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
using the same ram, processor, and hard drives it runs faster that the old board.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
onboard sound works excellent, window pops up when you plug something into a port so you can quickly tell if you plugged the correct item in (mic, speakers, etc).
from N/A, www.newegg.com
the loading speeds paired with a q8200 is impressive (cod5 levels load in like 15 seconds).
from NeCr0mStR, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: amazing customer service unlike many many other board makers the tech support is quick for response whether emailing or on the phone.

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Positives: High Quality, Good Reliability, Easy To Install, Socket LGA775

Creative Technology SB Titanium Fatal1ty Pro PCIe

$144.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
got it really fast from newegg, and at a great price.
from Crunk, www.newegg.com
but once you have it downloaded you quickly forget this minor hiccup while you're enjoying your new hearing ability.
from jdillnger, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: kudos for newegg on the incredibly fast shipping.
from Agerak, www.newegg.com
fast shipping as always newegg.i can't wait to see how these sound but i had to post this asap...see cons: cons: card will not fit properly into my m3a78-em board.
from Nobody, www.newegg.com
fast fast fast!

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Positives: High Quality, Easy To Install, Excellent Performance, Compatible Processors: AMD Athlon, Intel Pentium

Foxconn A7GM-S 2.0

$78.00 Est. at Amazon

from Satisfied Builder, www.newegg.com
i installed a xigmatek ptr-n881 northbridge heatsink from newegg and it dropped my northbridge temp to 25 deg c with my two case fans turned down to minimum speed.
from stdyhand, www.newegg.com
it is fast enough to handle all the pc games my daughter has installed and the integrated graphics haven't had any lags or visual corruption in the games.
from Lee H., www.newegg.com
onboard raid is functional but slow (vista home premium 32bit).
from jdhartsough, www.newegg.com
also, the specs say memory standard is ddr2 - 1066, but i had to oc to get memory up to speed.
from stalyon, www.newegg.com
i have booted to 1066 speeds but oc is required and i want to make sure 800 works before using 1066.

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Positives: Good Performance, Easy To Install, Great Reliability, Socket AM2

ASUS Rampage Extreme

$350.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
excellent speed in getting it to me.
from |TDW| DARK_ALCOLYTE, www.newegg.com
the higher quality motherboard, the higher the fsb can reach:this board allowed me to clock my 2.4ghz stock q6600 on air too 3.65ghz while ocing the memory 500mhz past stock speeds (with only
from afronipples, www.newegg.com
asus ai suite utility does all the work, you tell it how fast to go and magic, the bios backup is great incase of a bad load, just go back and do it again.
from Jonneh, www.newegg.com
the ram works properly, but don't set a ram clock speed through the auto settings, when ocing, it must be done manually or the ram will take excessive voltage.
from fps_dean, www.newegg.com
this board will run my e8600 at 233mhz faster than my 790i at .12v less which is incredible!

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Positives: Nice Reliability, Good Performance, Easy To Install, Socket LGA775

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Best Motherboards for Fast

EVGA X58 LGA1366 Intel ATX SLI 132-BL-E758-A1

ASUS 90-MIB850-G0EAY00Z

ASUS MB P5KPL-CM C2D LGA775 INTELG31 ICH7 DDR2

ASUS P6T Deluxe V2

Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L

M4a78t-e - ASUSTEK COMPUTER 90-MIB7G0-G0EAY00Z

Namco Outdoor Challenge Wii 80006

EVGA 132-CK-NF78-TR nForce 780i SLI Mainboard

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P

Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H 991443028

ASUS M3A76-CM

ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX

ASUS Maximus II Formula Intel P45 Core 2 Extreme

EVGA 132-YW-E178-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i

Gigabyte AM2+ 780G MAX-16GB DDR2 ATX

M4n72-e - ASUSTEK COMPUTER 90-MIB750-G0EAY00Z

MB EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 775 750I SLI

Creative Technology SB Titanium Fatal1ty Pro PCIe

Foxconn A7GM-S 2.0

ASUS Rampage Extreme

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