X79 Motherboard Roundup: ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte

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Intel's X58 chipset made for great platform performance, and even though the chip maker has unleashed many more chipsets since the X58 came out, there hasn't been a true successor in the high-end of their product line-up (not even the Z68 chipset) until now.

 

The X79 chipset looks to pick up the X58's poll position, so we decided to bench test a few motherboards from ASRock, ASUS, and Gigabyte to see how Intel's new flagship performs.

 

X79 Motherboard Roundup: ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte:

http://hothardware.com/Reviews/X79-Roundup-ASRock-ASUS-Gigabyte/