ASUS Crosshair III Formula Motherboard Review

Tue 2009-06-30 - Posted by Patrick "MACMAC" MacMillan

TechSpot have posted a review of the high-end ASUS Crosshair III Formula, an overclocking-oriented AMD 790FX-based AM3 motherboard.

Let's see what they had to say:

"While the strengths of the Crosshair III Formula may not lie within its abundance of SATA ports, it does have some other winning attributes. As shown in our tests the Crosshair III Formula is an excellent performer and while it may be difficult to tell one motherboard from another, the Crosshair III Formula is at the top of its game. The abundance of BIOS tweaking settings and the ease of overclocking are also unmatched by most of its competitors if you are up for that kind of thing.

The only remaining concern regarding this motherboard is its price. At $200 it is one if not the most expensive AMD 790FX board currently available. It could be due to the fact that this motherboard has only been around for a couple of weeks, so if it goes down to the levels of its competitors (~$170), you got yourself a solid high-end motherboard that overclockers will crave for to couple with the latest Phenom II quad cores."

Although this motherboard doesn't have the most PCI-E x16 slots, doesn't have the most SATA ports, and is expensive, it is still a worthwhile purchase for those who's main purpose is benchmarking. The Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P is also a tremendously capable motherboard, and it is a much more rounded model for those who aren't quite as hardcore.

Click here to read the full review.

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