Six 975X Enthusiast Motherboards

All six motherboards worked reliably during the three-week test period, and they performed more or less alike, although there were some slight differences that vary by application. From a hardware point of view, the boards come with all the features a power user might require and, again, you can only find differences in the details. We do not advise against any of these boards, but they each do have advantages and disadvantages that we would like to point out.

Intel managed to compile the most attractive 975X package by unreservedly addressing the enthusiast, offering ease of use (especially with respect to BIOS updates) and providing powerful software tools. What's most surprising, though, is the comprehensive overclocking support, which matches the Asus and Gigabyte offerings, and includes a hardware stress test tool to verify stability of your settings. Finally, it is a no-noise product, and only some BIOS and software bugs prevent us from awarding it fully