P55 Overclocking Showdown - ASUS, Gigabyte, and EVGA

jmke · 6th November 2009, 20:53

Our favorite board of the bunch for extreme benchmarking is the EVGA E657. In terms of ease of use and 'overclockability' this board wins on all counts. Our retail sample came with a TYCO AMP socket and survived everything we threw at it over the last six weeks of near 24/7 testing. At cold temperatures, this board boots up better than any other we’ve tested to date. You don’t have to boot up in safe mode or wait for temperatures to increase, it’s that simple.

Heavy load benchmarking stability is this board’s strength and at its price point there is no other P55 board that delivers on as many levels for the overclocking professional. EVGA is using TCYO AMP and LOTES sockets exclusively for all their P55 boards at this point, although there may be some early stock around still using Foxconn sockets.

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3671

6th November 2009, 20:53	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	P55 Overclocking Showdown - ASUS, Gigabyte, and EVGA Our favorite board of the bunch for extreme benchmarking is the EVGA E657. In terms of ease of use and 'overclockability' this board wins on all counts. Our retail sample came with a TYCO AMP socket and survived everything we threw at it over the last six weeks of near 24/7 testing. At cold temperatures, this board boots up better than any other we’ve tested to date. You don’t have to boot up in safe mode or wait for temperatures to increase, it’s that simple. Heavy load benchmarking stability is this board’s strength and at its price point there is no other P55 board that delivers on as many levels for the overclocking professional. EVGA is using TCYO AMP and LOTES sockets exclusively for all their P55 boards at this point, although there may be some early stock around still using Foxconn sockets. http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3671 __________________

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
ASUS, EVGA, Gigabyte & MSI: Four Flagship X58 Motherboards Reviewed	jmke	WebNews	0	20th July 2010 17:54
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 Roundup (EVGA, Gigabyte, MSI & Sparkle)	jmke	WebNews	0	8th March 2010 15:06
7-Way Intel P55 Motherboard RoundUp	jmke	WebNews	0	18th November 2009 10:22
Nvidia licenses SLI tech for P55 motherboards	jmke	WebNews	0	11th August 2009 11:20
GeForce GTX 275 Roundup (Gigabyte, EVGA, MSI, Sparkle, BFG)	jmke	WebNews	0	26th May 2009 08:54
GeForce GTS 250 Roundup (ASUS, Gigabyte, Sparkle, EVGA)	jmke	WebNews	0	8th May 2009 15:08
SLI licensed to run on X58 mainboards from ASUS, EVGA, MSI, Gigabyte and DFI	jmke	WebNews	0	22nd October 2008 13:22
EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard	Sidney	WebNews	1	20th December 2007 11:30
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 Motherboard Review	jmke	WebNews	0	22nd October 2007 15:33
3-Way Geforce 7600GT Roundup - Gigabyte, Leadtek and MSI	jmke	WebNews	0	15th May 2006 14:20