Gigabyte explains what’s behind their Ultra Durable 3 technologies.

DFI’s Auto Boost System makes overclocking easy for novices and experts alike.

The GF8200A Black Edition is another solid budget AMD motherboard from ECS.

TweakTown tests the ASUS EPU 6 vs MSI DrMOS vs GIGABYTE DES Advanced to see who has the best power savings technology.

Hexus reviews the AMD 790GX chipset-sporting Gigabyte M790GP-DS4H.

Check here and here for a “twofer” of Gigabyte EP45T-DS3R motherboard reviews.

AMDZone reviews the Gigabyte GA-EG45M-DS2H Intel mATX board.

Guru3d reviews the Foxconn A7DA-S AMD 780GX motherboard.

Hexus is reporting Abit will cease motherboard production at the end of 2008. The Taiwanese company will honor RMAs and warranties through 2011 according to the report.

Abit will refocus attention to mobile devices and consumer electronics.

Gigabyte shared its upcoming Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition motherboard with the media at NVISION ‘08. The board will be a future home for the consumer-friendly Bloomfield Nehalem processors in 2009.

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The prototype board runs off the Intel X58 chipset and features four PCIe 2.0 x16 slots, two PCIe 2.0 x4 slots, and support for up to 24 GB of DDR3-1333. Separate power supplies exist for different systems; 12-phase for the CPU, 2-phase for the RAM, and 2-phase for the PCIe lanes.

It’s still a prototype, but consider it a portent of (expensive) things to come.

The ASUS M3A78-T is a nice starting point for a budget AMD build.

For the hardest of the hardcore, it’s the Gigabyte EP45-Extreme.

Phoronix tests the Super Micro C2SEA G45 motherboard.

Madshrimps has a review of the upcoming Asus P6T-Deluxe X58 Nehalem motherboard.

Gigabyte previews their X58 Extreme motherboard for TweakTown.