The Tech Report takes 5 P35 motherboards for a spin, and declares and ironclad judgement for eternity. Okay, maybe not, but they do play with 5 motherboards. To find out if the first P35 Express boards are up to the lofty standards set by their predecessors, we've rounded up five examples from Abit, Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI. Each board puts a unique spin on the P35, whether it's with support for DDR3 memory, elegant heatpipe cooling, extensive fan-control and hardware-monitoring options, integrated Wi-Fi, or flexible eSATA support. The question, of course, is whether any of them can put together the mix of performance, features, and affordability that made the best P965 boards such standouts.
Yeah, that would be MSI being extra creative. When I saw the pics for some trade shows with that board, it was hard to suppress a 'WTF?' response.
