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Legit Reviews takes a look:

When it comes to motherboards, the mATX format is not something that most people are just biting at the bit to get their hands on.  While it has its place, it certainly is not mainstream.  Even though that is true, it has not stopped ASRock from putting a lot of time into developing these tiny motherboards.  They are perfect for HTPCs because of size.

Overclockers Club have reviewed this DFI Intel motherboard:

How many of you have heard of DFI? How many of you think of performance when you think of DFI? I know I do. The product that we will be looking at today is DFI's foray into the 680i chipset market. Coming to market later than many of the other manufacturers, my expectations are higher due to the longer time to reach the market. I have come to expect the highest performance from DFI on each and every platform, be it Intel or AMD. The ability to wring the most performance out of my CPUs and memory with DFI's motherboards has made me a repeat customer. Boasting such features as 3x 16x PCIe slots(2x16x + 1x8x for a physics processor), Quad core support, 8 channel Realtek sound and the overclockability of the Nvidia 680i LT chipset, this board looks like it may well live up to the Lanparty reputation. Let's see if it can!

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Asus P5K3 Deluxe

Motherboard chipset technology isn't refreshed at the same fevered pitch that processors, memory or IO products are. A CPU or GPU speed-bump is like low-lying fruit relatively speaking, but chipset enhancements can usher in a whole host of stability, interoperability and verification challenges. Let's face it, when the product is the basis for a platform foundation, forward migrations can be painful if not carefully planned, so the upside benefits need to be worth-while for both the end customer as well as the manufacturer.

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ASUS P5K Deluxe.

The new ASUS P5K Deluxe which utilizes the Intel P35 Express chipset is a sensational product. As you would expect from a high-end ASUS motherboard, the P5K Deluxe packs a serious amount of features and all the performance possible for a Core 2 Duo platform. However, where the P5K Deluxe really rises above the competition is its overclocking abilities. This new ASUS motherboard pushed our Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 processor to a staggering 3.80GHz!