Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H

This ATX board does almost everything, but it's expensive and we'd have preferred more SATA3 ports at this price.

Has everything you'd want from an AM3 board with integrated graphics, but the price will put off most people.

The crown for best integrated graphics processor (IGP) goes back to AMD with the 890GX chipset and its Radeon 4290 onboard. Never mind that SATA 3.0 and USB 3.0 hardware have barely started making an appearance in the market. This particular model from Gigabyte manages to cram all the features that you might want your motherboard to have, taking a mid-term view of 2 years down the road. The Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H is a very good choice if you are going to purchase a desktop PC based on an AMD processor.

Editor's Choice Award

Pros:

• 890GX/SB750 chipset
• Performance
• Ultra Durable 3 design
• High overclocking potential
• Six core processor support
• SATA 3.0
• USB 3.0
• Eight SATA ports

Cons:

• NorthBridge can get hot
• I/O shield didn't line up with rear ports
• CrossFireX runs at x8/x8

Cons

• SATA 3.0 (Still not mature)