At only $180 the GIGABYTE 890FXA-UD5
unfortunately represents one of the less expensive AMD 890FX+SB850 based motherboards.  This is a rather frustrating point for many fans of AMD as that makes the motherboard more expensive than all but a handful of the top AM3 CPUs on the market.  Thankfully the 880 and other previous chipsets are alive and well and significantly less expensive.  Be that as it may, those who want the new features of the 890FX chipset should drop by Legit Reviews for a look at this board.  It is not at the top of the performance charts but it is within sight of them and leaves you to spend the 25% price difference on a different component.

"Throughut the testing today we compared the GIGABYTE 890FXA-UD5 to the ASUS Crosshair IV Formula. Despite my board

preferences the GIGABYTE 890FXA-UD5 fell ever so slightly behind the ASUS Crosshair IV Formula. Although, there is

one area that the GIGABYTE 890FXA-UD5 fell behind in that is a good place to be lower: the price. Currently you can

find the GIGABYTE 890FXA-UD5 for as little as $179.99 while the ASUS Crosshair IV Formula is sitting at a heftier

price of $224.85. The question that arises is, is the extra $45.00 worth the ever so slight performance increase?"

Here are some more Motherboard articles from around the web:

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• ASUS M4A89TD PRO/USB3 (AMD 890FX Chipset) @ Tweaktown
• ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 890FX Motherboard Review @ Hardware

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• Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5

  Motherboard Review @ Ninjalane

• ASRock

  890GX Extreme4 Motherboard @ Hardware Secrets

• ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 Motherboard

  Review @ OCIA

• ASUS AT3IONT-I Deluxe @ Tweaktown
• Gigabyte X58A-UD3R review @

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• GIGABYTE H55N-USB3 Motherboard @

  TechwareLabs