<p><span style="font-size: small;">Reviews of Intel manufactured boards are something of a rarity. They are not marketed in the same way other motherboards are &ndash; almost not at all in comparison. It could be argued that reviews are only seen coming at the start of a chipset release, coinciding with what we as reviewers get in our media kits from Intel itself. However, to an enthusiast, it is strange to say that they sell well &ndash; consumers or system builders wanting to pair a processor with a board without hassle can go straight in at an Intel motherboard/processor combo. The question is with an enthusiast platform such as X79, would you really want to deal with an Intel board ?<br /> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/5123/intel-dx79si-review-the-default-x79">Read more... </a><br /> </span></p>