You may already know about flagship Socket AM3 mainboards based on the latest AMD chipset (including AMD 890FX North and SB850 South Bridges) from our recent article. We liked both mainboards, ASUS Crosshair IV Formula and Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7, because each has very rich functionality and a numerous features. However, both are enthusiast-targeted products and therefore they are pretty expensive, so in many cases, it may be not a reasonable purchase after all. One of the key advantages of AMD processors is their rather low prices, so purchasing an expensive mainboard may negate this advantage if you consider the total cost of the computer. Fortunately, you don’t have to buy a top-end mainboard to enjoy the advantages of AMD 890FX chipset. Today we will take a look at a few mainboards that are functional enough but come at affordable prices and thus target a wider user audience.These are ASRock 890FX Deluxe3, ASUS M4A89TD Pro and ASUS M4A89TD Pro/USB3, Biostar TA890FXE, Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 and MSI 890FXA-GD70. We want to see what these mainboards can do and which of them are better than others. We will compare their specs, BIOS options, overclockability, performance, and power consumption.