Last week we took a look at the performance of the new http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1741/1/" style="outline-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; color: #ff6600; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">AMD FX-8150 Octo-core 'Bulldozer' processor. It was stacked up against some pretty stiff competition. For our testing we used the ASUS Crosshair V Formula AMD 990FX motherboard. We didn't get into much detail about the Crosshair V Formula motherboard then since the focus was on the AMD FX-8150. Today, we are going to switch the focus back to the ASUS Crosshair V Formula socket AM3+ motherboard. The ASUS Crosshair V Formula is the top AMD 990FX motherboard in the ASUS Republic of Gamers product stack. The ASUS Crosshair V Formula is designed with the enthusiast in mind, unfortunately, with the number of features packed into the ASUS Crosshair V Formula does come at a premium price. The Crosshair V Formula is currently retailing for http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131735" style="outline-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; color: #ff6600; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">$229.99. Hopefully the old analogy that you get what you pay for holds true! Starting out with the basic features of the ASUS Crosshair V Formula, it is built around the AMD 990FX chipset and uses the latest AMD AM3+ socket. The socket itself is nearly identical to the previous AMD AM3 socket. This is advantageous because we can use the previous generation of AMD Phenom II, Athlon II, and Sempron processors in it. If you like to upgrade one or two components at a time, you can upgrade your motherboard to the ASUS Crosshair V Formula and take advantage of NVIDIA SLI technology while using your existing Phenom II processor and upgrade to and AMD FX 'Bulldozer' processor down the road. As a quick refresher for those that haven't been following motherboards lately, with the launch of the AMD 990FX chipset AMD 990FX motherboards are capable of running NVIDIA SLI technology. As stated above, the ASUS Crosshair V Formula