TechSpot posted an Intel P55 Motherboard Round-up. Here's an excerpt:

Starting with the most inexpensive model, the ECS P55H-A at just $120 is one of the most affordable ways to get on the LGA1156 bandwagon, but is it the smartest way? Honestly we think not as the Asrock P55 Extreme provides a significantly better product for $20 extra. The board's 8 + 2 power phase design seemed better equipped for overclocking and perhaps had a hand in keeping the Core i5 CPU cooler.

Still for those not interested in overclocking, the Asrock P55 Extreme offers better expansion options, better connectivity with Firewire support and a much cooler looking board design. On the flip side, if none of this bothers you then the ECS P55H-A still remains a slightly cheaper way to get your hands on some LGA1156 hardware.

The MSI P55-GD65 also strikes us as a great value at $160, and it felt like a significant step up again. The P55-GD65 offers an extra SATA port when compared to the ECS and Asrock boards, while there is also an additional Gigabit LAN controller present.

Moving further up the food chain we have the DFI LanParty DK P55-T3eH9 and we have to say while this motherboard certainly looks very cool, at $190, it's probably not the coolest option. Despite its lackluster overclocking results, we didn't find the LanParty to be heavy on features boasting just one more SATA port compared to the MSI P55-GD65, yet it drops the second Gigabit LAN controller.

Jumping across the $200 price barrier we are left with the Asus, EVGA and Gigabyte boards. The Asus P7P55D Deluxe won us over with its impressive overclocking abilities, but in terms of features the wow factor is not exactly there. Yes, it has the 16 + 3 power phase design, but what that means to you is what exactly? In total there are nine SATA ports matching those of the DFI board, while Firewire support is present along with dual Gigabit LAN. The LAN support was disappointing as Asus lost their head for a moment and picked an old PCI controller. While in their moment of confusion, they also went with an old PCI Firewire controller, which they likely picked out of the VIA discount bin, not something you want to do with your 'Deluxe' models. Asus tried to redeem themselves with the VIA VT2020 10-channel audio codec.

Overall the quality of the Asus motherboard is good and with the exception of a few flack old PCI-based controllers, the components are of high quality. Not to forget though, when all is said and done for $60 more than the MSI board you just get one extra SATA port and two extra audio channels that you many never use.

The EVGA P55 FTW is another motherboard that is hard to justify purchasing based on features alone. Although it is an excellent quality product like the Asus P7P55D Deluxe, it offers nothing more than the MSI P55-GD65 for $60 more. We did like the package associated with the P55 FTW as it has some cool features that will excite hardcore enthusiasts.

The most expensive and well equipped motherboard was the Gigabyte P55-UD6 at $250. There is no messing around with this one as you get a total of twelve SATA ports, six DIMM slots and a crazy 24 + 3 power phase design. Everything else remains much the same, so you have to decide if the extra SATA ports and DIMM slots serve you any purpose. The P55-UD6 was an excellent ambassador for the Gigabyte P55 series as it managed all tasks really well.