Summer's supposed to be all fun and games, but it's been anything but for the world's largest motherboard manufacturers. Asus, for example, saw July revenues climb 11.83 percent sequentially ($727 million), which is less than the company was expecting. Hey, at least it was a move in the right direction.

The same can't be said for ECS and MSI, both of which posted revenue drops for the month. The only company that didn't have a rough time in July is Gigabyte, which noted a healthy 44.4 percent sequential growth, largely the result of strong demand in China.

Getting back to Asus, the first-tier mobo maker initially had hopes of shipping 25 million units in 2010, but isn't on pace to reach that goal after having shipped only 10.4 million motherboards in the first half.

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Who says you have to sacrifice functionality when putting together a micro-ATX build? Not MSI, who just unveiled its 890GXM-G65 motherboard.

MSI's latest board includes a bevy of higher-end  and forward-thinking features, including SATA 3.0 support. Perhaps more usable in the short-term, the 890GXM-G65 also boasts native support for USB 3.0.

You'll also find a few goodies of interest to overclockers that aren't often found on mATX boards. MSI touts "military-grade" electronics components, all solid caps, solid state choke to reduce noise, a heatpipe design MSI claims can result in average operating temps of 52C, and the company's latest OC Genie Lite overclocking technology.

Other features include HDMI and DVI outputs, integrated ATI Radeon HD 4290 graphics, and lossless 24-bit/192kHz HD audio.

No word yet on price or availability.