Desktop motherboards/CPUs that work with Hyper-V

I would like to build a test system using a desktop board and CPU to use with Hyper-V. I found a prior thread here that ended a few months back where some people had partial success with an E6550 CPU and boards such as the AsusP5E-VM DO or Intel DQ35J t. I have done quite a bit of searching and haven't found a lot of success stories. I also looked at socket AM2+ motherboards using a Phenom CPU.

I contacted Gigabyte and they said the BIOS of all  their current boards supports AMD-V hardware virtualization if a suitable CPU is used. So a board such as the Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H with a B3 stepping Phenom could be a candidate.

So my question is has anyone had good success with the above combinations or others when Hyper-V is installed?