Great deal. Have had one of these for a couple months now and very pleased. I have had many soundcards in the past as well as DIY DACs and amps and this is by far the best combo for the money if you are on a PC. Drives my HD580s very well.
I think windows 8 is awesome aside from the useless Metro UI. Do away with that and people won't complain. Windows RT has a use for metro ui, not desktop version.
Yup a lot of people thing I'm noob for saying my 5850 @ 1GHz is still pretty good....but it's they who are the noobs.
Especially since I bought it for 180 almost 1.5 years ago.
I have had many XFIs and their amp circuit is decent though I replaced the opamp. It drove my HD 580s just fine. I would look into a set of used HD 600s or similar, maybe Goldring DR150. Try those with your card first before getting an amp.
There will NEVER be a multichannel pair of headphones worth buying. I guarantee you these are overpriced trash just like all other "surround" headphones.
At that resolution I'd go for a 7950 3gb and clock the nuts off it. Crossfire is a lot of fun but trust me, you won't regret going back to a solid single card.
So I purchased this 1 year ago and I was stupid and didn't realize it didn't overclock. Anyway it's been sitting since then, used around 2 days so basically in "as new" condition.
Comes in original box with all accessories...etc. BTW these mobos support Ivy Bridge.
Looking for 90 shipped.
There are potential problems for sure, but it's a lot better than it has been in the past. Most people just can't forget the problems they had awhile ago.
For anyone with a decent power supply and a large case there's no reason not to get 2 cards. I have a Silverstone FT02B and mATX board which is the ONLY reason I am not crossfire.