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the evga x58 sli le is a fine board as i own 1 and very happy with it.running stock any of the x58 boards are fine you just have to look at the features and see which you like the best..general concenus from months of research on my part before buying my evga board is that asus or evga seem to be the most popular + evga has usa support and is terrific as you can talk to an american about problems if you have any..i also purchased an evga x58 3x sli board for my son who is 17 and its one heck of a board also..as an avid asus fan ill have to say these evga boards are as fine a board as ive ever used..having usa support was the deciding factor for me..the msi board mentioned above has also had good reviews..at stock speeds you really cant go wrong with any of these 180-250 dollar boards but if i were you id look hard at the evga board before making a decision....
Not trying to hijack your thread, but I'm buying an i7 920 as well and I'm trying to narrow my search on not only the board...but ram as well.
make sure you get the D0 stepping i7 920. microcenter should have them. they have them at my location [st. davids/philadelphia]
OCZ $149.99- 10% today=$135-30MIR total $105AR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/NewProduct.aspx?Item=N82E16820227365
There are those who don't think much of the ASRock X58 Extreme, but it's very inexpensive (relatively) and has fared me well. There are also those who have had trouble getting the 6 GB OCZ Gold triple-channel kit working with the X58 Extreme, but it worked fine for me out of the box. I don't know if I just got lucky, or if everyone else is crazy, or what.
Edit: I will say to be careful with the EZ overclocking (or whatever it's called) feature in the X58 Extreme. It's mostly great, but it pushed some of the voltages on the i7 920 out of spec when I tried it, so I manually reduced said voltages to be on the safe side.
-Will
Basically, I used the EZ-overclock feature in the BIOS as a starting point, and then manually pushed the voltages down to something more reasonable (and at least in-spec). I think I upped my Vcore a little, and I know I had to up the voltage to the RAM -- it was way under-volted by default. (Which worked fine when the CPU was at 2.66, but caused stability problems at 3.6.)That is the exact setup that I'm looking to get. I see that you are overclocking on your setup...do you have any tips? Did you just manually overclock via the BIOS instead of using EZ overclocking?
i have the evga x58 sli since it dropped last year and it has been great. the evga le is also a fine board, as is the evga x58 matx board. i have had a couple evga 680i, a 780i, a 790i, a 650i sli, a couple of the "free" evga nf4 boards they gave away when you bought a 7800gt, and now the x58 sli and a 750i ftw. i also have had at least 15 or 20 evga video cards, and this has all been for personal use. i have never had an evga product that did not work perfectly out of the box, and the only rma i can remember is when they gave a free upgrade from the 680i ar to the 680i a1 boards a few years back. i really wish they were an ati partner.
strid3r, here's what I did:
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-Will
FYI, disabling SpeedStep will throw errors in the Windows 7 Event Viewer logs. Something about a CPU firmware feature being disabled.
DFI is the best tweaker board but it's not for the faint of heart. Lots of options and great board for OC'ing a chip, but again if you don't plan on doing that, get a Gigabyte. For the price and performance you can't beat it.
OCZ $149.99- 10% today=$135-30MIR total $105AR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/NewProduct.aspx?Item=N82E16820227365
Never been a huge fan of their RAM, same price better quality http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231225
i never had a problem w/ asus