Budget X58 roundup review

[WalkinTarget]

Saying 'budget' when the boards cost over $200 is somewhat ironic, but compared to the eVGA X58 Classified at $450 retail, I guess I'll stick with it:

http://techreport.com/articles.x/16558

Nice read for anyone looking at stepping up to an i7 build in the near future. I just can't justify it yet when my Q6700 @ 3.5ghz is hardly breaking a sweat. Anyone looking at an X58 or i7 build over the Spring or Summer ?

[juneau]

And this is why i'm not upgrading. Motherboards are fast becoming the most expensive part of a PC.

[Ghost_Rain]

And this is why i'm not upgrading. Motherboards are fast becoming the most expensive part of a PC.

I have to Agree 100% with you on this I know only to well how much the motherboards cost

[WalkinTarget]

You mean like the eVGA one that I mentioned ?

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3519

[juneau]

I have to Agree 100% with you on this I know only to well how much the motherboards cost

Why keep buying them then?

You mean like the eVGA one that I mentioned ?

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3519

EVGA Classified Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

Nice to see we're being screwed over once again. Damn you US banks! Damn you all!!!!

[WalkinTarget]

Why keep buying them then?

Haha ... I am patiently awaiting Ghost's reply to that one myself !

Interesting to see the price of top end video cards creeping down from the 8800 Ultra fiasco (at around $800) but the mainboards are now rising in price to make up any savings on he video card !!!

Intel surely can't expect anyone but the hardcore hardware nuts (Ghost, that's you again) to be interested in paying such a huge cash outlay for something that in turn requires them to scrap their existing:

CPU
RAM
Heatsink

[Ghost_Rain]

Because I love to spend money And hear the cost of parts I bought for my new rig.

CoolerMaster Centurion 534 Plus Case ?40 (Black)
Asus P6T Deluxe V2 ?225
3 Gig Tri Channel DDR3 Corsair Dominator 1600mhz ?110
Akasa Nero AK-967 Intel LGA 1366, Heat Pipe cooler, 120mm PWM fan ?26
Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 "Rampage GLH" 2048MB GDDR5 ?329
Intel I7 920 2.66Ghz OEM ?200
Sohouse Floppy/Card Reader ?20

[WalkinTarget]

Asus P6T Deluxe

You know that eVGA board will eat the Asus for lunch and then laugh at it as it does it ?

[Ghost_Rain]

You know that eVGA board will eat the Asus for lunch and then laugh at it as it does it ?

I had the the EVGA board 2 of x58 board and they both Failed on me

[WalkinTarget]

I had the EVGA board 2 of x58 board and they both Failed on me

Umm, the 'Classified' board ? It was just launched March 11, 2009, so that really says something about eVGA's RMA processing that you got two boards in 10 days already !

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=...&key=%EF%BF%BD

[Ghost_Rain]

Umm, the 'Classified' board ? It was just launched March 11, 2009, so that really says something about eVGA's RMA processing that you got two boards in 10 days already !

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=...&key=%EF%BF%BD

I had the First EVGA X58 board not the new one I RMA the board back to scan where I bought them from.
132-BL-E758-A1 - EVGA X58 3X SLI, iX58, Sok 1366, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), Triple DDR3 1066/ 1333, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX - Scan.co.uk

[Duke{CLR}]

All this MB talk is making feel bad about buying the rig at CC a few weeks ago. It makes it very hard to put another PC into the budget.

[WalkinTarget]

Drat, limit one per customer ...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813188047

[Ghost_Rain]

Drat, limit one per customer ...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813188047

We Don't have that problem hear the uk