I think little brats have more money than brains and would buy socket 1156 only to be out done by the friend with an x58 board on a benchmark. In turn they would buy an x58 and cpu one speed bin higher than the friends and claim victory.

I guess something had to be done because 400$ for a motherboard isnt right. Why the more layers when the memory controller is on board is beyond me, must be the third 16x pci-e slot you'll never use (unless your a spoiled brat with more money than brains), or its future proof compared to socket 1156.

hahahahahahahaha lol hahaha future proof hahahahaha lol hahaha intel!

You should put in an explanation as to why there are different sockets.

Then again, little brats wouldn't care if socket 1156 motherboards cost LESS from having LESS LAYERS, because their parents are the ones paying.

I used two different (chipsets) Gigabyte boards on the last two gaming rigs I built, one for me and one for a friend. Both worked flawlessly without a hitch, good documentation too. I would recommend Gigabyte anyday.

Thats another new pin-out...

is intel trying to have the highest possible number of different sockets by anybody entered into the guiness book of world records ??

Intel will eventually drive me crazy with all the diferent sockets and chipsets......I think I need a beer.