It seems like every board is junk with memory problems, lan , bad slots , whole board DOA ,etc. not working or breaking in a few weeks. There is no other choice besides x58 mobo if you have one of these new i7 cpu (which I now have),
But I can't even decide what mobo would be worth a damn. ALL The boards with 5 star rating don't seem to pass the 70% level and those could be people that wrote the comment a day or two after buying/building and now months later could be having problems. So it's a 50/50 guess if the board will be reliable for the long term ????
And what about the new B-3 stepping for x58 intel was supposed to release in April 09 , if this fixes problems how would a person know what boards have this new stepping before buying one ?
You don't see Motherboard manufactures jumping up and down waving the B-3 stepping for sale flag like you do the i7 920 CPU D0 stepping core ads. For a $200.00-300.00 mobo it sure would be NICE to KNOW!
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How many comments do you have to read on l'Inq, before you come across a gem like this one I wonder...
The X58 is the ONLY mobo for i7 1366 LGA cpu right now......BUT..... They all have problems if you read the 1 egg users comments (list found here) ...
http://i4memory.com/f55/x58-motherboard-real-user-feedback-comments-12649/
It seems like every board is junk with memory problems, lan , bad slots , whole board DOA ,etc. not working or breaking in a few weeks. There is no other choice besides x58 mobo if you have one of these new i7 cpu (which I now have),
But I can't even decide what mobo would be worth a damn. ALL The boards with 5 star rating don't seem to pass the 70% level and those could be people that wrote the comment a day or two after buying/building and now months later could be having problems. So it's a 50/50 guess if the board will be reliable for the long term ????
And what about the new B-3 stepping for x58 intel was supposed to release in April 09 , if this fixes problems how would a person know what boards have this new stepping before buying one ?
You don't see Motherboard manufactures jumping up and down waving the B-3 stepping for sale flag like you do the i7 920 CPU D0 stepping core ads. For a $200.00-300.00 mobo it sure would be NICE to KNOW!