X38 is exceptionally nice. The Asus p5e3 wifi is easily one of the best boards I've ever used.
We got in the first round of 780is on Friday, 5 EVGA boards and 2 Asus Striker 2s. The striker 2s are pure garbage, using a qx9650 they still freak out, are unstable and frequently bluescreen. The eVGAs are nothing special, but they seem solid: the new layouts resemble the 790fx boards. I do like the pure coal look to the evga though. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: j maccraw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:56:39 To:hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ? In favor of an Intel X38 then or something else down the road at top dollar again? It's my impression 680i is OK as long as you don't want to do Quad core? Not that I plan on buying quad and the recommended rev 2.0 Gigabyte 680i board is off the market as of November anyway. Meanwhile here sits my empty TT Armor case waiting for a mobo to get cheap enough! Greg Sevart wrote: > I think the advice is to stay away from Nvidia's 680i chipset completely, > regardless of the board maker. I could not agree more. Awful chipset. > > Greg > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Johnson >> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 11:22 AM >> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com >> Subject: Re: [H] gigabyte MB's ? >> >> At 09:31 12-17-2007, Anthony Q. Martin typed: >>> I've had very good experience with Gigabyte boards...don't use an >>> n-force, though. >> Why as I've had great experience with nforce based Gigabyte boards? >> I'm typing this on one now. >> >> >> ---------------+-------------- >> I'm a geek that loves to tweak. > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping