I'd fully suggest going with the Rampage, it's a great board so far for me. Part of the best $1300 I've ever spent on a PC upgrade when it comes to the "wow, I can see the difference" factor. The rest being Q6600, Visiontek HD3870X2 OC'd, 2GB Corsair DDR2-800, case+psu. Only regret is the audio and that would be the same with all the current boards.
With top-end LGA775 QX CPU's still ~$1000 which would have to come down in price after (delayed recently for erata) Nehalem ships. Then consider mature & vetted X48 (not " very obsolete") mobos vs a new core ships with new socket & bugs to work out, What again exactly makes that high-end LGA775 a "silly" choice? That's some funny waffle flawed logic given that out the other side of your face you suggest a budget, limping, limited P35 mobo instead! A Rampage X48 cost same as Maximus X38, both only $100 more than P5K, they both have more lanes than P35 and are after all a ROG not a budget models so it's a tofu to steak comparison. Nevermind who the heck buys a mobo (as a conscious choice or perceived benefit) based on it having wifi built-in anyways? ----- Original Message ---- From: James Boswell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 4:50:40 PM Subject: Re: [H] ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard TBH, I'd recommend you buy an Asus P5K-E/Wifi-AP (which I've built several machines around and they're all awesome) and leave it at that a top of the line S775 board seems like a silly investment at this point when it'll be very obsolete in ~6 months as Nehalem launches On 15 Jun 2008, at 22:00, Winterlight wrote: > I am not an over clocker, or a gamer so it seems odd that I am > thinking about buying this motherboard > ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131284&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Motherboards+-+Intel-_-ASUS-_-13131284 > > to pair with a Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz LGA 775 95W > Quad-Core Processor Model BX80569Q9550 - Retail > > but I like it's feature rich design, new power saving features, the > new X48 chipset and most importantly it supports my Corsair XPS2 > DDR2 800MHz RAM. > > Any comments, advice? thanks >
