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Old 04-10-09   #1 (permalink)
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Default Suggestions for the Intel motherboard guide

I'm planning to release a motherboard guide for Intel, but for now I'll have a trial run with X58 boards only. I'll add other chipsets as the thread expands. However, before I release anything to you guys, I'd like to hear some suggestions. Consider the following:

What information would you most like to see in a motherboard guide?

What would affect your decision in buying one board over another if you're in the market for a new motherboard?

Would you like pictures? Please also consider that the amount of pictures to load may become a problem as I add more in the future. The best compromise I can think of is smaller, lower quality pics. We'll see how that works out.

I know we're all heated for overclocking, but there are lots of motherboards out there with very limited information on how well they overclock. Rest assured that I can at least link some of the boards to those "[insert board name here] overclocking guide" (also that would allow some cleaning of those threads in the sticky section since people would be able to find these threads via a central guide). As for the other boards, I'll see if I can come across some information on this topic, but I do encourage you guys to submit to this very thread if you do stumble over these info.

The guide itself will be locked so it'd be easier for me to keep everything on the first page as I make separate posts for each chipset. This thread will be left opened for any further suggestions and/or comments. Thanks.
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(2x) EVGA GTX295 CO-OP "FTW" Quad-SLI
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Old 04-10-09   #2 (permalink)
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Item I would like to see Would be Overclocking ability,CPU support,SLI or Crossfire,PCI X16 speed in SLI or Crossfire,Ram support,owner reviews.Just the normal stuff you can search on the internet for.It would be nice to find all of it in one place.I would be more likely to buy a motherboard if the guys on OCN did some reviews of other boards with spec that mean something to the actual use of the board.
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i would like to see Overclock.net user reviews of the mobo's. i know there is a review section(somewhere) but links to the reviews. also one front pic of the mobo at least. what the mobo/hasn't got.

also a bit on the most popular mobos would be nice, to see what the majority have
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Keep them coming guys!
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System: Double Eggs, Sunny Side Up
CPU
Intel Core i7 920
Motherboard
Asus Rampage II Extreme X58
Memory
Corsair Dominator 12GB (6x 2GB) DDR3-1600
Graphics Card
(2x) EVGA GTX295 CO-OP "FTW" Quad-SLI
Hard Drive
4x Seagate 7200.12 500GB RAID-0, WD 1TB Black
Sound Card
Creative X-Fi Titanium
Power Supply
Corsair HX1000W
Case
CM Cosmos S
CPU cooling
HeatKiller 3.0 LT w/ GTX360
GPU cooling
Stock
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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Samsung T260HD Rose 25.5", Sony SDM-S74 17"
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How about some pictures of each BIOS page so we know what options each board has?

System: Cosmos GT 4.0
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i7 920 C0 @ 4GHz
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EVGA X58 Classified E760
Memory
Corsiar Dominator GT 6GB
Graphics Card
EVGA GTX285
Hard Drive
WD Caviar Black 640GB
Sound Card
SB X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty
Power Supply
Corsair 1000HX
Case
Cooler Master Cosmos S
CPU cooling
Apogee GTZ|Black Ice Extreme 3|MCP355 w/ XSPC top
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Stock
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Windows Se7en Ultimate
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Asus 25.5" 2ms Widescreen
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