Originally Posted by utnorris

Asus Rampage Extreme II is a great board, so is the Blood Rage (either GTI or NON-GTI) and so is the Classified (regardless if it's the 759 or the 760). These are probably the best overclocking boards around, although the Classified would be considered the best for extreme overclocking. Now with that said, any x58 board should be able to get you 4Ghz - 4.2Ghz out of a D0 stepping I7 920 CPU, even the Intel crap board. It will depend on the cooling you decide to go with, stock will take you up to 3.3Ghz - 3.4Ghz, good to great air cooler will take you up to 4Ghz and water cooling could get you up to 4.4Ghz. You are probably not going to notice the difference between 3.6Ghz and 4.2Ghz with daily web surfing and game play, if however you plan on doing video editing then the extra horsepower could come in handy.

Now from a warranty standpoint and tech support I would say Asus first and EVGA second. Why? Because with EVGA they charge for crossshipping, you have to register within 30 days and you have to upload your receipt. With Asus, you do not need any of that. Does registering the product make getting service easier? Sure does, but it's not required. The Asus will come with a 3 year warranty while EVGA will come with a lifetime warranty assuming it is registered within the first 30 days. If you plan on having the board longer than three years then EVGA would be the choice.

Originally Posted by exad

Well, I looked over at newegg a bit for a board that would most likely suit your needs without costing $500. It also looks nice and seems to have a very low rate of Dead on arrivals so it's deffinately a good choice.

I came up with the
EVGA 141-BL-E757-TR LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX X58 SLI LE Intel Motherboard


I highly doubt you'd be unhappy with it, and you won't be paying $400+

Originally Posted by utnorris

Asus Rampage Extreme II is a great board, so is the Blood Rage (either GTI or NON-GTI) and so is the Classified (regardless if it's the 759 or the 760). These are probably the best overclocking boards around, although the Classified would be considered the best for extreme overclocking. Now with that said, any x58 board should be able to get you 4Ghz - 4.2Ghz out of a D0 stepping I7 920 CPU, even the Intel crap board. It will depend on the cooling you decide to go with, stock will take you up to 3.3Ghz - 3.4Ghz, good to great air cooler will take you up to 4Ghz and water cooling could get you up to 4.4Ghz. You are probably not going to notice the difference between 3.6Ghz and 4.2Ghz with daily web surfing and game play, if however you plan on doing video editing then the extra horsepower could come in handy.

Now from a warranty standpoint and tech support I would say Asus first and EVGA second. Why? Because with EVGA they charge for crossshipping, you have to register within 30 days and you have to upload your receipt. With Asus, you do not need any of that. Does registering the product make getting service easier? Sure does, but it's not required. The Asus will come with a 3 year warranty while EVGA will come with a lifetime warranty assuming it is registered within the first 30 days. If you plan on having the board longer than three years then EVGA would be the choice.

Originally Posted by saulin

you can't break the walls without PhysX.

Originally Posted by OpTicaL

Your getting a bunch of irrelevant answers because everyone here has their own favorite board.

Choose a board that meets YOUR needs, price and functionality.

1) Do you NEED a gagillion USB ports?

2) Do you NEED 2x/3x/4x PCI-E x16?

3) Do you NEED 10 SATA ports?

4) SATA port placement?

5) PCI, PCI-E x1 and x4 slot placement?

6) Do you NEED a IDE port? (for older optical drives)

7) Do you NEED a FDD port? (for floppy, WinXP)

Ask yourself these questions instead of taking other people's advice.

Search the top 5 mobo makers (Asus, Gigabyte, Intel - not in that order) to find the board that suits YOUR NEEDS.

Originally Posted by utnorris

Asus Rampage Extreme II is a great board, so is the Blood Rage (either GTI or NON-GTI) and so is the Classified (regardless if it's the 759 or the 760). These are probably the best overclocking boards around, although the Classified would be considered the best for extreme overclocking. Now with that said, any x58 board should be able to get you 4Ghz - 4.2Ghz out of a D0 stepping I7 920 CPU, even the Intel crap board. It will depend on the cooling you decide to go with, stock will take you up to 3.3Ghz - 3.4Ghz, good to great air cooler will take you up to 4Ghz and water cooling could get you up to 4.4Ghz. You are probably not going to notice the difference between 3.6Ghz and 4.2Ghz with daily web surfing and game play, if however you plan on doing video editing then the extra horsepower could come in handy.

Originally Posted by videoman5

1998 called, they want their beige back.

Originally Posted by XFreeRollerX

I'm selling my E759 and have CPUz validations at 4.5 ghz, you gonna tell me that isn't fast enough? lol

The E760 version has no real advantage. The downside to the E759 is the NF200 adds heat to the chipset area... thats all lol

Originally Posted by Toonshorty

EVGA Classified E759 is impossible to get hold of.

The E760 will overclock better than the E759 but will not run a 16x, 16x,16x PCI-E configuration but unless your running triple SLI/CF you should be fine.

Edit: OK - E759 is now possible to get hold of. They will sell out in minutes =p.