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EVGA X79 FTW 151-SE-E777-K2 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard

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EVGA X79 FTW 151-SE-E777-K2 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard

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Number of Memory Slots: 4Ã-240pin Memory Standard: DDR3 2133/1866/1600/1333/1066 Onboard Video Chipset: None Audio Chipset: Realtek ALC898 Max LAN Speed: Dual 10/100/1000Mbps SATA 3Gb/s: 4 CPU Type: Core i7 (LGA2011) Maximum Memory Supported: 32GB

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ManufacturerEVGA
ConditionNew
Model Number151-SE-E777-K2
ClassificationMotherboards - Intel
 

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Not bad

review by tmontney

On the surface, this motherboard appears to be solid. Not so much. Retailing as of this review for $250, there really isn't much reason to buy it. However, I bought it used (with full warranty, and untouched) for $125. I soon realized why that was.

I bought this motherboard to build a new PC. The first thing I wanted to try out was overclocking. I heard it had a UEFI and expected great things. Massively disappointing. Its interface is so poorly designed, and the descriptions of what really advanced options do are non-existent. Not even their manual describes what 90% of the options do. I have a lower end MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 with a beautiful graphical UEFI. The next thing I discover is overclocking is mostly broken. You're very limited on what you can change otherwise (A) no POST or (B) your dual LAN ports are not working. Quite often everything appears normal after you've overclocked, but nothing takes effect. EVGA has acknowledged, and despite their many revisions they deemed the board not fixable. Recovery from failed overclock is also frustrating. It can take 15-20 seconds to reset settings with the CMOS button on the rear of the motherboard. This board can't even figure out when the overclock has failed. A low-end MSI 760GM-P21 (FX) board I own can even that! And it usually figures this out within a few seconds.

The board's USB 3.0 ports also suffer. Quite often some of my devices will simply eject and insert in an endless loop. Sometimes a few ports don't function at all.

Another issue is the two DIMMs on the left are slightly close to the CPU than the ones on the right. This forced me to use only one fan on my Thermaltake Frio. Not sure why they couldn't make it the same distance apart.

For me, the board is definitely usable. However, considering all these issues it's considerably annoying. The price is simply to high and there are many other choices for a socket 2011. There are lower end boards that do things better, such as overclock recovery, and cost 100's less. Despite paying $125, the first chance I get to replace this board, I will. Would not recommend.

ProsCons
It's a motherboardPoor UEFI, not-so-stable, bad OC

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#3 ·
Not bad

review by tmontney
That is sad... Sorry about the frustration. These kind of posts are what keeps me from trying something different. They are WAY too common. I have used ASUS boards for over 13 years now and at least for me, every board, outside of a few learning curves, has been SUPER solid.

I really like the EVGA stuff though. At least they look amazing and seem to support the community as well as ASUS does. I'm sure there's a reason they are big in the business, but I'm too chicken to change. And there's really not a reason to... Great review...
 
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