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Originally Posted by mwl5apv 
I have actually played with all 3 of those motherboards when deciding which new board I wanted to get. They all had there pros and cons here are some in "short and sweet" terms.
-The Gigabyte I loved the look and feel of. Felt like a solid board, the matte black pcb was outstanding(by far my favorite pcb) and the for the money you paid you definitely got some bang for your buck. You got all of the main bells and whistles one needs or wants for a good reliable board. However, the lack of LLC, UEFI BIOS and crummy PCI-E slot retention clips were what turned me away. Although I would have been able to live without UEFI, the vdroop on this board was horrendous and the pci-e didn't hold my card at all.
-Sabertooth was again an extremely solid board. It had all of the bells and whistles the UD5 had, plus some more. I loved the fact that it had thermal sensors all over the board. The boards layout was great as well. It cost about $35 more than the UD5, but the additional costs(IMO) were about equal to the little extras you got with the board. It overclocked great, gave me all of the LLC settings I was used to playing with and ran trouble free. And the UEFI BIOS made it even easier to navigate through everything. Not to mention the "TUFF" components' 5 year warranty compared to the standard 3 is an awesome little extra to have.
-Crosshair V is the board I myself ended up with. Again, just like the two boards above, the build quality of this board was superb. It felt just as solid as the Sabertooth when handling. The board gave me everything I wanted and could need just as the sabertooth did. Very similar to the sabertooth actually. The BIOS setting and UEFI itself were (almost) identical. There were just a few differences between the two when you really got into the guts of everything. Board layout was again well thought out and the ROG color scheme always looks killer. However this board does come at a premium. Part of the premium is having the "ROG" logos on the board and being able to say you have an ROG product. Although the board does come with access to just about every setting one can imagine I do believe that ASUS could have done a few things different. They could have incorporated the thermal radar feature from the sabertooth for example.
Between the board you mentioned It is really up to you and your budget. I would say go for either the Sabertooth or Crosshair. However, unless you will use the additional settings and little extras of the crosshair, don't pay retail. The price tag in my opinion is a bit too high. If you find one open box go for it. You can get it for about the price of the sabertooth(like i did). Overall I would say the sabertooth is your overall best buy between the 3. But thats jsut my opinion.
I have actually played with all 3 of those motherboards when deciding which new board I wanted to get. They all had there pros and cons here are some in "short and sweet" terms.
-The Gigabyte I loved the look and feel of. Felt like a solid board, the matte black pcb was outstanding(by far my favorite pcb) and the for the money you paid you definitely got some bang for your buck. You got all of the main bells and whistles one needs or wants for a good reliable board. However, the lack of LLC, UEFI BIOS and crummy PCI-E slot retention clips were what turned me away. Although I would have been able to live without UEFI, the vdroop on this board was horrendous and the pci-e didn't hold my card at all.
-Sabertooth was again an extremely solid board. It had all of the bells and whistles the UD5 had, plus some more. I loved the fact that it had thermal sensors all over the board. The boards layout was great as well. It cost about $35 more than the UD5, but the additional costs(IMO) were about equal to the little extras you got with the board. It overclocked great, gave me all of the LLC settings I was used to playing with and ran trouble free. And the UEFI BIOS made it even easier to navigate through everything. Not to mention the "TUFF" components' 5 year warranty compared to the standard 3 is an awesome little extra to have.
-Crosshair V is the board I myself ended up with. Again, just like the two boards above, the build quality of this board was superb. It felt just as solid as the Sabertooth when handling. The board gave me everything I wanted and could need just as the sabertooth did. Very similar to the sabertooth actually. The BIOS setting and UEFI itself were (almost) identical. There were just a few differences between the two when you really got into the guts of everything. Board layout was again well thought out and the ROG color scheme always looks killer. However this board does come at a premium. Part of the premium is having the "ROG" logos on the board and being able to say you have an ROG product. Although the board does come with access to just about every setting one can imagine I do believe that ASUS could have done a few things different. They could have incorporated the thermal radar feature from the sabertooth for example.
Between the board you mentioned It is really up to you and your budget. I would say go for either the Sabertooth or Crosshair. However, unless you will use the additional settings and little extras of the crosshair, don't pay retail. The price tag in my opinion is a bit too high. If you find one open box go for it. You can get it for about the price of the sabertooth(like i did). Overall I would say the sabertooth is your overall best buy between the 3. But thats jsut my opinion.
Thanks a lot! Right now, I think I'm leaning towards the UD-5 purely because of budget.
@Schmuckley --
Got it off Ebay so.... I don't know. I messages the seller though, he apparently still has more boards.
As to the fan, I'll try that, but according to speedfan, my processor has never gotten even over 50 degrees C, so I don't think that's too likely... But as I said, I'll try that, and come back when I do.
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