txnetcop
Charter Member
Five Really Fast i7Core 1366 motherboards and two budget board favorites
But it will cost ya a pretty penny...
Intel Extreme Series BLKDX58SO LGA 1366 Intel X58-$2500 I'm serious!!! Still in testing at TechCorp but available online.
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9 - $600.00 I'm serious but this thing is seriously FAST!!!! Not for noobs when it comes to installs! up to 4 video cards in SLI at 16 full lanes each-incredible bandwidth. The fastest i7Core board you can buy under $1000.00. Every OC feature you can think of and clocked on 4.4GHz with the 980X CPU
EVGA 141-GT-E770-A1-$400 SLI or CROSSFIRE This motherboard is worth every penny as well!
ASUS Rampage III Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 $364.00 Overclocker's Delight when it comes to easy OC
MSI Big Bang-XPower LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $269.00 Tons of features but a little difficult to set up for OCing in the BIOS but worth the trouble
My personal favorite budget boards are TUF Board series ASUS X58 Sabretooth $199.00, while not as fast as these when it come to OC performance it is the toughest motherboard you will ever use. My other favorite is the Gigabyte X58 UD3R $199.00 very user friendly and fast!
Any of the above motherboards are well worth the money...except for number 1. So if you are thinking of putting a system together or buying a custom insist on one of these motherboards according to your budget!
Ted
A word of warning about ratings at TigerDirect and NewEgg...don't think because a board has a low rating it is no good. Most of the so called "expert" technicians who give ratings are absolute idiots and end up RMAing a good board because they did not read the manual about memory placement or other significant issues that require just a little extra reading-Always look at other reviews on a specific board before you buy unless it comes highly recommended here-and even then read at least two reviews.
But it will cost ya a pretty penny...
Intel Extreme Series BLKDX58SO LGA 1366 Intel X58-$2500 I'm serious!!! Still in testing at TechCorp but available online.
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9 - $600.00 I'm serious but this thing is seriously FAST!!!! Not for noobs when it comes to installs! up to 4 video cards in SLI at 16 full lanes each-incredible bandwidth. The fastest i7Core board you can buy under $1000.00. Every OC feature you can think of and clocked on 4.4GHz with the 980X CPU
EVGA 141-GT-E770-A1-$400 SLI or CROSSFIRE This motherboard is worth every penny as well!
ASUS Rampage III Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 $364.00 Overclocker's Delight when it comes to easy OC
MSI Big Bang-XPower LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $269.00 Tons of features but a little difficult to set up for OCing in the BIOS but worth the trouble
My personal favorite budget boards are TUF Board series ASUS X58 Sabretooth $199.00, while not as fast as these when it come to OC performance it is the toughest motherboard you will ever use. My other favorite is the Gigabyte X58 UD3R $199.00 very user friendly and fast!
Any of the above motherboards are well worth the money...except for number 1. So if you are thinking of putting a system together or buying a custom insist on one of these motherboards according to your budget!
Ted
A word of warning about ratings at TigerDirect and NewEgg...don't think because a board has a low rating it is no good. Most of the so called "expert" technicians who give ratings are absolute idiots and end up RMAing a good board because they did not read the manual about memory placement or other significant issues that require just a little extra reading-Always look at other reviews on a specific board before you buy unless it comes highly recommended here-and even then read at least two reviews.