ASUS P6X58D Premium - LGA 1366 - X58 - DDR3 - USB 3.0 SATA 6 Gb/s - ATX Motherboard

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True ASUS 16+2 Phase Power Design Unprecedented Innovation with the Best Quality Component for Best Performance
USB 3.0 & SATA 6Gb/s RAID Support -Fully unleash USB 3.0 & SATA 6Gb/s bandwidth
ASUS TurboV New OC Records with Real-Time Super-precise Tunings
Stack Cool 3+ Effective Fanless Heat Dissipation at 0dB. Up to 20°C(36°F) Cooler!
ASUS Fanless Design - Heat-pipe solution

About This Product

P6X58D PREMIUM X58 LGA1366 CPNT3PCIE16 6D3

Excellent MOBO
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Review: This board was awesome, I chose it because it had good reviews and it was a brand name that I had some success with in the past. ASUS did an excellent job on this, one of the best things I thought was awesome was the Memory switch/light. If the memory was not compatable you can hit the switch and it will try to configure it, the light will blink if there is a problem. I slapped 12 gig in there with out an issue...I am very pleased.
Only thing I wish they would have added to the specifications that I didn't even think of to check on was that it has no IDE connections to the board...they are all SATA which is great technology wise but it slowed my build down a little getting DVD replacement drives.

Futureproof!
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Review: I went all out on my first computer build. Especially on this mobo. I did not want to buy a new a new mobo anytime soon as I am still a student. This mobo did it with it's SATA 6.0 and USB 3.0. All of the other features are just pure beauty. All those high quality Japanese capacitors, wow!
I currently have a core i7 920 (2.6 ghz), HD 5770, 6 gigs ddr3 at 1600 mhz.
As perfectly futureproof this motherboard is, the biggest concern I have is the lack many PCI ports, the most full SLI/Crossfire is 2x... It's still great though.

Excellent Motherboard - Need More USB
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Review: This motherboard would be perfect with more USB connectivity. As it is, it is near perfect. I found the connectivity arrangements simple and some of the packaged utilities useful. I did notice that one of the utilities that came with the board does not recognize my graphics card (HD 5970), even though ASUS makes such a card. Presumably, this will be remedied with an update. I have found that the ASUS Update BIOS update utility is very effective and simple to use.

Note that two of the USB ports are 3.0 and between that and the SATA 6 offerings, I believe most hardcore builders and enthusiasts should be satisfied.