Tech Reaction

 Let me start by saying that I have never done a hardware review. So I may ramble a bit.
The box that it came in is on the plain side. Not many accessories are included. When I first held the board in my hands I was like “That is a sexy mobo.” The gray and black color scheme looks very good. The componet layout seems very good also. For the purpose that I bought it it seemed a perfect choice. In seeing that I am useing it as a cruncher it has everything that I need.
The onboard heatsinks do a decent job of cooling with the addition of a fan placed over them. If I had looked closer before I bought it I would have spent the $40 extra on the E758 for the better heatsinks. Live and learn as they say.

 On to the build. I bought an I7 920, EVGA GeForce 6200, Noctua NH-U12P SE2, OCZ Gold Tri Channel 3GB PC10666, Ultra LSP750 750-Watt psu, and 160 gb hdd. This being a simple setup I did not forsee any problems. or so I thought. On first power up the rig stopped on C1. I moved the ram sticks around and still C1. If I only used 2 sticks of ram it would post.  Then I tried some Patriot Viper ram. Same issue. System would only boot with 2 sticks of ram. I went ahead and installed Windows 7. No problems. only being able to use 2 sticks of ram bugged me. I tried timings and voltage, but nothing worked. Finally I decided to up date the bios. Once I did I was able to use all 3 sticks of ram.

 My goal was a 4gig OC. With vcore at 1.21 and setting dram to 1.65 I was at 190bclk. All other voltages are at auto. Close enough to 4ghz. Now to put it to work. I ran some test to make sure it was stable. OCCT, LinX, and IntelBurn test where used. Once I was happy with those it was time to move to the real test. Installed BOINC and set up WCG. The rig has been runnig since the first of December with no errors. That is what I call stable.

 For those not in need of 2 lan ports or 16x Sli or Crossfire this may be a good choice in motherboards. I am very pleased with it.