ATGSteakHouse
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4 Plus years on my X-79 @ 4.5 GHZ without a hitch - Thanks EVGA! This board has proven rock solid.
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/08/05 22:53:20
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/08/06 07:48:43
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13900KS on Z690 Dark KP FE 4090
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/08/16 01:38:24
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ATGSteakHouse
4 Plus years on my X-79 @ 4.5 GHZ without a hitch - Thanks EVGA! This board has proven rock solid.
Nice  , I cant remember, do you have a X79 SLI or X79 FTW ?
PC Power&Cooling 910W Silencer, I just LOVE this high quality and built to last PSU
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/08/16 06:49:32
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Good to hear... I feel the same way about my X79 Dark & my X58 E770 Classy. Both run daily and OC'd. The Dark for 2 years now and the Classy is coming up on 5 years in December...  No issue's with either one. (knocks wood)
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/08/16 08:01:11
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Oh well, i traded in the FTW for the Dark or i would say the same.
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/08/16 14:22:31
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My Dark has recently developed some serious boot issues. Now I can't get past the BIOS POST more than 1 time in about 7 reboots. It hangs while loading my RAID card, an Adaptec 7805, BIOS into memory - using a different motherboard BIOS, resetting CMOS, nothing makes it work consistently. And it started happening out of the blue after years of working (more or less for an EVGA board) properly. And before you say it is the RAID card - I used every component except the motherboard with my spare Asrock Extreme6 and it boots just fine, every time. I also purchased the cross-shipment option from EVGA. I opened the RMA on the 12th, and it still hasn't shipped out. The cherry on the top is that they send it out signature required (on a motherboard that isn't even manufactured anymore and worth around $200), which is a serious issue for single people like me. If it isn't shipped on Monday I will be getting my money back. EVGA's support has been seriously degrading over the years, which has caused me to purchase non-EVGA graphics cards for the first time in a very long time.
post edited by arestavo - 2015/08/16 14:27:10
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/08/16 16:58:33
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Coming up 2 years at end of August on my X79 Dark without a hiccup. Wow time flies!
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/08/16 22:44:26
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Think I'm about to hit 4 years really soon on this z68 FTW board myself, rocking 4.5GHz on my 2600k
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/08/16 22:50:36
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Four - The - Win 
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/08/17 04:08:28
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My Z77 FTW with same reputation as yours X79 but she served me excellent more than 3 years.
Whole time she keep i7-3770K overclocked on 4.5GHz stable.
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/08/18 04:59:26
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tonschk
ATGSteakHouse
4 Plus years on my X-79 @ 4.5 GHZ without a hitch - Thanks EVGA! This board has proven rock solid.
Nice , I cant remember, do you have a X79 SLI or X79 FTW ?
X79 SLI - Greatest, Most Reliable System I have ever owned. So much for all the haters/doubters...
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/08/29 10:45:43
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Eh, owning this board sure has been a frustrating experience.....it sure felt like buying an early access/alpha game nowadays. Plenty of promises in the beginning with month long waits to get some fixes.......to then be dropped for the next product. 
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/08/29 11:15:09
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zer0xx
Eh, owning this board sure has been a frustrating experience.....it sure felt like buying an early access/alpha game nowadays. Plenty of promises in the beginning with month long waits to get some fixes.......to then be dropped for the next product.
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/08/29 12:27:13
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ATGSteakHouse
4 Plus years on my X-79 @ 4.5 GHZ without a hitch - Thanks EVGA! This board has proven rock solid.
As are all of my X79 Motherboards from EVGA. 
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/08/29 20:01:00
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I think maybe to keep EVGA Z77 FTW/3770K and 2x4GB DDR3 as back up system.
You never know what could happen with ASUS board.
Customers need only little luck and EVGA motherboard can be most reliable boards in their life.
Gamers and normal users who use motherboard 24/7 have nothing if some motherboard reach records for CPU and memory if they change 1000 samples and all of them use boards and CPU few days or few weeks... Gamers have more advantage if some motherboard is good and reliable as server motherboards and can work non stop.
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/08/29 22:22:22
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ATGSteakHouse
4 Plus years on my X-79 @ 4.5 GHZ without a hitch - Thanks EVGA! This board has proven rock solid.
Good to hear.
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/08/29 22:57:02
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I recently retired my 730a board that was still trucking along after 6 years. Yes, "a" not "i". There's dozens of us! Dozens! 
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/09/10 23:01:52
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Nereus
zer0xx
Eh, owning this board sure has been a frustrating experience.....it sure felt like buying an early access/alpha game nowadays. Plenty of promises in the beginning with month long waits to get some fixes.......to then be dropped for the next product.
Except, plenty of problems have been well documented on the forums? They did finally release a bios that did fix some of the problems, but it took them over a year to release it I believe? And during that time they moved on to release the x79 dark. Yeah, they were kind enough to give us the option to trade in our buggy motherboards for the dark.........if we were willing to drop even more money.
Yeah mine still "works", but its far from perfect. :shrug:
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/09/11 01:03:17
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I think EVGA improve little their motherboard section.
At least that's my experience looking from side. Maybe owners think that other brands are perfect but all others suffer from different problems and think same for other manufacturers.
When I say improved I compare with Z77/X79 period.
Z87/Z97/X99 and I hope Z170 are completely different situation.
Special Z97, I saw some very nice builds over net Z97 Classified,
but function on Z170 Classified offer more options than previous chipsets.
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ATGSteakHouse
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/09/11 11:45:35
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zer0xx
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zer0xx
Eh, owning this board sure has been a frustrating experience.....it sure felt like buying an early access/alpha game nowadays. Plenty of promises in the beginning with month long waits to get some fixes.......to then be dropped for the next product.
Except, plenty of problems have been well documented on the forums? They did finally release a bios that did fix some of the problems, but it took them over a year to release it I believe? And during that time they moved on to release the x79 dark. Yeah, they were kind enough to give us the option to trade in our buggy motherboards for the dark.........if we were willing to drop even more money.
Yeah mine still "works", but its far from perfect. :shrug:
You can find problems on any/all motherboard forums - EVGA is your best bet - hence my OUTSTANDING Experience. The main thing is to stay away from that Asus Garbage.
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Re: 4 Years Going Strong
2015/09/13 16:57:20
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I had the EVGA X79 FTW for 2 years with out a hitch . Then evga let me upgrade to the EVGA X79 Dark , now starting its 3rd year with out a hitch . I run mine at a mild oc only 4400 . I run my computers 24/7 there only off for a reboot if I update a program that needs it . Heck not even sure if I ever updated the dio's on ether board . My EVGA Z68 SLI is 3 years old and still runs like new , thats more the I can say for the asrock board that the Ethernet comes and go's when it likes to had to put a usb Ethernet on it .If I ever have to upgrade it will most likly be a EVGA board .
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