I think the general consensus is you are pretty much getting as advertised. People seem happy, and if you do run into problems, it usually crops up early and able to get a fix within the 90 day warranty.

On the plus side you do get an I/O shield, but you still need to buy the sli bridge.

I bought 2 X58 SLi E758 boards and both work perfect. They both came with i/o shield, 3way and 2way SLi bridges and cd drivers disk, but you're only guaranteed the i/o shield.

i got a 750i FTW from b-stock as well and couldn't be happier mine had the i/o shield also 

I bought one around the 4th of july and it was v1.1

my e758 board that came was a 1.0. Also it came with two and 3-way SLI bridges but there were marks on the pcb where a cooler had been clamped down too tight the the fets had what looked like outward radial scorch marks on the but everything seems to be working ok.

I bought one a week ago and it's running perfectly!

I can say that mine has been running without any issues. 

 
I picked up a X58 sli micro a few weeks ago.  Board looks brand new.  Came with just an i/o shield. 
 
Runs 200 bclk no problem on stock voltages, and for $30 total (after evga bucks) I'm a happy camper. 

I got my X58 SLI LE as a 'refurbished' product from a certain vendor, since it was just slightly cheaper than the EVGA store at the time.  It is essentially the B-Stock deal, however.  It came packaged clean and looked as though it had never been used.  Ran great from the first boot!  Only came with the I/O shield, but I have more than enough cables and accessories from boards in the past that I don't need those, anyway.  Would definitely go this route again in the future.
 
I get the impression that a lot of these products, rather than being returns, are actually new ones that they kept for warranty replacement.  Now that some products are getting to their end of life or there's just not been that much demand for replacements, we're able to get some of those at amazing prices.  Of course, I could be wrong.  Either way, it works for me.
 
Edit: Also, the Micro is an absolute steal.  I've actually thought of getting one for a micro ATX build somewhere down the road, and as a spare.

godsfury

I'm contemplating getting the SLI-Micro! How is it running for you ? Was this your first 1366 board ? If not, what did you have prior ? I currently have a X58A-UD3R Rev 2 from gigabyte but the socket for the cpu has bent pins. It runs fine though, only if I stay at stock speeds with the cpu. If I try to oc just a bit, it crashes.
I have 12gb of memory right now, which is the limit for the micro board. Not that big of a deal cause I think 12gb is plenty considering alot of people still run on 4-6gb total.

The x58 micro can take 24gb of ram.   It is a full featured x58 board, it just smaller.  The pci slots are a little tight, and the nb heatsink is a little closer to the cpu socket.
 
It's a great board if your only running one card, or two cards and no sound card.

My bstock e759 mb has been trouble free since I bought it, three weeks ago. If you don't mind not getting the extra gizmos then it's definitely worth it.

X58 Micro is a steal at the current price!  If only the procs were cheaper...

i've had 1 1.0 and 2 1.1 and all 3 had the s3bug. i got a 1.2 board and everything has worked great since i got it a month ago.

KMoore4318

I am running a B-stock 759 and a B stock Micro, I have been well pleased, and using evga bucks, left over parts from other builds, and prizes, the systems were next to nothing, I couldn't be happier.

What cpu cooler are you using ?

 

godsfury
 

What cpu cooler are you using ?

 
The Evga Superclock cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835288001&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-CPU+Cooling-_-EVGA-_-35288001
 
 
AKA: the Swiftech Polaris 120.
http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/swpo120hesif.html
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835108122&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-CPU+Cooling-_-Swiftech+Inc.-_-35108122 
  
 
 
Edit:  oops missed the above link, lol