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Monday, November 29, 2010 10:11 PM (permalink)
I'm going to pick up a x58 board. I want one that has usb 3.0 so that leaves me with the EVGA X58 SLI3, EVGA X58 FTW3, or EVGA X58 Classified3. I'm trying to stay on budget but will throw down on the Classified if I need it. I'm going to be doing an overclock on my cpu. It's going to be a i7 950. I want to take it to at least 3.5GHz. I would like to hit 4.0GHz but it isn't a issue if I don't. Based on this what board should I get? I'm also only going to be running 1 video card. What would be the main reason to go with a Classified3 or a FTW3 over the SLI3?
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    Re:Which board should I get? Monday, November 29, 2010 10:14 PM (permalink)
    Hitting  3.5 on any of those,  shouldn't be an issue
     

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    Re:Which board should I get? Monday, November 29, 2010 10:30 PM (permalink)
    If you are on a budget, I would say go for the FTW3 board which is an excellent board. Provided your processor can handle it, 4.0 GHz should work fine via any of those boards.

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    Re:Which board should I get? Monday, November 29, 2010 10:40 PM (permalink)
    Like steve said, you should be able to hit 3.5 on any of them.
    I own the older X58 SLi A1 mobo, i can hit 3.6 easy.
     
    EVGA X58 FTW3 has a $45 mail-in rebate at newegg that ends today $224.99 after rebate. If you was ordering today i would go for the FTW3 version.
     
     
     
     
     


     
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    Re:Which board should I get? Monday, November 29, 2010 10:42 PM (permalink)
    The FTW3 does look like a awsome board. I'm going to go with that one. I'm going to put a corsair H70 on the cpu. Also going to get the EVGA Geforce 470 superclocked. Can't beat that price.
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    Re:Which board should I get? Monday, November 29, 2010 10:44 PM (permalink)
    They might offer another rebate starting next month if you can't order the FTW3 today. I bought the FTW3 for a family member on Nov 15th and it only came with a $20 mail-in rebate.
     
     


     
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    Re:Which board should I get? Tuesday, November 30, 2010 0:54 PM (permalink)
    I have to wait til Dec 10th to order. I also live in Canada so I will probably order from NCIX. Can't wait to get my order. It's been years since I owned a gaming PC. It's going to be awesome to shoot up stuff with a keyboard and mouse again.
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    Re:Which board should I get? Tuesday, November 30, 2010 3:44 AM (permalink)
    im kinda kicking myself for not getting a 4 way now there EOL

     
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    Re:Which board should I get? Tuesday, November 30, 2010 3:54 AM (permalink)
    I got a FTW3, and currently have a 930 at 4.01GHz rock solid stable with 12GB DDR3. Sure I can't do quad SLI, but I don't really care, 2 470's is MORE then enough for me. Had this for about 3 months now, and not a hiccup!

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    Re:Which board should I get? Friday, December 03, 2010 1:56 AM (permalink)
    Thanks for the suggestions. I am going to go for the FTW3 motherboard. Now I just need a case recommendation. I have it narrowed down to 2 cases. Either the E-ATX Lian-Li PC-A77F or the ATX Lian-Li PC-X900. I really like the look of the PC-X900 but its shallow depth worries me. Anyone have experience with one of these two cases?
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    Re:Which board should I get? Friday, December 03, 2010 3:18 AM (permalink)
    5thduke

    im kinda kicking myself for not getting a 4 way now there EOL

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