ASUS 90-MIB850-G0EAY00Z Motherboard Reviews

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Pros: Features up the kazoo, bios etc.. Great color scheme, Memory slots latch on 1 side now not hitting GPU card to take out memory. Small compact board seems to out perform my Asus P6T Del on overclocking CPU & Memory. Coming from Prelude and Forti sound card the onboard XF-i not bad at all. from Newegg.com Hard to improve on this board, given that it handles 6+ GB memory, 7 SATA ports (1 e-sata), fast i7 processor, on-board 7.1 sound, 12 USB, 2 Firewire, 2 PCI-e 2.0, etc. Solid, fast, small, well-constructed, with good over-clocking tools and potential. I say this having built systems based on Asus Maximus Formula SE and Intel DX58SO Smackover, and this mATX is just as fast. The Smackover is o'clocked to 3.5 GHz, 1600-MHz memory bus (i7-920 C0 stepping), and I expect the Rampage II Gene easily will exceed this level with D0 stepping. from Amazon.com Does not come with CrossFire bridge. Other Thoughts: I was about to give up after trying 3 boards from Foxconn with no luck. I am running a simple setup, Win7U, i7 920, 6GB OCZ Gold, 850Corsair, ATI 4870, OCZ Vertex 60 (64bit OS), and WD Black 1TB. This is the fastest and most stable sys since my Athlon XP WinXPpro. from Newegg.com Other Thoughts: One day I hope to find a decent motherboard manufacture. Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued Customer,We are sorry for this inconvenience. Please contact our Technical Support Department at http://vip.asus.com/eservice/techserv.aspx and reference case number "NE533442" so that we may get more details about your system configuration and assist you in resolving these issues you are experiencing. Best Regards,ASUS Support Team from Newegg.com It took care of everything. Getting the performance of a $1000 CPU for $300. Thanks ASUS Cons: ARE you Kidding me!!!! NO from Newegg.com Once all the parts were together it was time to test my work,it posted and saw 6 gigs of ram and loaded all the rest of the programs with no problems at all. For some reason i have had good luck with what NewEgg sends me. Asus has been the brand i can count on with mother boards. Cons: I did have a little problem getting one ram stick to seat in the slot but it finely went and worked well. from Newegg.com This mobo filled the bill - although I would have preferred support for LGA-1156 as opposed to LGA-1366 since the Lynnfield CPU's run cooler than the Bloomingtons. Still, with the stock CPU cooler, I've been able to maintain decent temps in an Apevia X-Qpack2 mATX case. Ran right out of the box with the drivers provided by ASUS and has been running stress test for a few days with no problems. Apevia X-Qpack2 micro-ATX caseOCZ ModXStream Pro 700W PSUAntec Tricool 80mm/120mm case fansASUS Rampage II Gene, Bios 0809 (0904 is latest)Core I7 920 Bloomfield, stock HSF3 x 1 GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333Mhz (TR3X3G1333C9)1 x Seagate ES 250GB2 x Seagate 7200.12 1TBIntel Pro 1000 PT dual-port NICPNY 9800GT (VCG98GTEE5XEB)Sony Optiarc optical driveXP32 SP3 from Newegg.com 7 64 bit) , 4 Tb. Hitachi, and a Nvidia 9600 GT video card. I have been using ASUS for all of my builds. I built this manly as a entertainment center and all I can say is sweettttt!! from Newegg.com EZ-Flash BIOS utility makes flashing the BIOS simple. The features of this board are designed for enthusiasts and overclockers. ASUS got this one right! Cons: Not any room between PCI-E slots but being a m-atx board that was obvious and didn't deter my purchase. from Newegg.com I purchased this as a temp replacement for my Gigabyte UD5 that arrived from newegg DOA. I am so impressed that I am completely ditching the Gigabyte UD5 and staying with this mobo. Asus just did such an amazing job that they have won me back as the brand to buy. It has everything you could ever want:Its Portable,Powerfull, Looks Killer,and Works like a Dream!! from Newegg.com

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Released	7 months ago
Socket Type	Socket LGA1366
Compatible Processors	Intel Core i7
Memory Type	DDR3 SDRAM
Number of Memory Slots	6 x 240 Pin DIMMs
Audio Output	7.1 Channels
Bios Features	DMI2.0 WfM2.0 ACPI 2.0a SMBIOS 2.4
Chassis Type	Desktop
Chipset	Intel X58 Express
Compatibility	PC
Depth	9.6 in.
Expansion Slots	PCI Express x16 x 1
Form Factor	Micro ATX
Integrated Audio	Realtek RTL8100C
Integrated Audio Unknown Video Interface	PCI Express
Integrated Input/Output Ports	USB 2.0 x 6 FireWire (IEEE1394a) x 1
MPN	90-MIB850-G0EAY00Z
Max Supported RAM	24 GB
Networking Type	Gigabit Ethernet
Package Qty	1
Power Configurations	Wake On LAN Header
RAID Support	RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5
Storage Controller Type(s)	Serial ATA x 2
UPC	4719543170083
Video Interface	PCI Express
Width	9.6 in.

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