New socket 1156 build!

moshpit · Oct 20, 2009, 04:36 AM

My birthday having just passed, I treated myself with a proper new rig to load my Windows 7 Sig Ed on. My i7 920 is a more then sufficient rig, but this called for something special. So, a trip to Fry's later, I came home with:

Core i7 860
EVGA P55 SLI
8Gb (4x2Gb) Patriot Viper DDR3 1600 (does it's advertised 7-7-7-21 just fine)
Diamond Radeon HD 5870
Patriot Torqx 128Gb
Seagate 750Gb ES.2
Corsair TX750
Pioneer 22x DVDRW
Antec Twelve Hundred full tower
HP 2509m 25" LCD
Saitek Cyborg keyboard
Razer Diamondback mouse

Pretty much a total new build from the ground up minus my old set of speakers I like and don't want to change out yet.

Well, I got to use it for 4 days before the Diamond Radeon bit the dust. And it really went belly up, confirmed by swapping cards with my i7 920 rig. So I took the 5870 back to Fry's, used the exchange plus paid the bit extra, and brought a GTX295 home to hold me over. Installed the GTX295, and went to Zipzoomfly and ordered a pair of HIS Radeon 5870's overnight. They arrive tomorrow. Probably taking the GTX295 back to Fry's and get another Torqx to load my games on.

**kris23** · Oct 20, 2009, 05:15 AM

theres just no way i can complain about any of the parts on that list... top notch.... very nice buy..... just hope you didnt spend too much knowing how Fry's is.....

moshpit · Oct 20, 2009, 06:15 AM

Well, I did spend a bit more then Zipzoomfly or Newegg for the total. But the 5870 failing was almost a blessing. By taking it back, getting a GTX295, and just ordering a pair of HIS 5870's from zipzoom, I end up with a better home gaming LAN in the end

Takaharu · Oct 20, 2009, 08:50 AM

I was worried when you said you built a socket 1156 PC with a socket 1366 processor. Then I noticed it was the 860...
Didn't get the i7 950 with an ungodly amount of RAM? Pssh :P

moshpit · Oct 20, 2009, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Takaharu

I was worried when you said you built a socket 1156 PC with a socket 1366 processor. Then I noticed it was the 860...
Didn't get the i7 950 with an ungodly amount of RAM? Pssh :P

Nah. I love my i7 920 rig. It's served me well for nearly a year. The only thing I mentioned about a socket 1366 chip is that I have one already setup.

A Desire to Game · Oct 20, 2009, 09:44 PM

Holy cow! That is a heck of a build. Something special indeed.

I got excited just imagining those parts in proximity to one another.

SeraphicSorcerer · Oct 20, 2009, 10:13 PM

I admire that build, you musta paid a pretty penny for it.

moshpit · Oct 20, 2009, 11:43 PM

And the final touch to it has arrived. My pair of 5870's are installed and running. Initial down and dirty testing shows phenomenal performance gains over a single 5870 and decent gains over the GTX295 as well.

More hard numbers to come soon...

Judas · Oct 20, 2009, 11:53 PM

I'm trying to get a machine prepared with the i7 socket 1156 as well.. but i am not pleased with the ASUS boards available... kinda pisses me off because all the Asus boards have the Via audio chip.. which i am NOT going to touch PERIOD... i am pissed off with the via and Analog Devices audio solution, shitty drivers, and shitty audio management... Realtek still has yet to give me a hint of an issue.

moshpit · Oct 21, 2009, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Judas

I'm trying to get a machine prepared with the i7 socket 1156 as well.. but i am not pleased with the ASUS boards available... kinda pisses me off because all the Asus boards have the Via audio chip.. which i am NOT going to touch PERIOD... i am pissed off with the via and Analog Devices audio solution, shitty drivers, and shitty audio management... Realtek still has yet to give me a hint of an issue.

The look at the EVGA P55 boards. They're VERY nice. I wouldn't touch the EVGA X58 boards because it was EVGA's first generation of actual Intel branded chipset. I wanted them to have that one generation under their belt before I jumped on. They make great video cards so I figured they make decent mobos as well. I was right

A Desire to Game · Oct 21, 2009, 07:25 AM

Hey moshpit, you think you could run the DH Photoshop benchmark to give me an idea of performance with 8GB of RAM versus an i5 750?

I'd really appreciate knowing the numbers a rig like yours is capable of at stock speeds.

Thanks.

moshpit · Oct 21, 2009, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by A Desire to Game

Hey moshpit, you think you could run the DH Photoshop benchmark to give me an idea of performance with 8GB of RAM versus an i5 750?

I'd really appreciate knowing the numbers a rig like yours is capable of at stock speeds.

Thanks.

Does it require me to have Photoshop? I don't, sadly

A Desire to Game · Oct 21, 2009, 06:04 PM

Nah, you can download the benchmark here. If its not too much of a hassle.

DH should get you to do all the benchmarks with your.

A Desire to Game · Oct 21, 2009, 06:05 PM

Nah, you can download the benchmark here. If its not too much of a hassle.

DH should get you to do all the benchmarks with your rig.

Judas · Oct 21, 2009, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by moshpit

The look at the EVGA P55 boards. They're VERY nice. I wouldn't touch the EVGA X58 boards because it was EVGA's first generation of actual Intel branded chipset. I wanted them to have that one generation under their belt before I jumped on. They make great video cards so I figured they make decent mobos as well. I was right

Yeah i'm looking at MSI (omg i don't really want to build anything with msi.. but i may have to) and Gigabyte (gigabyte is a bit more expensive but has a great history for me)

Things are still fresh in teh 1156 socket arena in terms of boards... I don't want to rush building machines like this.. but i plan to use the i5's as my new choice for a midrange machine and when the i3's arrive...... this socket will end up being my standard build from then on (775..... bye bye asap)

A Desire to Game · Oct 21, 2009, 06:07 PM

Nah, you can download the benchmark here. If its not too much of a hassle.

DH should get you to do all the benchmarks with your rig.

A Desire to Game · Oct 21, 2009, 06:11 PM

Whoah, too many posts at once! Sorry bout that.

I think you can DL the PS demo from Adobe's site to run the benchmark. Its cool if you don't have time or don't want to put a large demo on your new clean rig

The Gigabyte UD2 is $109.99 and can be had for cheaper with a i5/i7 combo deal at Newegg. That is if you are daring enough to go micro Judas.

Judas · Oct 21, 2009, 06:41 PM

Na i don't like to build machine using micro boards.... or mini...

Like to provide customers with a full size board so they don't have to worry about running out of expanasion capabilities.... and holds it's resale value better to.

But i'm definitely looking at gigiabyte

moshpit · Oct 21, 2009, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Judas

Na i don't like to build machine using micro boards.... or mini...

Like to provide customers with a full size board so they don't have to worry about running out of expanasion capabilities.... and holds it's resale value better to.

But i'm definitely looking at gigiabyte

I've had good experiences with Gigabyte. I'm running one of their EX58-UD3R boards in my secondary rig right now, it's a great bang for buck X58 board. The Gigabyte P965-DS3 was another board that served me well in the early Conroe days.

This is my first EVGA board, but it's so far been a dream board, every bit as easy to work with as Asus or Gigabyte, my 2 favorite board makers. And it simply oozes quality. It's a very top notch brand to look into.

Judas · Oct 21, 2009, 07:15 PM

Yeah my experience with EVGA is about the same with MSI and the later/last years of Abit...

I've yet to have a single gigabyte board give me a single bit of trouble

moshpit · Oct 21, 2009, 07:51 PM

I wasn't fond of EVGA mobos during the Nforce generation chipsets, but their X58's proved to me they can make solid Intel chipset boards. P55 is the first chance I'm giving them, so far so good

Judas · Oct 21, 2009, 10:58 PM

Well i'm personally kinda wanting to wait to see how this Lucid Hydra chip on the newer intel boards works out.....

MSI's BIG BANG is due out sometime REAL soon and i'm just itching to see if lucid can pull the biggest badass crazy as hell solution outa their ass from nowhere and rape the competition (yet somehow still love them)..

Cmon, intermixing ANY graphics GPU you can think of and get all the benefits of doing so.

PhysX + Nvidia brute force + ATI ..... the prospects are great

moshpit · Oct 22, 2009, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Judas

Well i'm personally kinda wanting to wait to see how this Lucid Hydra chip on the newer intel boards works out.....

MSI's BIG BANG is due out sometime REAL soon and i'm just itching to see if lucid can pull the biggest badass crazy as hell solution outa their ass from nowhere and rape the competition (yet somehow still love them)..

Cmon, intermixing ANY graphics GPU you can think of and get all the benefits of doing so.

PhysX + Nvidia brute force + ATI ..... the prospects are great

I'm watching it mainly for the scaling benefits. If they can outscale ATI for dual cards of same type, then I might buy a new mobo. That's all I would have to do though at this point. CPU, ram, vid cards, PSU, hard drives, everything else could stay the same and I could just net the gains of the Hydra. BUT, and this is a big but (not to be confused with big butts), it would have to show true 90%+ scaling on everything it touches to convince me. I've already seen 75% in best case scenarios with my existing setup. 3Dmark 03 shows a crazy amount more, but we won't discuss 3Dmark in a serious discussion

Judas · Oct 22, 2009, 12:14 AM

Well the major benefits that lucid claims and it does make sense.... is that reguardless of the game.. if it has profiles, if the game supports it or not... lucid will load balance the game on the fly making changes on the fly when it needs to to get the most amount of out it all. Meaning essentially no game profiles needed.

I still would like to see how FSAA is applied and how other GPU specific effects are instagated.

moshpit · Oct 22, 2009, 12:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Judas

Well the major benefits that lucid claims and it does make sense.... is that reguardless of the game.. if it has profiles, if the game supports it or not... lucid will load balance the game on the fly making changes on the fly when it needs to to get the most amount of out it all. Meaning essentially no game profiles needed.

I still would like to see how FSAA is applied and how other GPU specific effects are instagated.

Me too. Funny thing that. Before I had dual GPUs, the whole Lucid thing was rather distant to me. Now it's much more interesting

Edit: Still feels weird using CrossfireX on an EVGA board though.

procupine14 · Oct 23, 2009, 04:25 PM

Well, personally Judas I would go with the Gigabyte boards any day of the week. I generally use Gigabyte boards in all the stuff i build for clients and quite frankly they never seem to come back with mobo problems so i think you are safe there.

Judas · Oct 23, 2009, 05:58 PM

problem with gigabyte boards..... I have to special order then....

moshpit · Oct 23, 2009, 06:03 PM

Well, a week into using my first EVGA mobo, and it's fantastic. Stable, easy to overclock, and feature packed. Also, the color scheme looks 100% better in a windowed case.

A Desire to Game · Oct 23, 2009, 07:54 PM

The EVGA mobo's were always some of the sexiest in my opinion. I love their black PCB's (could explain the higher price tag).

DJ BIG T · Oct 23, 2009, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moshpit

My birthday having just passed, I treated myself with a proper new rig to load my Windows 7 Sig Ed on. My i7 920 is a more then sufficient rig, but this called for something special. So, a trip to Fry's later, I came home with:

Core i7 860
EVGA P55 SLI
8Gb (4x2Gb) Patriot Viper DDR3 1600 (does it's advertised 7-7-7-21 just fine)
Diamond Radeon HD 5870
Patriot Torqx 128Gb
Seagate 750Gb ES.2
Corsair TX750
Pioneer 22x DVDRW
Antec Twelve Hundred full tower
HP 2509m 25" LCD
Saitek Cyborg keyboard
Razer Diamondback mouse

Pretty much a total new build from the ground up minus my old set of speakers I like and don't want to change out yet.

Well, I got to use it for 4 days before the Diamond Radeon bit the dust. And it really went belly up, confirmed by swapping cards with my i7 920 rig. So I took the 5870 back to Fry's, used the exchange plus paid the bit extra, and brought a GTX295 home to hold me over. Installed the GTX295, and went to Zipzoomfly and ordered a pair of HIS Radeon 5870's overnight. They arrive tomorrow. Probably taking the GTX295 back to Fry's and get another Torqx to load my games on.

very nice build your getting..btw i have that same keyboard you have in that list not a bad keyboard..

Oct 20, 2009, 04:36 AM	#1
moshpit HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Pit, pit, pit, in the pit! Posts: 84 Rep Power: 56 System Specs	New socket 1156 build! My birthday having just passed, I treated myself with a proper new rig to load my Windows 7 Sig Ed on. My i7 920 is a more then sufficient rig, but this called for something special. So, a trip to Fry's later, I came home with: Core i7 860 EVGA P55 SLI 8Gb (4x2Gb) Patriot Viper DDR3 1600 (does it's advertised 7-7-7-21 just fine) Diamond Radeon HD 5870 Patriot Torqx 128Gb Seagate 750Gb ES.2 Corsair TX750 Pioneer 22x DVDRW Antec Twelve Hundred full tower HP 2509m 25" LCD Saitek Cyborg keyboard Razer Diamondback mouse Pretty much a total new build from the ground up minus my old set of speakers I like and don't want to change out yet. Well, I got to use it for 4 days before the Diamond Radeon bit the dust. And it really went belly up, confirmed by swapping cards with my i7 920 rig. So I took the 5870 back to Fry's, used the exchange plus paid the bit extra, and brought a GTX295 home to hold me over. Installed the GTX295, and went to Zipzoomfly and ordered a pair of HIS Radeon 5870's overnight. They arrive tomorrow. Probably taking the GTX295 back to Fry's and get another Torqx to load my games on. __________________ Ci7 2600K @5Ghz/8Gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer/Asus Sabertooth P67/EVGA GTX580 Black Ops/2x Patriot Torqx 128G(OS)/1Tb WD Black Ci7 920/6Gb Corsair DDR3 1600/GA-EX58-UD3R/Radeon HD5870/750Gb Seagate ES.2(OS)/2x 2Tb WD Green Ci7 860/8Gb Patriot Viper II/EVGA P55 SLI/Radeon HD5870/750Gb Seagate ES.2 (wife's rig)

Oct 20, 2009, 05:15 AM	#2
kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,990 Rep Power: 121 System Specs	Re: New socket 1156 build! theres just no way i can complain about any of the parts on that list... top notch.... very nice buy..... just hope you didnt spend too much knowing how Fry's is..... __________________ Hardwareheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (5/18/11) Rosewill FUTURE case replaces CM 690 II with its greater interior length. Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

Oct 20, 2009, 06:15 AM	Thread Starter #3
moshpit HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Pit, pit, pit, in the pit! Posts: 84 Rep Power: 56 System Specs	Re: New socket 1156 build! Well, I did spend a bit more then Zipzoomfly or Newegg for the total. But the 5870 failing was almost a blessing. By taking it back, getting a GTX295, and just ordering a pair of HIS 5870's from zipzoom, I end up with a better home gaming LAN in the end __________________ Ci7 2600K @5Ghz/8Gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer/Asus Sabertooth P67/EVGA GTX580 Black Ops/2x Patriot Torqx 128G(OS)/1Tb WD Black Ci7 920/6Gb Corsair DDR3 1600/GA-EX58-UD3R/Radeon HD5870/750Gb Seagate ES.2(OS)/2x 2Tb WD Green Ci7 860/8Gb Patriot Viper II/EVGA P55 SLI/Radeon HD5870/750Gb Seagate ES.2 (wife's rig)

Oct 20, 2009, 08:50 AM	#4
Takaharu I can fart in 7 languages Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,631 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Re: New socket 1156 build! I was worried when you said you built a socket 1156 PC with a socket 1366 processor. Then I noticed it was the 860... Didn't get the i7 950 with an ungodly amount of RAM? Pssh :P __________________ I don't get paid to know the answer, therefore I'm far more likely to give you a straight and honest answer. Mods Rig, Box Mods Rig, Folding details

Oct 20, 2009, 09:44 PM	#6
A Desire to Game HardwareHeaven Hoosier Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 279 Rep Power: 29 System Specs	Re: New socket 1156 build! Holy cow! That is a heck of a build. Something special indeed. I got excited just imagining those parts in proximity to one another. __________________ Three is my new favorite number. (SATA III, USB 3.0, and triple channel memory)

Oct 20, 2009, 10:13 PM	#7
SeraphicSorcerer HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 2,295 Rep Power: 154 System Specs	Re: New socket 1156 build! I admire that build, you musta paid a pretty penny for it. __________________

Oct 20, 2009, 11:43 PM	Thread Starter #8
moshpit HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Pit, pit, pit, in the pit! Posts: 84 Rep Power: 56 System Specs	Re: New socket 1156 build! And the final touch to it has arrived. My pair of 5870's are installed and running. Initial down and dirty testing shows phenomenal performance gains over a single 5870 and decent gains over the GTX295 as well. More hard numbers to come soon... __________________ Ci7 2600K @5Ghz/8Gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer/Asus Sabertooth P67/EVGA GTX580 Black Ops/2x Patriot Torqx 128G(OS)/1Tb WD Black Ci7 920/6Gb Corsair DDR3 1600/GA-EX58-UD3R/Radeon HD5870/750Gb Seagate ES.2(OS)/2x 2Tb WD Green Ci7 860/8Gb Patriot Viper II/EVGA P55 SLI/Radeon HD5870/750Gb Seagate ES.2 (wife's rig)

Oct 21, 2009, 07:25 AM	#11
A Desire to Game HardwareHeaven Hoosier Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 279 Rep Power: 29 System Specs	Re: New socket 1156 build! Hey moshpit, you think you could run the DH Photoshop benchmark to give me an idea of performance with 8GB of RAM versus an i5 750? I'd really appreciate knowing the numbers a rig like yours is capable of at stock speeds. Thanks. __________________ Three is my new favorite number. (SATA III, USB 3.0, and triple channel memory)

Oct 21, 2009, 06:04 PM	#13
A Desire to Game HardwareHeaven Hoosier Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 279 Rep Power: 29 System Specs	Re: New socket 1156 build! Nah, you can download the benchmark here. If its not too much of a hassle. DH should get you to do all the benchmarks with your. __________________ Three is my new favorite number. (SATA III, USB 3.0, and triple channel memory)

Oct 21, 2009, 06:05 PM	#14
A Desire to Game HardwareHeaven Hoosier Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 279 Rep Power: 29 System Specs	Re: New socket 1156 build! Nah, you can download the benchmark here. If its not too much of a hassle. DH should get you to do all the benchmarks with your rig. __________________ Three is my new favorite number. (SATA III, USB 3.0, and triple channel memory)

Oct 21, 2009, 06:07 PM	#16
A Desire to Game HardwareHeaven Hoosier Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 279 Rep Power: 29 System Specs	Re: New socket 1156 build! Nah, you can download the benchmark here. If its not too much of a hassle. DH should get you to do all the benchmarks with your rig. __________________ Three is my new favorite number. (SATA III, USB 3.0, and triple channel memory)

Oct 21, 2009, 06:11 PM	#17
A Desire to Game HardwareHeaven Hoosier Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 279 Rep Power: 29 System Specs	Re: New socket 1156 build! Whoah, too many posts at once! Sorry bout that. I think you can DL the PS demo from Adobe's site to run the benchmark. Its cool if you don't have time or don't want to put a large demo on your new clean rig The Gigabyte UD2 is $109.99 and can be had for cheaper with a i5/i7 combo deal at Newegg. That is if you are daring enough to go micro Judas. __________________ Three is my new favorite number. (SATA III, USB 3.0, and triple channel memory) Last edited by A Desire to Game; Oct 21, 2009 at 06:20 PM.

Oct 21, 2009, 07:51 PM	Thread Starter #21
moshpit HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Pit, pit, pit, in the pit! Posts: 84 Rep Power: 56 System Specs	Re: New socket 1156 build! I wasn't fond of EVGA mobos during the Nforce generation chipsets, but their X58's proved to me they can make solid Intel chipset boards. P55 is the first chance I'm giving them, so far so good __________________ Ci7 2600K @5Ghz/8Gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer/Asus Sabertooth P67/EVGA GTX580 Black Ops/2x Patriot Torqx 128G(OS)/1Tb WD Black Ci7 920/6Gb Corsair DDR3 1600/GA-EX58-UD3R/Radeon HD5870/750Gb Seagate ES.2(OS)/2x 2Tb WD Green Ci7 860/8Gb Patriot Viper II/EVGA P55 SLI/Radeon HD5870/750Gb Seagate ES.2 (wife's rig)

Oct 23, 2009, 04:25 PM	#26
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,400 Rep Power: 56 System Specs	Re: New socket 1156 build! Well, personally Judas I would go with the Gigabyte boards any day of the week. I generally use Gigabyte boards in all the stuff i build for clients and quite frankly they never seem to come back with mobo problems so i think you are safe there. __________________ HTPC/file server: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom x4 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 (2x2GB) - 1TB WD Black - 4 x 1TB Hitachi DeskStar in RAID 5 - ATi TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner - HIS Raedon 4850 512MB - ASRock N68C-S UCC mobo - OCZ ModExtreme Pro 500W PSU GF's Gaming PC: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 1066 - 500GB Western Digital GP - HIS Raedon 5770 1GB - ASUS M3A78-EM - Zalman 650W PSU Media Streamer: Win 7 Pro 64-bit - AMD Athlon x2 3200+ - 4GB SuperTalent DDR2 800 - 250GB SeaGate Barracuda - MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - ASUS Raedon 5450 SILENT - FSP group 250W PSU

Oct 23, 2009, 06:03 PM	Thread Starter #28
moshpit HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Pit, pit, pit, in the pit! Posts: 84 Rep Power: 56 System Specs	Re: New socket 1156 build! Well, a week into using my first EVGA mobo, and it's fantastic. Stable, easy to overclock, and feature packed. Also, the color scheme looks 100% better in a windowed case. __________________ Ci7 2600K @5Ghz/8Gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer/Asus Sabertooth P67/EVGA GTX580 Black Ops/2x Patriot Torqx 128G(OS)/1Tb WD Black Ci7 920/6Gb Corsair DDR3 1600/GA-EX58-UD3R/Radeon HD5870/750Gb Seagate ES.2(OS)/2x 2Tb WD Green Ci7 860/8Gb Patriot Viper II/EVGA P55 SLI/Radeon HD5870/750Gb Seagate ES.2 (wife's rig)

Oct 23, 2009, 07:54 PM	#29
A Desire to Game HardwareHeaven Hoosier Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 279 Rep Power: 29 System Specs	Re: New socket 1156 build! The EVGA mobo's were always some of the sexiest in my opinion. I love their black PCB's (could explain the higher price tag). __________________ Three is my new favorite number. (SATA III, USB 3.0, and triple channel memory)