Quote Originally Posted by mikeysg View Post
Yeah, I had noted the Biostar mobo in your sig, not exactly tier 1 mobo maker I must say. Stark contrast with the GTX680 I might add, should you be looking for a new mobo, look at Asus, I was won over by Asus years back....my P5E has been with me for years and, with the HD6970, is my 2nd rig. This Asus M5A97 EVO has two USB3.0 ports at he back, plus a header for front panel USB3.0, only snag is, my dated Mozart tx case has no such port. Good OCer as well, upped my FX4100 to 4.2ghz using the UEFI BIOS just like that. Just installed Asus AI Suite II, I find options for Fast and Extreme OCing. I have heard good things about MSI and Gigabyte mobos as well.
I was actually looking at the MSI Big Bang II board, due to all the rave reviews. Problem was everyone was out of stock, and had been for some time. I finally decided on the P9X79 Pro, and I'm not disappointed in the least. I've heard many say that dealing with Asus on an RMA can be a nightmare, but to date, I've never had a bad/DOA/problem board with any Asus I've purchased.

One thing I really like about this board is the BIOS flashing capability. This board has their new flash option that allows me to flash the BIOS with a USB thumb drive, w/out the need for a CPU. This is absolutely awesome for those of us that may change hardware frequently, especially when you need to update a BIOS for microcode when installing a new CPU.