Good Motherboard
By Peter Ahern
This motherboard will allow only two SLI graphics cards. This is fine if that is all you need. Others can take 3 cards. Be careful if you select a card that takes two slots... you lose a PCIe-x slot (the short one). Also, note that it is better to add the CPU cooler while the board is not mounted, if you use a Cooler Master case. You can't reach one of the four attachment bolts. Taking it all apart again is a pain. The utility from Intel will allow overclocking, and it has a automatic increment capability. Nice board. No other issues. The included fan works well on the IO Hub.
Pros: Full ATX Board, Noted other 890 series boards in other mnfgr's were only Micro ATX. Future board fur sure.. Support for 6 core technology, Sata 3 , USB 3 , DDR 3 . And many more digital interfaces, Good expansion oppurtunitys..Fast !! Win 7 64 955 X4 , And it even had a floppy drive connecter onboard for us old timers.. Great board to step into the arena with NICE !!!
This motherboard will allow only two SLI graphics cards. This is fine if that is all you need. Others can take 3 cards. Be careful if you select a card that takes two slots... you lose a PCIe-x slot (the short one). Also, note that it is better to add the CPU cooler while the board is not mounted, if you use a Cooler Master case. You can't reach one of the four attachment bolts. Taking it all apart again is a pain. The utility from Intel will allow overclocking, and it has a automatic increment capability. Nice board. No other issues. The included fan works well on the IO Hub.
Pros: Support new technology that isnt even standard yet, such as usb 3.0 and sata 6.0 with plenty of slots to hold these devices.
