what's currently the cheapest x58 motherboard?

[vital]

what's currently the cheapest x58 motherboard?

 

[Gulkorr]

ASRock X58 Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard $159.99 and i looked up a bunch of review's, and the reviews say nothing but good thing's about it.

Link http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157163

I am going to more then likely use the Asrock board.

 

[kudos]

Seconded the ASRock, it was the cheapest I was able to find, and excellent reviews as well, especially for the price. I think open box at newegg is still $115.

 

[klocwerk]

Seconded the ASRock, it was the cheapest I was able to find, and excellent reviews as well, especially for the price. I think open box at newegg is still $115.

$118.
Just installed my open-box the other day, came with all the accessories and works like it should. OCing going well so far.
No-brainer to save $50 imho.

 

[SunnyD]

Nice thing about most of the ASRock boards is that the open box boards are from returns that people ended up thinking they have a bad board because they were putting the ram in the wrong slots.

That being said, I opted for a NIB one @ $159 FS. Last open box board I purchased from newegg had absolutely no accessories, and getting the backplate from ASUS cost me $20. Wasn't going to take that chance again.

 

[ExcaliburMM]

The ASRock X58 Extreme I got open box at the egg had a dead memory channel. No matter what slots, dual channel only.

Same 920 and 3x2GB kit in a new board worked perfectly fine.

If you're going to buy a cheap board, I'd recommend either the Foxconn Flaming Blade instead, or don't buy open box for the ASRock.

 

[Gillbot]

My Asrock x58 Extreme Open Box arrived full retail and has been chugging away with all 6 memory slots full without a single issue so far.

 

[sgaliger]

The ASRock X58 Extreme I got open box at the egg had a dead memory channel. No matter what slots, dual channel only.

Same 920 and 3x2GB kit in a new board worked perfectly fine.

If you're going to buy a cheap board, I'd recommend either the Foxconn Flaming Blade instead, or don't buy open box for the ASRock.

Seriously, there is a motherboard called the "Flaming Blade?"

 

[SunnyD]

Seriously, there is a motherboard called the "Flaming Blade?"

Yup. And it only has 3 dimm sockets. I'll pass.

 

[ExcaliburMM]

I would think if he was focusing on a cheap board he wouldn't be buying 6 sticks of RAM.

 

[Gillbot]

I would think if he was focusing on a cheap board he wouldn't be buying 6 sticks of RAM.

depends

you can get 6 1gb sticks cheaper than 3 2gb's usually

 

[Shmee]

depends

you can get 6 1gb sticks cheaper than 3 2gb's usually

ya, but you pay for it with more VTT and lower OC :C

 

[Gillbot]

ya, but you pay for it with more VTT and lower OC :C

not everyone cares about absolute MAX oc though. Best MHz per $ can often be attained with "cheaper" parts and isn't too far off pace with "top tier" stuff.

 

[vital]

The reason why I want the cheapest x58 motherboard right now is just to stick it in my ATX case right now until I see an x58 (or x68?) mATX motherboard with usb3 and SATA 6gbps. Basically, I can't wait to upgrade to an i7 processor, but I can wait to migrate to a SFF system.

 

[SunnyD]

not everyone cares about absolute MAX oc though. Best MHz per $ can often be attained with "cheaper" parts and isn't too far off pace with "top tier" stuff.

3.33GHz @ 1.056v with 9GB of ram running at a whole 996MHz at 1.5v. I'm happy. (Haven't bothered to screw with any other settings... yet.)