Good, stable LGA1366 Board? I care about quality over flashy features

[Z Overlord]

Looks like my old GA-EX58-UD3R is finally read to kick the bucket, it's been the worse board I've ever dealt with by far, googling it finds it is a problematic board.

So for around the $200 range, what's a good board that actually has good circuitry? I'm surprised at how many boards don't follow the USB specifications and such.

I only have 1 gpu, no desire to ever have dual gpu's or raid or whatever.


I just want a board that will last more than 2 years

[cmanser]

Asus or ASROCK make great boards and there are lots to choose from. I have an Asus P6T Deluxe V2 and an ASROCK X58 Xtreme and both are rock solid.

[CedricFP]

EVGA X58 boards were also good, not sure if they are still sold though. My SLI micro was a dream to work with.

Then again so was my X58 UD3R, so your mileage may vary.

[zsamz_]

just buy a used one
dont buy a gigabyte without the A
older versions
personally i would only buy an evga classified
if you dont overclock over 200blk consider an asus
the x58A-ud5 or ud7 are also good even the ud3r's

[fr0wn3r]

Sabertooth X58 from Asus, offers nice performance for the money. Maybe not the best in OC but worth considering. Pretty cheap...

[Andrea deluxe]

Sabertooth X58 from Asus, offers nice performance for the money. Maybe not the best in OC but worth considering. Pretty cheap...

agree!

[[XC] Oj101]

In my experience, if you only care about long term, rock solid stability for years to come you get Intel. If you want a small lifetime knock in exchange for good features, a few gimmicks and decent performance you get Asus. If you don't mind taking another reliability hit in exchange for a long feature list at a good price while still keeping good performance you get Gigabyte. If all you care about is a long gimmick list and fancy marketing you get MSI I haven't used the other brands enough to comment on long term reliability, but ASRock seems to offer awesome value for money.

I started to hate Gigabyte years ago after having three or four Socket 370 boards where the IDE controllers blew, but after the GA-890FXA-UD7/9 I've been decidedly impressed.