nice thread. Good pics. I think I am gonna go with the MSI most probably. I had the K9A platinum and it was a MONSTER clocker. The only thing it lacked was low Vdimm voltage. 2.3V max. If MSI fixed that in this board , it would be one hell of a clocker. Its the chipset really. The older 580x and the newer 7xx series are just monster clockers.