Actually I think my original Ultra D modded to SLI was the best of all the boards I have tried. It beat my SLI-DR and this new Expert.

That said, the Expert is my favorite board. The layout is waaaaay better than the old DFI NF4s with SLI. The CPU voltage is dead nuts on. Very accurate. Adjustments are very precise.

I'm using no more voltage now on the Expert than I did on my Ultra D or SLI-DR. like someone said, the Expert just doesn't over volt like the older boards did.

I won't know until i push things further, but I think the Expert likes my Ballistix better. I'm hitting 290 1T at 2.85v. That's about 5mhz more than I could hit on my Ultra D or SLI-DR.

I'm still fiddling with air cooling for fun. I'll be under phase change and water cooling next weekend. I'll know more then.