Quote Originally Posted by Bryants97240sx
I wouldnt just jump the gun, the aw9d-max is by no means a bad board.
It's also not exactly the boards it's cracked up to be, I'm fairly dissapointed in mine. You can bet your arsey that when the IN9 drops, I'll be the first in line to get it so I can replaced this AW9D-MAX. I just picked up a new Vapo LS last night as well, and the AW9D's lack of solid FSB above about 420 really torques my jaw.

When's the launch date on this thing anyhow?

And a comment on the heatpipes, they look really good actually. A lot of nice thin copper fins and plenty of surface area. I imagine this stock cooling solution does the job very nicely.