Quote Originally Posted by nugzo View Post
As much as i want this DFI, I'd jump on a MSI P6N Diamond if it was to beat DFI to retail. I sure could use the extra 16x slot as is i have the other 3 full. The onboard X-Fi would free up room for a nice TV Tuner or DVB card as well
The MSI looks nice, and I know you get a lot for $399...but its $399!

That and the last MSI board I had had horrible support from MSI. I sent numerous emails, and never got any answers. I finally sent the board back due to stability issues and got the DFI and its been stock stable since.

The things that worries me about eVGA is
1) build quality (ie, noisy caps)
2) board layout (go SLI = only one PCI slot. Horrible SATA location. onboard reset/power/wipe CMOS crappy location, etc)
3) Other oddities of the eVGA 680i. RAM being killed, NV4 errors, etc.

But, I want to build ASAP. And by the time i'm done building with the eVGA and testing things out, the DFI might be out in abundance with more people using/tweaking/fixing things.