I've been waiting for / watching this mobo for a while now, ok so I was suckered in by the WaterCoolable chipset design.. but I have other reasons for wanting it and I just wanna know whether its worth it for me

  • I heard they will phase the Special Edition out so needs to be bought now.
  • I received £250 for my bday to buy summit for my computer (either WC or new mobo).
  • I have DDR 1066 which only runs at 800Mhz (O/C on 1:1) on my current 975xbx2.
  • I'll get my WC parts eventually no matter what.
  • I currently have an ageing x1900xt - I might get 2 x ATI HD2600 512MB and put them in true 16x16 crossfire (I game at 1600x1200, 1920x1200 resolution)
    OR
  • When new GPU's come out I can use them in real crossfire
  • I can upgrade to the new CPU's with this mobo
  • I'll only buy DDR3 when it costs around £200 for DDR3@1600Mhz (so a while yet!)


Is it worth my while upgrading? Considering I have only one main PC so will have to take my current set up apart (not so bad cos then I can do a fresh O/S install)

Any thoughts on my reasons would be greatly appreciated!! I mean is the true 16x16 PCIE any good? Any idea when the Abit x38 comes out? are Abit any good?!? I have mixed feelings on Asus with various hits and misses (but hell, even my INTEL xbx2 isnt perfect; destroying 3 sets of memory in slots 1+3)