Ive currently got the Asus Blitz Formula ( Absolutely awesome board ) , All reviews and comparisons ive seen its actually been better than the Asus Maximus Formula and Gigabyte X38 DQ6 which pretty much makes it the best board available still. There isnt any benefit of having X38 chipset unless u feel the need to say u have a PCI-E 2.0 compatible motherboard even though everyone knows that PCI-E 2.0 makes no difference over PCI-E