Hi All,

Another first time poster here. Been a member at OCN for a bit now, but no P5W thread there, lol.

I have this board paired up an X3220 Quad Core, an 8800GTS 320MB, and am currently waffling between 3 sets of RAM I have, but I can figure that one out.

What I am wondering, is the age old question: Is now the time to upgrade?

With the P35, already eclipsed by the X38/X48 (which are most drool worthy I might add), is my beloved P5W really becoming a dinosaur?

I never really even considered it until I recently read an article in which the 975X chipset was referred to as "aging" and "esoteric".

I've had this board going on a year and a half now (actually I am on #2, as #1 had a capacitor issue) and really like it, but I see the X38 pushing the quads upward of 4.0GHz, makes me wonder if I should splurge on a Rampage Formula or something snazzy like that.

I would love any opinions on the "current relevance" (for lack of better terminology) of the 975X, and more specifically, the P5W DH Deluxe.

In other news, I recently upgraded to BIOS 2704, and hate it. My system feels strange to me, and is a little buggy. Will be trying to flash backward to something more solid.