ASUS Maximus II Formula - new P45 king?

[Grnfinger]

I have a gigabyte UD3P currently running my Q9650 at 9x445. It only needs 1.216 vcore under load for stability. I have a chance to get the MIIF very very cheap (basically the same as what I can sell the UD3P for).

I noticed there are number of Q9650 owners in this thread. Are there any challenges I should be aware of getting 9x445 with a quad on this board? with the UD3P, literally the only thing I had to do was change vcore and ram voltage and away it went.

I have no complaints about the UD3P but I am a bit bored and it would be nice to have actual voltage and temp sensors in NB and SB (something the UD3P lacks).

thanks

I wont tell you what I think, but 9x445 on a MIIF would be a walk in the park.
Many MIIF users have jump'd ship and went with a Rampage or a UD3P.
The MIIF is a decent board but many lesser models are beating it in terms of FSB and bandwidth.
It runs fairly cool and has superior power mangement, nice dual bios, and some great skews for high FSB stability.
What is lacks is a decent bios to unleash its full potential.
Research and ask many questions, perhaps if its a friend maybe he would let you "borrow" it for testing b4 you made the decision.

I have the same chip as you , if you would like I can run a few comparisions for you to help decide.