Quote Originally Posted by antiacid View Post
I think that the evolution you might see with x79 boards will be on the connector side of things (lightpeak, usb3.0, sata6, 10GbE, etc) as those technologies become available with time. Early adopters (and benchers) would typically not be too bothered with that kind of stuff anyway.
Good point, although that's 1% of users, right?

I guess it's good I'm holding out. USB 3.0 is really really nice to have (using it now) and sata 6 & thunderbolt will rock.

As for 10Gbe, its so expensive now. It'll drop that much in 2 years (1H 2012)? That would be nice, 1gbps is limiting, but that's another discussion.