Still alive and kicking.

In case any of you are left I thought I let you know that there is at least 1 P5W DH Deluxe kicking along strong out there.

P5W DH Deluxe (acquired 2007)
Q9650 Core 2 Quad 3.0GHZ (Q9400 and many other CPUs available)
G.Skill PC2-8500 4x2GB (8GB) (5-5-5-13) (and lots of other memory available)
1 x nVidia ENG 450 GTS
1 x Samsung EVO 240 GB SSD
1 x WD Cavier Black 1TB
1 x PCI Xreative X-Fi Platinum
1 x Thermaltake 430W PSU

Windows 8.1 PRO 64.

All settings are auto and SPD. Even a 5% overclock makes the system unstable but it is 7 years old. But I'm not an over clocker. Tried the memory at 4-4-4-12 (much faster) but the system would black screen of death (reboot) once or twice a day. This was on all standard auto frequencies and with hyper 3 disabled.

I found this thread while investigating my Windows 8.1 instabilities. I have read up to page 205.

Windows 8 64 is much faster then XP on this system. In the last days of XP it would take 10-15 seconds to open an explorer window. I can snap open 4 or 5 explorer windows quicker than i can blink now!

If the hardware survives I will be using this system for a few more years to come.