ASUS P6T SE LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: • Great feature set w/o SLI, if you don't need it
• Easy to set up including hardware and BIOS
• It's very fast and stable

Cons: • None

Overall Review: I'm not an overclocker or gamer. I need a fast, stable i7 board for video editing. This one is perfect because I want a high-quality component without the added cost of SLI.

I had no problems assembling the machine (every part is new). It posted on the first try. After a few BIOS tweaks, Vista Ultimate 64-Bit installed perfectly. I’ve also run Windows 7 RC 64-Bit using the Asus chipset drivers for the P6T Deluxe V2. They worked great.

One more thought: I hate it when people bang a perfectly good product because they failed to find and/or read the specs before buying. You can easily find the specs for this MB on Google, and Newegg is under no obligation to list all the features it *doesn’t* come with. This MB delivers EXACTLY what it promises and thus deserves 5 eggs.

• Intel Core i7 920
• ASUS P6T SE
• Scythe Mugen-2 CPU Cooler
• Corsair XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 SDRAM (8-8-8-24)
• Sapphire 100248L Radeon HD 3850 512MB
• WD Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB
• Vista Ulti

Pros: worked for some time, but I'm not going to make opinions as this was my first build.

Cons: it only allows 1 DDR3-1600 for each channel, meaning I was grounded to 6gb until I switched to 1866 or something similar.

Now the real problem: the best (and only) configuration was slots 2, 4, 6, but slot 6 was faulty. It only allowed me to use 4gb of ram, instead of 6gb.

Since I found this problem 2 days AFTER the return policy ended, gonna have to wade through bureaucratic madness to get this replaced.

Overall Review: I only gave this a one star for the faulty channel; its obviously a good board. It dosen't have SLI so keep that in mind!