Quote Originally Posted by 'Owltoid',index.php?page=Thread&postID=171509#post 171509
However, between this mobo and the ASUS, Newegg had negative reviews on the ASUS which left the MSI the winner.
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I have had nothing but trouble with my recent ASUS purchases. IT took 6 months! before ASUS released a BIOS for my Striker II Extreme motherboard that meant it did not crash every 10 minutes. I do not appreciate being a beta tester for supposedly retail ready products.

My ASUS Nvidia 8800GT graphics card comes with one big fan and a missing fan controller chip. Hey, guess what, cannot control the fan speed from software. Sucks. My fault for not doing enough research; but ASUS are never getting any more of my money.

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Sounds like you have got yourself a machine that will last you a long while. I hope it treats you well .