EVGA E758-A1 3-Way SLI (x16/x16/x8) LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: This Motherboard has worked without flaw having 2 CPU (latest i7 980), 4 video cards (latest 680gtx), 12 GB 1600 mhz ram, one bios flash update and Creatives Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series. This board is unbelievable! I wish I could buy another and use it to build another with my i7960 and left over older video cards oh well ha

Cons: The cooling towers on the board prevented me from installing an H80 water cooler and had to use the H60 due to space and conflicts with the Silver Stone TJ10B tower.

Pros: It's been working well for 4 years now very solid

Cons: After 4 years of heavy use the north-bridge fan is starting to whine and possibly go bad. As this is a non standard heat sink and fan it doesn't make resolving the issue easy.

I have had issues with USB devices being dropped upon system posting. Meaning the device needs to be disconnected and reconnected for it to work. I guess this is a common issue with this board I had to tweak some voltage settings that I found researching online and then it has been solid every since.

Pros: Everything. Layout, looks, BIOS options, rock solid stability, tons of ports... just awesome.

Cons: No USB3 or SATA6? lol

Other Thoughts: Owned mine since it came out and it hasn't missed a beat. Never an issue except for the initial setup of my OCZ RevoDrive.

Pros: Fast, reliable. Built the rig in 2009 and have never had a single issue with it. Overclocking is easy and EVGA support is superb.

Cons: Slow to POST but runs like cheetah once it does.

Pros: Great expandability; reliable

Cons: None so far

Pros: board is very stable, runs great. The BIOS reset button does not affect your RAID settings (most nerve-wracking event ever is pushing that button without knowing it's affect on RAID). The BIOS settings are very generous in options. Overclocking is easy as the auto-voltage option works very well for basic overclocking.

Cons: the overclocking tutorial available in the EVGA forums is out-dated and may cause harm to more recent processors (due to voltage settings.) The RAID 0+1 only supports exactly 4 drives. This is not documented anywhere I could find and lead to me purchasing 6 drives expecting to use a RAID 0+1 only to be disappointed and have to reconfigure my RAID plans. (the RAID issue is what caused the loss of egg number 5)

Other Thoughts: all in all, I love this board, and will probably be sticking to EVGA because of it.

Pros: Nice looking motherboard. Nice I/O shield plate.
Worked for about 14 hours.

Cons: After 14 hours, shuts down on its own. (see Other thoughts)

Other Thoughts: After 14 hours, shuts down on its own. Boot back up, no USB. Remove the motherboard and try it on a barebone setup, can't boot because of blue flashing light indicating something wrong with the power input. Try another PSU, same thing. RMA the motherboard, same thing. RMA again, same freaking thing !. Try another set of CPU/RAM/GFX off my friends comp, same thing.

After 6 RMA's, 3 months and over 100 $ in shipping costs, they send me a FTW3 that actually works.

I must say that the customer service of EVGA was very good. But, if your products fail, even the best customer service won't do nothing about it.

Moral of this story ? Do alot of research before buying ANY computer component.

Pros: It has a warranty.
Looks nice
OCs decently.

Cons: -Double-boot with Virtualization enabled.
-Northbridge heat sinks are ridiculously large and run hot

Other Thoughts: Worst component of my build - I was suckered into the rebate.

Manufacturer Response:

Hi,

The double boot with VT is enabled is a normal occurrence for this product.

If the double boot is not ideal, you can try BIOS 49 which does not have a double boot with VT.

Thanks,
Jacob

Pros: I really loved this board. It had everything I needed.

Cons: EVGA Customer Service. I returned this board for an RMA and somehow it was damaged in transit or whatever. Of course damage voids the warrenty, therefore I am out of a motherboard.

Other Thoughts: WILL NEVER BUY EVGA PRODUCT AGAIN. Thanks a lot EVGA.

Pros: nothing exceptional to mention

Cons: defective after 3 months of use

Other Thoughts: bought this in june 2010, three months into it and memory slots read only 4 of my 6gb of ram. tried finding a solution for two months. turns out it's a pretty common defect. evga will not pay fully for freight. returning it now for fix, still waiting after it