BIOSTAR TpowerX58 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: good quality nice packaging, looks great in an open case easy to overclock 100% solid very nice layout all over. Its an i7 with both SLI or XFIRE has plenty of everything! nothing interfers with anything. the fact that despite being a new platform I have had "0" issues or problems at all. has nice simple BIOS with built in memtest for you OCers such as myself. this is my first i7 which I was reluctant to buy being that I have a great C2D rig that is only 6 months old, which I might say still holds its own, but this is better and games do run better even in Vista Ultimate SP1 32bit.

Cons: Lamers that are saying this board wont OC over 3gigs? all I can say to you is just because you are a newbie to OCing and the awesome i7 core , dont make this great board look bad because out of my 10years of OCing on some of the best platforms available this thing even Blows my Mind!!!its that good.

Overall Review: My Rig OCed 2 days old starting with mild OC till she burns in, Ops by mild I'm @ 167mhzX21=3.5Ghz at AUTO Vcore (1.0-1.3) Mem 2:8=1336Mhz 3X1Gb Lat @6-6-6-18 manual 1.65V Temps between CPU temps 39c-61c using only a Zalman 9500(92mm) in an Antec Skeleton Case.
Also running Dual OC edition 9800GT's in SLI stk700mhz@ 42c-52c GPU temps all day long! and yes this setup will run all games to date at very high settings w/ max AA and maintain very good FPS. even Crysis 45+ on max settings in DX10,and yes It even Beats my Gigabyte P45/ e8500 C2D @ 4.0ghz with a GTX260 OC edtion Rig and makes less heat! bottom line is this is one of the best motherboards for the money available and one of the best Ive used in over 10 years worth of builds.

Pros: When it works, nothing to complain about.

Cons: Power-on issues, flakey USB, bad quality control.

Overall Review: 2 out of 2 MBs have had issues. The first one reported a NB temp of 102 degrees C and was RMA'ed. The second one suffers from 2 different issues:
1. Every third power-on you need to hit reset to get the MB to make it past POST
2. USB is very flakey and sometimes needs multiple restarts for it to work fully.

Replacing this MB with one from another manufacturer. Done with Biostar.