EVGA X79 SLI 132-SE-E775-K2 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Let me just preface this by saying......I'm poor.......really poor. When this came up around Christmas time for about $79.00 after rebate, I said "oh well so the kids miss a couple of meals. I couldn't pass up the chance to get into an x79 board for so little money. EVGA did send the rebate in a timely manner so I am very happy with the whole buying experience and am happy with the operation of this board. My hungry kids however are not.

Cons: My kids went hungry for a bit.

Overall Review: It's now late June and I finally scraped enough money together to go down to my local big brick and mortar, you know, the one that sells processors really cheap to bring you in the store. I bought my I7 3820 processor and ran out because I didn't want to get tempted to buy anything else because I had no extra money. I'm poor, I probably already mentioned that. Anyhow.....I'm in the x79 family and my kids didn't lose that much weight so it's all good.

Pros: I got it on super sale. It's worth more than I paid for it. I read up extensively on this board and was a bit hesitant, but I've been quite pleased with this purchase! It's a quality filled board with good features. I've not overclocked the cpu, as that comes after watercooling, but I've got the ram running happily at 18667. I haven't tried to push it faster.

Cons: BIOS is a little rough around the edges; not the smoothest experience. My impression is that many of the problems with the BIOS have been fixed, but there are a few lingering ones. Research to see if it's riskier for a feature that you consider critical.

Overall Review: I'm an old computer guy and built and bought many systems and no longer have the time for finicky hardware, nor stuff that doesn't work. So the purchase felt a little risky for me and it isn't the top board in the x79 line. But I don't regret buying it at all. This board was better than I expected and it has worked great for me. I would probably feel a little less excited about my purchase if I paid full price, but who doesn't like a good deal?

Pros: EVGA support / warranty

Cons: I have been casually building at least one or two computers every year (family, friends, self etc.) for approximately 14 years. I've never received a defective item, until now. (No POST)

Overall Review: My experience with EVGA support was a good one. I didn't feel I was being given useless troubleshooting steps, they never tried to blame another component. They're open 24 hours, so I didn't need to alter my schedule to be supported. I could have called Newegg for an RMA, I'm sure, but I let EVGA handle everything. It was frustrating to receive a defective product, to say the least. Maybe I shouldn't give 4 eggs for a bad board, but I was so pleasantly surprised by EVGA and their readiness to RMA my product (the new board worked perfect the first time) that I will absolutely try more EVGA products in the future. (I reserve the right to rescind this claim if I get more DOA products lol) TBH I don't, currently, intend to overclock or use SLI so I don't have much extra to say about my mobo. I simply wanted the socket 2011 for the processor / quad channel memory support for now and I was able to buy this board at a fantastic sale price from NewEgg. Plus, of course, I have a few more options to expand this way if I decide it's necessary. Hopefully my experience with the support/warranty from EVGA was the rule and not the exception. Just wanted to share, although some patience was required, I was ultimately satisfied.

Pros: LGA 2011 for a low price, USB 3.0 on the back along with Firewire & eSATA, SATA 6Gbps inside, lots of PCI-E x16 slots, easy to work on, etc.

Cons: No USB 3.0 header on board and 4 RAM slots instead of 8.

Overall Review: First board that came had a defective RAM slot. Issue was solved with EVGA phone tech support (very helpful) and a NewEgg RMA. EVGA support website not as good as ASUS, if you care about that kind of thing.

Pros: 16x16 SLI capable is always a graphics boost when it comes to PCIe. Quad channel memory capable up to 32 Gig is nice. Passive cooling on the MoBo in my opinion is better than having a fan burn out. Bios features galore.

Cons: DO NOT adjust the BCLK ration or frequency. This will cause problems with the LAN and USB. Adjust the clock multiplier in the BIOS. READ the forums on overclocking this board.

Overall Review: Core i7 3820 at 4.3GHz 16 Gig G-Skill 4x4 memory at 2133 This Mother board 2x EVGA GTX 560 Ti's SLI'd Kingston SSD's Silverstone 1000 Watt PSU Thermal Take Case with 2 180mm fans 1 intake 1 exhaust and temps peak 50 deg Celsius under heavy load.

Pros: Had an easy time with setup. Dropped in CPU, RAM, and the thing powered up perfectly first try. BIOS setup takes a minute to get accustomed to, but works great. First thing I did was flash the BIOS to the newest. worked like a charm. This system has been a work in progress for over 20 years of builds and upgrades. I am pleased to add this EVGA board to the pedigree.

Cons: So far, none I can think of.

Pros: I really wanted to get into the 2011 socket but I'm poor, so when I saw this available for $79 I jumped. Once you update the bios this becomes a decent board. Actually I once bricked a computer with a bad bios flash so the dual bios on this is extremely comforting. All my usb ports work and it has never crashed.

Cons: This isn't a good beginner board. Honestly if you're on a budget like me you shouldn't even go the 2011 route if your primary focus is gaming. I just like shinny things I guess. So many bios updates come out and they all have very important issues addressed in each. The dual bios makes this problem less nerve racking though.

Overall Review: If you really want 2011 and don't have the money to pay for a 300 dollar board and this goes back down to $79 then go for it.

Pros: sUPER SWEET BOARD AND MUST UPGRADE TO LATEST BIOS. MY 3930K OVERCLOCKS TO 4.2 GHZ AT STOCK VOLTAGE. WITH HYPER 212 UNIV W/TWO 120 Fans idles at 25C pASSMARK cpu benchmark is 14124 and 4th highest rated. only 8 core xenons beat it. Super deal bought for $139.99 with $40.00 rebate. Beat 8 core cpu's in cinebench. Highly recommend this board to custom builders.

Cons: just must update to latest bios to overclock. This is a board for tech people and not you average one time builder. Rookies should not build a system with this board.