It is done... no really, it is this time :-)

[Clunk]

Means nothing.
Certainly didnt blow anything out of proportion and definitely doesn't demonstrate any thought of authority when it comes to the board.
I posted my findings as i saw them, as you did. Now for some reason i cannot fathom, you think your review is the only thing that matters with regards to this board.
I think it is in fact you that regard yourself as the authority on this when in reality thats not the case (as is often the case)..........I havent read any reviews that seem to have anyone thats the authority on any PC parts actually.
I am just glad i read your part of the review and ignored it. Supershanks's part in it was more informative and subbjective.

Its personal opinion and thats all. Mine isn't the same as yours!

I use it, i have no problems with it. For some reason you take issue with that and i will stand my ground on it.

It is also a great board for CrossFire, i have recently found out. Did you try it with tha aswell? Nope.

What you have failed to grasp is that i dont care who buys it, hates it, loves it. I am posting what i found out about the board and nothing more which is exactly what you did. I just gave it a little longer.
Unfortunately though, you seem a little aggitated that someone doesnt agree with you for a change.

Sorry, but i just find it a little arogant that you can sit there and tell me whether MY boad is any good or not when i am the other using it.

What you have failed to grasp is that i dont care who buys it, hates it, loves it

Yes you do, or you wouldn't have started ranting.

There's only you going on about it.

Read back, you got on your high horse because I recommended him to get the P35

[Blitzen]

Yes you do, or you wouldn't have started ranting.

There's only you going on about it.

Read back, you got on your high horse because I recommended him to get the P35

I didnt get on my high horse.

I pointed out, after you made your comments about the QuadGT, that although you have a review posted on your website, its inconclusive, flaky and not extensive enough in fact to be classed as a review. The board and bios were not mature when you wrote your 'article' and therefore your picture of it was distorted completely.
It looks like it was something just to stroke your ego.

There is no winner here because you appear to believe that your review is the definitive review for this boad when clearly it isn't.
You dont like the board, thats your perogative, and i think your review (if thats what it was supposed to be) is not very good and not what your usual standards produce. The fact remains that its your opinion and thats all. Shrouding that inaccuracy with sarcasm just makes it poorer.

[Clunk]

I realise that your hobby is arguing on the internet and as much as I would love to help you out today, I have more important stuff that needs doing, like cleaning the toilet.

[shaithis]

As someone else who has had the IX38-QuadGT since day of release, I am fairly happy with the board.

I do not find it as nice as Blitzen describes yet find it no-where near as bad as Clunks review paints it....

Going over 400FSB with 8GB RAM and a Q6600 requires quite a voltage bump to the MCH for me, pushing past 425 FSB requires too much voltage to be stable for any length of time. I also find my G0 Q6600 requiring around 1.48v vcore to hold stable at 3.5GHz. Oddly, this is more then my old B3 Xeon X3210 requires on my older (and considerably worse) Asus Blitz Formula (P35 chipset). Also, it took considerably longer to find a set of stable options on the QuadGT. The PWMs are currently not causing me any issues, yes they get hot, no I would not like to touch them again I have thought of water-cooling them but I would need something like a Q9450 to justify trying to push the FSB high enough to bother trying.

My honest opinion is that the board has drastically matured with new BIOS revisions but like a lot of todays boards, it can react very differently depending on what CPU and RAM you use.

I am fairly confident that if I used a Dual Core CPU and 2 x 1GB RAM sticks, I wouldn't need anywhere near the voltage requirements that I currently do and would almost certainly hit a higher overclock.

We all know that overclocks are a matter of luck. One board will never clock identically to the next. Combine that with a plethora of optional parts interacting with the board and you have a situation where people can, and do, get differing results.


At the end of the day just stick to the golden rule:

Anything over stock is a bonus. Never expect to get the same as another person as there are way too many variables.

[Blitzen]

I realise that your hobby is arguing on the internet and as much as I would love to help you out today, I have more important stuff that needs doing, like cleaning the toilet.

I dont want to argue over this. But you seem to think i should accept your word as gospel although what i found was different to you? And you also think it shouldnt be commented upon. Why?
All you did was try to put the OP off a board that you didn't thoroughly test with a good bios.

Good luck with cleaning the toilet btw................

[tensim]

Hi Clunk, Blitzen et al

Thanks for the debate, it's been fun to watch! I've read all of the reviews that I could find on my chosen board, most seem to agree that it's a solid choice, though not without it's issues (I haven't been able to find a review from the past couple of months, I guess when the more mature BIOS has come into affect, so hopefully it can only be better than what they've indicated...)

Anyhoo, I'm sticking with the iX38... I like the idea of 2 x 4870's in Crossfire at some point . fingers crossed all goes well with it... I'm only looking for a 'mild' overclock to around 3.2-3.6ghz, pretty much the same as Blitzen, so all should be fine (I hope!)

Parts are starting to arrive in the next couple of days, going to have quite a pile by the time they all get here! It's a bit like Christmas really

talk to ya'll later!

[Blitzen]

Good Luck

[CrazyMonkey]

Just adding a little Good Luck Message =]

Take your time when building it (If it's your first lay everything out and think about it).

Go steady and be careful, if you do that you should have no problems.

Good Luck!

[tensim]

Thanks Monsieur CrazyMonkey, appreciate your sentiments

Everything gets here tomorrow, looking forward to it... Will most likely post a build thread to get help as I go, I'm sure I'll be fine though; as you say, I'll take my time and ask if anything doesn't make sense!

cheers

[Rob_B]

...this is a fun thread!

Can I put in my 2c worth?...Gotta love the Cosmos! Would get one if i wasn't married, with a baby & had a spare ton!