Ahh, I read and watched couple of reviews. Reviewers where happy about military class componants that msi use.. Arent they having good quality? I decided to go with msi because I thought it had better quality componants.$$lIoNkInG$$ said:Jugga - dude.... SB performance doesnt scale as well with clocks as with LGA1366 Even with higher IPC SB isnt able to beat the big daddy 1366 socket.
i7 950 is at par with i5 2500 which has a higher IPC and clock speed both. So if u say OCability - 4.0GHz Nehalem will beat 4.3GHz SB easily coz with Nehalem ur increasing BClk not CPU Ratio.
So basically -
1. 1366 has better performance.
2. 1366 is a better platform too.
3. About EOL?? - Dude, If you buy an EOL Ferrari... its still a Ferrari.
It still performs extremely well, why not to buy EOL platform - Its even better at this time its cheaper!
@Rahul - You can add USB3.0 functionality later for about 750/- to any board also SATA III 6.0GB/s is not the kind of feature that shud be a deciding factor. All those good speeds you see with SATA 6 GB/s are only "burst rates" - they dont count.
You can very well go for DFI UT X58.
@MSI - Yeah, MSI quality is shaky - go for Asus or Gigabyte if u want to go for Z68/P67.
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