EVGA X58 3X SLI Classified Motherboard Reviewed

nice review guys. Sounds like you really enjoyed working with that board. How did it fare compared to the Rampage 2 Extreme you guys fiddled with a few months back.

No ECC on core i7. no ECC means the memory could very well not be working at all and if the OS HAPPENS to crash you might find out. It is criminal in 2009 to not have universal ECC.

Who knows, maybe Air France 447 was brought down by-non-ECC memory on a computer. No ECC is a deadly game ultimatly.

^^^probably due to the price of it^^^

I really like the Evga mobos. Is there enough cooling of the NB/SB to run a water cooling system w/o extra cooling?

mickrussom:

No ECC on core i7. no ECC means the memory could very well not be working at all and if the OS HAPPENS to crash you might find out. It is criminal in 2009 to not have universal ECC.

Who knows, maybe Air France 447 was brought down by-non-ECC memory on a computer. No ECC is a deadly game ultimatly.

 

What consumer level PC platform are you aware of today that uses ECC?  And if it did, would it be worth the cost premium?  No, the vast majority of desktop PCs do not currently need ECC.  You example of Air France is about a mission critical application.  This is where ECC memory and error correction detection architectures need to be robust and make sense from a cost standpoint.  The Enterprise level is even an application where it makes sense but for the end user, at least with current manufacturing processes, it just doesn't make sense nor is it feasible from a cost standpoint.

You seem to be on an ECC kick though.  I see your comments on our Dell XPS desktop review were very much the same?  You wouldn't have an axe to grind, would you?  

Der Meister:

I really like the Evga mobos. Is there enough cooling of the NB/SB to run a water cooling system w/o extra cooling?

I would say so Der.  For sure.

nelsoncp21:

nice review guys. Sounds like you really enjoyed working with that board. How did it fare compared to the Rampage 2 Extreme you guys fiddled with a few months back.

These motherboards are very much on the same playing field, Nelson.  I'd say look at features and see how they line up with your needs.  It's a very close call but the Asus board is slightly less expensive but POSSIBLY less overclockable... possibly.