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May 23, 2016
Caution - Old Board with Early Implementation of SATA 6GB/s and USB 3.0
The Asus X58 LGA 1366 boards have a strong reputation for reliability. I have owned a P6T SE for about 5 years, and just purchased the PX48D-E which was the latest generation of the X58 in late 2010.
My effort to reduce cost by embracing this old technology did not work out well. This board will take Gen 1 i5 and i7 series processors, and I was particularly attracted to an i7 990x processor which I found on EBay for $280 Plus the Motherboard for $110 gave me a 6 core rig for $400, vs an i7 5820K which would have cost 50% more ($380 + $210) for 30% more performance.
I was disappointed because the SATA III (6GB/s) and the USB 3.0 *both* have flakey implementations. This was the first attempt to put these technologies onto a motherboard, and ASUS used a Marvell chip for the SATA III and a NEC Renesas chip for the USB 3.0. Both have flakey drivers and (see online) are notoriously unreliable.
After spending many hours trying different drivers and running numerous tests, I have an excellent and reliable SATA II board with USB 2.0 drivers (both of which use Intel chipsets and drivers), but I already had this with my P6T SE board. If I had put the i7 990x into the P6T, which was my original idea, I would have had a major upgrade for not too much money.
As it is, the $110 I put into this motherboard was wasted. I would recommend this board if you have an i7 - 9xx processor that is lying around and you need a board. But these boards go for $150-$250 on EBay, other X58 boards are cheaper, and you are not getting reliable SATA III or USB 3.0 with this board.
May 24, 2016
Old Warhorse Almost Runs with the Young Colts
10 of 11 found this helpful I bought this because I wanted to get a power boost from my old X58 LGA1366 motherboard (An ASUS P6T SE). I was upgrading an i7-930. You can find the the i7-990k used for $290-$600 (and even more!) on EBay. (They sold for $1000-$1500 when new).
My I7-930 had a Passmark (PM) rating of 5,200. The i7-990x PM=9,200, and this is a very noticeable increase for the $300 I paid.
Keep in mind that the i7-5820k sells for $380, plus a $200 motherboard gives you PM=12,000, about 30% faster and you have a motherboard with new technologies like SATA III and USB 3.0 or 3.1. An i7-4790k (PM=11,000) costs about $320, is a little faster and only uses 80 Watts vs 130 W for i7-990x or 140 W for the 5820.
My i7-990x overclocks to about 4.2 GHz (from 3.4 GHz stock), so it will perform with some of the newer fast processors. But it will use a lot more energy (160-180W?) to run overclocked.
This is a 6 core processor, which is primarily good for rendering of cinematic creations, and there is other engineering software which takes advantage of 6 cores. However for gaming and many other tasks a 4 core processor that runs faster (like the new Skylake i7-6700k PM=11,000) will perform better.
Another consideration is the i7-4790k and i7-5800k motherboards will let you use your old DDR3 memory. The i7-6700k requires new memory.
If I had to do it over, I would get an i7-4790k, pay $100-$200 for a new motherboard, and re-use my old memory.