some pretty solid reviews, the only bad reviews are boot-looping after owning the board for over a year, which can be solved by cutting the MoBo power and resetting.

So I had a problem ordering my board and I'm actually doing it today, but I found a cheaper board from Gigabyte that's a lot like the one you sent me Matt except it's z68 instead of p67. I think z68 is actually BETTER since I'm using sandy bridge then the old board I even had which was a p67. Here's...

Great Matt. I'm diggin that first board. Thanks a lot!

So any recommendations on a specific board then?

Also sandwich whenever

I'm looking at this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813157279


Compatibility/consensus?

And if I do need to get a new board, help me find one either online or at a local best buy (I live in Milwaukee) that's as cheap as fucking possible that works with my System. Fuck. Me.

So asus sent me an email this morning that they won't replace my MoBo because it was damaged. Here's the email I got. **Please do not respond to this email. For any inquiries, please contact ASUS Product Support at http://service.asus.com or 812-282-2787** Dear Mr. Frank, Your RMA has been received;...

WHATS YOUR POINT KEEF

Looks a lot like my set up

What I'm saying is, I tried DIFFERENT ram sticks, and the lights went off.

I'm sure it was the PSU. First off, yes, I used a surge protector. Second, when I had initial fears, i pulled my powersupply out and tested it by connecting a metal wire from a powered input to the ground for the PSU. On a WORKING PSU, the fan on the psu will start up. I believe this is referred to ...

Everything else isn't fine tho. The ram sticks are bad and so is the CPU for sure. Can't test the VGA yet tho.

Corsair Vengance series. 2x4gb sticks. 1600 mHz.

I doubt the ram was the cause of the issue though. As well as I doubt the CPU was the issue.

However, I probably will need to change BIOS settings when I get all the parts back. How do I changed the max-ram speed so I can limit it at 1333?

A few weeks ago. Took pretty much everything with it. Get this, intel wasn't going to replace the CPU for me, b/c I had 1600mHz ram. Even tho the mobo is compatibile w/ it, the CPU "Can't take that speed. It could blow it out!" said an Intel tech agent. What the fucking idiot didn't know i...