That Asus board was pretty popular & I'm with you - I love it. My system has been rock solid since day one.....aside from a bad sata cable that caused me some head scratching in the first few months. The Intel Core 2 Duo 6700 system I built for my wife & kids this year boots faster than mine by a few seconds but my machine still out performs it in games so I'm not quite as in love with Intel as the general population seems to be; don't get me wrong it is a good chip & it is technically better on paper. I'm just glad I built my system when I did. By the time it gets too old all the Vista, DX 10 & green vs. red should have stabilized a bit & making a clear choice easier to identify.
As far as my system, my 7950 GX2 might not perform quite as well as a 7800 gt SLI system but it comes close because of the dual GPU set-up & with overclocking it's pretty incredible. As far as overclocking causing shorter life spans; that's still a bone of contention with many. With the watercooling on my CPU & GPU(s) they run much cooler overclocked than they did at stock speeds on air. The water cooling set-up was a little pricey but it was worth it. Especially if you like a quiet system.
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