Asus P6T Deluxe V1/V2 OR EVGA x58 sli?

So, I been thinking of the i7 920 and I need a mobo to go along with it.

Asus P6T Deluxe V1 or V2 OR EVGA x58 sli? And ofc, the reasoning behind it, the "WHY" factor. As of now, I am leaning more towards EVGA as I am considering their graphic cards too. Or are Asus graphic cards at the top of the game too? Due to waranty purposes, I want to get both mobo and gfx cards at one company. :sarcastic:
Note: I do not live in the United States, therefore am unclear if the "lifetime waranty" of EVGA products still apply to other countries. :heink:

Thanks for your help guys. :pt1cable:

Add a reply

Register or log in to remove.

Asus P6T is having problems with Ram, It works but only shows a portion of it. Windows sees it works with it but Bios reports less than is actually there.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/foru [...] lux-issues

EVGA overclockability is extreme.

Message quoted 2 times

Reply to ataliaa1

ataliaa1 wrote :

Asus P6T is having problems with Ram, It works but only shows a portion of it. Windows sees it works with it but Bios reports less than is actually there.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/foru [...] lux-issues

EVGA overclockability is extreme.

There aren't any documented issues with the P6T's and RAM. Buy good RAM and you won't have issues. If you do, the board needs to be RMA'd (happens with any brand). The P6T Deluxe is rock solid and one of the top overclocking boards. The V2 is just as good and a few bucks cheaper, the only difference being the lack of SAS controller. The EVGA boards are great as well, but may lack a bit of the stability at high overclocks (this is based on trusted hardware review sites, I've only overclocked with the P6T Deluxe so far). As far as graphics cards go, I would stick with EVGA on that front. I understand it's more convenient to have 1 company, but in my opinion, the best build would be Asus Mobo and EVGA GPU. All that aside, you'll be fine if you decide to go Asus/Asus or EVGA/EVGA, all are great solutions.

In regards to EVGA's warranty applying outside the states, here's the fine print:

Quote :

# The EVGA limited lifetime warranty is only eligible for products purchased in North America, and Canada.
# The EVGA limited lifetime warranty is only eligible for part numbers ending in: -A1, -A2, -A3, -A4, -AR, -AX, -CR, -CX, -DX, -FR, -FX, -SG, -SX.
# EVGA does not ship replacements to PO Box addresses.
# EVGA will cover all return shipping back to our US and Canadian customers for the RMA replacement with free ground shipping through UPS in the United States and free FedEx Ground shipping to Canadian Customers.*
# Customers located at military addresses (APO, etc) addresses, or outside the United States or Canada, will be responsible for return shipping.*

*Shipments being sent outside of the United States are sent through FedEx as Standard shipping. All RMA replacements to countries outside the United States will state Warranty Replacement on the package to assist in avoiding any Brokerage Fees through customs. EVGA is NOT responsible for any fees charged by the destination countries government body or brokers due to brokerage fees.

I would contact EVGA to clarify, but my interpretation is that if you buy the card from an American retailer the warranty is valid, but you would have to pay international shipping if an RMA was needed.

Message quoted 2 times

------------------------------ Core i7 920 -=- Asus P6T Deluxe -=- 6GB OCZ DDR3 1600
EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 -=- PC P&C Silencer 750W Quad
Reply to scrumhalf

Thanks scrumhalf. I think I would go with the Deluxe V2 and stick with EVGA's graphic cards. And apparently EVGA is pretty new to the mobo industry, so I think I'll go with asus.

Reply to Cheese-kun

ataliaa1 wrote :

Asus P6T is having problems with Ram, It works but only shows a portion of it. Windows sees it works with it but Bios reports less than is actually there.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/foru [...] lux-issues

EVGA overclockability is extreme.

That's funny, I have 12GB of Patriot RAM in my P6T Deluxe and its showing all of it, every last appropriate drop. ...and there's been no problems. I got my board back in January and its been completely trouble free and you've gotta love the Asus bios, as usual they do an excellent job.

Message edited by halcyon on 03-05-2009 at 02:26:03 AM

Reply to halcyon

scrumhalf wrote :

There aren't any documented issues with the P6T's and RAM. Buy good RAM and you won't have issues.

Do a quick google search. I had to RMA a P6T due to a bad RAM slot. I found numbers of people with the same problem. It is not a RAM compatibility issue it is the slots that have a defect. This board is stable and works extremely well and OC's like a MF as long as it came off of the assembly line ok.

Message quoted 2 times

Reply to caniba

Its prob a thing of the past. Although the V2 is suppose to be the V1 without onboard SAS but I am sure they fixed some minor issues with it, the RAM compatibility issue might be one thing.

Reply to Cheese-kun

caniba wrote :

Do a quick google search. I had to RMA a P6T due to a bad RAM slot. I found numbers of people with the same problem. It is not a RAM compatibility issue it is the slots that have a defect. This board is stable and works extremely well and OC's like a MF as long as it came off of the assembly line ok.

I understand what you are saying, but that's not a design issue (as you understand), that's just something getting damaged in assembly/shipping. I've read cases of it with Asus boards, Gigabyte boards, EVGA, MSI, Intel, etc. My point was that the poster mentioning RAM issues made it sound like a design problem where all boards had issues recognizing RAM, but as you and I know, that's just not the case.

Message quoted 1 times

------------------------------ Core i7 920 -=- Asus P6T Deluxe -=- 6GB OCZ DDR3 1600
EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 -=- PC P&C Silencer 750W Quad
Reply to scrumhalf

scrumhalf wrote :

I understand what you are saying, but that's not a design issue (as you understand), that's just something getting damaged in assembly/shipping. I've read cases of it with Asus boards, Gigabyte boards, EVGA, MSI, Intel, etc. My point was that the poster mentioning RAM issues made it sound like a design problem where all boards had issues recognizing RAM, but as you and I know, that's just not the case.

Again...12GBs of RAM and never any problems. ...and I doubt I'm just lucky.

Reply to halcyon

caniba wrote :

Do a quick google search. I had to RMA a P6T due to a bad RAM slot. I found numbers of people with the same problem. It is not a RAM compatibility issue it is the slots that have a defect. This board is stable and works extremely well and OC's like a MF as long as it came off of the assembly line ok.

I'm not only running 12 gigs, I'm running 12 gigs at DDR3-1600 (the board only officially supports 1 DIMM per channel at 1600MHz). It works perfectly - Windows sees all 12278 MB.

------------------------------ Asus P6T deluxe
i7 965 @ 4.2GHz (200*21), 1.384V
12GB Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600 CAS 7
Reply to cjl

scrumhalf wrote :

There aren't any documented issues with the P6T's and RAM. Buy good RAM and you won't have issues. If you do, the board needs to be RMA'd (happens with any brand). The P6T Deluxe is rock solid and one of the top overclocking boards. The V2 is just as good and a few bucks cheaper, the only difference being the lack of SAS controller. The EVGA boards are great as well, but may lack a bit of the stability at high overclocks (this is based on trusted hardware review sites, I've only overclocked with the P6T Deluxe so far). As far as graphics cards go, I would stick with EVGA on that front. I understand it's more convenient to have 1 company, but in my opinion, the best build would be Asus Mobo and EVGA GPU. All that aside, you'll be fine if you decide to go Asus/Asus or EVGA/EVGA, all are great solutions.

In regards to EVGA's warranty applying outside the states, here's the fine print:

Quote :

# The EVGA limited lifetime warranty is only eligible for products purchased in North America, and Canada.
# The EVGA limited lifetime warranty is only eligible for part numbers ending in: -A1, -A2, -A3, -A4, -AR, -AX, -CR, -CX, -DX, -FR, -FX, -SG, -SX.
# EVGA does not ship replacements to PO Box addresses.
# EVGA will cover all return shipping back to our US and Canadian customers for the RMA replacement with free ground shipping through UPS in the United States and free FedEx Ground shipping to Canadian Customers.*
# Customers located at military addresses (APO, etc) addresses, or outside the United States or Canada, will be responsible for return shipping.*

*Shipments being sent outside of the United States are sent through FedEx as Standard shipping. All RMA replacements to countries outside the United States will state Warranty Replacement on the package to assist in avoiding any Brokerage Fees through customs. EVGA is NOT responsible for any fees charged by the destination countries government body or brokers due to brokerage fees.

I would contact EVGA to clarify, but my interpretation is that if you buy the card from an American retailer the warranty is valid, but you would have to pay international shipping if an RMA was needed.

i also need a mobo and after many research i came with Asus and the EVGA. i also get scared of the RAM issue, but i understand that we must buy certified memory that is the memory in the Asus p6t deluxe v2 memory list.
Am i right???

Reply to manutd4life

Focus On

Forum Motherboards & Memory : General Motherboard - Asus P6T Deluxe V1/V2 OR EVGA x58 sli?