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    steve_v's Avatar Senior Member
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    I've looked into your observation about all boards getting bad reviews. Newegg has always been a good source of product evaluation as their customers are actually building their own boxes which require at minimum the necessary computer skill sets. Looking at only the Z68 mobos, it was suprising to see no 5 egg products, with all boards having high 1 egg numbers. Why I don't know, but some are clearly better rated than others. The Gigabyte board you're considering has 43% 5 egg and 21% 1 egg. Personally, those percentages makes me uncomfortable, regardless of the good reviews at Tom's or other tech sites. However, if you're still sold on this board, its much cheaper at both Tiger Direct and Microcenter.
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    I am assuming your reply is to goth but just to chime in here I agree on Newegg.. In fact I prefer to go to Newegg to see the reviews because the sampling is usually much bigger.. Note that on the Gigabyte AMD UD3 board not only is the sample size bigger by @ 250% but the ration of 5 & 4 star ratings is 78% as opposed to 64% for the Intel board. When I see a product I like I go to Newegg to see what the reviews are because usually the sample size is much bigger..
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    LOL, I am losing the thread a bit here, sorry about that. “Gigabyte AMD UD3 board”, which one is that one specificlly? The Sabertooth board you mentioned earlier is an Asus and my origianal motherboard was a Gigabite but not AMD.
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    Steve was talking about this board that you initially mentioned:
    GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 LGA 1155

    .. which is an Intel Bd.. I mentioned the UD3 bd because you also mentioned AMD.. That board is no longer on sale @ Microcenter though so I won't be buying it..

    GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX

    I am going with the Sabrtetooth Bd.
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