ASUS X58 SABERTOOTH TUF MOTHERBOARD AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER

Scougar · 1 Oct 2010 at 23:11

Bear in mind he just bought ANOTHER rig, to go with his i5 setup he referred to earlier.

Anyway.. WAYYYY off topic. I think it's relatively cheap if it's as robust as they are making out. Wasn't long ago motherboards were easily £250 for this caliber of board (or am I wrong?)

jakesnake · 1 Oct 2010 at 23:26

Scougar said:
I think it's relatively cheap if it's as robust as they are making out. Wasn't long ago motherboards were easily £250 for this caliber of board

this is wot should be said in this thread because these are some of the "real" Facts that ppl want to know.

everything else is carp! and distorts the thread for learners who come in to hear sensible things about a product that they might buy.

GoogalyMoogaly · 2 Oct 2010 at 01:10

Scougar said:
Bear in mind he just bought ANOTHER rig, to go with his i5 setup he referred to earlier.

Yeah, but that one is even worse (or will if I get it working). Besides it was only intended to be a cheap PC to test water-cooling with.

Scougar · 2 Oct 2010 at 08:50

I wouldn't say it's worse, just better in other area's ;-)

AMG · 2 Oct 2010 at 20:41

it looks like a really nice mobo, asus are normally quite expesnive (cough ROG)

this one seems right....

side note would it suite with a black/red colour scheme ?

also reading the specs it seems quite well equipped

p3ndldqny2 · 3 Oct 2010 at 04:32

"The key emphasis for TUF Series motherboards lies in enabling prolonged use. The SABERTOOTH X58 can keep going round the clock with no pause thanks to its meticulous thermal design, which means heat and stress are not obstacles."

That sounds like complete rubbish...... so now a motherboard is special if it can remain on for ages?

My ASUS P5W DH Deluxe is running my E6600 at 3.55GHz and i could leave that on for a month with no problems (granted, i do have 2x 22cm fans in mine).

Yurihyuga · 6 Oct 2010 at 18:05

even if the 1366 socket development ends next year its still high end and can handle anything out there just won't be latest tech.

NathWraith · 6 Oct 2010 at 18:17

These have arrived a few days early, so get em while their hot!

413x · 8 Oct 2010 at 09:28

no esata dedicated ports, still looking at the msi or ud3

NathWraith · 8 Oct 2010 at 09:34

al4x said:
no esata dedicated ports, still looking at the msi or ud3

hmm, I think since the release of USB3 a lot of boards are favouring it instead of Esata, however a lot do have both.

sypher365 · 8 Oct 2010 at 09:35

R088ieS86 said:
So much for it not coming out in the UK will their be limited stock?
I don't suppose you know if you can run both PCI-E lanes at full 16x whilst using the Sata/6Gb?? i know some boards can't. I like the look of it, but it would be hard to find RAM which will look good in it

Wonder how long before the not for the UK Rampage III Formula turns up? :rolleyes:

NathWraith · 8 Oct 2010 at 09:42

sypher365 said:
Wonder how long before the not for the UK Rampage III Formula turns up?

Hehe, I wouldn't hold out for that one yet man.

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 8 Oct 2010 at 11:01

NathWraith said:
These have arrived a few days early, so get em while their hot!

But they claim to run cool....

** I will get me coat

**

kedge · 8 Oct 2010 at 11:13

AMG said:
it looks like a really nice mobo, asus are normally quite expesnive (cough ROG).

Yeah not a bad mobo. I was just looking through some of my invoices and i have an asus crosshair IV formula (ROG) motherboard at £156.39 / august 2010.

413x · 8 Oct 2010 at 12:35

NathWraith said:
hmm, I think since the release of USB3 a lot of boards are favouring it instead of Esata, however a lot do have both.

ive had to decide against the both the asus x58 boards at this price point because of no esata, where as msi and gigabyte still have them

NathWraith · 8 Oct 2010 at 12:42

robskinner said:
But they claim to run cool....

** I will get me coat **

just lol

Phoenixdancer · 8 Oct 2010 at 14:14

vs a X58a-UD5???

NathWraith · 8 Oct 2010 at 15:30

Phoenixdancer said:
vs a X58a-UD5???

Tough call. Persoanlly I would choose the Sabertooth but I only really like Gigabyte high end X58 boards, whereas I prefer mid range Asus boards.

However the Sabertooth will not suffer from cold boot unlike the UD5 which is renowned for it. I think the Sabertooth has one of the best slot layouts aswell other than the SR-2 or UD9

Phoenixdancer · 9 Oct 2010 at 22:03

Might buy one!

-VK- · 11 Oct 2010 at 09:20

First review is up - http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/asus_x58_sabertooth_review/1