replacing a XFX MB-N780-ISH9

Well when I finally built my new system at first it ran beautifully but then it started having issues with starting up and would crash allot, after some playing about thinking I might have installed something buggy nope, then I get the idea that possibly the mobo is playing up so I underclocked the cpu and hey presto no problems, so returning the board hate it now with a vengeance and my own fault for buying a brand I've never used before.

But now I'm in a new pickle ^^ I don't know which one to pick it's either the msi P7N Diamond or the Asus Striker-II-Formula

http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=prodmbspec&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=&cat3_no=&prod_no=1372#menu

http://au.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=610&l4=0&model=2016&modelmenu=1

my specs a
cpu: Q9650
RAM:8GB DDR2 Giel
Graphics: 2 9800GT 512
psu: OSZ 1010wat

and all water cooled >< not that I need it atm stupid mobo.

You had issues with a 780i board? Is that even possible? And have you tried troubleshooting with someone from xfx? They have pretty damn good CS. I doubt you will find a nicer board unless you move to a 790i, but my personal choice would be the asus.

ChanceCoats123 said:

You had issues with a 780i board? Is that even possible? And have you tried troubleshooting with someone from xfx? They have pretty damn good CS. I doubt you will find a nicer board unless you move to a 790i, but my personal choice would be the asus.

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Just it handling the cpu, I know thats not buggy tried it in another pc and worked fine, while I was reading about I found that some people also had a problem with this particular xfx board to, would seem it can be a bit of a arse some times makes me sad seeing as I'm a fan of xfx products.