I know I'll be first in line to get X79 when it drops next month. Been saving for it since I first heard it was on its way.

Just because the price seems high to you doesn't mean that people like myself who love to play with and tweak the best hardware wont buy it.

I am happy to pay the price for the ultimate performance. PC's are my hobby and I am fortunate enough that I have enough disposable income to invest pretty heavily into my PC.

"People" such as yourself in the categorization that you claim exist in the utmost of minority. They have no major impact or statement on the market because they don't provide the majority of market share or product share. Instead you and the minority are the Luxury end-market that supplements the Mainstream market.

Onto the subject of this motherboard it seems that they are following a similar color scheme and layout pattern as the P6X58 Premium motherboards based on the LGA1366 socket. I can't really comment on this motherboard other than it is just one of the motherboards that we will likely see emerge from leaks and further revealings in the future. I'm more interested in ROG equivalents of the LGA2011 socket.Edited by 45nm - 10/9/11 at 12:01pm