They're both X58 chipset boards. ALL X58 boards perform to around the same level. The difference between SKU's is mostly bling and connectivity. Yes I've built using both boards (only Revision 1.0 of the Giga board). Both perform well.
I personally prefer the Gigabyte's Phoenix-Award BIOS to the Asus American Megatrends BIOS. Personal taste-nothing more. I use -when it's not out on loan- a Gigabyte X58-UD4P.
I'd consider you well on the way to achieving just that. Keen to be ignored? Just keep running your mouth it'll happen sooner than you think. You might want to remember that building a computer is often NOT a straightforward business. You will likely need to look elsewhere for troubleshooting help at the rate you're moving.
Well yes there is. People here donate time and effort to help others. Timewasters dilute that effort and rob people with serious problems the attention that their difficulties require.
You have at least three threads running that could have combined in a single thread. That single thread could have just read "I want to build a system. My preference is X58 based. I have X budget, Y experience in building, and have Z expectation for the completed build". No hyperbole, no histrionics, no grandiose build plans and no trying to impress people with twenty plus years of building experience of your knowledge base. Catch my drift?
You insult everyone, not just CC with some of the absolute tripe you've "contributed". Read the other posts of the people who are advising you, it will soon become evident what degree of knowlege they possess before you decide to school them in the finer points of tech-speak.
The thing that doesn't ring true about that, can be gleaned in an exculpatory fashion. Since my screen name is "captaincranky", and people always say, "now I see why you call yourself "captaincranky", it is sequitur to infer that you think you're awesome, since you call yourself "Awesome".
I don't think that "you" are particularly anything. I do however think you're a type of person that is really annoying.
What I really think, is that you need some attitude adjustment, in dealing with people that are trying to help you.
We're not your parents, so some of your tactics for trying to get what you want from them, won't work on us.
Especially, the tantrums, the name calling, the talking down to, the summary demands, ad naseum.....
We help because we like to teach people to fish, and you're expecting people to fish for you. Again, it doesn;t really work like that.
So, why don't you hone your manners a bit, and take this from the top....
If you have 10 boards picked out, then begin the selection process on your own. That should weed them down at bit, to where to you might reasonably expect us to help fine tune the decision.
When all the shooting is done, you will be the one who assembles this mess. With that said, I've seen people go through a thread, think they knew what they were doing, and then wind up destroying a motherboard by simple ignorance of process, particulars, and technique.
With THAT said, a simple forum thread is not really the place for a crash course in computer building, and there are many resources on the web, that will teach you just that.....I took advantage of them before I started, and my best advice is, "so should you".
With everybody's first build, I think expectations are unnecessarily high, and somewhere there is the ghost of, "the best computer ever", goading them on.
As DBZ pointed out, (when you turn an X-58 motherboard upside down, they all look alike), (although not in that terminology), it just becomes an issue of what you can afford, and what you have access to. I say, "don't look at anything other that Asus, or Gigabyte". Were you to take that advice, you'd probably have less that ten boards to choose from. See how that works?
This should help, its a step by step:
http://www.buildacomputerguide.com/getting-started.html
Just remember to double check everything three times ( connections) and get a anti static wrist strap...or frequently touch a metal portion of the case to discharge any static electricity prior to picking up components. In other words, do not go shuffling accross a carpeted room in rubber souled shoes with your CPU prior to installing it
In other words, do not go shuffling accross a carpeted room in rubber souled shoes
Sounds like you watch Family Guy :haha: .