Asus P6X58-E WS or ASUS P6X58-E PRO

[Bob1967]

Finally there are two Asus motherboards on my shortlist:
ASUS P6X58-E PRO and P6X58-E WS. There are unfortunately no reviews about ASUS P6X58-E PRO. My priorities are reliability and stability of MB.
Could you please give me some advices which model would be better?

[Original Sin]

None, X58 is a dead platform, move to Sandy Brdige; P67/Z68..

[Zero82z]

They should be equally stable. The WS model uses the nVidia NF200 chip, which produces a lot of heat. Unless you need it (which you probably don't), I would suggest the PRO model which does not have it.

[Bob1967]

None, X58 is a dead platform, move to Sandy Brdige; P67/Z68..
The reason I am going to X58 is that I have already memory kits and i7 950 processor. Always I may reconsider change if it is really worth. Why do you think that Z68 is better than X58?

[Original Sin]

The arguments are plenty and easy to find.. to list a few:
1. No performance benefit for 1366 CPUs in comparison to unlocked 1155 CPUs
2. More expensive platform(CPUs/MoBo) than SandyB without any benefits.
3. Power hungry platform, as so it needs a more powerful/expensive PSU for a similar system, needs superior system cooling and can't compete with SandyB in terms of overclocking potential..
4. EOL platform, nothing to expect from it future wise.. in contrast, 1155 and current chipsets will support IvyB which is the die shrink of SandyB.

Anyway, if you can sell the 950 for decent money, there's no reason not to move to SandyB, investing in a X58 platform now is not that smart..

[allikat]

1366 is better only for 1: massively multi-threaded applications (like 3d work, not games) or 2:3/4 (or more) way xfire/SLI.
It has 1 because of extra cores, and 2 because the chipset has WAY more PCI-e lanes than SB. If neither of those things are something you do with your machine, then SB is a better choice.

[walterm]

My feelings are check the benchmarks against your intended purpose(s) vs Sandy Bridge.
EOL with an I7 950 already in possession is not a bad thing in itself.
Ivy Bridge and Bulldozer are coming with i am sure great rumblings and angst.
Might want to consider a used x58 board though.
Check resale on I7 950s too.

[walterm]

Anandtech did three Sandy Bridge builds and discuss options, might be worth a look.

[Original Sin]

I actually had a look at the 2k build yesterday.. pretty sad choice of cooler, memory and graphic card(there are custom PCB designs like the Asus DCII just above) but was very impressed by the SSD choice.. expected some SandForce 2k drive(OCZ Vertex3 maybe) and was pleasantly surprised by the Marvell based Intel 510 choice;)