« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2017, 07:42:36 pm »
For an x58 platform, I would spent as little as possible on whatever I could put my hands on reasonably. I have plenty of older hardware around the house (technology hoarder). Sticking with items from the QVL is safest. But the advice from others works in a pinch.
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