http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1004/6/
"As with all the other 790FX boards, we had high hopes for the MSI 790FX-GD70. The 790FX, when paired with our triple-core CPU has provided us with some great overclocks. We followed our typical overclocking rituals, and after about 15 minutes or so, we raised the vcore up to 1.45v. When we did that, we got a "pop" from the board, and then the all-too familiar smell of electrical death was in the air..."
Point Proven.
Something sounds odd to me
I have been pushing 1.6V core on air with my 945ES/GD70 790FX for the past month and my board has yet to pop/overheat...basing your opinion off that one review seems fickle to me then again you have had bad luck with the company in the past so i am sure you are a bit burned by them to begin with
I love my GD70 790FX and i haven't had one problem out of it other then blatant nooby user error on my part...in all of the GD70 threads i have participated in so far no one has had there board just die on them and the board has brought many 965 C3 BE's to 4Ghz+ easy on air
If you are mentioning the review where the PWM popped by saying "the MSI 790GX/FX(GD-somewhatever) have know overclocking issues" thats a bit over the top don't you think? one failure in one review and it now has known widespread overclocking issues?
I understand you are indefinitely butt hurt by MSI but you really need to give there new AMD gear a whirl or at least an in dept look before you try to strike it down
On topic: If i had a Fry's near me i would illegally drive there just to get my hands on this deal....i would love to see this 785G on the bench beside my GD70....the colors would match so well