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key consideration is the OS you intend to install.
For example, the GA-X58A-UD5 has a connector for a floppy disk drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
which you'll need if you want to load XP's ICH10R device drivers
using F6 during Windows Setup.
The Windows Setup disc for XP is hard-coded to look for those
device drivers on a floppy drive!
I haven't looked closely at each of the ASUS motherboards you listed,
but I do know that some those ASUS X58 motherboards
do not have a floppy drive connector.
MRFS