www.tomshardware.com
www.anadtech.com
www.sharkyextreme.com
All good, but at times you can tell when a review was paid for... or they simply didnt really care to test shit.
For $1500, you can build much better considering some of his choices... like the E6300, sure you can over clock it but you can take a 6400 much farther. And I dont think anything beats the Zalman in cooling, that thats IMO.
Also, a bit of a side note, Asus and MSI have some pretty shitty customer service, check out thier BBB rating. Had my MSI die, and went without that motherboard for 2 months (hence I started looking into companies BBB ratings)