Intel Sandy Bridge-E (LGA2011) and X79 Chipset Discussion - Page 152

walker_2003 · 3rd August 2012, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by rainwulf

got me a rampage IV extreme.

crapping hell.. amazing board!

Yeh worked with one before, doesn't get much better!

rainwulf · 4th August 2012, 6:37 PM

Picked up my new sound card today.

The rampage IV has pretty average mosfet cooling if you are watercooling.
Im going to have to pick up some waterblocks for it.

White_Ice · 9th August 2012, 11:19 PM

CPU-Z listing as stepping 6, Is that a C1 chip ??

FOXH0UND · 9th August 2012, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by walker_2003

Yeh worked with one before, doesn't get much better!

Do you guys find the fan loud?

SheMadeMeDoIt · 10th August 2012, 6:25 AM

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Originally Posted by FOXH0UND

Do you guys find the fan loud?

You can set the fan speed, you can even turn it off. It's not audible at all at 50%.

auApex · 15th August 2012, 1:15 PM

Regarding Gigabyte boards: I've been a huge fan of Gigabyte since my first S775 board way back in the day. Until now, I haven't touched anything but Gigabyte, going to, P35, X38, X48 and X58.

However, after much consideration I made a move to the Asrock Extreme9 with my latest upgrade. I found the Gigabyte X79 lineup to be lacking. The 'standard' boards in the range seem just "OK" and fail to wow. I was planning to get a X79-UD5 but things like the audio chipsets and lack of enthusiast features turned me off it in comparison to the Asrock board.

The real issue is with their gaming grade boards. They insist on slathering fluro-green on everything and worse, cover them in those hideous gun-shaped heatsinks. I have no idea why they decided to stick toy guns on an expensive product aimed toward adults. An example of how to do this better is the Asus Sabertooth series with TUF heatsinks which are still gimmicky but not glary and tacky like the Gigabyte 'G' series. I honestly stuggle to understand what Gigabyte were thinking when they came up with that product range. Even if my case didn't have a window, I couldn't stand knowing that my board looked like it was designed to appeal to a five year old.

Thoughts?

walker_2003 · 15th August 2012, 1:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by auApex

Regarding Gigabyte boards: I've been a huge fan of Gigabyte since my first S775 board way back in the day. Until now, I haven't touched anything but Gigabyte, going to, P35, X38, X48 and X58.

However, after much consideration I made a move to the Asrock Extreme9 with my latest upgrade. I found the Gigabyte X79 lineup to be lacking. The 'standard' boards in the range seem just "OK" and fail to wow. I was planning to get a X79-UD5 but things like the audio chipsets and lack of enthusiast features turned me off it in comparison to the Asrock board.

The real issue is with their gaming grade boards. They insist on slathering fluro-green on everything and worse, cover them in those hideous gun-shaped heatsinks. I have no idea how why they decided to stick toy guns on an expensive product aimed toward adults. An example of how to do this better is the Asus TUF series which is still gimmicky but not glary and tacky like the Gigabyte 'G' series. I honestly stuggle to understand what Gigabyte were thinking when they came up with that product range. Even if my case didn't have a window, I couldn't stand knowing that my board looked like it was designed to appeal to a five year old.

Thoughts?

I owned alot of gigabyte they just let you down on little things. My next mobo will be asrock or ASUS, much better to work with. I've built 10+ x79 and z77 with asrock and ASUS and all been great.

mashera · 15th August 2012, 4:21 PM

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Originally Posted by auApex

Thoughts?

I couldn't care less what the motherboard looks like, I put features and functionality a long way ahead of aesthetics, I do prefer passive heatsinks but as long as it does the job it could be bright pink for all I care.

Camm · 15th August 2012, 4:27 PM

Well moving from a Xeon ES 3.0Ghz octo to a C2 i7-3960x. Will be interested to see the performance difference > <

White_Ice · 15th August 2012, 5:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by auApex

Regarding Gigabyte boards: I've been a huge fan of Gigabyte since my first S775 board way back in the day. Until now, I haven't touched anything but Gigabyte, going to, P35, X38, X48 and X58.

However, after much consideration I made a move to the Asrock Extreme9 with my latest upgrade. I found the Gigabyte X79 lineup to be lacking. The 'standard' boards in the range seem just "OK" and fail to wow. I was planning to get a X79-UD5 but things like the audio chipsets and lack of enthusiast features turned me off it in comparison to the Asrock board.

The real issue is with their gaming grade boards. They insist on slathering fluro-green on everything and worse, cover them in those hideous gun-shaped heatsinks. I have no idea why they decided to stick toy guns on an expensive product aimed toward adults. An example of how to do this better is the Asus Sabertooth series with TUF heatsinks which are still gimmicky but not glary and tacky like the Gigabyte 'G' series. I honestly stuggle to understand what Gigabyte were thinking when they came up with that product range. Even if my case didn't have a window, I couldn't stand knowing that my board looked like it was designed to appeal to a five year old.

Thoughts?

Yeah im the same, always been a gigabyte fan but the boards seemed to always be lacking in that small area so i changed to Asrock a while back and loved it ever since. Had a break from the PC shizz and then come back recently to X79 and went with Asus ROG because everyone else was.. Good board but i wanted to return to my favorite of all time so i took a risk and bought the new Extreme 11 and Wooooooooh! Insane is all i can say and the sound OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! Bit expensive but Asrock have really gone all out recently.. Best board iv ever used.

eva2000 · 15th August 2012, 6:10 PM

sometimes 2x cpus better than 1x

Dual Intel Xeon E5-2650

Still finding my way around the configuration for 8x4GB Samsung Green 30nm DDR3-1600Mhz 11-11-11-28 1.35v rated modules.

auApex · 16th August 2012, 9:43 AM

Can you OC the CPUs in that setup or is it locked?

rainwulf · 16th August 2012, 5:56 PM

Ahhh dammit now i want an extreme 11.

This is after i have bought an assasin g1, and a rampage IV extreme, oh and a auzentech forte for sound.

DAMN THIS FORUM

Kie · 17th August 2012, 2:00 PM

Finally got my Cosmos II. It's amazing what a new case does. Took 20C off the load temps of my 3930K OC. Amazing

Also, 666th post!

walker_2003 · 17th August 2012, 3:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kie

Finally got my Cosmos II. It's amazing what a new case does. Took 20C off the load temps of my 3930K OC. Amazing

Also, 666th post!

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Old case musta sucked! Shame about cosmos' looks.

Best increase I seen was going to scythe gt's they are epic.

4th August 2012, 6:37 PM	#2267
rainwulf Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: bris.qld.aus Posts: 2,651	Picked up my new sound card today. The rampage IV has pretty average mosfet cooling if you are watercooling. Im going to have to pick up some waterblocks for it. __________________ derp

9th August 2012, 11:19 PM	#2268
White_Ice Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 364	CPU-Z listing as stepping 6, Is that a C1 chip ?? __________________ Horize P370EM Clevo Gaming Laptop. Intel Ivy Bridge i7-3920XM \| GTX680M SLI \| 16GB RAM \| 2x SDE 240gb SSD \| 3dmark11: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5121938 PB: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5124094

15th August 2012, 1:15 PM	#2271
auApex Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,072	Regarding Gigabyte boards: I've been a huge fan of Gigabyte since my first S775 board way back in the day. Until now, I haven't touched anything but Gigabyte, going to, P35, X38, X48 and X58. However, after much consideration I made a move to the Asrock Extreme9 with my latest upgrade. I found the Gigabyte X79 lineup to be lacking. The 'standard' boards in the range seem just "OK" and fail to wow. I was planning to get a X79-UD5 but things like the audio chipsets and lack of enthusiast features turned me off it in comparison to the Asrock board. The real issue is with their gaming grade boards. They insist on slathering fluro-green on everything and worse, cover them in those hideous gun-shaped heatsinks. I have no idea why they decided to stick toy guns on an expensive product aimed toward adults. An example of how to do this better is the Asus Sabertooth series with TUF heatsinks which are still gimmicky but not glary and tacky like the Gigabyte 'G' series. I honestly stuggle to understand what Gigabyte were thinking when they came up with that product range. Even if my case didn't have a window, I couldn't stand knowing that my board looked like it was designed to appeal to a five year old. Thoughts? __________________ 3930K @ 4.4ghz \|\|Asrock Extreme9\|\|7970 Crossfire\|\|16GB Dominator Platinum 2133\|\|720gb SSD + 6TB HDD\|\|Strider 1200w\|\|TJ07\|\|*U3011 + 22007FP\|\|G19 & SS Sensei Pro\|\|ATH-A900X on Asus Essence STX\|\|Custom Watercooling*\|\| My PC BF3 = auApex Last edited by auApex; 15th August 2012 at 1:22 PM.*

15th August 2012, 6:10 PM	#2276
eva2000 DDR1/DDR2/DDR3 Addict Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 21,887	sometimes 2x cpus better than 1x Dual Intel Xeon E5-2650 Still finding my way around the configuration for 8x4GB Samsung Green 30nm DDR3-1600Mhz 11-11-11-28 1.35v rated modules. __________________ * Questions about memory? No PMs Ask on forums * i7 980X Club @4844mhz H20 * Asus P6T6 WS Revo - W3540 @4821 H20 \| W3570 @4997Mhz H20 \| DFI UT X58-T3EH8 USB3.0

16th August 2012, 9:43 AM	#2277
auApex Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,072	Can you OC the CPUs in that setup or is it locked? __________________ 3930K @ 4.4ghz \|\|Asrock Extreme9\|\|7970 Crossfire\|\|16GB Dominator Platinum 2133\|\|720gb SSD + 6TB HDD\|\|Strider 1200w\|\|TJ07\|\|*U3011 + 22007FP\|\|G19 & SS Sensei Pro\|\|ATH-A900X on Asus Essence STX\|\|Custom Watercooling**\|\| My PC BF3 = auApex

15th August 2012, 4:27 PM	#2274
Camm Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Canberra Posts: 477	Well moving from a Xeon ES 3.0Ghz octo to a C2 i7-3960x. Will be interested to see the performance difference > <

16th August 2012, 5:56 PM	#2278
rainwulf Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: bris.qld.aus Posts: 2,651	Ahhh dammit now i want an extreme 11. This is after i have bought an assasin g1, and a rampage IV extreme, oh and a auzentech forte for sound. DAMN THIS FORUM __________________ derp

17th August 2012, 2:00 PM	#2279
Kie (Taking a Break) Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Perth, WA 6065 Posts: 1,682	Finally got my Cosmos II. It's amazing what a new case does. Took 20C off the load temps of my 3930K OC. Amazing Also, 666th post! Last edited by Kie; 17th August 2012 at 2:03 PM.