View Full Version : What board should I get?
leathal
04-28-2009, 07:21 PM
I am thinking to getting the i7 or Xeon W CPU but would perfer a good stable OC'n board that supports both Nvidia and ATI as I am not sure if I will upgrade my 8800 GT's or not just yet, and may want to some day upgrade them to ATI cards.
Will be doing water cooling as well. :)
Thanks
Leathal
leathal
04-29-2009, 03:04 AM
bump
ReverendMaynard
04-29-2009, 06:08 AM
GA UD5 is a damn fine board.
Oskaliber
04-29-2009, 10:19 AM
You have plenty of good i7 motherboards, for example GA UD5, Asus P6T Deluxe, MSI Eclipse etc. Nobody will tell you which one is the best, just make your choice :)
ReverendMaynard
04-29-2009, 10:22 AM
I agree. Spend more research time on finding a decent cpu. It's 95% of the battle with overclocking these i7's.
Fafeifa
04-29-2009, 10:37 AM
My vote would be on the UD5 had the EVGA X58 SLI briefly and i didn't like it as much as the UD5
Savuti
04-29-2009, 01:27 PM
I agree. Spend more research time on finding a decent cpu. It's 95% of the battle with overclocking these i7's.
agreed
To the OP, in a way, no matter how expensive a board you get it can't compensate for a dud, poor overclocking CPU. Any of the quality x58 boards will give good results.
When it comes to overclocking these core i7s and the degree of importance between the CPU/RAM/Board, I would say finding a good CPU from a proven batch/stepping/revision with a robust IMC is 60-65%, then comes the ram and finally the board.
Focus first on obtaining a decent overclock able CPU.
[XC] Synthetickiller
04-29-2009, 02:30 PM
A good question to ask would be, what kind of OC is the OP looking for?
Honestly, I can't see how anyone can justify $100+ more for a board ($300+) to get an OC of 100-200 mhz. Its not noticeable for most if any apps OTHER than bench marking. If the OP is looking for the BEST OC, isn't the evga the board to get this time around?
zanzabar
04-29-2009, 02:43 PM
the dfi UT is the perfect board IMO
ReverendMaynard
04-29-2009, 04:06 PM
the dfi UT is the perfect board IMO
perfect as in it likes to explode into flames?
zanzabar
04-29-2009, 04:09 PM
perfect as in it likes to explode into flames?
were did one explode, i want to see that.
its got digital pwms a fully working bios with turbo and s3, and the great dfi bios with every setting and straight forward naming + no NF200.
ILikeCosmosS
04-29-2009, 04:20 PM
hoow about evga x58 classfied 760=non nf 200 evga x58 sli and dfi ut t3eh8 a +2 its dam fine board gigabyte is to fruity with there pcbs
other than than that rampage 2 extreme is also there
[XC] Synthetickiller
04-29-2009, 04:49 PM
hoow about evga x58 classfied 760=non nf 200 evga x58 sli and dfi ut t3eh8 a +2 its dam fine board gigabyte is to fruity with there pcbs
other than than that rampage 2 extreme is also there
LOL @ judging the quality of a board by its color.
So if you paint it black and red like the evga, it'll OC twice as much? :rofl::ROTF:
cadupradoo
04-29-2009, 05:30 PM
I have a x58 eVGA 3xSLI, I can't talk about the others...
The only thing that bothers me is the fact that the mosfets can run HOT (thats what is keeping me away from higher OC)... if you go on water, its obviously not a problem.. But on air, you can put a 40mm fan on the heat sink and there are rumours that it works.
Well, it doesn't for me, since my two fans on True and the one in the back of the case don't leave any room for it.
Besides that, I LOVE the board...
deees
04-29-2009, 06:14 PM
were did one explode, i want to see that.
its got digital pwms a fully working bios with turbo and s3, and the great dfi bios with every setting and straight forward naming + no NF200.
My T3eH8 didn't explode, it just posts 88 after I foolishly powered it down. What was I thinking? I did get an RMA after a week of phone calls and emails. IF it ever comes back, I'll test it and put it in the closet.
I'm running the Classified w/NF200 now and very happy.