New BloodRage owner...

[churcheo]

Hi,

Sorry to be a bother. I just bought a BR GTI. I wanted a nice quality board with good OC potential for my watercooled i7 920.

I didn't realize Foxconn or QF is going out of business? Is that correct?
This means there is no more support for this board? I had hoped to use it with an i9 later. I read it might be possible with G29 bios, but the answer isn't so clear cut.

If I want support for i9, would I be better off with another board? I was originally looking at this and an Asus board.

If someone could point me to an already created thread or something, I'd appreciate it. Thanks again.

[Mescalamba]

G30 works with i9, don´t worry..

If you choosed between ASUS and this.. you made right choice.

QF is still in business.. none knows what future brings..

[saaya]

officially qf is still in business
from what i know there is only a single person from the original qf team left though, so dont expect much from future products and support
there is a bios that supposedly works with i9, but nobody confirmed that and how well it works with an i9.

for now X58 QF boards are still a very good option imo, they lack some chipset timings and memory timings of other high end boards, but they come are very good prices and offer about the same 24/7 oc results as even the most expensive ultra highend x58 boards out there.
it's hard to tell how well i9 will work on these boards... but i don't think there's a lot the bios engineers need to do to make it work so it shouldn't be a problem.

even if BR works great with i9, there might be a notably better board out once i9 launches and you might want to upgrade again...
so id say stick to BR for now, im sure you wont be disappointed

[Mescalamba]

BenchZowner - has i9 and working.

[saaya]

o rly? :o
sweet

[Mescalamba]

He mentioned that somewhere here on XS.. you can probably ask him. Plus Foxconn tech confirmed that G29 works with i9. Which actually doesn´t mean its true, but I believe in BenchZowner.

[Shibumi77]

What about P09?

[Mescalamba]

P09? I don´t think so.. its pretty "old" BIOS version.. P10.. if it ever comes out, will be..

[Myrkin]

Hi,

Didn't want to make a new thread.

Yesterday picked up my sweet BR mobo. It looks just great. Saaya, thx 2 U, package is smth out of line. Asus and Giga can go F themselves. And BR costed me less than P6T))

I wonder, what BIOS version I should go with? Maybe on weekend will be able to get other stuff. )

What about Scythe Mugen 2 on Br? Smb has any experince with this one? Backplate fits properly? Does it block ram slots?

[Mescalamba]

Depends what you have, but I guess that you have D0 rev of i7.. so you can try P07/08/09. I had quite nice results with P07, but P09 is most widely used now. P06 is I think pre-D0.. which means I´m not sure it can work perfectly with it, its pretty good version for C0 revisions. Anyway, try what you want.. just stay away from G29 and G30, they don´t work on anything else than i9.

[Myrkin]

Depends what you have, but I guess that you have D0 rev of i7.. so you can try P07/08/09. I had quite nice results with P07, but P09 is most widely used now. P06 is I think pre-D0.. which means I´m not sure it can work perfectly with it, its pretty good version for C0 revisions. Anyway, try what you want.. just stay away from G29 and G30, they don´t work on anything else than i9.

Thanks mate.

[PiLsY]

Myrkin - be careful with the mugen2. Wouldnt recommend removing the socket back as per the instructions. Instead put the backplate over the socket back and the 4 spacers between backplate and mobo - theyre exactly the height of the socket back plate . All fits together sweet then with no chance of it shorting. No idea if it would short, but i've found this to be a far quicker and safer method of fitting this heatsink.

Had to do the same on an EX58 UD3R.