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just brew it! wrote:What are your "must have" features? If you're not OCing you may actually be able to get similar performance for significantly less money.
I don't think I've spent more than $130 on a motherboard since... a long time ago. Probably around 2007 timeframe.
CaptTomato wrote:just brew it! wrote:What are your "must have" features? If you're not OCing you may actually be able to get similar performance for significantly less money.
I don't think I've spent more than $130 on a motherboard since... a long time ago. Probably around 2007 timeframe.
Must have.....stable and reliable!
I'll be using a IB 3570 and probably a 7870, but I worry that cheaper mobo's cut corners.
I'm happy to pay the $193 just as long as someone doesn't tell me it has some weird problem.
Airmantharp wrote:
Those expensive boards are for overclocked stability and reliability- the 'normal' boards are just plain stable and reliable. If you don't need the extra features (WiFi?), you wouldn't be losing anything by going with a less expensive ASUS board.
CaptTomato wrote:I want a full sized ATX so that I can have a GPU and 2 PCI cards.
I also need a mobo which will accept Antec 1100's usb3 plug for the front USB ports, and the $193 asus seems to have that as well.
CaptTomato wrote:thing is, i'll be using a 2slot GPU and have a sound and HDTV card that will require 2 PCI slots.....and the smaller boards won't accommodate that unless I can use a PCIe slot for PCI...?
just brew it! wrote:CaptTomato wrote:thing is, i'll be using a 2slot GPU and have a sound and HDTV card that will require 2 PCI slots.....and the smaller boards won't accommodate that unless I can use a PCIe slot for PCI...?
The M5A97 R2.0 I mentioned above is a full-size board with 2x PCIe x16, 2x PCIe x1, and 2x classic PCI. Double-wide GPU blocks one of the PCIe x1, not the classic PCI. I haven't priced out Intel boards lately, but surely there is something similar on that side of the house?
just brew it! wrote:12-phase power is ridiculous overkill for a rig that is going to run at stock.
Ryu Connor wrote:just brew it! wrote:12-phase power is ridiculous overkill for a rig that is going to run at stock.
Guess that makes my 16+4+2+2 phase setup really nuts.
flip-mode wrote:If you want the /most/ stable and reliable you'd be shopping for a Xeon 12xx series chip and a C204 or C206 workstation motherboard and plugging in ECC RAM.
Flying Fox wrote:flip-mode wrote:If you want the /most/ stable and reliable you'd be shopping for a Xeon 12xx series chip and a C204 or C206 workstation motherboard and plugging in ECC RAM.
This.
just brew it! wrote:Flying Fox wrote:flip-mode wrote:If you want the /most/ stable and reliable you'd be shopping for a Xeon 12xx series chip and a C204 or C206 workstation motherboard and plugging in ECC RAM.
This.
Yup, between a $100 motherboard with proper ECC support and a $200 one with 12-phase VRM the choice is clear!
(And yes, my M5A97 is running with ECC enabled. )
Ryu Connor wrote:As always there can be exceptions. A rash of failing VRMs on cheaper mobos ended up spawning this rather large lesson about phases of power. http://www.overclock.net/a/database-of- ... -incidents
flip-mode wrote:Look at all the MSI failures. I never have bought an MSI board - always trusted Asus or Gigabyte (and recently have done 4 builds using ASRock). This isn't making me ever want to change that.