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Techgoudy wrote:I am interested to know how many VMs you use and what they happen to be doing. Rarely is CPU ever the issue with VMs. It's mostly I/O and RAM that are the problems. I don't really see how the i7 920 could be showing it's age in that regard.
tanker27 wrote:Right now I am eyeballing the GIGABYTE GA-Z87MX-D3H and the ASUS MAXIMUS VI GENE
Ryu Connor wrote:I'd go with the Maximus after having compared these two. I prefer overkill in the voltage design of a motherboard (and video cards for that matter). Eight phases should be good for overclocking and at stock it should result in the VRMs running cooler.
Are you going to overclock? If not the 4770S might be worth considering.
superjawes wrote:Techgoudy wrote:I am interested to know how many VMs you use and what they happen to be doing. Rarely is CPU ever the issue with VMs. It's mostly I/O and RAM that are the problems. I don't really see how the i7 920 could be showing it's age in that regard.
Well IIRC the 920's speed limited the RAM speeds it could effectively use (1333 MHz, I think), so upgrading the CPU could increase RAM performance that way.
DPete27 wrote:1) It's microATX (mATX) not mini ATX
DPete27 wrote:5) Asus' Maximus line is geared toward "extreme" overclocking. People that bin CPUs and need that additional 100MHz to set benchmarking records.
Techgoudy wrote:I like the Gigabyte board and the case you are going to use is also the case I have been thinking about using.
Techgoudy wrote:I am interested to know how many VMs you use and what they happen to be doing. Rarely is CPU ever the issue with VMs. It's mostly I/O and RAM that are the problems. I don't really see how the i7 920 could be showing it's age in that regard.
DPete27 wrote:Newegg's "compare" feature is excellent for selecting motherboards since they have many features to keep track of.
Techgoudy wrote:Ryu Connor if you weren't going to overclock your CPU or GPU would you still recommend the Maximus?
Techgoudy wrote:you weren't going to overclock your CPU or GPU would you still recommend the Maximus?
tanker27 wrote:Where is this 'button'? I've searched and cant find it
DPete27 wrote:Techgoudy wrote:you weren't going to overclock your CPU or GPU would you still recommend the Maximus?
That would be pointless.
Bauxite wrote:You can extend the life of that 1366 system a fair bit with a cheap 32nm Gulftown, 6 more advanced cores at the same or better clockspeed, it even idles better than the original cpus in my experience.
A lot of people are unloading them now, and don't ignore the xeons as many of them are just as overclockable on that platform.
Amazing Mr. X wrote:Yet another thing to consider here is that Intel's socket 1150 K series CPUs don't have Intel's best virtualization technologies, which can help out a lot depending on what you're doing. For processors that support that tech, look at this list for socket 1150.....
tanker27 wrote:Amazing Mr. X wrote:Yet another thing to consider here is that Intel's socket 1150 K series CPUs don't have Intel's best virtualization technologies, which can help out a lot depending on what you're doing. For processors that support that tech, look at this list for socket 1150.....
Ahh so the i7-4771 brings in Intel's VM stuff. Thats good to know. As for the x79 I would rather get away from that. I know they are quality boards but as with my LGA 1366 when my mobo died last year I paid a hell of a price for a replacement.
Any comments about the GIGABYTE GA-G1.Sniper M5?
Amazing Mr. X wrote:I'm just wondering, but you do realize that non K or X series processors can't be overclocked right? They have locked multipliers, and base-clock based overclocking is locked down as well by design. I ask because all these enthusiast boards you keep linking are designed primarily with overclocking in mind, but those features won't work with a processor that isn't from Intel's K series. With Intel, the only way to get both overclocking and virtualization on the same chip is with a x79 chip, hence the frankly insane costs.
JustAnEngineer wrote:I listed some Micro-ATX Z87 motherboards in this thread that you might consider:
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=89932
The ASRock Z87M Extreme4 for $123 may be a good value.
tanker27 wrote:Amazing Mr. X wrote:I'm just wondering, but you do realize that non K or X series processors can't be overclocked right? They have locked multipliers, and base-clock based overclocking is locked down as well by design. I ask because all these enthusiast boards you keep linking are designed primarily with overclocking in mind, but those features won't work with a processor that isn't from Intel's K series. With Intel, the only way to get both overclocking and virtualization on the same chip is with a x79 chip, hence the frankly insane costs.
Ahh did not know that. Like I said I've not followed things closely like I use too. I might just selly for the 4770K and 1150 MObO, leaning toward the GIGABYTE GA-Z87MX-D3H.
tanker27 wrote:JustAnEngineer wrote:I listed some Micro-ATX Z87 motherboards in this thread that you might consider:
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=89932
The ASRock Z87M Extreme4 for $123 may be a good value.
I'll take a look at it. Thanks
Amazing Mr. X wrote:I couldn't tell you much of anything about ASRock, but I can say just one thing about their boards: They're not black. They're all a sort of brown color that Newegg's camera equipment, lighting, and overall setup doesn't do a good job of conveying. Try looking at other pictures online before you decide to place one of those in a case with a window. A friend of mine purchased an ASRock board and found he didn't like the color in real life, even though he thought the Newegg pictures looked alright to his eye. I'm not saying you won't like it, but color is something that needs to be considered here.
Amazing Mr. X wrote:Gigabyte's G1.Sniper boards are all extremely high quality gamer-focused products. I own a socket 1155 G1.Sniper 3 right now, and I'm reasonably happy with it. I can't speak for the M5, but my only problem with the Sniper 3 is that it really doesn't have the driver/BIOS support I would like. Still, the newest generic Intel drivers work just fine with it, and there are excellent modified BIOSes available for the brave of heart on Gigabyte's forum.