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Tazz Send message Joined: 5 Oct 99 Posts: 137 Credit: 34,342,390 RAC: 0 |
Let's see, I have a Gigabyte 990FXA with a 8 core Bulldozer in my newest PC. An Asus M4A785-M with a 4 core Phenom in my other good PC. Both pretty good boards. An old ECS and old MSI in a couple of others. Then I have an ancient MSI motherboard with a 850 Thunderbird processor that I recently had to decommission*. I fixed a loose solder connection on it with a propane torch and a nail five or six years back and it's still running. *Decommissioned due to hdd failure and I didn't want to bother setting up a machine that will have a RAC of around 50 and draw as much power as a four core processor and GTS450. </Tazz> |
CJ Edwards Send message Joined: 25 Jun 99 Posts: 18 Credit: 21,857,042 RAC: 0 |
I have been using Asus mobos since 1996 and wont change anytime soon. These are the three I currently run. http://ca.asus.com/en/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/SABERTOOTH_Z77/ http://ca.asus.com/en/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8Z77V_LK/ http://ca.asus.com/en/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8Z68VGEN3/[/url] :) |
rolo1 Send message Joined: 6 Dec 10 Posts: 14 Credit: 8,858,271 RAC: 0 |
Will you be adding multiple graphics cards to these eventually? |
CJ Edwards Send message Joined: 25 Jun 99 Posts: 18 Credit: 21,857,042 RAC: 0 |
The Sabertooth is running 2 260s. I am unsure about the other machines. as it is all about the money! |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34253 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
Sabertooth 990FX here. http://www.alternate.de/html/product/ASUS/SABERTOOTH_990FX_R2.0/1024289/? With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
Al Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1682 Credit: 477,343,364 RAC: 482 |
How about this Uber Power Zotac http://www.zotac.com/index.php?product_id=435&page=shop.product_details&category_id=7&flypage=flypage_images-SRW.tpl&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=100166&lang=en&vmcchk=1&Itemid=100166 running an EVGA GTX670 :-) |
Keith Myers Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 13161 Credit: 1,160,866,277 RAC: 1,873 |
Sabertooth 990FX here along with a Gigabyte 890FX. Never had tried an ASUS motherboard before but I am very impressed by the build quality, stability, feature set and overclocking options. I am definitely going to look at ASUS again when I decide I want to replace the Gigabyte. Keith Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association) |
Karsten Vinding Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 239 Credit: 25,201,931 RAC: 11 |
All Asus here also (right now). An _old_ A8R-MVP (socket 939), still going strong 24/7. An M4A78-E, in an Ubuntu PC, that's basicly a backup, not running at the moment, but runs 24/7 stable, when its on. Its meant to replace the above computer one day, when I get it setup properly. And a Sabertooth 990FX in my primary computer, rock solid stable, even at a nice OC. Best board I have owned. I have had Gigabyte, MSI and others and they have been nice too, but I mostly end up with ASUS. |
Cliff Harding Send message Joined: 18 Aug 99 Posts: 1432 Credit: 110,967,840 RAC: 67 |
From a little research looks like you can also use different graphics cards on the same mobo and it should work. But the preferred is to have the same cards. On my A-SYS (i7/950) 1x GTX460SE v1 & 1x GTS250, both EVGA and running two tasks each. On the B-SYS (i7/930) a very unique EVGA single card that has two different GPUs on it GTX575 & GTS250. Because of the limits of the GTS250, it is running only one task per GPU. I don't buy computers, I build them!! |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Lets see I have two Asus motherboards, a P7P55D Pro that I'm currently using and a Rampage 3 Extreme that I'm slowly building an uber system around... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
Let me know if this is the wrong place to ask, But can you tell what mother board to use with what chip set? Im thinking of using the old p4 case and put in a new mother board with an I5 chipset. I looked at newegg and have no clue what goes with what. [/quote] Old James |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
ASUS P5B on my old CD2 E6300, GTX560 TI rig. ASUS P5K-E on my Q6600, 2x GTX550 TI rig. ASRock Z68 Extreme4 on my 2500K, 1x 9800GTX+, 2x 9800GT rig. Cheers. |
Mr. Kevvy Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3776 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 |
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Jupiter8 Send message Joined: 19 Aug 12 Posts: 6 Credit: 208,200 RAC: 0 |
ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution (socket 1366 MOBO) Running an i7 950 @ 4 GHZ (vcore = 1.26V) w/3 GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4850 graphics cards Very solid system thus far (knock on wood). |
Wibble Send message Joined: 25 Nov 02 Posts: 4 Credit: 1,168,325 RAC: 0 |
Asus P7P55D LE here, it may be the lowest (?) end board in the P7P55D range but it's still a top quality board, well built and stable with a fully featured BIOS. |
dpfaff Send message Joined: 3 Jul 07 Posts: 8 Credit: 141,880 RAC: 0 |
IBM 9228 here, running two each Xeon Clovertown X5365 3.0Ghz quad-cores. (Heavy-duty commercial workstation, corporate lease turn-in bargain...) |
musicplayer Send message Joined: 17 May 10 Posts: 2430 Credit: 926,046 RAC: 0 |
I am still stuck with ASUS, since my previous computer (possibly two) as well as my current one is having an ASUS motherboard. So instead of checking with my PC vendor for new components that may be available, I went to the web-page for ASUS and chose my area of living. Not if that matter to much, the description still is in English and the products on offer should be mostly the same. For motherboards, I may be able to choose between the following ones, which apparently are all part of a new series from ASUS. Namely Maximus V Formula, P8Z77-V Premium, P8H77-I, P8B75-V, Maximus IV GENE-Z/GEN3 and Rampage IV Extreme/Battlefield 3. I have not yet had time at looking at the detailed specification for each motherboard, but what about such things like a LGA 1155 socket as an replacement for the LGA 1366 socket? Also USB 3.0, Sata 6 Gbps support and Bluetooth 4.0 is now being implemented in full. Apparently still not available but only in the works is PCIE 3.0, many or most of these motherboards lists as PCIE 3.0 ready, so this apparently is an upcoming version of a possible earlier version of the same. Also these motherboards of course are Windows 8 ready, also SSD's are now being included here as well. So how much memory should there be available on such a motherboard? Typically I am able to see 32 GB, but in one instance earlier on, I noticed 64 GB as well. Do not forget the rest of the stuff that is needed. Apparently Intel (or the vendors) are having it a little hard at deciding at which processor is currently the best. Assumedly, such a processor would be an Intel Core i7 Extreme processor, but then if you purchase the box from one manufacturer, the processor from another manufacturer and the motherboard from yet another manufacturer - are you able to get the best choice for processor fan when choosing a box for the first time? Does the processor fan which is meant to be coming with the motherboard you purchase fit exactly that specific motherboard, or should it rather fit in with the rest of the box and the components inside as a whole? Therefore, there will always be many considerations when choosing a new system, including a motherboard. There are always conclusions which can be made from experience being obtained. |
Wayne Miller Send message Joined: 15 Mar 03 Posts: 15 Credit: 881,758 RAC: 9 |
Asus M3a79-T Deluxe with amd phenom II and 8 gigs of gskill mem. Very stable. |
musicplayer Send message Joined: 17 May 10 Posts: 2430 Credit: 926,046 RAC: 0 |
Do the manufacturers or vendors always put up everything in their product specifications and listings? Now they are apparently reverting back at a typical RAM amount (max) of 24 GB, but still the SSD's being included are now being integrated on the motherboards themselves. Also the chipset apparently being used now is the X58 chipset. There is still a choice between the LGA 1366 socket and the more recent LGA 1155 socket. By the way, I prefer the blue color for the red. Some motherboards are specifically meant for graphical purposes, others are meant for being used by the military. |
musicplayer Send message Joined: 17 May 10 Posts: 2430 Credit: 926,046 RAC: 0 |
Also this: If you download a software driver update from a given manufacturer, for example a driver update for a graphics / monitor card, you really are downloading an application which has the necessary drivers included in the package. It means that if and when correctly set up, you may be able to access the nVidia control panel from your desktop, or if you are not running in safe mode or something lower than that of starting up the system services (this may vary a little depending on whether the driver is low level or high level), you should have an icon for the such a task available for you at the bottom right, meaning that the task or application is residing in memory. A hard disc always will need to have a driver in order for it to be accessed. Such a driver now typically comes with Windows - earlier on it came with the disc itself, or by means of its manufacturer or vendor. Really, Microsoft has its hand on most of the market, hopefully their profits give a little money back to the original software/hardware developers. Such a hard disc driver is not always visible when booting up in safe mode, but it is still there. Windows needs to access this driver before it can continue booting up. The File Allocation Table and Boot Record (as well as one or more Partition Boot Records, or even Master Partition Boot Records) which existed on earlier hard discs and was included in earlier operating systems were replaced by NTFS and more or less of the same when it comes to the rest. If you are using hard discs, you certainly know that they have to be partitioned and formatted before being used. But partitioning comes before formatting, meaning that a functioning disc theoretically could have some readable contents on it even before such partitioning and formatting took place. |
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