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Message 884625 - Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 16:37:35 UTC
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It looks like I may just upgrade My PC from 775 to X58, I like the GA-EX58-UD4P(Thinkcomputers has a review Here for the GA-EX58-UD4P) and I've read a review of the DFI UT X58-T3eH8 as It looks like a good candidate too, Then there is also the Asus P6T(not the Deluxe) which supports LGA775 cpu heatsinks(Not the pushpin type though) and all three have the ability to do 3 way SLI, Not that I'll be using It, But the support of that allows for 3 video cards, So It comes with the territory as a bonus feature. The Bit-tech review of the GA-EX58-UD4P shows the difference between the UD4P and the DS4, they are similar, But the DS4 has a potential problem in that two sata ports face up towards the video card(The GTX 295 or any dual width video card that's long enough to cover up those two sata ports) As maybe one sata port will be made unusable when there's a long dual width video card there, Oh and COMA? Look near the Purple sata ports there's a white COM A serial port(COMA is what It says on the motherboard, Go figure).


Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4(DS4 is in a COMA;))/Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P

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Message 884641 - Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 17:04:44 UTC
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MSI has one too and is rumored to have one with 4 video card slots see
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/reviews/msi_eclipse_sli

I have the ASUS 6T board and I used my old 775-fan/heat sink with pushpins and it works just fine.
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Message 884649 - Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 17:21:05 UTC - in response to Message 884641.  
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MSI has one too and is rumored to have one with 4 video card slots see
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/reviews/msi_eclipse_sli

I have the ASUS 6T board and I used my old 775-fan/heat sink with pushpins and it works just fine.

The MSI Eclipse will do only 3 dual width video cards(There are no single width GTX 200 series video cards yet), So far even the EVGA Classified won't do 4 and neither will the eclipse, Even though the Classified does have 4 pci-e slots onboard.


Oh and thanks for the info on the 775 heatsinks PaulDHarris, Considering the height difference between 1366 cpus and the 775 cpus, It has been said that they might not work, So lacking any evidence to the contrary what could I say?
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Message 884651 - Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 17:42:41 UTC
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Thanks Joker
Yeah I was surprised when I got my board to see that it takes both 775 and 1366 so I was relieved I did not have to buy another expensive heat sink/fan. I got my i7 and motherboard and gskill 1333 xmp memory all for less than 600$ at Newegg. I would like to get some 2000 gskill memory. The 1333 are over clocked to 775 MHz 7-7-7-18-1n and the i7 is at 3.1 GHz. The i7 is not as fast as my q6600 though but it makes up for it in hyper threading.
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Message 884654 - Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 17:51:24 UTC

I believe Asus now owns Gigabyte. Bought it last year or two years ago.

From the photos it looks like third video card will block PATA header. If you are going to use PATA devices, then these boards are not for you. With three video cards you will not be able to install a PATA controller into one of the regular PCI slots either.
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Message 884659 - Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 18:03:59 UTC - in response to Message 884654.  

I believe Asus now owns Gigabyte. Bought it last year or two years ago.

From the photos it looks like third video card will block PATA header. If you are going to use PATA devices, then these boards are not for you. With three video cards you will not be able to install a PATA controller into one of the regular PCI slots either.


On my board the ASUS 6T the PATA slot is on the back and it lies down on its side and the cable goes in from the back so I don't believe it is blocked. I have a single 9400gt card only.
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Message 884684 - Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 18:53:35 UTC - in response to Message 884654.  
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I believe Asus now owns Gigabyte. Bought it last year or two years ago.

From the photos it looks like third video card will block PATA header. If you are going to use PATA devices, then these boards are not for you. With three video cards you will not be able to install a PATA controller into one of the regular PCI slots either.

I think You're wrong there spitfire, You are referring to the failed joint http://www.google.com/search?q=Asus+now+owns+Gigabyte&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Venture project that Asus and Gigabyte tried to do together, Besides Google can't find anything as to Asus buying Gigabyte, So where's Your proof? Please give us a link, Otherwise they are still separate companies. And I saw no mention of this on either companies website at all.
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Message 884796 - Posted: 13 Apr 2009, 2:31:34 UTC - in response to Message 884684.  

I believe Asus now owns Gigabyte. Bought it last year or two years ago.

From the photos it looks like third video card will block PATA header. If you are going to use PATA devices, then these boards are not for you. With three video cards you will not be able to install a PATA controller into one of the regular PCI slots either.

I think You're wrong there spitfire, You are referring to the failed joint http://www.google.com/search?q=Asus+now+owns+Gigabyte&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Venture project that Asus and Gigabyte tried to do together, Besides Google can't find anything as to Asus buying Gigabyte, So where's Your proof? Please give us a link, Otherwise they are still separate companies. And I saw no mention of this on either companies website at all.

My apologies. Rumors and lies...
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Message 884799 - Posted: 13 Apr 2009, 2:41:45 UTC - in response to Message 884796.  

I believe Asus now owns Gigabyte. Bought it last year or two years ago.

From the photos it looks like third video card will block PATA header. If you are going to use PATA devices, then these boards are not for you. With three video cards you will not be able to install a PATA controller into one of the regular PCI slots either.

I think You're wrong there spitfire, You are referring to the failed joint http://www.google.com/search?q=Asus+now+owns+Gigabyte&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Venture project that Asus and Gigabyte tried to do together, Besides Google can't find anything as to Asus buying Gigabyte, So where's Your proof? Please give us a link, Otherwise they are still separate companies. And I saw no mention of this on either companies website at all.

My apologies. Rumors and lies...

Not a problem, All is/was forgiven.
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Message 884825 - Posted: 13 Apr 2009, 3:32:04 UTC
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Now here is a Quad SLI capable motherboard from Asrock and Yes I found the so far unnamed MSI Quad SLI motherboard that so far still doesn't have a name or a picture evidently.


Asrock X58 Supercomputer(Quad SLI capable)
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Message 884839 - Posted: 13 Apr 2009, 4:26:18 UTC

ASROCK are good boards I have had one before for my AMD single core chip and it never had any problems it just became antiquated I had it before I got my Q6600 system. I believe ASROCK is part of ASUS family or at least it was when I had my 939-socket AMD system and the ASROCK board.
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Message 884844 - Posted: 13 Apr 2009, 4:38:05 UTC - in response to Message 884839.  

ASROCK are good boards I have had one before for my AMD single core chip and it never had any problems it just became antiquated I had it before I got my Q6600 system. I believe ASROCK is part of ASUS family or at least it was when I had my 939-socket AMD system and the ASROCK board.

Yeah that's what I read, It does cost around $300, But for Quad SLI or in this case Quad video cards, It's a tough act to beat, MSI better have something good enough to equal this X58 Supercomputer or their out of luck as their spacing looks good, Newegg has one for $294, Of course one guy did mention the Bios needs an upgrade as the person couldn't get the 2nd GTX295 to work, Seems It has some Bios problems to work out. Hopefully that will be solved before too long.
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Message 884848 - Posted: 13 Apr 2009, 4:46:33 UTC
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Gigabyte say they have several X58 mobo's with three way capablility.

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Message 884850 - Posted: 13 Apr 2009, 4:52:22 UTC - in response to Message 884848.  

Gigabyte say they have several X58 mobo's with three way capability.

GIGABYTE EXTREME Overclocking Motherboards - Intel X58 series

Yep, They do, Although so far no Quad capability yet though, MSI and ASRock are the only ones on the Intel side to support this type of Quad SLI.
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Message 884851 - Posted: 13 Apr 2009, 4:56:40 UTC - in response to Message 884850.  

Gigabyte say they have several X58 mobo's with three way capability.

GIGABYTE EXTREME Overclocking Motherboards - Intel X58 series

Yep, They do, Although so far no Quad capability yet though, MSI and ASRock are the only ones on the Intel side to support this type of Quad SLI.

What about the Asus P6T6 WS Revolution
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Message 884853 - Posted: 13 Apr 2009, 5:09:03 UTC - in response to Message 884839.  

ASROCK are good boards I have had one before for my AMD single core chip and it never had any problems it just became antiquated I had it before I got my Q6600 system. I believe ASROCK is part of ASUS family or at least it was when I had my 939-socket AMD system and the ASROCK board.

My experience with ASROCK was completely different.

Up till a few years ago one of the largest UK PC makers {TI**} was only a few miles away from me. Everything about it, except for the prices, was cheap. Components, untrained staff etc.
They to my knowledge only used ASROCK. As a result many people had PC's from there, and I lost count of the number I was asked to look at, usually after they had been returned or had "engineer" visit. Who would only replace if it failed to boot and work for 5 minutes.
Many of them with silly little faults like, only one IDE connector working or some USB ports faulty etc.

But maybe things have changed now, but I avoid them like the plague.
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Message 884861 - Posted: 13 Apr 2009, 5:20:38 UTC

I read a review (Tom's Hardware?) where they tried to OC the ASROCK X58 "super computer" mobo, they fried 2 of them.
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Message 884869 - Posted: 13 Apr 2009, 6:15:13 UTC - in response to Message 884851.  

Gigabyte say they have several X58 mobo's with three way capability.

GIGABYTE EXTREME Overclocking Motherboards - Intel X58 series

Yep, They do, Although so far no Quad capability yet though, MSI and ASRock are the only ones on the Intel side to support this type of Quad SLI.

What about the Asus P6T6 WS Revolution

It will do 3 way SLI, But not 4 way, Notice the White pci-e slot and how close It is to the neighboring Blue pci-e slot?

But then have You ever seen a 200 series video card that didn't overlap another slot?
And no I'd rather not use an 8xxx or 9xxx series Nvidia video card as they have defective gpus.
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Message 884870 - Posted: 13 Apr 2009, 6:21:07 UTC - in response to Message 884861.  
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I read a review (Tom's Hardware?) where they tried to OC the ASROCK X58 "super computer" mobo, they fried 2 of them.

Thinkcomputers had no problem with theirs and they overclocked their ASRock X58 Supercomputer to 3.7GHz and said It would boot at 4.0GHz with a Locked 920 ES cpu and others on Newegg had success too. Fried motherboards could happen and no I don't know how often, As one would naturally hear more often from those that had problems than from other people who had no problems. Defective motherboards strike all motherboard makers at one point in time or another, So I'm not too concerned.

Also at least one review out of 18 on Newegg mentioned that ASRock Tech support was as described below:

Newegg customer Deacon0921 wrote:

Quad SLI(two GTX 295 Cards)
Pros: THIS IS ON MY EARLIER POST.. i changed my 3 eggs to 5 though it took a while i have to say that ASRock tech support was a lot better than i thought and even though they don't have a contact number the email thing worked quite nicely! I am now a proud owner of this mobo with 2 asus gtx 295 in quad sli and 12gb. ram

Cons: cant really say to much its not like ASRock were the only ones having trouble with the quad sli..

Other Thoughts: I'm JUST SO HAPPY TO FINALLY HAVE MY BABY RUNNING RIGHT!!

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Message 884992 - Posted: 13 Apr 2009, 17:24:46 UTC
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My 3 best boards are BIOSTAR, ASROCK, and ASUS. Other boards I have used are MSI, FIC, GIGABYTE, and XFX. The MSI ran so hot it would crash and the FIC had a bad BIOS and the replacement BIOS was also bad. The XFX went dead and 2 XFX video cards also went dead. XFX replaced the board and it was DOA. I bought the MSI, FIC GIGABYTE from local vendors, and The ASROCK from an OEM vendor on the Internet. The BIOSTAR I got from Tigerdirect. The ASUS boards I got from Tigerdirect and Newegg.
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