Looking for an X58 Motherboard, need help.

the_flying_scotsman · Nov 6, 2008

Hi, im looking for a X58 Motherboard, but i cant decide which one, the machine is going to be a gaming rig mainly but also an everyday use one. The reason for the confusion, is i was wanting to get a motherboard with SAS but also looking at 2 4870X2 and a third physics card either nvidia PhysX or Havoc when its ready.

So any idea what multiplier the physics card should run at and what X58 motherboard will be best for me.

Thanks in advance for any opinions.

niko084 · Nov 6, 2008

Havoc is a waste, physX is a waste with a system like that...

As for the drives, why SAS? You are asking to spend an absolute fortune for almost no reason..
Get a few Veloci Raptors and stripe them, or get 4 and raid 5 them, you will be cookin!

If you want good SAS plan on spending about $500 on a controller or more, otherwise you may as well stick with SATA.

I also highly doubt you will ever see a SAS controller on a desktop board.

Wile E · Nov 6, 2008

niko084 said:
Havoc is a waste, physX is a waste with a system like that...

As for the drives, why SAS? You are asking to spend an absolute fortune for almost no reason..
Get a few Veloci Raptors and stripe them, or get 4 and raid 5 them, you will be cookin!

If you want good SAS plan on spending about $500 on a controller or more, otherwise you may as well stick with SATA.

I also highly doubt you will ever see a SAS controller on a desktop board.

Some of the X58 boards already have SAS on them.

the_flying_scotsman · Nov 6, 2008

The Asus P6T motherboard has 2 SAS ports on it, would anyone know if this would be any good for 3 video cards, i definately want 2 running at 16x/16x excluding that what do people think about the MSI Eclipse board??

Fastmix · Nov 6, 2008

I believe the asus is getting pretty good reviews.

the_flying_scotsman · Nov 6, 2008

I have seen the Asus motherboard roughly out perform the Gigabyte board in Vantage

http://hothardware.com/Articles/Intel-Core-i7-Processors-Nehalem-and-X58-Have-Arrived/?page=8

But have not seen anything of the MSI board, does anyone know where a review of it is? or if there is even one out there yet?

ShadowFold · Nov 6, 2008

Go with ASUS if you can. They usually have the most features and best clockers

Wile E · Nov 6, 2008

Out of all the boards I've seen, I still like the Gigabyte Extreme the best, even tho it has no SAS features. It's layout is spot-on.

the_flying_scotsman · Nov 6, 2008

A link i found on the MSI Eclipse detailing all about the board,

http://www.xfastest.com/redirect.php?tid=15646&goto=lastpost

niko084 · Nov 6, 2008

Wile E said:
Some of the X58 boards already have SAS on them.

Wow, that's just looney... But thanks for pointing that out... Never would have expected that.

the_flying_scotsman · Nov 6, 2008

Both the Foxconn Renaissance and Rlood Rage boards are also coming out with SAS ports.

freaksavior · Nov 8, 2008

the_flying_scotsman said:
A link i found on the MSI Eclipse detailing all about the board,

http://www.xfastest.com/redirect.php?tid=15646&goto=lastpost

WOW! that MSI looks nice

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Motherboard	MSI Eclipse
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System Name	Stallion
Processor	Intel Core i7 965EE
Motherboard	MSI Eclipse
Cooling	Air Cooling
Memory	6GB DDR3 1600Mhz
Video Card(s)	ATI Radeon HD4870X2
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Motherboard	MSI Eclipse
Cooling	Air Cooling
Memory	6GB DDR3 1600Mhz
Video Card(s)	ATI Radeon HD4870X2
Storage	Samsung 1TB Spin point F1
Display(s)	22'' Samsung
Case	Antec 1200
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi
Power Supply	Gigabyte Odin 1200W
Software	Windows XP, Windows Vista

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