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Well, got $800-900 to invest into a new processor, motherboard, and case...
Just ordered the i7 2600K for $320 (Should arrive Thursday). I'm planning on ordering the HAF X in a couple of weeks since it has a week shipping delivery estimate and I'll be out of town all of next week. Now for the motherboard.. I know not all of them have hit the market yet, so I'm trying to get an idea of what to get whenever they do. I originally was looking at the ASUS Maximus IV Extreme and the un-released EVGA Classified, but maybe those are just too much overkill for what I'm looking for.. I want something that can overclock pretty beastly, but I don't need anything more than x8/x8 crossfire. So what I have in mind: - ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution - GIGABYTE GA-P67-UD7-B3 Thoughts and other ideas? Last edited by Undead46; Mar 9, 2011 at 12:38 AM. |
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My next build will more than likely have a Gigabyte board. I've been really pleased with my current EVGA board, but I haven't heard anything bad about Gigabyte boards since I've been on TPU. They surely seem to be at the top when it comes to performance vs cost and reliability.
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What's up with the avatar pics in this thread?
The Asus P8P67 Pro is a very popular clocker...
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![]() I'm coming from a GA-P55A-UD3 and it was a really good board, but wasn't able to clock very high which could have just been caused by a bad batch of 860's, but oh well... I'm leaning more towards the UD7, since it has really good specs and I like the color scheme on it. And it's a known quality board from X58 series. I hate the P8P67 boards because they all look alike! xD Honestly, I don't even know the difference between them all.. >.> |
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Pray tell, where did you find a 2600k for $230.00 my friend?
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At microcenter the 2500k is $180 and the 2600k is $279.
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Look for the Biostar TP67B+ or XE mb...all you need.
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Add tax and your @ $300.00 for the 2600k
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Meant to put $320* xD
And MicroCenter's price was $316 with tax when I calculated it out a few weeks ago. o.O And those are Pickup-only prices, so I don't feel like driving an hour to get a $15 break.. >.> And I wouldn't get a Biostar, considering they're not necessarily a top-end manufacture. From what I've seen, they focus more on low-end boards. |
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Overclocking the 2600K or the 2500K is pretty much based on the processor itself; pretty much any of the P67 boards will allow you hit 4.8 and after that it is dependent on the processor to take you higher.
I hit 4.8 first attempt on air with both the ASUS P8P67 Deluxe and Pro boards. I did find the MSI P67A-GD55 to be more temperamental and their new BIOS is kind of sophomoric and buggy. Next board for me will be the ASRock Fatality. |
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The main thing to look at is the quality and number of CPU phases. This will allow the board to give sufficient power to the CPU.
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Unless you need a board with the NF200 chipset or Intel integrated LAN I don't see why anyone would spend over the Asrock Extreme4. Aside from the very low end boards with basic voltage regulation and chipset / mosfet cooling or boards that still have EFI issues, there's not a lot of difference between P67 boards. 1-7 MHz bclk headroom and that's shaky at best. Basically you're limited on the turbo multi by how much voltage you want to risk and cooling.
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I prefer it to my ASUS board. (This is my gamer btw)http://hwbot.org/community/submissio...0k_5303.95_mhz
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gigabyte motherboard are really good, even asus msi too, so as high end mother boards there is many chooses
p67a-ud7 , asus p67 rog , msi big bang marshal
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Go for a Asrock P67 Extreme4 or Extreme6. Very good boards for the money, plus Asrock gives 1 year warranty on-top of the normal warranty on their B3 revisions, becouse of the chipset fiasko.
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He settled on a UD7.
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Just canceled my UD7 order to find out the estimated arrival of the ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution is 1-2 days away.
So question is.. UD7 or WS Revolution? GO GO GO!
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Refer to post # 18...up to you.
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why would you cancel an order then put said canceled board back in the decision?? everyone already said ud7 once. I say re0rder the ud7 and wait a few more extra days due to order cancellation. the P8P67 isnt nearly as good.
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do you plan to run 2 cards ? then theres no pont on getting any of those two your looking at
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