Gigabyte Super-Computer?????

ihavenoname · Nov 23, 2008

Does anybody own a Gigabyte motherboard???? I've never owned one, and I have absolutely no opinion on them. Let me know some horror stories, if there is any, or tell me something good about them..... by the way I was think about getting a server board... just cause I can afford it, ha ha. So does anyone have any opinions on them???

Specs:::::

Some kind of motherboard that has quad processor support.
Then i'll put a i7 quad core in each one. (16 processors )
Then a couple hundred GB of RAM!
Vwa-la! Super computer!
After that who knows what I will add.....

Odin Eidolon · Nov 23, 2008

sorry, dont think there is a mobo that supports more than one core i7 atm. gigabyte boards are usually good.

Deleted member 3 · Nov 23, 2008

Nice dream, though it's completely pointless. Beckton is what you're looking for. Though it uses FB-DIMM2's, nobody knows how that will work out. If they perform as bad as the current generation the platform will be crippled severely by it. You'd be better off with Gainestown, dual socket but still uses DDR3. Still wondering if that's gonna do you any good though.
Besides, why Gigabyte? They're not exactly a great player in the dual socket market, and I wouldn't know if they even have quad socket parts.

If you really want a couple of hundred Gigabytes of RAM for whatever reason, you're stuck with FB-DIMM's.

And since you have so much money to throw away, I could always give you my bank account number. I can use some.

Xazax · Nov 24, 2008

A moderator double posting!!! Blasphemy!!! :eek:

Actually, Nvidia and some OEM's like Dell/HP are developing small "super computers" that rival clusters in Standford etc.

a_ump · Nov 24, 2008

no dout man start building 500 dollar computers and give them to the poor or something :laugh:

seriously you should haha, i'm doing something like that for my senior project(needed to graduate my school) i'm just building a pc for 500-700 and selling tickets for 1 dollar and giving the pc to the winner.

SystemViper · Nov 24, 2008

Xazax said:
A moderator double posting!!! Blasphemy!!!

Actually, Nvidia and some OEM's like Dell/HP are developing small "super computers" that rival clusters in Standford etc.

Budabing Budaboom

NVIDIA's Tesla GPU, OEMs, Deliver Desktop Supercomputers
Cray has been synonymous with supercomputing for decades, but NVIDIA --- there you usually think gaming. However, as GPUs have become more powerful, tasks normally associated with CPUs have been moved to them.

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Mussels · Nov 24, 2008

ihavenoname said:
Does anybody own a Gigabyte motherboard???? I've never owned one, and I have absolutely no opinion on them. Let me know some horror stories, if there is any, or tell me something good about them..... by the way I was think about getting a server board... just cause I can afford it, ha ha. So does anyone have any opinions on them???

Specs:::::

Some kind of motherboard that has quad processor support.
Then i'll put a i7 quad core in each one. (16 processors )
Then a couple hundred GB of RAM!
Vwa-la! Super computer!
After that who knows what I will add.....

i've got two gigabyte boards in the house atm (two AM2+) and have a friend with a third (775), and all 3 will not work in the BIOS with a USB keyboard. doesnt matter if i enable USB keyboard support in the BIOS, all three flake out and work unreliably.
my AM2+ board, the keyboard stops responding entirely as if the PC was frozen (yet a PS2 works with no issues)

p_o_s_pc · Nov 24, 2008

My gigabyte board that i have blew the CPU mosfets after less then a year and that is with a slight overclock and stock voltage

smalls21 · Nov 25, 2008

I've owned 2 gigabyte motherboards in my day, I've loved both of them. One is still running strong in my brothers computer(Its an old socket A). The other died from some lightning. I love the board but it is quite old and I can't speed of the quality of their new stuff but their older stuff ran solidly.

ntdouglas · Nov 25, 2008

I had a 965-dq6 board and it sucked. After the second rma they refused to honor there warranty. Tech support sucked also. Done. I love my evga board.

BraveSoul · Nov 29, 2008

i just decided to get 1,, 770 running 5400 2.8brisbane at 3ghz for half a year now. gigabyte motherboards got dual bios so its very helpfull at times, suppose to make it more easy to update bios, or to recover it.. seems like they lack fans for their chipset heatsinks so got to have some air flow in the case,,especially for quad cores/a friend had problems because of phenom 2.6 on gigabyte mb,would restart while playing games, solved it by dramatically increasing airflow inside his case/there was little before

... u got ABIT motherboard,, how is that working, any horror stories?

stanhemi · Nov 29, 2008

I'v got a gigabyte ga-ep35-ds3l and i love this board.

thirdshiftdj · Dec 2, 2008

have owned two gigabyte boards myself. Very easy to oc and usually very good gains

95Viper · Dec 2, 2008

I bought one on my last build-which I am using now...It is a really good board and my next is going to be a Gigabyte. I have not had a bit of trouble(knock on wood) with it.

My board before this was an Intel - dependable but inflexible.

spearman914 · Dec 2, 2008

Odin Eidolon said:
sorry, dont think there is a mobo that supports more than one core i7 atm. gigabyte boards are usually good.

Unless they make a Skulltrail II w/ LGA1366!! Gigabytes a decent company but there are better ones.

Best - to worst, my list:

Asus
DFI
Gigabyte
Biostar/MSI

Foxconn
ECS

Mussels · Dec 2, 2008

spearman914 said:
Unless they make a Skulltrail II w/ LGA1366!! Gigabytes a decent company but there are better ones.

Best - to worst, my list:

Asus
DFI
Gigabyte
Biostar/MSI
Foxconn
ECS

i agree 100% with that list.

p_o_s_pc · Dec 2, 2008

Mussels said:
i agree 100% with that list.

I don't i think it should be like this
DFI
Asus
Gigabyte
Biostar
Foxconn
MSI
ECS

Mussels · Dec 2, 2008

p_o_s_pc said:
I don't i think it should be like this
DFI
Asus
Gigabyte
Biostar
Foxconn
MSI
ECS

well, look at it this way. we all agree our top 3 is gigabyte, asus and DFI, and we all think MSI and ECS suck

Odin Eidolon · Dec 2, 2008

Mussels said:
well, look at it this way. we all agree our top 3 is gigabyte, asus and DFI, and we all think MSI and ECS suck

My msi rocks!
seriously, my list would be this one:

DFI (love the orange color scheme)
ASUS
GIGABYTE (but their boards are fugly - bad color choiche)
MSI (often they are among the best bang for the buck)
BIOSTAR (apart form tpower i45, excellent board)
Foxconn (the BlackOPS kicks ass BTW)
ECS (better not buy...)

Asylum · Dec 2, 2008

Whats wrong with EVGA...dont even see it on the list!!

Odin Eidolon · Dec 2, 2008

Asylum said:
Whats wrong with EVGA...dont even see it on the list!!

oh yeah EVGA... but it doesnt make intel boards. anyways updeted:

DFI (love the orange color scheme)
ASUS
EVGA
GIGABYTE (but their boards are fugly - bad color choiche)
MSI (often they are among the best bang for the buck)
BIOSTAR (apart form tpower i45, excellent board)
Foxconn (the BlackOPS kicks ass BTW)
ECS (better not buy...)

Mussels · Dec 3, 2008

evga arent sold much here.

i've had nothing but hell with mid range MSI boards, usually due to the stock cooler not being sufficient to cool the boards at stock, or random instability problems (also at stock)
I stopped using them around the Nforce 5 generation, if that matters.

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