Gigabyte First with USB 3.0 and SATA 6 Gbps on the AMD Platform

[wiak]

AMD 790FX has 42 PCIe 2.0 lanes
x32 goes to graphics card slots (x16/x8/x8)
x4 PCIe 2.0 goes to SB750 (6 blue SATA, 6 USB?)

x1 PCIe 2.0 goes to Realtek Gigabit Ethernet
x1 PCIe 2.0 goes to Realtek Gigabit Ethernet
x1 PCIe 2.0 goes to Realtek ALC889A HD Audio Controller
x1 PCIe 2.0 goes to NEC USB3 Controller
x1 PCIe 2.0 goes to Marvell SATA 6Gbps Controller
x1 PCIe 2.0 goes to x1 slot on motherboard

am not 100% sure but i think this is how the mb is setup
to bad they put eSATA back again :O
brackets are way better!!!! alot more flexible than having it hardsoldered to back of your case, i now have eSATA in my case on my mb, or i can remove the bracket and have 10 SATA instead of 8 SATA + 2 eSATA (that never gets used 99% of the time)

here is from bit-tech on P55, talk about bottlenecked
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/storage/2009/11/16/investigating-sata-6gbps-performance/

The bandwidth is key to this chipset, and supporting PCIe 2.0 allows a "true" SATA 6Gbps bandwidth. We say "true" because even the 500MB/s from a Gen 2.0 PCI-Express x1 lane is only 65 per cent of the theoretical maximum 768MB/s enabled by the new standard. If we bolt the Marvell chip directly onto a P55 chipset, it gets Gen 1.1 bandwidth (as Intel claims P55 is Gen 2.0 "compatible", which it needs to be anyway to adhere to the PCI-Express standard), offering only one third the bandwidth potential: a clear bottleneck. In fact, current SATA 3Gbps chipsets saturate a Gen 1.1 PCI-Express x1 bus in the same way: with a 384MB/s SATA standard forced through a 250MB/s bus.

this shouldnt be a big problem with 790FX because its PCIe 2.0 all around

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

Ewww AMD, why bother.

200 + for an AMD board, who would pay that? FOr that kind of money you can get a real chipset for a real proccesor.

 

[devguy]

Ewww AMD, why bother.

200 + for an AMD board, who would pay that? FOr that kind of money you can get a real chipset for a real proccesor.

Ouch. As opposed to a fake chipset for a fake processor? The 790FX chipset is one hell of a chipset. As for why bother with AMD, I think I'll save my breath.

 

[Jstn7477]

Ewww AMD, why bother.

200 + for an AMD board, who would pay that? FOr that kind of money you can get a real chipset for a real proccesor.

Um, yeah. I have a $200 AMD Phenom II X4 955BE and a $200 ASUS Crosshair III Formula 790FX board (which lets me have control over almost every voltage and undervolt), which means that I have a top of the line AMD CPU/board combination. An i7-920 costs near $300 and IDK what X58 boards cost but I bet those are expensive. It's fast enough for me, so I have it underclocked right now using my awesome unlocked multipliers.

Did I forget to mention that a 955/965 is on-par with an i7 in games, yet it is almost $100 cheaper? I don't care if your CPU does better on benchmarks with its extra "logical" cores. Its how it performs in real life that counts, and how well it performs for the price. Oh, and I haven't heard anything about "socket burn" on AMD systems either.

 

[Tom20]

I think it's a bit too soon for this... That's just me.

 

[Jstn7477]

I didn't mean to put out troll bait for the Intel fanboi, but I figured that I needed to make a point to prove his "AMD is a fake processor and fake chipset" claim false..

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

I didn't mean to put out troll bait for the Intel fanboi, but I figured that I needed to make a point to prove his "AMD is a fake processor and fake chipset" claim false..

No one mentioned anything about fake anything, nor said anything about Intel, I think your AMD fan boy boner is showing.

Woops you got played.

 

[Kantastic]

No one mentioned anything about fake anything, nor said anything about Intel, I think your AMD fan boy boner is showing.

Woops you got played.

Cool story fanboy, anything else you have to say to embarass yourself some more?

Say hi to my ignore list!!!

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

Cool story fanboy, anything else you have to say to embarass yourself some more?

Say hi to my ignore list!!!

Whats embarrassing about bating itards into making fools of themselves ?

Also I feel honored that you dislike what I say so much that your intolerant enough to put me on your ignore list

 

[wiak]

a intel MB with USB3/SATA 6GBps and will cost the same as a AMD CPU+MB with USB3/SATA 6Gbps combo

 

[Zubasa]

a intel MB with USB3/SATA 6GBps and will cost the same as a AMD CPU+MB with USB3/SATA 6Gbps combo

Found this thing today.
This sucker is well over $200 right now :shadedshu

So you are better off getting a P55 board

 

[A Cheese Danish]

Found this thing today.
This sucker is well over $200 right now :shadedshu

So you are better off getting a P55 board

I actually just found it for $185. A bit much I would say. But maybe it's worth it...

 

[Zubasa]

I actually just found it for $185. A bit much I would say. But maybe it's worth it...

Go check out that 890FX-GD70
MSI brings "justice" across these lands.