Recommend me an LGA 2011 motherboard?
19 Oct 2012 18:24:37 UTC
Topic 196579
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Hey folks, doing a new gaming/crunching rig. Going with the i7 and an SLI configuration. Here is the processor I'm going to use;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115229
In particular, I'm looking for a board that has at least two PCIe 3.0 16x slots. I'd also like the board to be under $250. If anyone has a recommendation, I'd be grateful to hear it. Thanks!
Recommend me an LGA 2011 motherboard?
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I'd say, check into the Asrock motherboards, they're now even better than the Asus boards. Although the X79 Extreme 11 might be a bit over the top here (7 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots). ;-)
So how about the Extreme3? $199,99 with 3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 Slots.
Thanks for that. I actually
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Thanks for that. I actually ended up changing my mind and went with an LGA 1155 Ivy Bridge. Here is the build on the way from Newegg;
i7 3770 Ive Bridge 3.4ghz
32 GB RAM
2x 660 Ti Superclock
The motherboard I went with was this one;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157265
This issue I found out after the fact (my fault for not doing enough research) is that this board supports Ivy Bridge only with a BIOS flash. Some buyers reported that they received the board with the latest BIOS version, while others say they have the old one. In order to update the bios I would need an LGA1155 cpu to throw in there then flash to update for the Ivy Bridge and swap out. I really hope they send me the newest bios version.
never mind. I misread the
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never mind. I misread the labels on the image I was looking at.