Asus Maximus VII Formula & Gigabyte Z97 G1 Wifi BK , MSI Z97 XPOWER AC , Which Motherboard Are Best For Sli ?

[PrisonerVN]

I'm gonna upgrade my pc from newegg , which motherboard i can choose for sli ?

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

One of these is good;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157527&cm_re=ASRock_Z97_Extreme9-_-13-157-527-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132126&cm_re=z97_motherboard-_-13-132-126-_-Product

 

[PrisonerVN]

so which was the best of 3 Motherboards That i Said ?

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

Asus Maximus VII Formula.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Gigabyte has the lowest % of negative reviews on newegg but the numbers are small so hard to give weight statistically. Looking at last round's return rates, the Formula is the only one of the 3 to make the Top 10 Most returned list and Gigabyte had the lowest return rate among the Big 4.

Serice wise, they all stink

That's said it's be hard for me to pick which one is best based upon that stuff but ...... as the Owner of a Maximus Formula board, I'd say either of the other two.

Since ya seem to be looking for included WiFi, I'd recommend the MSI Z97 Gaming 9 which can kick some tail

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[PrisonerVN]

^ that is the performance for SLI of those motherboards ? , i got a 4770K and i wanna sli so i dunno which was the best for sli for the max bandwidth i can get , what you recommend for SLI ?

 

[JackNaylorPE]

I recommended the MSI Gaming 9, that is if ya need WiFi.... but personally, for a 2 x SLI Gaming build, I'd choose the $130ish MSI or Gigabyte Gaming 5 for SLI gaming over any of the board on that list.

 

[PrisonerVN]

i dun need WIFi but , does in SLI X8 X8 and X16 X16 got any different ? i need to SLI Titan X , and i can't choose the motherboard , i see the Formula got 2x X16 X16 so i can get all the BandWitdh for 2 Titan X so you recommend the MSI Gaming 9 ?

 

[JackNaylorPE]

The Maximus VII Formula does **not** have the capability to do x16 x16 .... your CPU can only handle 16 lanes total and x16 x16 is 32. Without a kludgy PEX chip, you can't have more than 16 lanes total.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132264 Hit specs tab

PCI Express 3.0 x16: 2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8)

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/MAXIMUS_VII_FORMULA/specifications/

2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8)

That means you can do:

x16, x0
x8, x8

 

[JackNaylorPE]

As above:

a) if you need WiFi, I'd recommend the MSI Gaming 9
b) if you don't need WiFi, I'd recommend the Gaming 5 from either MSI or Gigabyte

Both those boards outperform the Formula and the Gaming 5's are $170 - 180 less

Do you see any features that the Gaming 9 has that make you want to spend $170 more ? If not why not an open loop water cooler for $150 like the Swiftech H240-X ? Put the rest towards waterblocks for the Titans and a 2nd radiator

 

[PrisonerVN]

Tks you for answer , actually i dun need wifi , but maybe i will use it some times , and 1 question , From X99 and Z97 , X16 X16 , X8 X8 about the performance got any big different ? , like X8 X8 i got 90 FPS and in X16 X6 i got 110 , something like that

 

[JackNaylorPE]

On X99 with a 5820k you have 28 lanes compared to Z97's 16 lanes
On X99 with a 5930k you have 40 lanes compared to Z97's 16 lanes

The MSI X99A Gaming 7 does:

- 1-way mode: x16/ x0/ x0/ x0

- 2-way mode: x16/ x16/ x0/ x0 with 5930k
- 2-way mode: x16/ x8/ x0/ x0 with 5820k

- 3-way mode: x16/ x16/ x0/ x8 with 5930k
- 3-way mode: x8/ x8/ x8/ x0 with 5820k

 

[PrisonerVN]

so how about the performance in gaming , like FPS , bottleneck , etc ?

 

[JackNaylorPE]

I don't recognize the term bottleneck. It's so overused it's become meaningless. A system should always be designed to be "balanced" but "bottleneck" is too strong a word as it's used in most instances.

In general, Z97 (4790k) outperformsX99 (5820k) in gaming with up to 2 GFX cards. Getting an edge with X99 involves 3 or more GFX cards, and it takes a 5960x to get a significant edge when it's apples and apples comparison. You can play a bit with this here:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU/2

 

[PrisonerVN]

okay , tks for all your supports