I7-2600K 1250$ Gaming build

[striker410]

Well, does having a cool mobo count is the question?

 

[ammar711]

Well, does having a cool mobo count is the question?

Yes it does , my old Msi Mobo turns off after 4-5 hours (reason : overheat)

 

[aznshinobi]

^ Not the case for current day motherboards. I haven't seen a single case where the Extreme4 P67, GD65, P8P67 Pro overheat. If you do have proof, please enlighten me.

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/asus_sabertooth_p67_motherboard_review,6.html
Here it shows it does help. But is 3*C justify 40$ more?

 

[afhaque89]

Does the P67 have any feature that the Z68 doesn't have??

The only thing I know is the Z68 is useful if you want to try SSD caching (P67 can't). It was mentioned to me while I was having my own build reviewed. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/311651-31-first-build-review-1000-purpose

 

[ammar711]

The Samsung F3 is indeed faster than the WD Black
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009-3.5-desktop-hard-drive-charts/h2benchw-3.12-Avg-Write-Throughput,1013.html

I'v just noticed that this benchmarks was in 2009 when caviar black sata3 version wasn't available yet so the caviar black in this chart is Sata2, and the difference them between wasn't Big!! So probably the caviar black will be faster than the f3 now since samsung didn't release a sata3 version of the f3.

Am I right??

 

[striker410]

No, sata 3 will not help. As it's a mechanical HDD, it will never fully saturate the 6GB/s line. Sata 3GB/s is PLENTY for mechanical HDD's.

 

[ammar711]

^ Not the case for current day motherboards. I haven't seen a single case where the Extreme4 P67, GD65, P8P67 Pro overheat. If you do have proof, please enlighten me.

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/asus_sabertooth_p67_motherboard_review,6.html
Here it shows it does help. But is 3*C justify 40$ more?

Well, maybe they will not overheat but cooler Mobo=longer life and the sabertooth has a 5 years warranty too.

Only 3c less cause they didn't install 50mm assist fan to push air under the armor.

 

[striker410]

Sounds like you are set on the Sabertooth. Don't blame us, we are simply trying to tell you it isn't worth the money TO US. If you want it, get it! It's your money! That being said, I personally cannot recommend the Sabertooth as there are better options at the price.

 

[striker410]

Well, maybe they will not overheat but cooler Mobo=longer life and the sabertooth has a 5 years warranty too.

Only 3c less cause they didn't install 50mm assist fan to push air under the armor.

Actually the Sabertooth is HOTTER when no fan is installed.

 

[ammar711]

Sounds like you are set on the Sabertooth. Don't blame us, we are simply trying to tell you it isn't worth the money TO US. If you want it, get it! It's your money! That being said, I personally cannot recommend the Sabertooth as there are better options at the price.

Well I actually didn't choose yet but I'm still considering it as one of the choices

Appreciate ur suggestions

 

[aznshinobi]

As Striker said, SATA 3 to SATA 6 it makes no difference, if you have the fastest SATA 2 (F3 1TB) vs the fastest SATA 3 (in your case Caviar Black) it'll make little difference because they are mechanical, the only thing that has really benefited in real world performance has been the SSD's Reading and Writing @ 550/500 respectively as opposed to the old 280/270 or something like that.

If you're set on the Sabertooth, it's whatever. Hard to recommend a board that performs the same but costs $50 more over the premium, $70 more over the Asrock Extreme4 P67.