More X79 Motherboards Revealed by Manufacturers

[lradunovic77]

I still think they could pack Sandy Bridge to 1366 socket. If you have x58 with 6 core CPU i'd say skip this and even skip Ivy Bridge. Plenty of horse power in it.

 

[lradunovic77]

The main reason to get this is if you want to go with 6 Core CPU which wont ever be available for LGA1155.

 

[Uberragen21]

[citation][nom]paperfox[/nom]Interesting how the ram slots are now divided evenly on each side of the cpu socket. That could be a problem as some coolers block the first memory slot, and now they will block two.[/citation]
Buy a better CPU heat sink. Problem solved...

 

[christop]

The sabertooth looks sweet. I might have to upgrade.

 

[josejones]

So, when in the world are we going to finally see AMD motherboards with PCIe 3.0 support?

August 3, 2010: PCI Express 3.0: On Motherboards By This Time Next Year?

Or maybe I'll just go with Ivy Bridge. What would I possibly be missing by leaving AMD and going with Intel for the first time ever?

 

[nebun]

[citation][nom]de5_roy[/nom]the motherboards look great (and expensive) especially the asus tuf sabretooth. now wait for the cpus to release...is it me or the atx form factor is too small for x79?[/citation]
you got it all wrong, the coolers are to large for the motherboards

 

[nebun]

if they have the old BIOS interface on them it's a waste

 

[youssef 2010]

Let's wait and see waht happens when Ivy bridge is released

 

[blppt]

"spookyman :

Just imagine 4 way SLI with GTX590's


Just imagine the radiation pouring into the air and your electricity meter spinning as fast as a Raptor hdd "
-----------

AHAHAHA...POST OF THE YEAR!!!

 

[nebun]

[citation][nom]blppt[/nom]"spookyman :Just imagine 4 way SLI with GTX590'sJust imagine the radiation pouring into the air and your electricity meter spinning as fast as a Raptor hdd "-----------AHAHAHA...POST OF THE YEAR!!![/citation]
who cares for radiation?...i don't think that will be an issues, lol

 

[acyuta]

Ivy Bridge is looking distinctly underwhelming given the prices expected for the unlocked series. Guess, an upgrade option for me (i7-920, x58) could be a i7-2700K (or even higher) at a lower cost. Are the motherboards on these (P67/Z68) compatible with X79.

 

[fulle]

[citation][nom]nebun[/nom]who cares for radiation?...i don't think that will be an issues, lol[/citation]

That small of an increased amount of radiation, is going to give me cancer when exactly? 70 years from now? Given my current age, and average male life expectancy... I put the math into my calculator and it came out as a smiley face.

Plus, I HATE polar bears. Year that's right, hippies.


Anyways.... on topic.
I just build a system (for a friend) on Z68 with 16GB of RAM, i5 2500k, and a 40GB SSD for cache. It was cheap as hell, and will perform in most tasks about identically to a system based on this platform, that will cost roughly a thousand more dollars.

We'll use the thousand dollars on strippers instead. I support single mothers. See, Hippies? I have empathy.

 

[eddieroolz]

The 2 ASUS boards look spectacular.

 

[CyberAngel]

Haswell is my next CPU

 

[Guest]

Actually Nebun, the X79 uses the new UEFI style of bios, instead of the old style.