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Terproerg · Nov 10, 2011

The 448 core 560ti is comming out at the end this month. Makes me mad cause i just bought a 560 ti a week ago. Info here. Seems like the power isnt going to be much higher either. Considering it should be a decent performance boost.

Omikaru · Nov 10, 2011

Terproerg said:
The 448 core 560ti is comming out at the end this month. Makes me mad cause i just bought a 560 ti a week ago. Info here. Seems like the power isnt going to be much higher either. Considering it should be a decent performance boost.

Balls. I wish I'd known that sooner. Even with my 560 Ti back at eBuyer, I doubt it'll take them long to find it faulty, so I fully expect my replacement to be one of the older ones.

Gvaz · Nov 10, 2011

So that 560ti 448 is basically an underclocked 570? For cheaper? WELP

BlazingDarkness · Nov 10, 2011

Hey GAF, ordered a PC last night, and was just wondering what I can expect in terms of performance? The purchase was pretty much a juggling act between value and (hopefully) good performance, hoping to be able to play all of the modern titles (not necessarily on ultra setting or anything)
Specs;
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3Ghz
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Frio
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68AP-D3
Memory: 4.0GB Corsair DDR3 1600mhz XMS3 (2x 2GB)
Hard Drives: 1TB S-ATAII 3.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics card: ATI Radeon HD 6850 1GB
PSU: 500W Xigmate

Purchased via the DinoPC website
The last PC I bought was in like 2003 or something, so I'm far from educated in the field

mkenyon · Nov 10, 2011

Should run great. Perfect setup to allow yourself a memory and GPU upgrade later on down the line. Grats!

*sidenote* That cooler performs wonderfully (one of the best actually), but runs a little loud if you're sensitive to that sort of thing.

mkenyon · Nov 10, 2011

Too many tabs... double post by accident.

Hazaro · Nov 10, 2011

Gvaz said:
So that 560ti 448 is basically an underclocked 570? For cheaper? WELP

A gimped/cut 570. If it was just underclocked people would buy them and clock them to a 570.
This way there will always be a fixed performance loss (less cores than a 570).

chaosblade · Nov 10, 2011

I don't really get how the pricing is going to work, it shouldn't be far off from the 570 performance-wise, but it's going to cost almost $100 less? Or are we going to see some price adjustments across the board with the introduction of this card?

BoobPhysics101 · Nov 10, 2011

chaosblade said:
I don't really get how the pricing is going to work, it shouldn't be far off from the 570 performance-wise, but it's going to cost almost $100 less? Or are we going to see some price adjustments across the board with the introduction of this card?

It's basically a GTX 570 with CUDA cords disabled, so they're probably just rebinned due to those CUDA cores being faulty. I would not be surprised if Nvidia has been telling partners to 'sit on the 90% functional cards' to re-release at a lower price.

If Nvidia truly is going to drop a bomb and try to release some GTX 6xx cards this December, then this move would coincide with a shift in the line-up due to a new generation of cards totally taking over the high-end tiers.

Gvaz said:
So that 560ti 448 is basically an underclocked 570? For cheaper? WELP

Should be roughly 5-10% slower, but yeah.

reilo · Nov 10, 2011

jstevenson said:
Alright, here's what I'm thinking, probably going to hold off to Cyber Monday just to see if anything else is on sale.

Gaming and maybe some emulation at 1920x1080.

CPU:Intel i5 2500k
GPU:EVGA 570GTX (I looked at the 560GTX Ti Hawk from MSI... it was about 50 bucks cheaper, which seems like it's worth spending the 50 bucks to jump to the 570gtx, thoughts? Only thing I'm still conflicted on)
Mobo: ASUS P8Z68-V
Ram: G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB)
PSU: Antec BP550 Plus 550W ATX12V
HDD: Samsung F3 1TB (hard drive prices make me cry)
SSD: Crucial 64GB m4
Sound: Xonar DG
Case: NZXT Technologies H2
CPU heatsink/fan: Cooler Master Hyper 212+
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Probably will grab some sort of bluetooth keyboard/mouse + X360 wireless PC controller.

This is almost identical to my build, outside of a few minor things (HDD, PSU, Case).

You won't be disappointed.

TheExodu5 · Nov 10, 2011

Well, just bought a CX600 as a backup PSU. My AX850 may be dying so this may help me determine that (though I'll only be running a single GTX 570 in the meantime). I figured it was a cheap enough PSU and it can't hurt to have a spare.

This is in response to my PC rebooting randomly.

mkenyon · Nov 10, 2011

TheExodu5 said:
Well, just bought a CX600 as a backup PSU. My AX850 may be dying so this may help me determine that (though I'll only be running a single GTX 570 in the meantime). I figured it was a cheap enough PSU and it can't hurt to have a spare.

This is in response to my PC rebooting randomly.

Before you know it, you're going to have a test bench and two PC's worth of spare parts.

Sorry you're having issues though.

TheExodu5 · Nov 10, 2011

mkenyon said:
Before you know it, you're going to have a test bench and two PC's worth of spare parts.

Sorry you're having issues though.

Yeah...most annoying issue ever. My PC will reboot randomly. There's no rhyme or reason to it...doesn't matter if my PC is sitting idle or I'm running stress tests. Sometimes it will work for 24-48 hours straight. Other times I can't have it on for more than 30 minutes at a time. Usually, when it reboots, it will go through a constant stream of 15-20 reboots before finally turning on again (which makes me think it's an overheating issue), but sometimes it will boot up again without any issues. Makes no sense.

Mobius1B7R · Nov 10, 2011

I'm having a really weird issue with my computer. I shut it down last night and when I went to boot it this morning, it wouldn't boot. It gets to the windows splash screen and then I get the prompt asking me what to do because it won't boot. I ran the repair tool and that couldn't fix the issue. I have tried wiping the hard drives and starting from scratch, but I can't even do that because the system won't boot off the DVD drive. What do you guys think the issue would be? I've tried booting with just the SSD, with just the HDD to install windows on there, but neither worked.

My system is
i5 2500k
6950HD
120GB Vertex 2 SSD
1TB HDD
8 GB Ram
Gigabyte P67A-UD3P

mkenyon · Nov 10, 2011

Mobius1B7R said:
I'm having a really weird issue with my computer. I shut it down last night and when I went to boot it this morning, it wouldn't boot. It gets to the windows splash screen and then I get the prompt asking me what to do because it won't boot. I ran the repair tool and that couldn't fix the issue. I have tried wiping the hard drives and starting from scratch, but I can't even do that because the system won't boot off the DVD drive. What do you guys think the issue would be? I've tried booting with just the SSD, with just the HDD to install windows on there, but neither worked.

My system is
i5 2500k
6950HD
120GB Vertex 2 SSD
1TB HDD
8 GB Ram
Gigabyte P67A-UD3P

This a launch P67 or a revision board with the fixed sata ports? Try putting a single HDD and DVD drive on your SATA 6 ports.

TheExodu5 said:
Yeah...most annoying issue ever. My PC will reboot randomly. There's no rhyme or reason to it...doesn't matter if my PC is sitting idle or I'm running stress tests. Sometimes it will work for 24-48 hours straight. Other times I can't have it on for more than 30 minutes at a time. Usually, when it reboots, it will go through a constant stream of 15-20 reboots before finally turning on again (which makes me think it's an overheating issue), but sometimes it will boot up again without any issues. Makes no sense.

Sounds like a short to me.

TheExodu5 · Nov 10, 2011

mkenyon said:
Sounds like a short to me.

A short would just stop be from booting up, wouldn't it?

I did splash a bit of water in my PC about a month ago, so maybe it left some sediments that are creating a semi-short somewhere.

Either way, I have a new motherboard coming in (through Gigabyte's painfully slow RMA) and I now have a spare PSU so hopefully I can narrow down the issue.

Mobius1B7R · Nov 10, 2011

mkenyon said:
This a launch P67 or a revision board with the fixed sata ports? Try putting a single HDD and DVD drive on your SATA 6 ports.

Sounds like a short to me.

Launch board.

mkenyon · Nov 10, 2011

Mobius1B7R said:
Launch board.

Yeah, this is a known issue, huge recall for this particular reason. Your SATA6 ports will be unaffected though.

TheExodu5 said:
A short would just stop be from booting up, wouldn't it?

Not necessarily. They can cause all sorts of strange issues.

Mobius1B7R · Nov 10, 2011

mkenyon said:
Yeah, this is a known issue, huge recall for this particular reason. Your SATA6 ports will be unaffected though.

Not necessarily. They can cause all sorts of strange issues.

I've tried booting with just the SATA6 ports, but my DvD drive doesn't work and I still cannot boot into windows. Chkdsk finds no errors either. Think these drives might have died as well or do I need to get a new DVD drive and see if it works?

Smokey · Nov 10, 2011

mkenyon said:
But smokey, you spent $1200 on video cards alone. Surely a new ~$250 case isn't out of the question. Some of the favorites over at overclock.net:

Tis true. And I love em to death. However there are other things that are more important than a case right now to me. First priority is trying to decide what I want to do with my monitor situation. I originally wanted 3 3D monitors, but looking at it space will be an issue. I've shifted my focus to a 27''-30'' 2560 x _____ screen.

Right now I run them close to their stock clock (832mhz). Under utilizing them considering I have 2 580 Lightnings, but they are still 2 580s regardless if they're running at 850mhz or 930mhz.

I need to get a new monitor setup so that they can really stretch their legs.

mkenyon · Nov 10, 2011

Mobius1B7R said:
I've tried booting with just the SATA6 ports, but my DvD drive doesn't work and I still cannot boot into windows. Chkdsk finds no errors either. Think these drives might have died as well or do I need to get a new DVD drive and see if it works?

The likelihood of all your HDD's and DVD drive failing at the same time is pretty astronomical. I'd bet on the SATA controller. Contact the manufacturer to get an RMA going. Since this is part of the recall, they'll send one out to you right away, without you needing to send in yours first.

BigBlackGamer · Nov 10, 2011

Smokey said:
Tis true. And I love em to death. However there are other things that are more important than a case right now to me. First priority is trying to decide what I want to do with my monitor situation. I originally wanted 3 3D monitors, but looking at it space will be an issue. I've shifted my focus to a 27''-30'' 2560 x _____ screen.

Right now I run them close to their stock clock (832mhz). Under utilizing them considering I have 2 580 Lightnings, but they are still 2 580s regardless if they're running at 850mhz or 930mhz.

I need to get a new monitor setup so that they can really stretch their legs.

You should get a 120hz monitor and call it a day. The new samsung SA line is pretty awesome.

Azure Phoenix · Nov 10, 2011

Just a quick question, I've got all the major parts for my PC and want to build it next week, are there any commonly forgotten small parts (cables etc.) that I may need to order? I'd rather not get halfway through and then find I need to wait 3-4 days for one tiny part to arrive.

Also do optical drives usually come with the required cables, or is that with the motherboard or something? The one I picked up came with nothing extra.

mkenyon · Nov 10, 2011

Azure Phoenix said:
Just a quick question, I've got all the major parts for my PC and want to build it next week, are there any commonly forgotten small parts (cables etc.) that I may need to order? I'd rather not get halfway through and then find I need to wait 3-4 days for one tiny part to arrive.

Also do optical drives usually come with the required cables, or is that with the motherboard or something? The one I picked up came with nothing extra.

Maybe I missed your post, but could you give a brief summary of what you got?

Motherboards generally come with 2-3 SATA cables (used for HDDs and optical drives). Cases come with all the screws necessary. Only thing that folks need sometimes are extension cables for the PSU. Some PSU's have somewhat short cables, and depending on the case, may not reach where they need to go.

Tallshortman · Nov 10, 2011

BlazingDarkness said:
Hey GAF, ordered a PC last night, and was just wondering what I can expect in terms of performance? The purchase was pretty much a juggling act between value and (hopefully) good performance, hoping to be able to play all of the modern titles (not necessarily on ultra setting or anything)
Specs;
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3Ghz
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Frio
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68AP-D3
Memory: 4.0GB Corsair DDR3 1600mhz XMS3 (2x 2GB)
Hard Drives: 1TB S-ATAII 3.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics card: ATI Radeon HD 6850 1GB
PSU: 500W Xigmate

Purchased via the DinoPC website
The last PC I bought was in like 2003 or something, so I'm far from educated in the field

Should be able to play modern games just fine.

Azure Phoenix · Nov 10, 2011

mkenyon said:
Maybe I missed your post, but could you give a brief summary of what you got?

Motherboards generally come with 2-3 SATA cables (used for HDDs and optical drives). Cases come with all the screws necessary. Only thing that folks need sometimes are extension cables for the PSU. Some PSU's have somewhat short cables, and depending on the case, may not reach where they need to go.

Ah, yeah I didn't post it since I've had to find a lot of this out by myself. These are all the parts I've bought so far:
Core i5 2500k
Asus P8P67-M
Coolermaster Hyper 212
GTX 560ti Twin Frozer II
Samsung F3 1TB
Silverstone FT03
Silverstone Strider 700w + short cable kit for FT03 case
Sony AD-7690H slim DVD-RW
Arctic Silver MX4

Since there are no shops nearby that sell parts I'm basically stuffed if I'm missing even something simple.

mkenyon · Nov 10, 2011

The TFII might have temp issues in the FT-03. The 90 degree mounted motherboards are designed for reference coolers only. Blower style coolers like the TFII don't work properly in them.

Other than that, your build looks good!

MisterNoisy · Nov 10, 2011

Woo. All the parts for my brother's present are finally here. He's never built a PC before, so for Xmas/his birthday, I picked up the major parts for a new gaming PC and will help him put it together over the Thanksgiving holiday, so he'll feel confident building his own in the future:

ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
Core i5-2500K
Cooler Master V6GT
Zotac GTX570
8GB G.Skill Sniper
Samsung F3 1TB (thank god I got this before the flooding!)

Procured the PSU earlier this year, and he's supplying the case and a copy of Win7. Should be good times.

mkenyon · Nov 10, 2011

Amazing motherboard there. If you don't need more than 2 PCI-E expansion slots, I don't see how someone could choose another, especially at the price. Loved it so much, I bought a second. Rockin' build man!

Smokey · Nov 10, 2011

BigBlackGamer said:
You should get a 120hz monitor and call it a day. The new samsung SA line is pretty awesome.

I already have one. I'm using a Asus 120hz monitor.

mkenyon said:
The TFII might have temp issues in the FT-03. The 90 degree mounted motherboards are designed for reference coolers only. Blower style coolers like the TFII don't work properly in them.

Other than that, your build looks good!

mkenyon · Nov 10, 2011

I was lurking the thread when you were having those problems, looked up some stuff on overclock.net and found out that to be the case (pun intended). I was hurting so bad on the inside for you.

Piercedveil · Nov 11, 2011

Piercedveil said:
I was considering upgrading within the next month or two, but I think there's a couple problems.

1.) I must use wireless internet for my desktop, as sad as that is. I'm assuming I will need to buy a wireless card, since I think that most motherboards don't support ready-wifi, correct?

2.) I was planning to take my HDD out of my HP computer and use it for my new build. Since I do not have a Windows 7 disc and I plan to purchase a new motherboard, do I have to buy Windows 7 or is there a way to do this since I have a Windows 7 product key?

I think these are my two biggest issues after doing a bit of research. Any help is great. Thanks guys.

Quoting myself to see if anyone could help

Wichu · Nov 11, 2011

Piercedveil said:
Quoting myself to see if anyone could help

If Windows came with your HP computer, it's most likely an OEM copy and can't be transferred to another PC - if that's the case, you'll need another copy of Windows.

mkenyon · Nov 11, 2011

Piercedveil said:
Quoting myself to see if anyone could help

Unless you find a motherboard with built in wifi, yes, you will have to buy a wifi card.

For windows 7 keys, the ones they use for pre-built rigs are generally OEM keys that can't be transfered. You can give it a shot and say that you had to replace your HDD when you call to activate. They're not going to lock you up for it or anything

Piercedveil · Nov 11, 2011

Wichu said:
If Windows came with your HP computer, it's most likely an OEM copy and can't be transferred to another PC - if that's the case, you'll need another copy of Windows.

mkenyon said:
Unless you find a motherboard with built in wifi, yes, you will have to buy a wifi card.

For windows 7 keys, the ones they use for pre-built rigs are generally OEM keys that can't be transfered. You can give it a shot and say that you had to replace your HDD when you call to activate. They're not going to lock you up for it or anything

So I may have screwed myself over, great!

When it comes time to upgrade, I guess I could call HP and see what they can do. I'd rather not pay $100 for Windows lol.

ColonialRaptor · Nov 11, 2011

knitoe said:
Spending that much, I would go with, at least, a good 1000W PSU. With bare min and no overclocking, that setup is using ~700W which would be 82% load of AX850 rating. Personally, I try to to stay <60%.

Nah, the AX850 from tests (mine, friends and online) is actually capable of running up to 1200W at a stretch, and comfortable up to 1000W. It is actually better than a lot of Corsair's 1000W PSU's. It is a Gold standard PSU which means it keeps it's Gold Standard efficiency all the way up to 850W and only loses it when it goes above, but it can handle going above quite easily (I've pushed it there and the efficiency doesn't drop that badly).

I knew what I was in for when I purchased the AX850 and there were options of the bigger PSU's. The only next step up for me was the AX1200 and that has been known to be a louder supply for only the most extreme setups and I'm very particular about the sound my computer makes. The AX850 was the perfect balance of the right supply for me. Price wasn't an issue. I know I'm be pushing it a bit, especially with all the extra gear that I've got in here (6HD's, 2 SSD's, Water Cooling, X-Fi). But 850W isn't the peak performance nor the absolutely max efficiency of this PSU.

I know that perhaps those comments sound ignorant and flippant, but it's all about efficiency, and the only time I'm going to be drawing that much power is when I'm gaming - I don't think the new CPU's are going to be pulling THAT much extra power than my current setup, and I'm fine now so it'll be fine.

snoopen said:
What are you up to with the ram?

Many people say that huge amounts of RAM is overkill, I agree - especially for the things that most people do, but I do a lot of high resolution image editing, as well as video editing, 3D animation, 2D animation, sound editing, web design, virtually any type of creativity that you could think of with a computer. I currently have 16Gb of RAM and that isn't enough, my computer was crumbling the other day because my RAM was 98% full and it was pissing me off. Believe it or not. The more RAM, the better.

Even for just general use, 16Gb vs 8Gb (don't get me started on 8Gb vs 4Gb - 8Gb should be the minimum in EVERY computer these days) makes a difference to me, the computer feels like it's more 'free' to breath and I don't know what it is but it doesn't feel like it has to work on trying to figure out where to put stuff in memory in order to do things because it can just breath easy... it's probably psychological and a placebo to me, but hey... does that matter? My computer is my most prized possession and I treat it with respect and it respects me back.

ColonialRaptor · Nov 11, 2011

PPL!!!!! We need to change the topic title or something... We need to get people to STOP ORDERING NEW COMPUTERS FOR AT LEAST A WEEK. THE NEW GEAR COMES OUT NEXT WEEK AND IF THEY BUY SOMETHING THIS WEEK AND FIND OUT THE NEW POWERFUL STUFF COMES OUT NEXT WEEK THEY MIGHT JUST BE SHATTERED THAT THEY MISSED OUT!!!!

evil solrac v3.0 · Nov 11, 2011

perfect time too as I plan to finish my girlfriend's build in time for christmas.

Labombadog · Nov 11, 2011

Not sure if anybody can help but I recently bought a retail i5 2600k. Used its stock cooler. And I am getting hotter than normal temps. I shouldn't be getting 91c while playing a game with a stock cooler. All four prongs of the stock cooler clicked into the board, and I screwed it a bit tighter. Either way, I am getting an CORSAIR Hydro Series H60 cooler tomorrow. I hope I don't have a defected cpu.

ColonialRaptor said:
PPL!!!!! We need to change the topic title or something... We need to get people to STOP ORDERING NEW COMPUTERS FOR AT LEAST A WEEK. THE NEW GEAR COMES OUT NEXT WEEK AND IF THEY BUY SOMETHING THIS WEEK AND FIND OUT THE NEW POWERFUL STUFF COMES OUT NEXT WEEK THEY MIGHT JUST BE SHATTERED THAT THEY MISSED OUT!!!!

What comes out next week?

Hazaro · Nov 11, 2011

Labombadog said:
Not sure if anybody can help but I recently bought a retail i5 2600k. Used its stock cooler. And I am getting hotter than normal temps. I shouldn't be getting 91c while playing a game with a stock cooler. All four prongs of the stock cooler clicked into the board, and I screwed it a bit tighter. Either way, I am getting an CORSAIR Hydro Series H60 cooler tomorrow. I hope I don't have a defected cpu.

Read the manual.

You only push it in. You turn the notches to RELEASE the heatsink.

Xdrive05 · Nov 11, 2011

Terproerg said:
The 448 core 560ti is comming out at the end this month. Makes me mad cause i just bought a 560 ti a week ago. Info here. Seems like the power isnt going to be much higher either. Considering it should be a decent performance boost.

Fingers crossed that EVGA will "step-up" a normal 560 ti for a 448 core one...

Labombadog · Nov 11, 2011

Hazaro said:
Read the manual.

You only push it in. You turn the notches to RELEASE the heatsink.

Yeah I did that first and it was still the same. And I read on a forum to make it tighter. Thanks......

Hazaro · Nov 11, 2011

Labombadog said:
Yeah I did that first and it was still the same. And I read on a forum to make it tighter. Thanks......

Can you link me? I've never heard of this.

ColonialRaptor · Nov 11, 2011

Labombadog said:
What comes out next week?

New Intel Enthusiast grade CPU's.

X79 Chipset and LGA2011 Processors arrive next week. Otherwise known as Sandy Bridge-E, the first Intel Processors to feature the 3D Transistors.

ntel's next platform for enthusiasts (successor to LGA1366, X58), will consist of a 2011-pin LGA socket, the Sandy Bridge-E (enthusiast) processor that features a massive quad-channel DDR3 memory controller and 32+ lane PCI-Express 2.0 hub, and the X79 chipset. Intel is looking to skip the 6-series chipset family with its next high-end platform chipset, and perhaps it makes sense since the platform is slated for Q4 2011. The X79 is a PCH (platform controller hub), like P55 and P67, since Intel has reorganized the platform. The beefy PCI-E hub housed in the X58 northbridge is relocated to the processor die, and the southbridge is given a much needed overhaul in terms of connectivity.

The X79 is much bigger than P67 in terms of connectivity and features. Differences start right at the interconnect. While P67 connects to the processor over DMI (physical PCI-Express 2.0 x4), X79 supplements this link with an additional PCI-Express 2.0 x4 link to the processor's PCI-E hub if the user chooses so, in the EFI setup program. The chipset bus hence ends up with 8 GB/s of bandwidth, and wait till you hear what will make use of it: a 10-port SATA 6 Gb/s RAID controller integrated to the PCH! That is a huge improvement in terms of storage connectivity, which is limping with 2-port SATA 6 Gb/s (next to four 3 Gb/s ports) on 6-series chipsets.....

Sandy Bridge-E CPU Feature Overview

Up to 6 cores and 12 threads
32-KB instruction and 32-KB data L1 cache per core
256-KB shared instruction/data L2 cache per core
Up to 15 MB L3 cache (up to 2.5 MB per core) shared among all cores
Up to 40 PCIe Gen 3 Lanes (2x16 & 1x8)
4 lanes of DMI2/PCI Express 2.0 interface
4 Channels DDR3-1600 (1 DIMM per Channel)
Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 (thermal control is the only limiter)
130W TDP
LGA2011 Socket

Sandy Bridge-E comes in 3 SKUs
Sandy Bridge Extreme Edition : 6 cores / 12 threads, 3.3GHz clock, 15MB L3 cache (2.5MB per core), Max. OC
Sandy Bridge E : 6 cores / 12 threads, 3.2GHz clock, 12MB L3 cache (2MB per core), Max. OC
Sandy Bridge E : 4 cores / 8 threads, 3.6GHz clock, 10MB L3 cache (2.5MB per core), Limited OC

Intel X79 Express Chipset (Patsburg-HEDT) Overview
10 SATA 6Gbps ports with SAS capability
4 SATA 3Gps ports
PCIe 3.0 x4 uplink for dedicated storage bandwidth
8 PCIe 2.0 lanes
14 USB 2.0 ports
Integrated Gigabit Ethernet MAC (Lewisville PHY)
Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3.0
SAS RAID support (0/1/10)
SAS Expander support
SATA RAID support (0/1/10/5)
Write Journaling
Open Source Linux support
100MHz BCLK
Supports processor, memory and chipset overclocking
Supports Intel Extreme Tuning Utility 3.0 (XTU)
8-layer PCB, 2oz copper recommended

Pricing Info:

Hazaro · Nov 11, 2011

Raptor you should split that off into it's own thread and I'll add a link at the top.

The $300 CPU part is news to me, I thought the $600 chip was the starting point and it was releasing later. Too bad it isn't unlocked, so it serves no real purpose for most people.
The key here is enthusiast grade CPU's. If someone was told to wait on SB-E I'd hope they would know since most likely they were waiting on a 6C/12T CPU, which is going to be $800 minimum for the CPU/RAM/mobo.

ColonialRaptor · Nov 11, 2011

GIGABYTE have also moved to Digital PWM's. Here are some High res shots of the new Gigabyte X79 Motherboards - Look and FAP! The UD5 will be MINE next week. Yessir.

GIGABYTE G1.Assassin

GIGABYTE X79-UD7

GIGABYTE X79-UD5

GIGABYTE X79-UD3

Some of the new features.... FAP AGAIN.

WiFi and Bluetooth Card Included with all Boards

New 3D Bios

ColonialRaptor · Nov 11, 2011

Thread - http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=32600655#post32600655

Labombadog · Nov 11, 2011

Hazaro said:
Can you link me? I've never heard of this.

I tried looking for it, but couldn't find it. It was a random google find. lol

Also, I reseated the stock cooler with some artic silver 5 and shit...what a difference! 20c difference! And took your (manual) advice and not turn it. Thanks hazaro.

And thank you colonialraptor for the update.

ReturnOfTheRAT · Nov 11, 2011

Confidential?!?!?!?

mkenyon · Nov 11, 2011

The only benefits (for gaming) I'm seeing for this right now are more PCI-E lanes for tri and quad SLI/x-fire. Other than that, it's pretty overpriced for any sort of consumer grade desktop where the heaviest duty is gaming.

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