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re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts
Posted on 8/25/13 at 11:04 pm to brucevilanch
Posted on 8/25/13 at 11:04 pm to brucevilanch
quote:
brucevilanch
Hey man.. update on my streaming build I am still going iTX but not Haswell. I just purchased my first big boy socket MOBO and currently working a deal for a 3930K to use as a place holder until 4960X.
MSI X79A-GD45 Plus 2011
So the new plan is to use my 3770K which will save me money. I plan to delid it buy the ASUS deluxe iTX board for the 12+4 phases.
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Posted on 8/25/13 at 11:30 pm to jcole4lsu
My bad on the draft time. I have brain AIDS.
Posted on 8/25/13 at 11:44 pm to LSU Coyote
Posted on 8/26/13 at 6:49 am to brucevilanch
That MSI board Coyote linked >>> that Gigabyte IMO
Of course I have never been a fan of Gigabyte boards
Of course I have never been a fan of Gigabyte boards
Posted on 8/26/13 at 9:23 am to brucevilanch
I love MSI BIOS..
This post was edited on 8/26/13 at 9:26 am
Posted on 8/26/13 at 9:34 am to stout
quote:
stout
sign up for our fantasy league, NAO!
and bring 3 friends. or more. or less. i can edit the # of teams in the league
Posted on 8/26/13 at 9:37 am to jcole4lsu
quote:
jcole4lsu
this is gonna sound cheap but, is it a paid league or free?
Posted on 8/26/13 at 9:41 am to Mikebandit
free
Posted on 8/26/13 at 9:58 am to jcole4lsu
im down to play if there is still spots
Posted on 8/26/13 at 10:06 am to Mikebandit
we currently have 8. can have as many as 20 as long as its an even number of course. live draft is on sunday afternoon, 1 player keeper.
Posted on 8/26/13 at 10:25 am to LSU Coyote
Anyone have any experience with the windows surface pro? I'm looking for a tablet that can provide me with a full OS experience on the go.. Mainly for work.
Posted on 8/26/13 at 10:57 am to dizerik
I don't but I know that you can use real .exes with it. So thats fun.
Posted on 8/26/13 at 11:10 am to LSU Coyote
quote:
I love MSI BIOS..
I do too, now that I've had time to mess with it. I was annoyed at first because it has different nomenclature vs ASUS, ASRock, Gigabyte, etc.
How would yall rank motherboard brands based on personal experience with them?
For me, it's:
MSI, ASRock
ASUS, Gigabyte
Intel
ECS, Biostar
PC Chips (anyone remember those?)
Posted on 8/26/13 at 11:17 am to ILikeLSUToo
I think everyones big 4 are MSI, Asus, Gigabyte and ASRock. I think i would just select the cheapest board of those 4 that has the feature set you are looking for and call it a day.
Ive also had a lot of good experiences from Biostar, but none of those have been on enthusiast boards - just home/office.
then again ive had nothing but good experiences out of Diablotek PSUs for home/office use as well and everyone seems to think they are junk so
Ive also had a lot of good experiences from Biostar, but none of those have been on enthusiast boards - just home/office.
then again ive had nothing but good experiences out of Diablotek PSUs for home/office use as well and everyone seems to think they are junk so
Posted on 8/26/13 at 11:21 am to brucevilanch
quote:
I don't but I know that you can use real .exes with it. So thats fun.
That's what I heard. I'm wondering if the Surface RT would be enough for what I need it for.. I'm not sure the limitations of that OS.
Posted on 8/26/13 at 11:28 am to stout
quote:
Of course I have never been a fan of Gigabyte boards
Gigabytes motherboards are some of the best. Their $130-150 boards in the z77/z87 can't be beat for the price.
Posted on 8/26/13 at 11:39 am to jcole4lsu
quote:
I think everyones big 4 are MSI, Asus, Gigabyte and ASRock. I think i would just select the cheapest board of those 4 that has the feature set you are looking for and call it a day. Ive also had a lot of good experiences from Biostar, but none of those have been on enthusiast boards - just home/office. then again ive had nothing but good experiences out of Diablotek PSUs for home/office use as well and everyone seems to think they are junk so
Yeah, the big 4 are basically the same, so the preferences are only based on individual experience. Someone has bad luck and has to RMA 2 ASUS boards in a row, they might swear off ASUS forever. Same goes for Hard Drives. Horror stories about Seagate and Western Digital. I've probably had equal number of both brands fail on me, but Seagate was the first to fail.
And pretty much any PSU will be fine for a home/office PC. The symptoms of a garbage PSU don't really show until you start putting considerable loads on the CPU and/or mid-high end graphics cards. Although some just catch on fire for no reason, but that's not too common.
Posted on 8/26/13 at 12:27 pm to ILikeLSUToo
If ASRock would make it easier to totally disable Turbo on Intel Boards they might be first.
MSI
ASROCK
ASUS
GIGABYTE/Biostar
I actually have good experience with Biostar boards. Gigabyte boards are "okay" IMO, nothing to write home about.
MSI
ASROCK
ASUS
GIGABYTE/Biostar
I actually have good experience with Biostar boards. Gigabyte boards are "okay" IMO, nothing to write home about.
Posted on 8/26/13 at 12:43 pm to LSU Coyote
I've never had bad experiences with Gigabyte boards. They just cost more for the same features, at least that's the case with their mid-level Z87 boards. That's looking at specs on paper, though -- mainly things like SLI/Crossfire support. They might overclock better than the ASRocks. MSI MPower overclocking support has been impressive, but I bet I would've gotten the same performance from the GD65.
This post was edited on 8/26/13 at 12:55 pm
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