Best X58 motherboard?

DeadMan said:
Which is the best X58 motherboard for overclocking, stability and performance?
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No such thing as the best as each board can be different also its common sence that the £350 board should clock higher then the £160 boads. hoever in a bid to be helpfull

These are suppost to be the top dogs:
EVGA Classified Intel X58
Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel X58

Something in the middle:
Asus P6T Deluxe v2 Intel
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Inte

And budget:
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R

No reason why any of above should not do 4.ghz on a DO :D
 
Good answer :)

I thought these two were the best, just needed a second opinion.

Looking at these to choose from for my next motherboard:

EVGA Classified Intel X58
Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel X58

Any refinements?

Cheers
 
I was under the impression that the UD5 clocked higher than the rampage
Also that the asus gene clocks higher than the rampage

So it doesn't really qualify as top dog. It's just overpriced.

What cooling are you using? Water minimum to make the classified worthwhile, it'll clock the same as the ud4 on air. It only really shines at sub zero, where other boards just can't keep up.

I went with water + ud5. which I think is a good match. Classified on air would clock worse and cost the same amount.
 
With the i7 CPUs the motherboard is much less important than the CPU you're using - pretty much everything from the cheapest XFX to the most expensive EVGA will do 4GHz if you have the CPU cooling and anything beyond that is down to the CPU, not the motherboard.

I buy a lot of motherboards and I wouldn't spend a lot on a S1366 motherboard (ASUS P6T is plenty), it simply doesn't return the investment the way that a good P35 or X48 board did.
 
I am currently running a Foxconn Renaissance with a C0 920 and I am pretty sure I have taken this combo as far as I can at 3.7ghz.

I could just go out and buy a D0 and see how well it clocks but I think the motherboard may be holding me back, so I am thinking of buying a tried and tested motherboard first to see if my c0 will clock higher with less heat than the D0.

Thoughts?
 
DeadMan said:
I am currently running a Foxconn Renaissance with a C0 920 and I am pretty sure I have taken this combo as far as I can at 3.7ghz.
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I doubt it honestly.

DeadMan said:
I could just go out and buy a D0 and see how well it clocks but I think the motherboard may be holding me back, so I am thinking of buying a tried and tested motherboard first to see if my c0 will clock higher with less heat than the D0.
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I could be reading that incorrectly, but in general, D0s are cooler than C0s as they need about 0.1V less to get them to the same overclock.
 
WJA96 said:
I doubt it honestly.



I could be reading that incorrectly, but in general, D0s are cooler than C0s as they need about 0.1V less to get them to the same overclock.
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I am always open to suggestions :)

Currently the board will not go above 180 bclk, it just wont post whatever voltages I set so I have reset the bios to defaults.
 
you are just plain unlucky... my Ramp II is fine and I even snapped off 4 heatsink fins on the NB and it is still running find and dandy. Had to snap it off to allow more room for a better sound card to fit :p
 
JonJ678 said:
I went with water + ud5. which I think is a good match. Classified on air would clock worse and cost the same amount.
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BigBruiserAl said:
JonJ678 said:
Classified on air would clock worse and cost the same amount.
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Any links to that or is that just your experince in using both boards?
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Thanks for the not-very-subtle out of context quoting. As you're quite right in guessing from my post, I don't have a classified.

My point is that UD5 + watercooling costs about the same as classified + air, and given there is water involved in the former it is inevitably going to perform better with the ludicrously hot i7 chips.


In no way to contradict this by WJA96, but I think it needs to be added to
WJA96 said:
I could be reading that incorrectly, but in general, D0s are cooler than C0s as they need about 0.1V less to get them to the same overclock.
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D0 is generally cooler than C0 at the same clockspeed as the D0 need less voltage to get there
C0 is generally cooler than D0 at the same voltage as the C0 draw less current at a given voltage
So if you're aiming for a specific speed, say 3.8ghz, the D0 is likely to be cooler. However if you're aiming for the most you can possibly get out of it at, say 1.4V, the C0 will be cooler though may also be clocked lower.

A side effect is that the D0 is more vulnerable to electromigration than the C0 at the same voltage as the current densities are higher, which probably means it'll live for less time if run at higher voltage than intel specify. So the C0 is safer to overvolt. I have a suspicion that the consequence of all this is that the chips behave the same; for a given clockspeed and lifespan the C0 will need more voltage, but it can tolerate it better. However the D0 will need a lower voltage, and people will feel a lot safer pushing 1.4V through the D0 than 1.45V through the C0 just because the number is lower.

Numbers are approximate, refer to Black's equation or the more knowledgeable forum member death looms if required.
 
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Cheers man, I'm expecting some abuse from a post that suggests such blasphemy :)

You've still got one choice to go I fear. The gigabyte UD5 is brilliant, even down to the bios settings it's spot on. However there is a revision to it coming out, with sata 3, 24 phase power and various other nice additions. The rev 2 may well work far better than rev 1, but I'm afraid I don't know the eta. If you're patient, it might be worth waiting for
 
Well then, I can't read :)

Do you know when it's expected to hit retail? A part of me wants it to be amazing, and a part hopes it doesn't render my board obselete
 
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