EVGA X58 SLI 3 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) Motherboard

Riz-e · 21 Jun 2011 at 21:09

Hey people of the forum,

I'm new to this but have a couple of questions.
I've purchased a new Tower and building my PC but got stuck at the start with which motherboard. I should go for.

Some advice on this particular Motherboard would great or anything that's equivalent?

Thank you.

RJC · 21 Jun 2011 at 21:13

Have you already purchased the CPU & Memory?

Do you have a budget in mind.

Riz-e · 21 Jun 2011 at 21:32

Nothing as of yet. I've only purchased the Case a NZXT. I didn't want to purchase anything else until I get the motherboard.

Budget anything the moment but around £700-£800.

RJC · 21 Jun 2011 at 21:36

Have you thought about Sandy Bridge which is slightly quicker than the i7 1366 setups.

Done a quick build below:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
(£166.66) £199.99
(£166.66)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £156.98
(£130.82) £156.98
(£130.82)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
(£120.82) £144.98
(£120.82)
OCZ StealthXStream 2 700W Power Supply £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.49) £14.99
(£12.49)
Sub Total : £566.59
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £115.32
Total : £691.91

Edit: Comparison:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/100?vs=288

Riz-e · 21 Jun 2011 at 21:48

That seems great but is the Motherboard SLi ready?

Also I'm looking to run my OS off a SSD drive and wanting to use Water Cooling along with two Graphics cards. I already have my Monitor, Keyboard and Mouse.

I appreciate your efforts and replies.

Surveyor · 21 Jun 2011 at 21:54

Riz-e said:
That seems great but is the Motherboard SLi ready?

Yes.

KiiYzOo · 21 Jun 2011 at 22:07

Yeah it is and its crossfire ready too which is what you need for the 6950

RJC · 21 Jun 2011 at 22:08

The board supports crossfire and as Suveyor mentions SLI.

Build log below showing the motherboard:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18281874

Riz-e · 21 Jun 2011 at 22:16

The board seems way better then the EVGA. Including the bios aswell.

In regards to the GFX cards I was wondering of using Nvidia's PNY edition.

Also, which water cooling kit would you recommend? As I'm using the NZXT Phantom case and it's got 7 Cooling fans.