Asus Z77 Sabertooth or P8Z77-V PRO?

8 Pack · 16 Apr 2012 at 19:49

Ollie1132 said:
I just like space... is that so wrong? makes more sense to get ATX then you can triSLI/trifire later on.

No thats cool. Each to there own. I was just asking thats all.

the_director · 16 Apr 2012 at 19:52

I will never be watercooling my GPUs so I think I would always benefit from ATX PCI spacing for my cards.

The only 'but' here is if I decide in a month or so to buy a HD 7970/50 which will do me fine as I only game on one monitor @ 1920 so I would then not need spacing for crossfire...

Ollie1132 · 16 Apr 2012 at 20:17

8 Pack said:
No thats cool. Each to there own. I was just asking thats all.

plus ATX boards just look so much nicer... xD

8 Pack · 16 Apr 2012 at 20:23

the_director said:
I will never be watercooling my GPUs so I think I would always benefit from ATX PCI spacing for my cards.

The only 'but' here is if I decide in a month or so to buy a HD 7970/50 which will do me fine as I only game on one monitor @ 1920 so I would then not need spacing for crossfire...

Well for single card this board is excellent. You need to decide your upgrade route I think.

the_director · 16 Apr 2012 at 20:36

Yes, but £300+ is just so much for a GPU...

Ollie1132 · 16 Apr 2012 at 20:40

£300 isn't that much for a GPU you can get something for about £200-300 that works fine and plays everything.

the_director · 16 Apr 2012 at 20:51

I do like the idea of saving energy by moving from two older cards to one. I am very tempted by the Gene now.

the_director · 16 Apr 2012 at 23:16

Well. If I haven't gone and just ordered a Gene.

And a gaming mouse. This has been a very expensive month indeed.

8 Pack · 16 Apr 2012 at 23:29

the_director said:
Well. If I haven't gone and just ordered a Gene.

And a gaming mouse. This has been a very expensive month indeed.

Nice choice if you need any help with clocking on the board let me know. What RAM you using???? and what CPU???

Ollie1132 · 16 Apr 2012 at 23:31

Well hope you enjoy your shiny new piece of tech

I can't wait to get mine

wazza300 · 16 Apr 2012 at 23:39

the_director said:
Well. If I haven't gone and just ordered a Gene.

And a gaming mouse. This has been a very expensive month indeed.

if you rub it, it will grant you three wishes

Ollie1132 · 16 Apr 2012 at 23:41

wazza300 said:
if you rub it, it will grant you three wishes

You know... they say that about a lot of things... xD

the_director · 16 Apr 2012 at 23:47

This will be my first build. My current set-up I got second-hand. It was when taking it completely to pieces for cleaning (so much dust on 3-fan rad that temps dropped 15c afterwards) that I really wanted to build my own. My current case has zero cable management, so it's one massive mess of wires and tubes and the tubes could really do with cleaning again.

I just hope I can get a few quid for flogging it on.

At least I know the Gene clocks Sandy chips well if Ivy turns out to be too hot, too expensive or both.

All I have left to buy is a CPU.

Then, at some point, I have to get rid of my 5850s and change to a single GPU setup. For the time being the cards will just have to live cheek-to-face for a while.

Oh, and my Carbide 500r is a bit overkill for a m-atx board. But I'm not sending it back. I'll just enjoy the room.

Ollie1132 · 16 Apr 2012 at 23:50

ahah. I built the rig Im using now its a mess of cables even though it has cable management

I love putting things together and taking them apart hence why Ima self build again

and Im hoping that there will be a revision of the IB chips (hope like hell) and since Im building my rig in June Im hoping for rumours if there will be

Skynet5 · 17 Apr 2012 at 23:06

Why are these Z77 boards so cheap?

I paid a fortune for my P6T deluxe V2 a few years ago. And X79 boards seem more expensive too. Why are these IB capable boards cheap? What am I missing?

I could by a SB chip board and RAM for less than £450

the_director · 18 Apr 2012 at 00:20

The Z77 boards are good value.

@Ollie1132 I changed to a fully modular PSU, took my entire PC to pieces, including the radiator and all the tubing, took all the fans out and completely cleaned it as good as new. Carefully put it back together and it still looks like an expensive bird's nest.

My new Corsair 500r has so much room for cable tidying I'm looking forwards to getting my motherboard so I can start plugging the various headers / fans in so I can start tidying the cables.

djkav · 18 Apr 2012 at 08:17

I might get a z77 board for my 2500k. I'm going to stay away from 1st gen IB due to all the reports of heat and not very overclockable.

I don't think much of the Sabertooth board. All that plastic covering must restrict cooling and airflow to the motherboard.

Straz · 18 Apr 2012 at 09:10

Got myself the sabertooth and a few other parts coming tomorrow from OcUK, seemed it had the best overclocking potential out of the new z77 boards. Whether or not I needed to go z77 with SB is another issue

Seeing the heat on the chips (98c) at 4.4ghz+ and the price listed at about £280 on release for the 2600k eq, with roughly about 7-10% performance gain on the current SB chips. I figured I'd go SB with a decent board and RAM and try and get a good OC on the chip, managed to get a 2700k retial for £230 so pretty happy with that

GnollinZ · 18 Apr 2012 at 09:24

djkav said:
I don't think much of the Sabertooth board. All that plastic covering must restrict cooling and airflow to the motherboard.

It has an additional tiny fan in the centre to deal with that

I'm definitely going for the Sabretooth board, and Ivy Bridge when it arrives. I'm not hugely concerned by the unofficial IB benchmarks as I'm upgrading from an Athlon 64 X2 4200! I think I'll notice a subtle difference in performance

8 Pack · 18 Apr 2012 at 09:47

Straz said:
Got myself the sabertooth and a few other parts coming tomorrow from OcUK, seemed it had the best overclocking potential out of the new z77 boards. Whether or not I needed to go z77 with SB is another issue

Seeing the heat on the chips (98c) at 4.4ghz+ and the price listed at about £280 on release for the 2600k eq, with roughly about 7-10% performance gain on the current SB chips. I figured I'd go SB with a decent board and RAM and try and get a good OC on the chip, managed to get a 2700k retial for £230 so pretty happy with that

Guys I know I say a lot about the ASUS Maximus V gene but I have the Sabre and the Gene. With the same hardware The gene Clocks better and performs better at stock. The Sabre is a good performer dont get me wrong. The gene has been tuned for the enthusiast by true enthusiasts this translates into better clocking for the everyday users and improved overall stability. Can I ask who has said the Sabretooth is the best clocking Z77 and where is the evidence??

I am not having a go at all thats a fine purchase and board.