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https://www.gigabyte.com/uk/Motherboard/Z590-VISION-G-rev-10#kf
or
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z590-VISION-G-rev-10
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...-lga-1200-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-59e-gi.html
Based on peoples experiences with it's predecessor, the z490 based version, does anyone have any reasons why I should not build a gaming PC based on this board range ?
Obviously the theme of the board is more towards creators and connectivity (GIGABYTE VisionLINK for example) but, with the exception of a couple of things like wifi, higher end audio capabilities, RGB lights and gaming orientated NIC, I don't see too many downsides to using this as a platform to build off of, it's got an abundance of storage connection options, that are mostly PCIe 4.0 capable so good future proofing, it seems to have excellent usb options, with more of a nod towards the newer generations rather than a boat load of usb 2.0 connections on the back plate, and seems to have good header support for more.
I don't need too much in the realm of PCIe slot options, perhaps one for a wifi/bluetooth card later, so it seems to be ok in that respect.
HOWEVER......
and this seems to be where I may have an issue, because of the way they have shared up the PCIe lane allocations from the CPU, instead of dedicating 16 to the primary PCIe slot, they've shared them...
So my initial thought was that if the primary slot shares lanes with 2 of the 4 m.2 slots, then I'd move the GPU to one of the other slots, however, those are fixed at PCIe 3.0 x4 speeds
So, with that in mind, i'd be left with the option of using m.2 slots 1 and 4 (4 being off the chipset rather than cpu) and the primary PCIe slot for the GPU (RTX 2080ti)
Further down the line, i'm going to guess with PCIe 4.0 that sharing with those sockets is less of an issue because of the massive bandwidth increase, but for now with a 10th Gen CPU i'd be best to avoid sharing the lanes ?
or
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z590-VISION-G-rev-10
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...-lga-1200-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-59e-gi.html
Based on peoples experiences with it's predecessor, the z490 based version, does anyone have any reasons why I should not build a gaming PC based on this board range ?
Obviously the theme of the board is more towards creators and connectivity (GIGABYTE VisionLINK for example) but, with the exception of a couple of things like wifi, higher end audio capabilities, RGB lights and gaming orientated NIC, I don't see too many downsides to using this as a platform to build off of, it's got an abundance of storage connection options, that are mostly PCIe 4.0 capable so good future proofing, it seems to have excellent usb options, with more of a nod towards the newer generations rather than a boat load of usb 2.0 connections on the back plate, and seems to have good header support for more.
I don't need too much in the realm of PCIe slot options, perhaps one for a wifi/bluetooth card later, so it seems to be ok in that respect.
HOWEVER......
and this seems to be where I may have an issue, because of the way they have shared up the PCIe lane allocations from the CPU, instead of dedicating 16 to the primary PCIe slot, they've shared them...
So my initial thought was that if the primary slot shares lanes with 2 of the 4 m.2 slots, then I'd move the GPU to one of the other slots, however, those are fixed at PCIe 3.0 x4 speeds
So, with that in mind, i'd be left with the option of using m.2 slots 1 and 4 (4 being off the chipset rather than cpu) and the primary PCIe slot for the GPU (RTX 2080ti)
Further down the line, i'm going to guess with PCIe 4.0 that sharing with those sockets is less of an issue because of the massive bandwidth increase, but for now with a 10th Gen CPU i'd be best to avoid sharing the lanes ?
