Is there a Socket 1366 motherboard with .......

siege2 · 4 Aug 2011 at 21:40

Hi People,,

PCIe 3.0 x16 Slots as I am going to by a New GPU and would love to know as 6gb's and usb 3 will be nice .

Kenneth

Bilbocard · 4 Aug 2011 at 21:47

May I ask why you're getting a socket 1366 MoBo?

siege2 · 4 Aug 2011 at 21:51

hi Bilbo
I have at the moment a i920 cpu with a gigabyte Motherboard working ok and would not mind a cheapish way to upgrade chipset and be able to use the PCI express for the new GPU.

Kenneth

Bilbocard · 4 Aug 2011 at 22:02

Fair enough, I just wondered if you already had a 1366. It's not really a "future proof" socket

siege2 · 4 Aug 2011 at 22:06

Hi Bilbo yeah your right about the future proof, thought I would try and get another year or so out off it, If possible, nice idea if I could :-)

based on what I required for New GPU and extras possibly, throwing in.

Kenneth

Martini1991 · 4 Aug 2011 at 22:07

You could still throw a new GPU in it without suffering.

spleenharvester · 4 Aug 2011 at 22:11

Martini1991 said:
You could still throw a new GPU in it without suffering.

This indeed.

Surveyor · 4 Aug 2011 at 22:17

There are no S1366 boards with PCI-E Gen 3.0.

There never will be because it wouldn't work.

PCI-E Gen 3.0 is only supported by as yet unreleased processors such as Intel's Ivy Bridge.

siege2 · 4 Aug 2011 at 23:59

thanks People for your thoughts on this topic, nice to know the facts when we can :-)

KiiYzOo · 5 Aug 2011 at 00:04

Yeah currently only 1155 socket motherboards support pci-e 3 (only some of them)

Surveyor · 5 Aug 2011 at 01:05

KiiYzOo said:
Yeah currently only 1155 socket motherboards support pci-e 3 (only some of them)

And they'll only work as PCI-E 3.0 slots when a next generation processor is installed.

bhavv · 5 Aug 2011 at 02:34

Better to get a Z68 board atm if you can, PCI-E 3.0 wont be needed for a long time, but it will be Ivy Bridge and PCI-E 3.0 ready for future proofing.

freddie64 · 6 Aug 2011 at 07:58

siege2 said:
Hi Bilbo yeah your right about the future proof, thought I would try and get another year or so out off it, If possible, nice idea if I could based on what I required for New GPU and extras possibly, throwing in.

Kenneth

Hoping to get a lot more out of mine, lol

(no desire or funds to upgrade anyway)

When PCI-E 3.0 cards come out will they be backward compatible?

Skeng · 6 Aug 2011 at 10:46

Bilbocard said:
Fair enough, I just wondered if you already had a 1366. It's not really a "future proof" socket

I dunno about that I've had my i7 920 running at 4Ghz for two year's now and it's still going strong ^___^ Although Ivy Bridge does sound tempting, Especially if it clocks as high or higher than sandy bridge. Not to mention sandy bridges cooling at 4.5Ghz is very impressive. =]

-SKENG-

Nightglow · 6 Aug 2011 at 10:56

Sell the i7 920 & board, get yourself a 2500K & Z68 board, like the Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3, which has two PCI-E 3.0 slots.

Then when Ivybridge arrives sell the 2500K & upgrade to Ivybridge.

Socket 1155 has more upgrade potential than Socket 1366, plus it runs cooler, lower voltages = less heat.

I sold my i7 920 & board at the beginning of the year & went with a 2500K because of the advantages with 1155.

siege2 · 6 Aug 2011 at 11:36

Nightglow said:
Sell the i7 920 & board, get yourself a 2500K & Z68 board, like the Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3, which has two PCI-E 3.0 slots.

Then when Ivy bridge arrives sell the 2500K & upgrade to Ivy bridge.

Socket 1155 has more upgrade potential than Socket 1366, plus it runs cooler, lower voltages = less heat.

I sold my i7 920 & board at the beginning of the year & went with a 2500K because of the advantages with 1155.

to be honest my original plan was to get a next generation gpu and plug that in to get a big jump from my 2*gtx280SLI's I have at the moment, To get a motherboard that would have taking my cpu and giving me the pci 3 bus plus extras would have being a bonus to me and others possibly, I am already keeping an eye out for the next generation cpus and motherboards although there are some ivy bridge boards available at the moment on shelf so to speak like you have said, though I am holding out just for the cpu and motherboard.

Kenneth