Need a X79 motherboard fast

pgi947 said:
Afaik RAID is down to the chipset (X79) not the chip, so on the RAID side of things all the boards should be just about equal.

Usually on Asus boards outside of the ROG branding (Pro/Deluxe) the only differences tend to be the amount of connectivity (sata/USB ports), the amount of phases and some extra peripherals.
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I know all boards are equal in terms of RAID(well apart from the Extreme11), I was just wondering how well all the boards fair at RAIDing SSDs.
 
That may be a question better answered by someone more clued up on the RAID side of life :)

iirc the only SSD's you can RAID with and still use TRIM are the Intel SSD's. - Again I may be wrong, someone with more insight into RAID will be able to give you a more definitive answer.
 
I'm still not sure on what I should go for, the p9x79 looks to be a good motherboard and the UD5 also looks good. I am not going to do 3-way SLI and I doubt I would ever SLI two high end cards, in addition I am only getting a 3930 and I can't get water cooling (due to having to move my system around a lot). So it seems to me that the higher end boards like the RIVF would be a waste.
 
pgi947 said:
May be an idea to hunt around some of the mATX boards in that case? Something like the Extreme4-m, as you said, little point in having all those PCIE lanes if they aren't getting used :)
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I don't see the point in getting a mATX board, I might still SLI and I might also one day get a RAID card or even a 10Gbit Ethernet card in a good few years time. Also I would imagine that the normal ATX boards would cool better.
 
Dude, you're starting to procrastinate as by your own admission you're aware that all X79 boards are going to do RAID pretty much equally. Just get the Asus Rampage IV Formula and be done with it. It's a best in class product and you won't regret it, and if you don't like it I'll buy it off you (for a very modest discount of course) as I can see a 2nd X79 box in my future. I don't need another Rampage IV Extreme as it is total overkill for most people and a Formula would hit the mark perfectly for me as my requirements for a 2nd X79 seem identical to your own.
 
It turns out that I still have until Thursday to get the board. So, I would still appreciate more suggestions and advice.

As for the Rampage IV Formula, what advantages would that board give me other then the connectors and features?
 
If your not doing multi graphics then go the RIV gene route it offers an amazing feature set for the price.

The Sabretooth is also a great board very stable when pushed too.

You don't mention Graphics support needed but my choice in your situation would be gene.
 
Dark Light said:
It turns out that I still have until Thursday to get the board. So, I would still appreciate more suggestions and advice.

As for the Rampage IV Formula, what advantages would that board give me other then the connectors and features?
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Just get the UD5, stacked out with features, a good price and a solid 3 year UK based warranty/RMA center.
 
From the research I have done the Formula series seems to be high graphics orientated, I am not going to have multiple graphics cards as I have a GDM-FW900 and I see a smooth image at around 30fps. So that leaves the Sabertooth, the UD5 and the P9X79 series.

So, I am not really sure which one I should go for, I don't want to get a board with features that I am not going to use. I mainly want a board that is performance oriented and not graphics orientated.
 
Dark Light said:
So, I am not really sure which one I should go for, I don't want to get a board with features that I am not going to use. I mainly want a board that is performance oriented and not graphics orientated.
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The formula is no more graphics oriented than any other SLI/Xfire capable X79 board, so I'm not sure where you get this from. The UD5 is pitched right at the same market segment so not sure why you'd exclude the forumla on that basis. If you're a manufacturer making an X79 board and there is little point in having all those PCI-E lanes available if you're not going to use them in your product.

On the X79 platform I think you'll find that gfx and performance are not mutually exclusive and they go very much hand-in-hand ... it's the main reason that people consider X79 for SLI and Xfire setups over Z68/Z77 and it particularly makes sense when you're not likely to use quicksync/Lucid encoding. In fact, you could argue that X79 is less graphics focused than Z77 when it comes to things like video encoding.

Unless you can really use those extra cores on the 3930K then you're really better off looking at something else if budget is an issue. The forumla is competively priced when you look at similar products and the features it offers. Even if you're not going to use those features today they make it an excellent all rounder with more longterm potential.

There's nothing that gives you a greater sense of knowing that you've chosen the right product when it is capable of meeting your immediate requirements today but have scope for things you've yet to consider tomorrow. It's 40 quid more than a UD5 and I think it's well worth the money for the brand alone.

Why are you buying a 3930K? What is it's intended purpose?
 
stulid said:
Seems a bit gimmicky, and the two little active cooling fans might not be quiet.
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+1 on that.

I also have a sabretooth X58 and I thought it was an excellent board for that platform - I would have considered a X79 sabretooth myself if it wasn't for those fans and the plastic armour. It's particularly pointless if you're considering watercooling as I'm sure you'd hear them over everything else I just couldn't help but think it would all get in the way.
 
Dirtyganker said:
The formula is no more graphics oriented than any other SLI/Xfire capable X79 board, so I'm not sure where you get this from. The UD5 is pitched right at the same market segment so not sure why you'd exclude the forumla on that basis. If you're a manufacturer making an X79 board and there is little point in having all those PCI-E lanes available if you're not going to use them in your product.

On the X79 platform I think you'll find that gfx and performance are not mutually exclusive and they go very much hand-in-hand ... it's the main reason that people consider X79 for SLI and Xfire setups over Z68/Z77 and it particularly makes sense when you're not likely to use quicksync/Lucid encoding. In fact, you could argue that X79 is less graphics focused than Z77 when it comes to things like video encoding.

Unless you can really use those extra cores on the 3930K then you're really better off looking at something else if budget is an issue. The forumla is competively priced when you look at similar products and the features it offers. Even if you're not going to use those features today they make it an excellent all rounder with more longterm potential.

There's nothing that gives you a greater sense of knowing that you've chosen the right product when it is capable of meeting your immediate requirements today but have scope for things you've yet to consider tomorrow. It's 40 quid more than a UD5 and I think it's well worth the money for the brand alone.

Why are you buying a 3930K? What is it's intended purpose?
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I'm not saying that the Formula series is not any good, all I am saying it that I am not going to get SLI gk110s. So what is the point of getting a Formula board when a P9X79 would fit my purposes just as well.
 
The P9X79 Pro is a great motherboard it's not much different than the Rampage IV Formula (I have both), Rampage just has a plethora of extra bios overclock settings.

If you're watercooling it's easy to get EK waterblocks for the VRM's with Asus boards, throttling because of hot VRM's is one of the main issues with X79 if you overclock heavily and run CPU heavy software, I'm not sure if the Sabortooth active fan resolves that.
 
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