Whats your thoughts?

[Nickolp1974]

hi bud, i fancy a change whats your thoughts on this Asus Z77 Maximus V Formula Intel Z77 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-541-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261, good price at the mo

and some gskill trident to go with it, what are they like??? (2400MHz)

 

[Nickolp1974]

Go X79!

cost too much, would want the 3930k+RIVE, and moneys are tight at mo

 

[Nickolp1974]

I knew someone would say that, trust you winston

 

[Nickolp1974]

3820 + top-ish line X79 board, will be a side grade for now but you then have 6/8 core IB-E's to look forward to later this year...

The MVF is a great board, but you have to think is it worth the ~£130 overhead you'll pay to get it (presuming you sell the MPower for ~£100, trust me, motherboards do not hold value ).

My opinion is no, not unless you detest the Mpower anyhow, its certainly not £130 better then the MPower.

Sell up, RIVF/G/E + 3820 now, RIVF + IB-E hex/oct core later in the year

Thx for the wise words paul, that is something i have considered. The MPower is a good board but not great. It lacks features i wish it had and has a few glitches like when i push overclocks to far it enables the IGP, why just dont do it!

Maybe this time i should be a little more patient, gotta be a rampage 5 on the way???

Can you overclock the 3820 though?

Of course you can through the bus/strap

 

[Nickolp1974]

wait for haswell? sell your older bits?

Maybe but for me if i wanted to buy a new cpu it would be sb-e/ivy-e, isn't haswell gonna be more geared to its IGP?

I should imagine my 3770k is only worth bit more than an 2500k due to it being de-lidded? I dunno??

 

[Nickolp1974]

Could be a while for that then and how long does it usually take for a waterblock for a new board?

 

[Nickolp1974]

Ok thx all for the info, think i am gonna stick with current set up for now, and get saving!
If in the meantime i do see a rive for sale and i dont watercool it, whats that little fan on it like??