07-28-2009, 06:46 PM
Hitshade Wrote:Sanderz Wrote:lolwut you picked out a micro atx board
Yup, anyone who reviews it inevitably dips themselves in a vat of plum sauce and runs around screaming "I CAN'T BELIEVE ITS NOT ATX!"
But in all seriousness, this board has got nothing but excellent reviews. If anyone can find a full ATX board with the x58 chipset in the same price range, with the same features and stellar reviews, by all means, point it out to me. The only concern I have going with this m-ATX board is how close my video cards will be to each other.
This one seemed to get decent reviews as well, and its cheaper by about $100.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 6813130226
This one is more expensive but also got a decent review.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 6813130215
I guess my next step will be to compare benchmark values.
lawlerbation Wrote:would seem to me that getting a RAID setup would be the more noticeable increase in performance over a bit beefier processor or even getting an ssd over the i7
For the same price as my original system, there was no reason to not choose the i7 cpu.
I could certainly achieve faster read/write times by going with a raid array, or amazingly fast read/write with the current gen SSDs. I have been tossing around the idea of getting a SSD, somewhere around 50-100gb just for games. Unfortunately they are still just too damn expensive.
In fact... You have made me seriously considder this. I could drop an extra $50 and get 2x500GB drives. Good call.
EDIT: That first motherboard, the X58 Pro-E actually has better benchmark scores than the m-atx board I has looking at. Means I dont have to spend any "extra" money for another HDD. Fuck this is a great way to kill time at work.
OH FFS DONT GET AN SSD they are a freaking waste right now. If you need someone to back me up on this talk to Mark. Just raid 2 caviar blacks or get a raptor drive...SSD is overpriced for a minimal increase in performance you can make up by raiding superior drives....sorry for double post i just threw up in my mouth a little.