Hi all,
Thank you for the many informative and entertaining posts! Now, having cleared my "lurker mode bit", I'd really appreciate your inputs.
We’ve had it with the POS MSI 975X Platinum (PowerUp Edition) MB. We built a machine with this mobo a few months ago and have, for many reasons, decided to switch it out.
Based on the fastest performing machines and the hard work of the many users here, I’m looking at ASUS products for our needs.
BTW, PLEASE sanity check me if I've made any incorrect assumptions.
We use the machine for designing and simulating FPGAs/ICs. Speed is EVERYTHING to us as our compilations and simulations take several minutes to several hours each.
The system we’re changing consists of:
- A Gigabyte 3Daurora570 Enclosure
- The Gigabyte Galaxy II water cooling system
- X6800 2.93 GHz processor
- 2 Western Digital SATA drives configured as a RAID
- 2 ATI Radeon X1950 XTX PCI Express 512MB GDDR Video Cards
NOTE: TWO: One driving a 30” dell LCD, the other driving 2 20” Dell LCDs
This could be a factor due to the need to support the two PCIx-16
- 2 x Corsair Twin 2X2048-8500C5 2GB PC2-8500
- A BFG 1000W supply
- We also have a no-name DVD r/w drive and floppy in the unit
- The dreaded MSI 975X mobo with its terrible BIOS and support
Stable at 3.6 GHz when it wasn't reporting BIOS checksums that is... ug!
The question I have for the group is: Given the preceding equipment list and our desire to crank the speed of this thing through the roof, which mobo would be best for our needs?
I know the group gets the "best mobo" a lot. I appreciate you considering our situation.
Ed McCauley
Thank you for the many informative and entertaining posts! Now, having cleared my "lurker mode bit", I'd really appreciate your inputs.
We’ve had it with the POS MSI 975X Platinum (PowerUp Edition) MB. We built a machine with this mobo a few months ago and have, for many reasons, decided to switch it out.
Based on the fastest performing machines and the hard work of the many users here, I’m looking at ASUS products for our needs.
BTW, PLEASE sanity check me if I've made any incorrect assumptions.
We use the machine for designing and simulating FPGAs/ICs. Speed is EVERYTHING to us as our compilations and simulations take several minutes to several hours each.
The system we’re changing consists of:
- A Gigabyte 3Daurora570 Enclosure
- The Gigabyte Galaxy II water cooling system
- X6800 2.93 GHz processor
- 2 Western Digital SATA drives configured as a RAID
- 2 ATI Radeon X1950 XTX PCI Express 512MB GDDR Video Cards
NOTE: TWO: One driving a 30” dell LCD, the other driving 2 20” Dell LCDs
This could be a factor due to the need to support the two PCIx-16
- 2 x Corsair Twin 2X2048-8500C5 2GB PC2-8500
- A BFG 1000W supply
- We also have a no-name DVD r/w drive and floppy in the unit
- The dreaded MSI 975X mobo with its terrible BIOS and support
Stable at 3.6 GHz when it wasn't reporting BIOS checksums that is... ug!
The question I have for the group is: Given the preceding equipment list and our desire to crank the speed of this thing through the roof, which mobo would be best for our needs?
I know the group gets the "best mobo" a lot. I appreciate you considering our situation.
Ed McCauley
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