Looking for a board to go with 980x?

Khato · Apr 24, 2010

I am in the planning stages of putting together a new system and looking for a good board to go with the new i7-980x, preferably with USB3/SATA6 support. I know Gigabyte has couple of options with its UD series (UD3R looks pretty good) but never used a Gigabyte board before, so I am not sure. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

diaz · Apr 24, 2010

UD5 if your going gigabyte, it has Sata3/USB3... Solid OC'er, great board.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...3128422&cm_re=gigabyte-_-13-128-422-_-Product

$309 -> ASUS P6X58D Premium -> Sata3/USB3, same thing. Look at the prices and see what works for you, they pretty much both do the same thing.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131614&cm_re=p6x58d-_-13-131-614-_-Product

-D

Khato · Apr 24, 2010

Thanks for the quick response, the Asus board has some pretty good reviews and looks like a solid option. Do you by any chance know if SATA6 requires a "SATA6" cable or would a regular SATA cable can throughput SATA6 speeds?

Widowmker · Apr 24, 2010

Asus P6X58D is very good mobo and a good OC'er if you plan on OC'ing. I've gotten a 920 to 4.53ghz stable on it so far.

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0326238

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0316643

tomic888 · Apr 24, 2010

Because you are buying 980x which is very expensive, i suppose you want expensive and top board, i would recommend you Asus Rampage lll Extreme. Best overclocker, usb,sata 3.0 and else, it costs about 400$.

Khato · Apr 24, 2010

Thanks for the suggestions. Rampage 3 Extreme is quite new isn't it? I would like to wait a bit to see how it stands against the others. Meanwhile, right now for less than $200 there is this option with good reviews:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128423

I wouldn't mind saving around $180 over the rampage if they OC similarly. Also I will probably never need more than 2 true PCI Express x16 slots.

Does anyone have any experience with the Gigabyte UD3 coupled with the new i7-980x?

diaz · Apr 24, 2010

Khato said:
Thanks for the suggestions. Rampage 3 Extreme is quite new isn't it? I would like to wait a bit to see how it stands against the others. Meanwhile, right now for less than $200 there is this option with good reviews:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128423

I wouldn't mind saving around $180 over the rampage if they OC similarly. Also I will probably never need more than 2 true PCI Express x16 slots.

Does anyone have any experience with the Gigabyte UD3 coupled with the new i7-980x?

If you are going for a high 980x OC, you might want to consider something with more power phases than the UD3R. Anything higher like UD5 will have better power handling, more stable OC etc..

-D

Khato · Apr 25, 2010

Thanks -diaz- for the reply.

I just found this looking around online. A complete (and impressive) review of AR3e paired up with 980x. I thought I'd share...

http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-rampage-iii-extreme-review/1

Forgot to thank -tomic- for pointing this board out earlier. I was skeptical at first but a few reviews like the one above was enough to get my heart rate up

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