Asus P9X79 or Asus SabertoothX79?

[DarkEdge007]

I am hoping you knowledgeable peps can help me determine which mobo to get for my new build?
My chip will be Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011.
The two mobo's I'm looking at are:
- ASUS P9X79 LE LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with USB BIOS
- ASUS Sabertooth X79 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

My cards are GeForce GTX680, I will be using the Corsair Hydro Series H100i and G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 ram.

If you feel I am off base please shout it out, I look forward to your input please.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

What's the computer being used for?

 

[mimart7]

Why drop almost $1k, when the X 99 boards and Haswell-E is around the corner. Unless you have a need of that kind of horse power, go with Haswell, or the Haswell refresh (Devil's Canyon).

 

[DarkEdge007]

3D modeling, rendering and animation and work with After Effects. I do a lot of work with multiple apps open too. Hope this helps.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

3D modeling, rendering and animation and work with After Effects. I do a lot of work with multiple apps open too. Hope this helps.

I would go with the P9X79, given the two choices.

That said, I would get 4x4GB of RAM, with a 4930K and GA-X79-UP4 if given the choice of all parts.

You'll want the four RAM sticks for quad-channel memory.
You could also just get another set of the memory you already have.

 

[DarkEdge007]

Great, thanks for the heads up on the memory too.
Do you feel the Haswell-E is going to blow my build out of the water...should I wait??

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Great, thanks for the heads up on the memory too.
Do you feel the Haswell-E is going to blow my build out of the water...should I wait??

Look at the 3770K vs 4770K, it'll be about the same difference for the 4930K to 5930K.

 

[mimart7]

http://www.microcenter.com/site/brands/intel-processor-bundles.aspx

 

[DarkEdge007]

That's good input, however I'm wanting to stay with a 6 core chip.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

That's good input, however I'm wanting to stay with a 6 core chip.

I'm saying the percentage difference will be the same between the two.
Both are Ivy -> Haswell.

 

[DarkEdge007]

Okay, sounds good. I'm having trouble now finding ram (4x4GB) that is for LGA 2011 chip platform?? I was hoping to stay with DDR3 1866...any thoughts?

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Okay, sounds good. I'm having trouble now finding ram (4x4GB) that is for LGA 2011 chip platform?? I was hoping to stay with DDR3 1866...any thoughts?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

 

[BruceUSA]

3930k/4930k any of this cpu, you overclock it and you will be very happy with the speed. Very very fast especially from 4.8-5.0ghz OC.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

3930k/4930k any of this cpu, you overclock it and you will be very happy with the speed. Very very fast especially from 4.8-5.0ghz OC.

You don't want to be pushing overclocking limits for the kind of work the OP is doing.

 

[DarkEdge007]

Thanks for all your help! New goodies are in route to my home...yeah!

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Thanks for all your help! New goodies are in route to my home...yeah!

Which parts did you end up with?

 

[DarkEdge007]

Intel Core i7-4930K
Asus P9X79
Corsair Vengence 8GB (2x4GB)
Corsair H100i
Corsair 730T ATX Full Tower (has mounts for H100i)

Already have...
Corsair HX750
GeForce GTX 680 (2)
Benq GW2750
Acer S241HL