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Would it just be better to go with a mid-range motherboard for around the $150 price as there doesn't seem to be much need in going for higher end motherboards if the needs are fast sata connectors, of which most motherboards have 2 fast connectors. And at this price you get a decent range of USB3/2 ports as well as ESATA built in.
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Yup. It's hard being perfect but I try not to look down on other peopleOriginally Posted by Rattus79
Oh!! You're one of "Those"!
Well, I retract my earlier statement then ...
back to the question at hand, A $150 Mobo should suffice, (just) depending upon the rest of the build and mobo itself. Not all motherboards are created equal.
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It works and I have watercooling on my CPU as well. My system monitoring shows my CPU runs about 20 degrees (overclocked to 5Ghz) and my RAM often runs at around 8-14 degrees.I cheaped and got an asrock z67 mobo, never again!!! overclocking is ridiculously difficult and didn't take well to a mild overclock. I ended up going back to stock, so now I have a super duper you beaut air cooling heatsync that really doesn't come close to it's potential.
I miss my Gigabyte mobo.
Rick:
Does that northbridge cooler actually work, or does it just look pretty?
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Here are some thoughts on a rig setup for photography and some gaming, what are others thoughts? I want it to be a quite as possible setup.
CPU: Intel Core i7 3770K
PSU: Corsair TX750M Bronze High Performance Modular 750W Power Supply
RAM: Corsair 16GB (2x8GB) 1600Mhz DDR3
MOBO : ? Something with lots of USB3 and ideally an ESATA port. (ideally after Gigabyte brand)
SSD (OS/SOFTWARE/SCRATCH) Samsung 256GB PRO
HDD: Photos
VIDEO CARD: Gigabyte GeForce GTX670 2GB
Last edited by wideangle; 03-05-2013 at 2:14pm.
Debra has had similar put together by Scorptec recently.
Fires up in a blink of an eye and is very very quiet.
It was built with video editing in mind and although it has had very little use at this stage it looks as though it will be up to the task very well.
With the few photos that have been edited on it I would say that it operates quite a bit faster than the current editing machine here which is a few years old.
Intel Core i7 3770 (3.40Ghz / 8MB / LGA1155 / Quad Core)
GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-D3H MB, Intel Z77, 4x DDR3, 1x PCI-E 3.0, 4x SATA III, 6x USB 3.0, GBELAN, 7.1 CH, D-Sub, DVI, HDMI, 2-Way CrossFireX / SLI, ATX
Corsair 16GB Kit (2x8GB), PC-12800 (1600MHz) DDR3, Vengeance Performance with XMP Series, 9-9-9-24, Dual Channel Kit
Sandisk 120GB SSD, Extreme, SATAIII, Read up to 550MB/s, Write up to 510MB/s
Seagate 2TB Barracuda, SATA III, 7200RPM, 64MB
Silverstone KL04B Black Colour Mid-Tower Case with Front USB3.0, 4x 5.25" 1x External 3.5" , 9x Internal 3.5" & 6x Internal 2.5&
Samsung 24x Black Internal SATA DVD+-RW Drive, 12x DVD-RAM, 8x +R DL, 8x-R DL, OEM
Gigabyte GeForce GTX650 OC Edition (1110Mhz), 2GB GDDR5 (5000Mhz), PCIE3.0, 2x DVI, HDMI, VGA
ASUS PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11b/g/n Wireless PCI-E Adapter
Antec 620W High Current Gamer Power Supply, 80 PLUS Bronze, 135mm fan, High Current +12V rail(s), 2x PCI-E, 6x SATA, 6x Molex
Manhattan FireWire 400 PCI Express Card Two ports, x1 lane
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64bit with Service Pack 1 DVD OEM
Last edited by I @ M; 03-05-2013 at 5:05pm.
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The setup you quote looks very similar, looks like a powerful good setup Debra has there. Would possibly look at a quiter PSU as I've read comments it can be a little noisy under load.
Last edited by wideangle; 03-05-2013 at 5:49pm.
and that GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-D3H looks like a good mobo too. Seems that it supports SLI as well, so get a second GeForce GTX650 and grab a copy of Modern Warfare
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