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Wayne Tai
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Hi guys,

 

I am building a new rig out of my existing 350D case. (actually i'm building this for a friend).

 

I am looking for a mATX board to house the i7-4790 k. I need a very good a on-board audio and sound amplifier so that I can have 2 GPU in SLI on the board and still enjoy excellent sound quality. There are plenty of reviews on ATX board but not as many on mATX board. 

Mobo: ASUS X99-A  // CPU: i7-5820k // GPU: ASUS GTX 1080 ROG Strix //  Ram: 4 x 4 GB 2666 Mhz G.Skill Ripjaw // SSD: Samsung 960 Pro 512GB NVMe //  PSU: Cooler Master V850  // Case: Corsair 760T Arch White // Mouse: Logitec G903 Lightspeed // Keyboard: Logitech G Pro // Headphones: Audio Technica Ath-R70x // Monitor: BenQ BL2710PT

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I have a z87 gryphon in my rig. It has good onboard sound, I connect my hd8 dj to it. And I have 2way sli with Titans.

I assume that the z97 is better. So yeah the gryphon is a good MB

And I also have a 350 d

Cpu: Intel i7 4770k @4.4 Ghz | Case: Corsair 350D | Motherbord: Z87 Gryphon | Ram: dominator platinum 4X4 1866 | Video Card: SLI GTX 980 Ti | Power Supply: Seasonic 1000 platinum | Monitor: ACER XB270HU | Keyboard: RK-9100 | Mouse: R.A.T. 7 | Headset : HD 8 DJ | Watercooled

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Well there is the Asus Maximus VI Gene, MSI Z97M Gaming, Asus Z97 Gryphon, there are others out there from Gigabyte and Asrock

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The Maximus VII Gene seems to fit you bill very well.

 

Your build sounds extremely similar to my machine. 

CPU: i9-13900k MOBO: Asus Strix Z790-E RAM: 64GB GSkill  CPU Cooler: Corsair H170i

GPU: Asus Strix RTX-4090 Case: Fractal Torrent PSU: Corsair HX-1000i Storage: 2TB Samsung 990 Pro

 

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I have a z87 gryphon in my rig. It has good onboard sound, I connect my hd8 dj to it. And I have 2way sli with Titans.

I assume that the z97 is better. So yeah the gryphon is a good MB

And I also have a 350 d

 

how well are you able to overclock with your gryphon? 

Mobo: ASUS X99-A  // CPU: i7-5820k // GPU: ASUS GTX 1080 ROG Strix //  Ram: 4 x 4 GB 2666 Mhz G.Skill Ripjaw // SSD: Samsung 960 Pro 512GB NVMe //  PSU: Cooler Master V850  // Case: Corsair 760T Arch White // Mouse: Logitec G903 Lightspeed // Keyboard: Logitech G Pro // Headphones: Audio Technica Ath-R70x // Monitor: BenQ BL2710PT

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how well are you able to overclock with your gryphon? 

it was easy, i just put everything on auto because im lazy but my chip only went 4.4 (4770k)

Cpu: Intel i7 4770k @4.4 Ghz | Case: Corsair 350D | Motherbord: Z87 Gryphon | Ram: dominator platinum 4X4 1866 | Video Card: SLI GTX 980 Ti | Power Supply: Seasonic 1000 platinum | Monitor: ACER XB270HU | Keyboard: RK-9100 | Mouse: R.A.T. 7 | Headset : HD 8 DJ | Watercooled

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it was easy, i just put everything on auto because im lazy but my chip only went 4.4 (4770k)

 

How much room do you have between your titans? I'm concerned about the Airflow actually.

Mobo: ASUS X99-A  // CPU: i7-5820k // GPU: ASUS GTX 1080 ROG Strix //  Ram: 4 x 4 GB 2666 Mhz G.Skill Ripjaw // SSD: Samsung 960 Pro 512GB NVMe //  PSU: Cooler Master V850  // Case: Corsair 760T Arch White // Mouse: Logitec G903 Lightspeed // Keyboard: Logitech G Pro // Headphones: Audio Technica Ath-R70x // Monitor: BenQ BL2710PT

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How much room do you have between your titans? I'm concerned about the Airflow actually.

Water cooled:/ and I would say close but not touching

Cpu: Intel i7 4770k @4.4 Ghz | Case: Corsair 350D | Motherbord: Z87 Gryphon | Ram: dominator platinum 4X4 1866 | Video Card: SLI GTX 980 Ti | Power Supply: Seasonic 1000 platinum | Monitor: ACER XB270HU | Keyboard: RK-9100 | Mouse: R.A.T. 7 | Headset : HD 8 DJ | Watercooled

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How much room do you have between your titans? I'm concerned about the Airflow actually.

 

if using the standard blower cooler, very tight on all mATX (other than the G1.Sniper M5).

backplates will smother the fan and the open PCB can be shorted with the metal cooler

housing.

 

since using a 350D the 5th PCI slot helps a lot!

 

 

but the caveat is watercooling CPU/2x GPU with adequate radiator support as the 350D is

lacking in that department. the arc mini R2 is able to handle the rads, but only a 4-slot PCI

config.

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