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Are Intel Boards any good?

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Yes typically their boards are fine, i have not seen much of anything that would prove otherwise. But i dont have experience with them either. 

I run my own indie game company called Color Dragon Studios where we are currently making a 2d platformer game called Small Earth.

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Yes.  Intel makes (well...Foxconn actually makes them but Intel brands them) server boards still. 

 

They're good, just not the most feature-heavy.  (they won't have tons of extra USB ports or SATA ports for example).

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Yes.  Intel makes (well...Foxconn actually makes them but Intel brands them) server boards still. 

 

They're good, just not the most feature-heavy.  (they won't have tons of extra USB ports or SATA ports for example).

So I can slap a Corsair H80i GT on there and a bit of overclocking?

 

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So I can slap a Corsair H80i GT on there and a bit of overclocking?

 

Yes.  Something like a Rampage IV (think that was X79) might be able to get a very slightly higher overclock than an Intel board, but we're talking 100 Mhz tops difference.

 

Intel always has great driver support so there's none of that "the last chipset driver on the Asus/ASRock/whatever website was 4 years ago).

Workstation:  13700k @ 5.5Ghz || Gigabyte Z790 Ultra || MSI Gaming Trio 4090 Shunt || TeamGroup DDR5-7800 @ 7000 || Corsair AX1500i@240V || whole-house loop.

LANRig/GuestGamingBox: 9900nonK || Gigabyte Z390 Master || ASUS TUF 3090 650W shunt || Corsair SF600 || CPU+GPU watercooled 280 rad pull only || whole-house loop.

Server Router (Untangle): 13600k @ Stock || ASRock Z690 ITX || All 10Gbe || 2x8GB 3200 || PicoPSU 150W 24pin + AX1200i on CPU|| whole-house loop

Server Compute/Storage: 10850K @ 5.1Ghz || Gigabyte Z490 Ultra || EVGA FTW3 3090 1000W || LSI 9280i-24 port || 4TB Samsung 860 Evo, 5x10TB Seagate Enterprise Raid 6, 4x8TB Seagate Archive Backup ||  whole-house loop.

Laptop: HP Elitebook 840 G8 (Intel 1185G7) + 3080Ti Thunderbolt Dock, Razer Blade Stealth 13" 2017 (Intel 8550U)

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Since your processor runs on the 2011 socket (Not 2011v3 remember they're not compatible) there isn't really a competition so Intel is probably your best bet in this situation. 

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So I can slap a Corsair H80i GT on there and a bit of overclocking?

Is that the biggest radiator size you can fit on your case? A 240mm water cooler will run MUCH better than a 120mm with a push pull configuration even though they have the same amount of fans. Getting a H100i will increase the cooling capacity by a ton.

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Yes.  Something like a Rampage IV (think that was X79) might be able to get a very slightly higher overclock than an Intel board, but we're talking 100 Mhz tops difference.

 

Intel always has great driver support so there's none of that "the last chipset driver on the Asus/ASRock/whatever website was 4 years ago).

Thanks :D

 

Since your processor runs on the 2011 socket (Not 2011v3 remember they're not compatible) there isn't really a competition so Intel is probably your best bet in this situation. 

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Is that the biggest radiator size you can fit on your case? A 240mm water cooler will run MUCH better than a 120mm with a push pull configuration even though they have the same amount of fans. Getting a H100i will increase the cooling capacity by a ton.

Mid Tower Case I can't fit an 240mm, I would if I can

 

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