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There are two questions in this post and as this is my first post on this forum you'll have to slap me on the wrists and send me to the back of the queue if i'm breaking any forum rules or anything.

 

My friend has an ageing 990 FXA motherboard that we originally bought for Bulldozer before release.  We equipped it with 16Gb of RAM and a 1100T cpu.  He has a GTX970.  His games are really starting to suffer recently.  With prices going sky high at the minute i suggested maybe an x79 platform would help.  We can re-use the RAM from the 990 FXA 'board and i can get a i7-3820 from fleabay for about 50 quid.

 

My questions are as follows;-

 

Would the 3820 not bottleneck the 970 as much as the 1100T does now?

 

What are peoples thoughts on These generic x79 motherboards?

 

Your thoughts, people, would be much appreciated

 With all the Trolls, Try Hards, Noobs and Weirdos around here you'd think i'd find SOMEWHERE to fit in!

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9 minutes ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

Would the 3820 not bottleneck the 970 as much as the 1100T does now?

yes

 

9 minutes ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

What are peoples thoughts on These generic x79 motherboards?

@herman mcpootis

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

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SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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avoid any x79 board with 2 ram slots or no USB3. they're okay but the BIOS is pretty generic basic stuff.

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4 minutes ago, Daniel Z. said:

From people that have used those x79 boards before, they are ok, just very few features and bad quality. Not to mention the horrendous bios. They still work though

wrong quote?

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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24 minutes ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

What are peoples thoughts on These generic x79 motherboards?

Well, at least you don't have problems with PC not booting due to putting the memory into the wrong slots.

Except for that, they might work fine because they are "bare naked" boards that only have the most basic features...

 

But either way, I'd recommend rather 115x socket - those are cheaper and lower power consumption. The X79 are rather high power in all regards.

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58 minutes ago, Stefan Payne said:

But either way, I'd recommend rather 115x socket - those are cheaper and lower power consumption. The X79 are rather high power in all regards.

Ok, Thanks i'll keep my eyes open for an 115x that'll take DDR3 ram

1 hour ago, Jurrunio said:

yes

Ok thanks, Would a i5/7 4x70(k?) sku be much better?  I'm only asking as i don't have much of a history with intel.  I've only owned three intel computers, my current 6600k, a PII 450, and an 80386)

1 hour ago, herman mcpootis said:

avoid any x79 board with 2 ram slots or no USB3. they're okay but the BIOS is pretty generic basic stuff.

Ok, thanks for the advice

 With all the Trolls, Try Hards, Noobs and Weirdos around here you'd think i'd find SOMEWHERE to fit in!

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1 hour ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

Ok thanks, Would a i5/7 4x70(k?) sku be much better?  I'm only asking as i don't have much of a history with intel.  I've only owned three intel computers, my current 6600k, a PII 450, and an 80386)

Quad core Haswell is the same, if not better at games compared to X79, but worse when streaming or editing, that kind of multi core stuff

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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