riahc3 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Hello, Sorry for being a pain in the ass this week. The last week you work before going on vacation and everyone is on your ass :p Anyways we have: PNY VCQK2000-PB Samsung 840 Pro Basic Kit 256GB Cosair Hydro H110 Intel Core i7 4820K 2011 ASUS DRW-24F1ST Seasonic Platinum-760 NZXT H630 Arctic Silver 5 The MSI Big Bang XPower II has a problem where it does not post when one RAM module is inserted into DIMM 3 so I cant quad channel. I was considering replacing it (the board) but it seems my boss isnt too happy with it so we are going with another. Before this, we were looking at a Asus so I relooked now again at Asus and I read good things about the ASUS Rampage IV Extreme, a board geared towards CPU overclocking. Also, I called MSI yesterday and they told me to write them a email about the issue. I wrote them and they havent replied in more than 24 hours. Kinda ###### about that myself. So any recommendations for X79 boards that overclock stable, fast (and in my case easy)? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted December 10, 2013 Global Moderator Share Posted December 10, 2013 my recommendations would be that Asus you mentioned, or an EVGA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Hello, my recommendations would be that Asus you mentioned, or an EVGA.Read a few DOA from Newegg (not buying from Newegg)....Hope it doesnt bite me in the ass later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decebalvs Rex Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Go for EVGA, expensive but heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Hello, Go for EVGA, expensive but heavy.They only have one board http://eu.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=150-SE-E789-KR&family=Motherboard%20Family&series=&sw=5&uc=EUR :( and when searching for overclocking and X79, I didnt see it until today. http://www.anandtech.com/show/7426/evga-x79-dark-review/8 It seems to have A LOT of BIOS/UEFI issues.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Hello, I do see that the ASUS Rampage IV Extreme is kind of old.....but old means tested so its better than new in some cases, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vvo Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Rampage IV Extreme is old but it does require a bios update in order to pair it with an E-Ivy processor (which is the current processor that the op using). Unless you want to get the rampage IV black edition which is released recently and has E-Ivy support out of the box but it'll cost you $500 though. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132053 goretsky 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 Hello, Rampage IV Extreme is old but it does require a bios update in order to pair it with an E-Ivy processor (which is the current processor that the op using). Unless you want to get the rampage IV black edition which is released recently and has E-Ivy support out of the box but it'll cost you $500 though. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132053Besides updating the BIOS (which is extreme easy to do on that board), is there any difference besides being black and the price tag between the Extreme and the Black Edition? Also, I should go with the Rampage IV Extreme then? Ill order it Jan 7th so I still have time to browse thru... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vvo Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 (edited) Hello, Besides updating the BIOS (which is extreme easy to do on that board), is there any difference besides being black and the price tag between the Extreme and the Black Edition? Also, I should go with the Rampage IV Extreme then? Ill order it Jan 7th so I still have time to browse thru... For the bios update of the extreme, just make sure you have an E-Sandy processor in hand because if you put an E-Ivy on the extreme mobo without the latest bios update, computer won't run at all. As for the difference, I'm not so sure about the difference other than the paint job. Edit: after reading some of the consumer reviews between the two, the black edition seems to fix some of the problems that the extreme has. Edited December 11, 2013 by Vvo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 Hello, For the bios update of the extreme, just make sure you have an E-Sandy processor in handThat made zero sense. I should just have a USB flash drive on hand... Edit: after reading some of the consumer reviews between the two, the black edition seems to fix some of the problems that the extreme has.I havent read any problems the extreme has :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 Hello, I should have looked before but I found a spec area on Asus: Here is what Black has vs Extreme: * - Supports newer processors out of the box. * - Can reach memory speeds of up to 2800 where Extreme only up to 2400 * - Black loses one PCIe x16 slot but gains one PCIe x1 slot (weird change) * - Black has two more SATA 6GB ports * - Black's Bluetooth spec is updated to 4.0 from 2.1 * - Way better DAC on Black * - Black has two less USB 2.0 ports * - Black has a OC Panel vs the OC Key on Extreme * - Black: 6 x USB 3.0, 4 x USB 2.0 Extreme: 4 x USB 3.0, 8 x USB 2.0 Thats about it basically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vvo Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Hello, That made zero sense. I should just have a USB flash drive on hand... I havent read any problems the extreme has :s For the extremes you can use a usb flash drive, as I just found out :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 Hello, Thank you Vvo for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vvo Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 you're welcome, it's just that some mobos you can stick a usb and update the bios easily while others require and older cpus to apply the update; that's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Hello, Since there arent any more answers, Ill go with the Rampage IV Extreme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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