Third or first party sata drivers?

p_Bassman · Jun 17, 2013

ok so im building a gaming computer and im using this mobo http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4481&dl=1#driver
and i was wondering if i should go with the marvell or the intel drivers, heres my layout http://pcpartpicker.com/user/exer/saved/1KXK

rgd1101 · Jun 17, 2013

Use gigabyte driver

nukemaster · Jun 17, 2013

You will need BOTH Marvel and Intel to use all the SATA ports on the board.

The drivers from gigabyte should be fine(as the board gets older OR you think a newer driver will be useful[3TB+ drives needed a new driver for older boards that was NOT on the gigabyte site], then getting drivers from Intel will be more desirable).

Please note that you should use the INTEL SATA ports only if you can get away with it and the Marvel ports are linked(strange design idea) to the e-sata ports so you can NOT use internal Marvel and e-sata at the same time.

luckiest charm · Jun 17, 2013

First Party Drivers?

Anyways ... Get Gigabyte Drivers from the DVD you will get from the motherboard package. Those are the appropriate ones.
Otherwise get from Gigabyte Website.

Also, your system is too expensive for that hardware. Just saying. Check this out if you haven't bought already / don't mind -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($124.35 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($129.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($67.23 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($395.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 3000 USB 3.0 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($69.98 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Microcenter)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $1314.45
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-17 14:05 EDT-0400)

Here if you don't want to SLI, go for HD 7970 instead. You will get $160 worth of games too.

p_Bassman · Jun 17, 2013

luckiest charm :

First Party Drivers?

Anyways ... Get Gigabyte Drivers from the DVD you will get from the motherboard package. Those are the appropriate ones.
Otherwise get from Gigabyte Website.

Also, your system is too expensive for that hardware. Just saying. Check this out if you haven't bought already / don't mind -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($124.35 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($129.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($67.23 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($395.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 3000 USB 3.0 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($69.98 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Microcenter)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $1314.45
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-17 14:05 EDT-0400)

Here if you don't want to SLI, go for HD 7970 instead. You will get $160 worth of games too.

i've already ordered everything, :chaudar:

p_Bassman · Jun 17, 2013

luckiest charm :

First Party Drivers?

Anyways ... Get Gigabyte Drivers from the DVD you will get from the motherboard package. Those are the appropriate ones.
Otherwise get from Gigabyte Website.

Also, your system is too expensive for that hardware. Just saying. Check this out if you haven't bought already / don't mind -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($124.35 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($129.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($67.23 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($395.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 3000 USB 3.0 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($69.98 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Microcenter)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $1314.45
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-17 14:05 EDT-0400)

Here if you don't want to SLI, go for HD 7970 instead. You will get $160 worth of games too.

plus 16 gigs of ram is overkill

luckiest charm · Jun 17, 2013

Nopes.

When it comes to RAM, nothing is overkill. More RAM = you can access more stuff / faster overall system performance.
I am also going to upgrade RAM to 16 GB soon. RAM is never overkill, you can even throw in 64 gigs of RAM and it won't be overkill.

nukemaster · Jun 18, 2013

Just remember if getting over 16 gigabytes, Windows 7 users need Pro or better as Home Premium maxes at 16.

luckiest charm · Jun 18, 2013

nukemaster :

Well yeah.
As of now since I suggested 16 Gigs in the build HP should be enough. No need to buy pro as it adds up to the budget quite more.

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