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A question about the ASUS Z87-WS LGA 1150 Intel Z87 MB

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November 20, 2013 12:27:14 AM

Hello Everyone,

First, thank you for any and all comments, answers and philosophies. ;) 

I will be building (well, someone else really will) a new computer next month. I've worked on this for a while. I've decided on the ASUS Z87-WS LGA 1150 Intel Z87 MB mainly because "I think" it can SLI two cards x16 (4 x PCI Express 3.0*/2.0 x16 slots (single at x16, dual at x16 / x16), and I'm not going with the X79 system.

Now, is the above info that I copy/pasted duel at Express 3.0 or 2.0? I also like the card as it has the most updated Audio (Realtek ALC1150), I'm no audiophile so...

Money isn't a problem really, but... I will be buying the Intel Core i7-4770 Haswell, SLI'ing with GTX 780's, most likely the EVGA 03G-P4-3784-KR GeForce GTX 780 3GB w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card. Gaming, photo editing. I was thinking of ASUS Maximus but none of them have dual x16.

I may be interested in the GTX 780ti, but not sure. I'll work in the other computer parts soon.

Hopefully, I've asked correctly and said it correctly too. Any questions, let me know.

Thank you again.

NoviceNob :bounce: 

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November 20, 2013 1:05:35 AM

with the 1155/1150 motherboards to do two slots or more at 16x there a plx chip on the mb that adds more pci lanes. the issue it adds more delay to the pci bus and is another point that can fail on a gaming rig.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z87%20Extreme11ac/
and the 9c both have this chip to get two slots running at 16x.
right now there no video card that can max out the pci slot even if it at 8x in speed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQktTYoYHus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFMzRZqFh-w
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November 20, 2013 1:08:07 AM

Yes, this motherboard can run two cards at x16/x16 PCI-E 3.0.
However, there is no performance penalty when using cards in x8 at 3.0 version:
www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Ivy_Bridge_PCI-Expres...
This said, you can consider for example Asus ROG Maximus boards. They also use ALC1150 audio (in fact majority of Z87 boards does). Z87-WS is a really nice board, and ROG series won't have any performance advantage, except being cheaper.

If money is not the problem get two 780ti. Anyway, consider cards with stock coolers, that exhaust heat outside the case. With 780 SLI heat can become a problem inside your case.
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November 20, 2013 10:27:55 AM

Thank you both very much for your time and answers. You two convinced me to go with 2 x8 instead. Now to go back to the drawing board and figure out which MB to buy.

Thank you again.
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November 21, 2013 12:29:43 AM

smorizio said:
with the 1155/1150 motherboards to do two slots or more at 16x there a plx chip on the mb that adds more pci lanes. the issue it adds more delay to the pci bus and is another point that can fail on a gaming rig.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z87%20Extreme11ac/
and the 9c both have this chip to get two slots running at 16x.
right now there no video card that can max out the pci slot even if it at 8x in speed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQktTYoYHus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFMzRZqFh-w


Bejusek said:
Yes, this motherboard can run two cards at x16/x16 PCI-E 3.0.
However, there is no performance penalty when using cards in x8 at 3.0 version:
www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Ivy_Bridge_PCI-Expres...
This said, you can consider for example Asus ROG Maximus boards. They also use ALC1150 audio (in fact majority of Z87 boards does). Z87-WS is a really nice board, and ROG series won't have any performance advantage, except being cheaper.

If money is not the problem get two 780ti. Anyway, consider cards with stock coolers, that exhaust heat outside the case. With 780 SLI heat can become a problem inside your case.


Thank you again for your time. I think I decide on the ASUS Maximus VI Formula mother board.
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