Need help picking a motherboard

helmut4lyfe · Nov 20, 2013

Slowly been building my new rig as parts begin to go on sale for black friday. Currently I have

i7-4770k
gtx 770 (x2) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130919
256 gb SSD
16 gb 2400 ram (8x2)
750w gold PSU

My question is, would it be beneficial to get a motherboard that can run dual 16x16 pcie 3.0 slots, or would I see the same performance by running 8x8 pcie 3.0 slots?

I will be overclocking the 4770, ocing the RAM after I learn how to.. Just not sure what the fps will be like dual 8x8 vs dual 16x16

Supahos · Nov 20, 2013

you have to get a X79 motherboard and Socket2011 processor in order to have 16x16, Nothing really fills up all the lanes for a 2 gpu rig there is no need for a X79 setup.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132038

Widely reguarded as best board

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131989

Very very nice board that will save a few bucks....

I would go for an 850W PS for an OCed processor and dual 770s. Not absolutely required but worst case get the Hero board and use the savings to upgrade the PS. Would hate to have a PS be the undoing of a monster build.

Xondat · Nov 20, 2013

I think the Asus Z87-PRO would be a good choice; plenty of supported RAM speeds (maximum 32GB for the future), supports the SLI and matches the quality of all the other products. It is a Z87 chipset which means overclocking for the CPU is supported too.
http://www.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z87pro

The answer to your question would be that there is a maximum of 5% difference in performance between PCI-E 2.0 and 3.0. It wouldn't be noticeable without a FPS counter or by running a few tests such as 3DMARK or others.

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