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Oshimoto

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Hello,

I have been thinking about getting a new motherboard recently, my current one just isn't all that great. I would like one that can take the newest FX chips and can hold 64 GB (Edit: 32 GB would do just fine, I just had my bar set really high) of RAM.

I have narrowed it down to these two:
ASRock 990FX Extreme9
ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer

I was just wondering what peoples opinions were on these boards and if there were any other board that you know of that fit my specifications.

Thank you for any help!
 
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Why 64g gig, its beyond overkill. for starters you haven't really given any details to why you need these boards, and don't forget most ram are bundled and the costs will be 500$-700$ just for all ddr3, pointless and unessessary. 128 gig on xeon cpu's insanity.

Put it into the gpu and other things. i have 16 gig rig, and have not even touched `16 gig yet, and i work on opengl rendering pipeline in my matrix code, and yes it would consume a sh___ load of resource given all the assets.

But to answer your question, target a board of lower needs. but its very hard to say no to the amd cpu given the cost.
If you were asking about intel, then 32 vs 64 would just be even worse. as the price is over inflatted. both those boards are great...
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Why 64g gig, its beyond overkill. for starters you haven't really given any details to why you need these boards, and don't forget most ram are bundled and the costs will be 500$-700$ just for all ddr3, pointless and unessessary. 128 gig on xeon cpu's insanity.

Put it into the gpu and other things. i have 16 gig rig, and have not even touched `16 gig yet, and i work on opengl rendering pipeline in my matrix code, and yes it would consume a sh___ load of resource given all the assets.

But to answer your question, target a board of lower needs. but its very hard to say no to the amd cpu given the cost.
If you were asking about intel, then 32 vs 64 would just be even worse. as the price is over inflatted. both those boards are great, especially for the price. my asus gen4 extreme, with crazy build features i don't really need makes the board 5 times more expensive then those listed above.

Both boards are fine, the question is? your building it and once you decide you'll not regret it.
 
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True, it is beyond overkill, for now. I want a Mobo that'll last me a long while and I figure go as high as possible. TBH I haven't even reached the max of 32 GB on my current mobo so yeah. Maybe I didn't really think that through all that well... lol. anyway I still like the idea of being able to have 64 GB. 32 Gb would be fine. All I really want is a motherboard that will last me a long while and I can do some overclocking with it.

I currently have 24 Gb of ram, I really don't think I have ever went past 12 GB so my reasons are really, just because I like the idea... lol, stupid I know.

Edit: I didn't see the rest of your post until now. AMD CPU's are hard to say no to, I currently have a FX-6350 that I have been pleased with but with me needing a new mobo I figure I might as well get the capability to have something like the FX-9590.

I never understood why Intel products are so drastically increased in cost, other than the fact the CPU's are usually better.



Lol, but all of those features are what makes the motherboard appealing and fun, so they can charge you extra for it.

It's good to know that these boards are good, I just wanted to be sure and see if there were any other boards that are worth a mention, other than that you have answered my question.
 
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Drr4 coming out this year, that's 16 gig per a dim. now you try explainning that to a person running a 64 gig system. it's insanity, ddr4 is so unstable that you couldn't even run them overclocked. it's early days, but its crazy.

I have a dx79sr intel board, that has 64 gig, that boxed brand new, i cannot even sell it on ebay, because people know 64 gig is insane. who the hell uses it. baffles me. (don't get me started on the xeon enthusiasts, with their sr2 motherboards and 128 gig ram)

Well having 32 gig makes your system slightly, and highly succeptible to dims shortining out. 64 gig, all ddr3 would need to run at 1300 default speed, and your gpu would just indulge in 60 gig of shared memory. hell your operating sytem will ask? when is windows 12 coming out, i have soo much ram.

3d max will ask? is this person serious, ive never had users seriously use my 64 gig to the fullest.
Audio studios like: fruityloops will scream insanity. why so much ram for 10mb mp3 file.

Insanity.

Assessing 64gig ram that dies is pain in arse. especially when you need to run memtest.

It's ironic given, intel cpu anhilate amd cpu.

As i mentioned before to other readers, intel has 6 cores, 2 soldered of making it 8 cores with the added hyperthreading turns it into 12 core.
Amd apu is true 8 core, but the timing in each core are slow as shit.

Now amd gpu that run on open cl anhilate all nvidea gpus, and intel cpus. its insainty. thats why the litecoin community love them for mining, the calculations on the 7970 is insane. its like 10 years into the future of anything based on open cl.
 
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DDR 4 is here!? When did that happen and how did I miss it! lol, well in that case I might as well wait until they perfect it and then get a mobo that'll run that, in the mean time, 32 Gb is more than enough. 16 GB really! wow, that is a lot! It'll all be perfected given enough time, then DDR 4 will become common place.

I suppose it's true, no one needs 64 GB, it is just way too much, there is no need. I do wonder what those people with those crazy setups do, maybe mine for bitcoins or something along those lines? but I heard that GPU's are better for that lol idk.

Really? having even 32 GB makes the system unstable? I didn't know that. I think it might have to run closer to 800 mhz for 64 GB since my 24 GB is already throttled down by the board. Well, Win 7 Pro is able to deal with 64 GB, up to 192, but i get your point, it wouldn't know what to do with it.

lol, if you are already using 3d max and you aren't even using up your 16 GB you could probably create a full blow world with it and it would be fine. Or it would just crash cause it couldn't handle it in the first place.

Ooh, that would be a pain if one died, it would take ages to figure out which needs to go.

Lol, I think you have convinced me that 64 GB is just not needed, ever... lol.

thanks for the help. now to set my bar a little lower and see what I can find, maybe I won't have to spend as much cash on it then.

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I wish I could afford a Intel CPU, they run so much better than AMD, but hey, AMD has yet to fail me and I get what I can afford.

So intel is 12 Core in reality?! wow, no wonder they are so reliable...
I wish AMD focused more on increasing their cores capabilities, because they could do so much more, but on the other hand, that's why the prices are the way they are.

Really! Amd beats Nvidia? I thought it was the other way around... I actually have a 7950, I thought I would have to upgrade to a Nvidia sometime... lol,
 
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