Which LGA 2011 x79 motherboard to use (ATX or smaller form) with i7 4930K CPU?
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I am doing my first PC build to be used to edit photos and videos with Photoshop. I am capable of reading instructions and using "Youtube" videos, so I decided to attempt this myself - but I'm not a techie by any means. All of my research has convinced me to use the i7 4930K cpu. I am using a Rosewill R5 mid tower, ATX form case & trying to keep my build under $2k which leaves me with about $400 to use for my motherboard.
I have purchased several Asus products over the years, my most recent being a laptop. And I have recommended the brand to several.
This said, I was planning on ordering either the ASRock x79 extreme9 or the Asus Sabertooth x79 Mobo for my build, until I started reading reviews from various websites. My biggest fear is both the BIOS setup and POST issues that seem to be an Asus / i7 4930k issue.
So I decided to research other Asus X79 boards as well as brands from MSI, Gigabyte and Intel. It seems that everyone except MSI has a lot of BIOs and DOA issues. Unfortunately, the MSI board does not have any eSata ports and for what I need to install, no slots left to plug an internal card into.
Additionally, I have noticed that many of the X79 boards are "out of stock" and not being reordered by suppliers. What is up with this? Is everyone giving up on the LGA 2011 already?
As I stated, I will be using i7 4930K with an Asus GTX660-DC20-2GD5 video card for heavy photo editing and some video editing. I don't plan on using either the Overclocking or the SLI functions, but like that they are available. I plan to start with 16G of RAM in a 4X4 configuration. Need an eSata port. Which of the many X79 boards (and memory brand) would you order? My absolute price limit is $450....that is unless there is something out there that has a much better success rate that would be worth paying for....
My pcpartpicker (so far) is http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Dt9TZL
Thank you - JP
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I am doing my first PC build to be used to edit photos and videos with Photoshop. I am capable of reading instructions and using "Youtube" videos, so I decided to attempt this myself - but I'm not a techie by any means. All of my research has convinced me to use the i7 4930K cpu. I am using a Rosewill R5 mid tower, ATX form case & trying to keep my build under $2k which leaves me with about $400 to use for my motherboard.
I have purchased several Asus products over the years, my most recent being a laptop. And I have recommended the brand to several.
This said, I was planning on ordering either the ASRock x79 extreme9 or the Asus Sabertooth x79 Mobo for my build, until I started reading reviews from various websites. My biggest fear is both the BIOS setup and POST issues that seem to be an Asus / i7 4930k issue.
So I decided to research other Asus X79 boards as well as brands from MSI, Gigabyte and Intel. It seems that everyone except MSI has a lot of BIOs and DOA issues. Unfortunately, the MSI board does not have any eSata ports and for what I need to install, no slots left to plug an internal card into.
Additionally, I have noticed that many of the X79 boards are "out of stock" and not being reordered by suppliers. What is up with this? Is everyone giving up on the LGA 2011 already?
As I stated, I will be using i7 4930K with an Asus GTX660-DC20-2GD5 video card for heavy photo editing and some video editing. I don't plan on using either the Overclocking or the SLI functions, but like that they are available. I plan to start with 16G of RAM in a 4X4 configuration. Need an eSata port. Which of the many X79 boards (and memory brand) would you order? My absolute price limit is $450....that is unless there is something out there that has a much better success rate that would be worth paying for....
My pcpartpicker (so far) is http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Dt9TZL
Thank you - JP
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