My question involves which of these mobo's to pick for my extreme gaming build
I'm buying one EVGA GTX 590 to go with it, and in a few months I'll be putting one more in the PC for QUAD SLI.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=Z68%20Extreme7%20Gen3
ASROCK Extreme 7 Gen 3
This mobo is really sexy and has a lot of things I like. I've read that for a single or two card SLI it is a great pick. The downside being it only has 1 PCI 3.0 x 16 slot. It is future proofed for 3.0 GPU's and Ivy Bridge when it comes out.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=Fatal1ty%20Z68%20Professional%20Gen3
ASROCK Fatality Pro Gen 3
This mobo is ironically cheaper and seems to be the better choice for future proofing. It has two PCI 3.0 slots for future GPU's and supports QUAD SLI as well. Same thing goes for this one when it comes to the Ivy Bridge CPU.
Both of these boards from what I've read will let you put the new Intel chip on it and upcoming GPU 3.0 products.
I'm going for three monitor setup, and the 590 is more than fine to run them thanks to the DVI ports.
Is the Fatality the best choice? I know the Extreme 7 has that NF200 chip, but really - who the hell wants to run VGA monitors?
Other suggestions I'd be welcome to hearing. However with MSI's criticism of Gigabyte's lack of PCI 3.0 support I'm not so keen on picking one of their mobos. I also don't like ASUS, I find that their support is total garbage. Spend a year in RMA hell with ASUS. I know ASROCK is owned by them, but I'm willing to give these new guys my money for a stellar product.
Whatcha guys think?
I'm buying one EVGA GTX 590 to go with it, and in a few months I'll be putting one more in the PC for QUAD SLI.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=Z68%20Extreme7%20Gen3
ASROCK Extreme 7 Gen 3
This mobo is really sexy and has a lot of things I like. I've read that for a single or two card SLI it is a great pick. The downside being it only has 1 PCI 3.0 x 16 slot. It is future proofed for 3.0 GPU's and Ivy Bridge when it comes out.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=Fatal1ty%20Z68%20Professional%20Gen3
ASROCK Fatality Pro Gen 3
This mobo is ironically cheaper and seems to be the better choice for future proofing. It has two PCI 3.0 slots for future GPU's and supports QUAD SLI as well. Same thing goes for this one when it comes to the Ivy Bridge CPU.
Both of these boards from what I've read will let you put the new Intel chip on it and upcoming GPU 3.0 products.
I'm going for three monitor setup, and the 590 is more than fine to run them thanks to the DVI ports.
Is the Fatality the best choice? I know the Extreme 7 has that NF200 chip, but really - who the hell wants to run VGA monitors?
Other suggestions I'd be welcome to hearing. However with MSI's criticism of Gigabyte's lack of PCI 3.0 support I'm not so keen on picking one of their mobos. I also don't like ASUS, I find that their support is total garbage. Spend a year in RMA hell with ASUS. I know ASROCK is owned by them, but I'm willing to give these new guys my money for a stellar product.
Whatcha guys think?