EVGA X58 SLI FTW or keep GA-X58-UD5?

[zlojack]

I wonder when this board is going to appear.

I'm tempted to sell my Gigabyte and get that one if it appears soon. Since I'll be waiting to finish my build anyway...

What do you guys think?

A bird in the hand?

FTW?

[Dagger]

my 2 cents, bird in da hand!

[RedRaider]

FTW....FTW

[Kayin]

gigabyte for me, mine is freaking amazing...

[bigslappy]

that UD5 is is just iching to be used Soo is I say use it .. test bench it every one is almost at the same level right ..a few souls have gotten a lead but who to say u can't chase them & win .. post all that u do with MoBo step by step U got it soo no sense wasting time switching horses ATM

[Baleful]

Well, I don't have either board so I can't comment from experience, but If it were me I would go with the Gigabyte. Seeing as how this is Evga's first go at an Intel chipset, I personally wouldn't trust it. Gigabyte is tried and proven, just my .02.

[zlojack]

Ah, but I was talking about the yet-to-be-released X58 SLI FTW edition, which would have the hardware SLI NF200 chip on it. Should be out some time this month.

[RedRaider]

FTW is definitely in R3's future...:fact:

Vincent, we'll need some blocks for it...:D

I do love that sexyass Foxconn BloodRage though....:hmm:

[zlojack]

FTW is definitely in R3's future...:fact:

Vincent, we'll need some blocks for it...:D

I do love that sexyass Foxconn BloodRage though....:hmm:
The BloodRage is a damn fine looking board.

We'll see. If I really like my UD5, I'll pass on the FTW.

[RedRaider]

I've always read negative things about the Foxconn bios...:shrug:

[zlojack]

I've always read negative things about the Foxconn bios...:shrug:
They've apparently been doing good things lately with their enthusiast boards.

[Sniper]

Ah get an RIIE lol

[zlojack]

Ah get an RIIE lol

RIIE doesn't turn my crank.

The thing about the EVGA that attracts my attention is the layout, which would allow me to mount my fans internally (currently, the rear fans will be external on my case to leave room for the bottom card in tri-SLI)

The second thing that I like is the 3 full 16x PCIE lanes with the NF200 chip.

But of course, I know that really only makes a difference in synthetic benchmarks.

We'll see. I'm a stubborn SOB :o

[Sniper]

Yeah true but I got it now no sense gettin rid of it just cause something better comes along. It'll do what I want it to. I just thought of that once you mentioned it about the 3rd card fitting & I think I have enough room I'll just have to mount the 1st fitting on the inside with a direct 90 or 45 possibly.

[zlojack]

Yeah true but I got it now no sense gettin rid of it just cause something better comes along. It'll do what I want it to. I just thought of that once you mentioned it about the 3rd card fitting & I think I have enough room I'll just have to mount the 1st fitting on the inside with a direct 90 or 45 possibly.


My concern with my board is that the fans won't have enough clearance, which is why I'll probably mount them internally.

I'm also going to do some creative thinking with regards to that bottom fitting.

[bigslappy]

are u from North Canucksan OR the south ? my wides from the South & says all the guys in the North have the shorties !:D

[Septim]

cases should have 10pci slots at the back...

[zlojack]

are u from North Canucksan OR the south ? my wides from the South & says all the guys in the North have the shorties !:D

South Canuckistan.

[Xilikon]

South Canuckistan.

Same here, french south Canuckistan :2pts:

[Sniper]

Eastern Canuckistan here Woot!

[Ricey]

I hear that you guys have oil and natural gas.

[Fitseries3]

i say you keep the GB. the evga board has alot of issues with memory dissapeering. they are trying to fix it but it seems to be pretty apparent.

say you have 3x2gb sticks in the board.

you can run up to 1.65v and it will run fine. anything over than will make 2gb dissapear.

sounds dumb i know. check on evga forums.

i know its just a bug that they need to iron out but the GB board is SOLID as a rock. i personally dont like the bios they use but it can OC VERY well with ease.

thats my standpoint.

[Chicken Patty]

i say you keep the GB. the evga board has alot of issues with memory dissapeering. they are trying to fix it but it seems to be pretty apparent.

say you have 3x2gb sticks in the board.

you can run up to 1.65v and it will run fine. anything over than will make 2gb dissapear.

sounds dumb i know. check on evga forums.

i know its just a bug that they need to iron out but the GB board is SOLID as a rock. i personally dont like the bios they use but it can OC VERY well with ease.

thats my standpoint.


THank god for now I only bought 2 gigs of RAM to get the RIG running and dont have this issue. But hopefully they get it figured out soon.

However I think the GB board is awesome and dont think its worth at all to waste the money and switch over.

[zlojack]

Yeah, I'm going to stick with the Gigabyte until something else comes along that really blows me away.

[Chicken Patty]

Yeah, I'm going to stick with the Gigabyte until something else comes along that really blows me away.

good choice! :)

[zlojack]

Ahhhh FUCK

Everything was moving along fine and this morning I get up and find the fucking thing rebooted (this always happens at night). These are on tested and confirmed settings with Prime95 that has been running for days crunching as well.

It corrupted the bios and now it's reverted to F2 bios again.

Last time I went through this bios-flashing routine it corrupted my RAID array. :(

[RedRaider]

Ahhhh FUCK

Everything was moving along fine and this morning I get up and find the fucking thing rebooted (this always happens at night). These are on tested and confirmed settings with Prime95 that has been running for days crunching as well.

It corrupted the bios and now it's reverted to F2 bios again.

Last time I went through this bios-flashing routine it corrupted my RAID array. :(

Typical for a cheap ass, ugly as FUCK, GigaPokemon MB...:puke1:

[Septim]

that is whacked...
i would RMA and replace it now...

[zlojack]

Typical for a cheap ass, ugly as FUCK, GigaPokemon MB...:puke1:
This board has been a bit of a voyage, so far.

I'm waiting on one last package of cable-sleeving materials and I should be able to finish my build!

Then we'll see what it can do on water.

[Kayin]

RMA that.

Red, I'll kick your ass with a Gigapokemon board.

[RedRaider]

RMA that.

Red, I'll kick your ass with a Gigapokemon board.

FUCK YOU.... Better catch them all....:rofl:

[zlojack]

that is whacked...
i would RMA and replace it now...

RMA that.

Red, I'll kick your ass with a Gigapokemon board.
RMA is a huge pain in the ass.

I'm not going to wait and send this fucker back to Gigabyte and it's outside of the RMA period with the store. I'll just put it up for sale and let someone else wrestle with it who has more patience.

I'm still going to give it another shot and see what happens.

[RedRaider]

Lesson to be learned here....

Gigabyte = Gigagarbage

[Chicken Patty]

perhaps you should start to consider this board, heard some decent things about it already:

http://www.dfi.com/portal/CM/cmproduct/XX_cmproddetail/XX_WbProdsWindow?itemId=561&downloadFlag=false&action=e&windowstate=normal&mode=view

[RedRaider]

DFI, come on.

I wouldn't buy that either...:down:

[Chicken Patty]

DFI, come on.

I wouldn't buy that either...:down:

looks good at least:)


What x58 board would you recommend?

[RedRaider]

looks good at least:)


What x58 board would you recommend?

Contrary to all the nay-sayers, I like eVGA.:)

This time around, I'm seriously considering the FoxConn "BloodRage".

Again, these are my opinions, whatever fancies you, go for it.

But, IMO, GigaPoke MB's look like :turd:...

[Chicken Patty]

Contrary to all the nay-sayers, I like eVGA.:)

This time around, I'm seriously considering the FoxConn "BloodRage".

Again, these are my opinions, whatever fancies you, go for it.

But, IMO, GigaPoke MB's look like :turd:...

Well i'd have to say i'm very pleased with my EVGA, i have not came across a single bug yet that I know off and the board is very solid. I would personally recommend it to anybody :)

BIOS is not bad neither, which that is always a plus.

[zlojack]

Let's see how it does, then I'll sell whichever one I like the least.

[utnorris]

Got the EVGA board. Support is awesome, plus the bios is done by Shamino, so you know it is done right. If you are getting a new board, get this one or the Bloodrage, both should be smoking boards.

[Chicken Patty]

Got the EVGA board. Support is awesome, plus the bios is done by Shamino, so you know it is done right. If you are getting a new board, get this one or the Bloodrage, both should be smoking boards.

I'll bouch for the EVGA, great on me so far, excellent board and recommended to anyone! :D

[ND40oz]

Is there any info on the FTW version, like if it's going to have 1 or 2 NF200 chips?

[Langer]

I just had to step in and say... lol @ Gigapokemon.

[zlojack]

So I've sold the Gigabyte after all. The EVGA bios is much simpler. I hope it clocks as well as the Giga after all this. The EVGA layout is much better for my project, so I hope the board performs. I am going to probably get the Bitspower blocks for this board, as the vreg gets very hot when overclocked.

[utnorris]

Wait before you buy those. I know of some new ones that will be out soon. :D

[zlojack]

Too late...the BP ones are on the way.

[Baleful]

Keep us updated on this board, I won't be pulling the trigger on my i7 stuff till Spring time, plenty of time for you guys to work out the bugs

[zlojack]

So far on the EVGA I'm running 191x21 for 4GHz. I seem to have hit a bclk wall there as even 192 give me a BSOD.

I'm going to try a different bios and also some further tweaks I've seen on the EVGA forums. Still, a 4GHz 8-thread quad is pretty sweet! :D

[utnorris]

Sweet and Hardocp.com did a review between the x58 with the NF200 chip and without in 3 way SLI and there is little to no difference.

[RedRaider]

Wait before you buy those. I know of some new ones that will be out soon. :D

The price of Bei_Fei blocks is exorbinate, considering they do not have countersunk screws and acetal tops.

For about the same price, BitsPower's blocks are solid Nickel-Plated Copper and far superior in looks and quality.

If you are going to make HomeBrew blocks, then they really need to fit a niche. The ASUS P6T single MOSFET is a niche. It's really the only way to compete if you plan on making a business of it.

[zlojack]

I've got the BPs on the way :D

I'm excited.

[utnorris]

The price of Bei_Fei blocks is exorbinate, considering they do not have countersunk screws and acetal tops.

For about the same price, BitsPower's blocks are solid Nickel-Plated Copper and far superior in looks and quality.

If you are going to make HomeBrew blocks, then they really need to fit a niche. The ASUS P6T single MOSFET is a niche. It's really the only way to compete if you plan on making a business of it.

You should wait and see them before you judge them. I have and they will look sweet. They should be out next week and since I have the board already I can post some pics and you can judge for yourself. And as far as price goes, well that's up to him and he isn't having any problem selling them.

[Sniper]

Sweet and Hardocp.com did a review between the x58 with the NF200 chip and without in 3 way SLI and there is little to no difference.

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTYwNiwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

[Boyu]

new EVGA X58
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/5286/x5820classifiedcs1.jpg

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/2752/285x5820classifedme3.jpg

[zlojack]

new EVGA X58

http://www.realredraider.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=1919 :fact:

:D

[Chicken Patty]

new EVGA X58
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/5286/x5820classifiedcs1.jpg

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/2752/285x5820classifedme3.jpg


man that looks pretty sick, any idea on release date?
Wait before you buy those. I know of some new ones that will be out soon. :D

Are you talking about ones from that dude over at XS?

[RedRaider]

yes, he is talking about the Bei_Fei blocks...

[Chicken Patty]

yes, he is talking about the Bei_Fei blocks...

thanks I figured. They look very good too!

What do you think? BP, or BF hehehe

[just a noob]

if you ask me, that board looks like sex, too bad i'm going to lga 775 route, maybe quad crossfire is in my future though :D

[Baleful]

thanks I figured. They look very good too!

What do you think? BP, or BF hehehe


IMO BP. The construction of the BP's are rock solid, nickle plated copper all the way.

The machining of the BF blocks look horrible to me and the screws on that thing aren't very soothing to the eyes, but again, this is just my opinion.

[Kayin]

I should design a block for that thing. I'm sure it would beat Bei's...

[Chicken Patty]

IMO BP. The construction of the BP's are rock solid, nickle plated copper all the way.

The machining of the BF blocks look horrible to me and the screws on that thing aren't very soothing to the eyes, but again, this is just my opinion.

Thanks for your input, I will most likely go with the BP anyways. I agree, they do look solid, those blocks are a piece of art man.

I should design a block for that thing. I'm sure it would beat Bei's...

Bring it on, I can test them out for ya :D

[utnorris]

You may be surprised by the design when they come out. But either way, it's your money, go with what you like the best. I have seen the blocks and to me they are designed better for better flow and easier to route tubing and will look better than BP's. Just my opinion.

[Kayin]

If Bei's block is the same design NaeKuh showed me, the BP will eat its lunch. It's basically two MCW30s with some delrin. Wetted plate designs work, but just barely so.

[Xilikon]

You may be surprised by the design when they come out. But either way, it's your money, go with what you like the best. I have seen the blocks and to me they are designed better for better flow and easier to route tubing and will look better than BP's. Just my opinion.

Look better ? For me, it's true if they actually bother to make the delrin finished. All I see is just some raw delrin surface. BP blocks looks finished professionally compared to BeiFei's without talking about the price.

[Sniper]

If Bei's block is the same design NaeKuh showed me, the BP will eat its lunch. It's basically two MCW30s with some delrin. Wetted plate designs work, but just barely so.

Exactly! If it isn't better than Swiftech wet crappy blocks then why bother lol.