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I'm an enthusiast overclocked/gamer and I just received a 3930k for free and now I need a good motherboard so that I can overclock and game with my " new " cpu. I have a 800D case so the msi xpower doesn't fit, but my alternatives are : Asus rampage iv black edition Asus rampage iv extreme Asus X79 Delux ( black and gold aka the refurbish board of the asus p9x79 deluxe ) EVGA x79 Dark So which board is the best choose plz leave a comment and let me know what you guys think
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/09/29 14:13:47
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I haven't personally used any of the boards you mention other than the Dark so I can't/won't offer an opinion. That said, the Dark has been a solid board for me for just over a year now (since released). Especially since BIOS revision 2.10 was released.
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/09/30 14:17:05
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I have all of them except the ASUS Black Edition. In my opinion the EVGA Dark has the most accurate VCore voltage reading that I can see. However, the ASUS RIVE has more OC options that you can dream of. If you are into extreme OC, squeezing every last bit of performance, tweaking the voltage until it can't go anymore, then the RIVE is for you. Otherwise, I like the EVGA Dark more. The X79 Deluxe is good board, rock solid so far, but nothing exciting there.
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/09/30 19:53:00
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Get the RIVBE , its the best on the market. Its a pain with EVGA RMA in Taiwan. I have heard Asus , gigabyte offer better support . So you should change your choice.
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/10/01 22:02:23
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Hello everone and thank you for your inputs and thoughts. I decided to pick up a nice secondhand EVGA x79 DARK along with nateman_doo s awesome looking waterblocks. I promise to upload some pics and some scores when the build is done along with a personal review of the DARK and nate's water blocks!
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/10/02 04:16:48
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Duke4 Hello everone and thank you for your inputs and thoughts. I decided to pick up a nice secondhand EVGA x79 DARK along with nateman_doo s awesome looking waterblocks.
I promise to upload some pics and some scores when the build is done along with a personal review of the DARK and nate's water blocks!
Looking forward to this!
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/10/03 12:35:53
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Duke4 Hello everone and thank you for your inputs and thoughts. I decided to pick up a nice secondhand EVGA x79 DARK along with nateman_doo s awesome looking waterblocks.
I promise to upload some pics and some scores when the build is done along with a personal review of the DARK and nate's water blocks!
Enjoy your new setup. Can't wait to see some pics...
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/10/04 14:27:28
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Thanks for the feedback guys, unfortunately I can't enjoy this system fully until I can afford my new case ( caselabs magnum SMA8 ) and some acrylic tubing plus water blocks for my classifieds so I can enjoy the oc capability their hosting.. And some other stuff to make it work and look perfect, But I will most certainly smack everything together in my 800D and enjoy it as much as I can until I can afford all that
post edited by Duke4 - 2014/10/04 14:41:21
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/10/04 17:54:48
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BTW did a last test on my 3770k and this is 100 % rock solid oc on water :
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/10/16 22:33:58
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Alright folks everything is done and done! Pc is up and running and it's working flawlessly! I will do a sort of pros and cons, thoughts and conclusions list about the DARK and also some benchmarks later on today but lets start with my personal user experience with the DARK board. First of you get a ton of things with and thats always nice since you never know what you will need or how many and so on only problem was i didn't get a flexible sli bridge so i couldn't sli my GTX 780s so I had to pick up one from a friend.. Don't know if it should come with one or if the person i bought it from forgot to include it but that was a small problem but with a negotiable outcome. So my first out of the box thought was do** it looks good and it feels like it was pure hitec stuff with it heaviness and the extra thick pcb. But there was two problems to start of with, One pin to the evga gauge was a little bent but i gently bend it back and the onboard reset button was stuck in its upper position and i just had to push it first thing i did when i took it out of the box so I stuck it in its lower position and had do gently lift it up with a needle.. lost a some color on it but nothing serious you can't really see it so its all good since it's a used board I can't ask for more that I got cuz it works like new looks like new so all that is nothing to me actually but here is some problems i ran into which i'm not cool with : First pci lane is to far up so if there were clips on the lower part of the dimm slots they would interfere with the slot just like is does on the X99 classified but my board doesn't have does clips so no sweat. How ever when i was to install the aluminum cover for the usb hubs and lan hubs on the board i ran in to the same issue the pci lane is to far up or someone didn't properly measure the spacing between the aluminum brackets lower seating point and the pci slot since i could for the love of god fit my GTX 780 classified with backplate in that slot while the aluminum bracket was installed so i had to uninstall it and bend the lower part of it inwards/upwards 0.03mm to make it fit just so much for it came out of line for the lower seating point and that's not cool, You shouldn't have to do such a getto mod on a €339 motherboard so that is a miss by EVGA.. I mean I should be able to fit evga parts with evga parts right? And i could not use the chipset block from nateman doo since i did not have enough fittings of the right kinde so thats a shame.. But i do however use the vrm block and it does it's job belive me ( never seen the vrm temp go above 36 degrees celcious ). I did not have enough fittings to make it perfect between the cpu block and the vrm block either but it looks good enought for now! When it comes to computing I have nothing to say then it's a tank! I use the 2.10 bios and its rocksolid no problems at all so far and the cpu is performing like a god i mean it handles 2400 mhz ram on 1.1v vsa/vcaa and uses 1.164 ( + - 10 mV ) core volt at stock speed. I don't really know what else to say here I havent ben using it for more than a day so I guess I'll post back in a week or so and tell you guys more what i thing of it. I will post some pics and scores later on today ( I think ). P.s Good job EVGA it's a good board but there is some thing you could make better in the future on the X series board but all in all it's a masterpiece so far! PPs Sorry for bad grammar and spelling
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/10/16 23:36:52
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Cinebench 11.5 stock cpu 2400 mhz ram. 3DM11 stock cpu 2400 mhz ram 1x stock GTX 780 classfied.
post edited by Duke4 - 2014/10/16 23:43:17
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/10/17 07:54:24
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Duke4 Cinebench 11.5 stock cpu 2400 mhz ram. 3DM11 stock cpu 2400 mhz ram 1x stock GTX 780 classfied.
Looking good Duke4...
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/10/17 10:11:24
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3Dm11 : CPu stock 3.8 GHz boost ( 1.164 vcore, 1.3v PLL, 1.1 vtt and 1.1 vsa ) 2400 mhz 16 gb Kingston HyperX Beast ( 1.65v ) 2x Stock GTX 780 classified
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/10/19 02:44:52
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3Dm11 : CPu 4,6 GHz boost ( 1.331 vcore, 1.425v PLL, 1.1 vtt and 1.1 vsa ) 2400 mhz 16 gb Kingston HyperX Beast ( 1.65v ) 2x GTX 780 classified ( 1163/6610 MHz )
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/10/19 02:50:00
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FIRE STRIKE: CPu 4,6 GHz boost ( 1.331 vcore, 1.425v PLL, 1.1 vtt and 1.1 vsa ) 2400 mhz 16 gb Kingston HyperX Beast ( 1.65v ) 2x GTX 780 classified ( 1163/6610 MHz ) http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3016652
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/10/22 18:39:39
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Im late, but i LOVE my p9x79 pro from Asus, and it looks sweet.
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/10/23 07:30:28
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Duke4 3Dm11 : CPu 4,6 GHz boost ( 1.331 vcore, 1.425v PLL, 1.1 vtt and 1.1 vsa ) 2400 mhz 16 gb Kingston HyperX Beast ( 1.65v ) 2x GTX 780 classified ( 1163/6610 MHz )
Is that Vcore setting with or without Vdroop? Curious here. If with Vdroop, those are all some decent voltages.
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/10/23 10:58:20
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Duke4 3Dm11 : CPu 4,6 GHz boost ( 1.331 vcore, 1.425v PLL, 1.1 vtt and 1.1 vsa ) 2400 mhz 16 gb Kingston HyperX Beast ( 1.65v ) 2x GTX 780 classified ( 1163/6610 MHz )
Is that Vcore setting with or without Vdroop? Curious here. If with Vdroop, those are all some decent voltages.
With vdroop set to inte specs!
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/10/23 10:59:10
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I ended up with the settings I was using on the 980x : Ratio: x32 Bclk: 130 Bclk ratio: 1.25 Ram speed: 1867 ( 2427 mhz ) Volts: Vcore: 1.180 ( in bios ) actual voltage is : 1.190 - 1.204v Vtt: 1.1v PLL: 1.425 VSA: 1.1 Dram: 1.65 Vdroop: Intel spec OCP: Disabled PWM : 480 KHz ( stock 400 KHz ) Speed outcome: CPU : 4.16 GHz RAM : 2427 MHz QPI : 5.19 GHz Northbridge : 4.152 GHz PCI express : 104 MHz And so far it's 100 % stable and the computer works like a tank! No need for more speed atm! Cinebench 11.5 score : 12.10p Idle temps : 32 - 38 degree celsius Load temps : 45 - 49 degree celsius
post edited by Duke4 - 2014/10/23 11:01:56
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/10/24 06:46:55
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Duke4
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Duke4 3Dm11 : CPu 4,6 GHz boost ( 1.331 vcore, 1.425v PLL, 1.1 vtt and 1.1 vsa ) 2400 mhz 16 gb Kingston HyperX Beast ( 1.65v ) 2x GTX 780 classified ( 1163/6610 MHz )
Is that Vcore setting with or without Vdroop? Curious here. If with Vdroop, those are all some decent voltages.
With vdroop set to inte specs!
Nice...
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/11/01 18:22:28
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OC update :
Ratio: x44 Bclk: 100 Bclk ratio: 1.00 Ram speed: 2400
Volts: Offset: +0 Vcore: Auto ( 0.816 - 1.338v ) Vtt: 1.094v PLL: 1.425v VSA: 1.1v Dram: 1.65v Vdroop: Intel spec OCP: Auto PWM : 480 KHz ( stock 400 KHz )
Speed outcome:
CPU : 4.4 GHz RAM : 2400 MHz QPI : 3.2 GHz Northbridge : ? PCI express : 100 MHz
100 % stable!
Cinebench 11.5 score : 13.20p
Idle temps : 29 - 34 degree celsius Load temps : 40 - 53 degree celsius
No pics at this time since I'm not 100 % satisfied with the build..
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/11/02 22:45:22
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The Dark is a nice board.. it made up for some of the failings of the other X79 boards lol. I also have an ASUS RIVF (now on my wife's rig) but I prefer the EVGA Dark. You're getting some nice results there Duke. I should probably up my ram, but it's so damn expensive these days!
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/11/05 23:13:54
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Nereus The Dark is a nice board.. it made up for some of the failings of the other X79 boards lol. I also have an ASUS RIVF (now on my wife's rig) but I prefer the EVGA Dark. You're getting some nice results there Duke. I should probably up my ram, but it's so damn expensive these days!
Thank you, And I agree the DARK is a nice board but the bios is a bit bugg or was buggy, The 2.13 seems to be stable for me! (Y) 3DM13 Fire Strike : http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4620461 3930k is now at 4.5 GHz at stock volt!
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/11/08 04:55:33
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Latest and highest 3DM13 Fire Strike : http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4632200 Ratio: x46 Bclk: 100 Bclk ratio: 1.00 Ram speed: 2400 Volts: Offset: +46 Vcore: ( 0.816 - 1.38v ) Vtt: 1.094v PLL: 1.425v VSA: 1.1v Dram: 1.65v Vdroop: Intel spec OCP: 131 % PWM : ( stock 400 KHz ) Speed outcome: CPU : 4.6 GHz RAM : 2400 MHz QPI : 3.2 GHz Northbridge : ? PCI express : 100 MHz 100 % stable! I think... Cinebench 11.5 score : 13.40p Idle temps : 29 - 36 degree celsius Load temps : 40 - 63 degree celsius And I will upload some pics tomorrow or so since I won't rebuild it until next year so I figure that some of you would like to see some pics since I promised
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/11/08 05:52:42
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Nice scores mate !!! Run Prime95 to make sure its 100% stable or it would throw balls at some point .
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/11/08 07:11:58
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Nice to hear!!!! Want to see more coming from you
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Re: x79 mobo choice for a 3930k
2014/11/08 10:13:16
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I see you're inching up there Duke... Good job!
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