But it can make a good or great chip worse!. LOL
I had the rampage extreme (3) of them and they were all pretty much junk. I was waiting on my 4th replacement and decided to just grab a sabertooth till the next batch of boards came in. And low and behold 5.2 ghz with out even trying while i was struggling for 4.8 ghz on 3 different boards. (4930k) This was a few months back so I sold everything and just ran my 3770k....
 
So now i wonder if i'm getting a good board or a good chip or neither.....

OK Guys, I Have Made up My Mind on What to Buy, And This is the ONLY Way I Will Know For Sure WHAT Will Work the Best For Me by using the "Trial and Error" Method!
 
Here is What I have Just Purchased From Newegg in an All Out "Testing" Effort to Decide What New Components My New Overclocking/Benching Rig will use along with My Existing Three EVGA 780 Classifieds as a "Starting Point"!
 
BTW: ALL Testing will be done on AIR COOLING ONLY (CPU/GPU/MB) to make the "Playing Field" Even!
 
LET THE GAMES BEGIN!...................
 

 

 

 

RIVE BE has a Core3D audio chip, which is a step up from ours unfortunately, however it was designed later.  But for a pure benching rig I do not see where this would make any difference.  My vote between the 2 would be the Dark for benching.  The only other board I can really see competing here would be the AE11, and a lot of its features would be largely wasted on a bench only board, however 4 slots at 16x due to 2 PLX chips may squeak a few more points out, however, most I have heard didn't get quite the overclock on the CPU, so overall scoring may be a push.

Very nice hallowen!!!! That will be very interesting to see the results of. What cooler are you going with?

@ John, I had the same experience with my sabertooth coming from an x79 classified, clocked much better and much more stably.

This will be interesting
 
 

Halo_003
Very nice hallowen!!!! That will be very interesting to see the results of. What cooler are you going with?

I will be using a Prolimatech Megahalem with One 120mm Fan.

tbturner47
This will be interesting
 

It's the Only Way I'll ever Know which Works the Best!

Yep, looks good.

 A quick preview of Dark/cpu testing

 
 
 
 

Damn, you making want to go grab a board!. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!