Ok , seems I just did this.

I have 4 evga gtx 680 classified 's in sli I need a socket 2011 board for.

I would love to use my Xonar stx 1x pice sound card as well.


And please , if it has a CMOS reset switch not under the video cards ....

I am going to cut little corners this time around ...


P.s a easy over clock smoked my proc last time, and likely the board. (See sig)

Thanks again!

umm, Looking for a 2011 board... Ty however...

Now you are talkin'. Asus Rampage IV Formula.
 
It has superior sound - or so I'm told. Personally IDC bc I use a discrete soundcard. Be advised: It only takes up to 4 RAM sticks. Don't buy it if you need 64GB.
 
Just one thing you should know though, there are rumors that the RIVE and RIVF are EOL, and about to be replaced with the next gen boards. They are only 1.5yrs old, and it is only a rumor.
 
Any news on the status of your P8Z77, and why?

Best X79 board is the RIVE (or you can go formula).  There is no board that can even touch them right now.  Loveha is right though, I am running 4 x 7970's (check my MODSRIGS) and there is NO extra space.  NO matter which chipset you run, ditch the soundcard because you won't have room (and even with 40 lanes, you will be out with 4 x cards)

lundrog

Trying to decide , go Asus and go OC quad core, or ASROCK 11, and a hex.

 
I haven't heard good things about the Extreme 11, so beware.  With a build like that, imho it's ALL about the mainboard.

Other than the ASUS Rampage IV Extreme, and ASROCK 11, any other boards offer full 16x lane speed?
 
 

How do they compare to a 1155 aka 3770k OC?

With 1155 Z77 all PCIe x16 slots communication flows through 32 lanes. 8-8-8-8.

What about the Fatal1ty X79 Champion?

Ordered the ASUS Rampage IV Extreme

HalloweenWeed
Hey guys, can a 680 saturate a x8 PCIe 3.0?

Short answer is not even close, unless you cannot tolerate loosing every last drop of performance.
 
Considering that the specification will be around for another few years and must adhere to all new graphics cards appearing until then which will be faster than what we have today, the idea that one would take a serious hit with anything less than a full x16 PCIe 3.0 slot is ridiculous.  Then logically, every future PCIe 3.0 card is in jeopardy thus needing PCIe 4.0 sooner than scheduled for the 2014-15 era.
 
To have 3.0 enabled now is largely a perceived comfort and peace of mind-- it isn't altogether real -- the real world need is less than 5% impact this early in the cycle; and to be quite frank, computer hardware specifications of any type for built for the long haul, they aren't needed at their debuts.  
 
What you should be asking is whether a GTX880 or GTX980 will saturate an x8 3.0 slot, which by then they will be PCIe 4.0 cards.  Effectively, one doesn't need LGA2011 for 4-way SLI this early, they could use all x4 slots in an LGA115x platform.  but that makes users paranoid due to x4 3.0 not realizing how much room is in there.
 
That said, I will always recommend a platform with more lanes as we all upgrade graphics more often than CPU/motherboard; just because these early generation graphics cards don't need the space doesn't mean a future set in SLI/CFX won't either, so we should plan ahead.  The central processors can take it, some still have their X58's with multiple Keplers, it is just a matter of proper overclock.
 
Anyone with a i7-3900 now could probably have up to 2-way SLI GTX980 someday (even if it is faster than 4-way Titans today) and not upgrade to whatever CPU exists then.  Those future cards may saturate the lanes of today than GTX680 doesn't have trouble with.
 
Hell, given that TPU link, it shows that a GTX680 takes an average hit of 27% in PCIe 1.1 x4 = PCIe 3.0 x1; using an adapter cable to a laptop's miniPCIe slot will give around 660 Ti or a GTX680M performance-- that is called saturating .

HalloweenWeed

lundrog

Ordered the ASUS Rampage IV Extreme

I hope you love it as much as I do. I also hope to see you here:

Asus ROG Forums: Rampage Series Motherboards

You may have some difficulty at first with your memory settings, post there and we will help you with them. BTW, you do know X79 uses quad-channel? You need 4 sticks (or 8) to take advantage of full memory speed.  Three sticks (or 6) will cripple your memory performance as they will operate in single-channel mode (perhaps dual-channel W/6).
GL.

 
I have two 8 GB kits of DDR3-1600. These include 2x 4gb sticks each.
 
 
Thanks

lundrog

I have two 8 GB kits of DDR3-1600. These include 2x 4gb sticks each.

You will need to set manual timings on those and loosen the latencies 10%. Give me the Pt#(s) and I will give you the settings.

Uh oh. The RIVE doesn't work well with one specific type of memory and guess what it is: Vengeance. Did you already receive these? If not, you might want to consider refusing delivery/send back for refund. If you already have them, you might get lucky with them, we can try them. Not everybody W/Vengeance has trouble. And they are only DDR3 1600 so there is a good chance a single kit will work, the dual-set thing complicates matters.


Extreme Tweaker menu:
Ai Overclock tuner: Manual
Bclk freq: 100 (default stock speed)
CPU Strap: 100 (default stock speed)
Memory freq: DDR3-1600
Extreme tweaking: Disabled (default)
EPU power saving mode: Disabled (default)

VTT CPU V: Auto (default)
2nd VTTCPU V: Auto (default)
DRAM V (chA, chB): 1.5
DRAM V (chC, chD): 1.5
CPU PLL V: Auto (default) (make sure it runs at at least 1.9V)
VTTDDR voltage (chA, chB): Auto
VTTDDR voltage (chC, chD): Auto
CPU spread spectrum: Disabled
PCIe spread sprectrum: Auto (default)
(xxxx Tweaker's paradise settings all default)

DRAM timing control submenu:
Rampage Tweak: Mode 1 (compatibility)

CAS (tCL): 10
RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD): 10
RAS Pre time (tRP): 10
RAS ACT time (tRAS): 27
DRAM command mode ("command rate"): 2n <- When/if this works then try 1n later.
The rest set at "auto" (default)


Digi+ power control submenu:
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled (default)
VCCSA current capability: 120% <- this is only to help prepare you for CPU overclocking



Monitor menu:
Anti surge support: Disabled <- this is only to help prepare you for CPU overclocking



You may have to raise DRAM V to 1.55V too.
Run Memtest86+ v4.20 boot disk (do not use Windows ver) overnight, must pass at least one full battery of tests.

Your not doing 4way SLI with a sound card on any motherboard no matter what the socket. There just isnt any room. Atleast the ASUS RIVE board it has great onboard audio. So you can just ditch the sound card all together.
 
I used kingston hyper x 1600 on my RIVE and it works great. Its always on sale too and microcenter carries it, so find it cheap and have them price match it.