Return-Path: Received: from p3plsmtpa06-10.prod.phx3.secureserver.net ([173.201.192.111] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4845276 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:30:15 +0200 Received: from [192.168.0.100] ([173.247.4.230]) by p3plsmtpa06-10.prod.phx3.secureserver.net with id ylXY1j0044xm87901lXYdH; Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:31:32 -0700 Message-ID: <505250C4.70905@delrazor.com> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:31:48 -0400 From: Greg Balint Organization: delRAZOR User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120824 Thunderbird/15.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: After Effects Mail List Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] Best Windows Processor/Motherboard upgrade combo? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here's a comparison on the Gigabyte and Asus Motherboards mentioned... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=-1&IsNodeId=1&Description=gigabyte%20x79&bop=And&CompareItemList=-1%7C13-131-804%5E13-131-804-TS%2C13-128-562%5E13-128-562-TS The gigabyte looks like it's got an edge, by having an extra PCI-E Slot, (4 instead of 3), it lists 2133 as acceptable ram, without need to OC to get that speed, it's got 6 SATA 6Gb/s ports, vs the Asus having only 2. Plus, I'm a gigabyte user myself, and they've always been rock-solid for me. I currently have a Gigabyte and an EVGA, both are great "performance" motherboards. ///Greg Balint //Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer /321.514.4839 delRAZOR.com/ On 9/13/2012 5:23 PM, Evan Fotis wrote: > Nice config, how does the Gigabyte board compare to the similarly > priced Asus P9X79? > > FWIW, last year, had got a 12Gb pack (3x4gb) and after a while added > another of the same, with no problem at all. If the mobo has the small > version listed in its RAM supported list it should support the big > one too. > On 14-Sep-12 00:01, Greg Balint wrote: >> f you purchase the 2 32Gb kits, there's an off chance they don't work >> well together (which is why they sell paired kits of 64Gb) >> >> Buying the 2x32 kits, you'll spend $1366 on all of it... >> >> Buying the paired 64Gb kit, you'll spend $1607 on all of it >> >> Keep in mind with high-performance Ram at those quantities, you'll >> want to manually set your timings or enable XMP in your bios.. it >> won't be "completely" plug - n- play. > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > >