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From: Rendernyc <rendernyc@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] Best Windows Processor/Motherboard upgrade combo?
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:03:53 -0400
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I imagine the diff in price on a mb with tb vs a card will be great consider=
ing current tb pricing.=20

On Sep 13, 2012, at 5:56 PM, Brian Maffitt <brian@totaltraining.com> wrote:

> Since the ASUS' Firewire port is only FW400, I'd sooner get a PCI card to a=
dd 800 support for my legacy drives.
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> Good point about Thunderbolt, hopefully that will be available as a card e=
xpansion too?
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> I hope my Power Supply holds up... ;P
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> Brian
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>> yes the Gigabyte does seem better in that respect otherwise its a toss-up=
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>> The Asus still has a firewire port :-) and a few  more usb3's.
>> These must be fairly recent products as I didn't find many reviews...
>> On 14-Sep-12 00:31, Greg Balint wrote:
>>> Here's a comparison on the Gigabyte and Asus Motherboards mentioned...
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>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=3DENE&N=3D-1&Is=
NodeId=3D1&Description=3Dgigabyte%20x79&bop=3DAnd&CompareItemList=3D-1%7C13-=
131-804%5E13-131-804-TS%2C13-128-562%5E13-128-562-TS=20
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>>> 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 ge=
t that speed, it's got 6 SATA 6Gb/s ports, vs the Asus having only 2.
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>>> 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" m=
otherboards.
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>>> ///Greg Balint
>>> //Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer
>>> /321.514.4839
>>> delRAZOR.com/
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>>> On 9/13/2012 5:23 PM, Evan Fotis wrote:
>>>> Nice config, how does the Gigabyte board compare to the  similarly pric=
ed Asus P9X79?
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>>>> FWIW, last year, had got a 12Gb pack (3x4gb) and after a while added an=
other 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 w=
ell together (which is why they sell paired kits of 64Gb)
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>>>>> Buying the 2x32 kits, you'll spend $1366 on all of it...
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>>>>> Buying the paired 64Gb kit, you'll spend $1607 on all of it
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>>>>> Keep in mind with high-performance Ram at those quantities, you'll wan=
t to manually set your timings or enable XMP in your bios.. it won't be "com=
pletely" plug - n- play.
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