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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:24:23 -0700
From: Rob & Jenny <gfxguy74@gmail.com>
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What PSU are you sporting right now? You might need some more juice with 
all the changes.

     -Rob

On 9/13/2012 3:31 PM, Evan Fotis wrote:
> Apart from the original Intel board that cost a fortune at the time 
> now Asus and Msi have some ~ $400,
> but they seem to only have 4 RAM slots..
>
> http://www.anandtech.com/show/5884/thunderbolt-on-windows-part-2-intels-dz77rek75-asus-p8z77v-premium/3 
>
> On 14-Sep-12 01:03, Rendernyc wrote:
>> I imagine the diff in price on a mb with tb vs a card will be great 
>> considering current tb pricing.
>>
>> 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 add 800 support for my legacy drives.
>>>
>>> Good point about Thunderbolt, hopefully that will be available as a 
>>> card expansion too?
>>>
>>> I hope my Power Supply holds up... ;P
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>>> yes the Gigabyte does seem better in that respect otherwise its a 
>>>> toss-up.
>>>> 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...
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
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