asus sabertooth,s

[ronss]

at the moment, i have a p67 sabertooth , i5-3570k, and pc 1280 memory, or 1600mhz memory....this board, and the z97 sabertooth only supports up to pc 1866mhz memory...why are the new z97 sabertooth not able to use faster memory modules? all the other z97 chipset asus boards support many more faster memory modules.

 

[Burpo]

SaberTooth has always been about stability. It's not the best overclocking board. Most significant gains in testing reveal the best performance bump in bandwidth happens @ 1866..
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/blog/2014/march/haswellrealworld

"overclocking increases the effect memory bandwidth has on performance (proving the initial hypothesis), and the jump from DDR3-1600 to DDR3-1866 is the most significant."

"the conclusion is simple: DDR3-1600 isn’t enough for Haswell, and it leaves performance on the table."
"With Haswell I continue to be convinced that DDR3-1866 is the new entry level, and that DDR3-2133 is really the sweet spot. Performance improvements from DDR3-2133 to expensive DDR3-2400 are less consistent, and Haswell’s IMC itself starts to get a little shaky there."

 

[billyb0b]

SaberTooth has always been about stability. "

^^^ this

 

[ronss]

SaberTooth has always been about stability. It's not the best overclocking board. Most significant gains in testing reveal the best performance bump in bandwidth happens @ 1866..
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/blog/2014/march/haswellrealworld

"overclocking increases the effect memory bandwidth has on performance (proving the initial hypothesis), and the jump from DDR3-1600 to DDR3-1866 is the most significant."

"the conclusion is simple: DDR3-1600 isn’t enough for Haswell, and it leaves performance on the table."
"With Haswell I continue to be convinced that DDR3-1866 is the new entry level, and that DDR3-2133 is really the sweet spot. Performance improvements from DDR3-2133 to expensive DDR3-2400 are less consistent, and Haswell’s IMC itself starts to get a little shaky there."

agree......i wanted myself to upgrade with ddr3-2133....seems to be what many are now upgrading with.....i suppose when i go 1150, its going to have to be a non-sabertooth board..

 

[BonzaiDuck]

The rumor has it that the military favors the Sabertooth models for certain uses and applications. It isn't so much that the "armor plate" covering the board protects it from dust; its a ducted cooling solution. But they are rock-solid boards.

As someone said, they aren't that great for overclocking. For instance the Sabertooth Z77 had a 10 phase-power design, but other ASUS mid-range boards were built for 12 phase-power.

They also have a set of pin-outs labeled "Diag" or "diagnostic." That's probably why they made some of those boards with a 5-year warranty. They were well-prepared to do a speedy assessment of problems that way.