Best bang for buck x58 motherboard

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NguyenAdam

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Hey guys, my first post on the forums. I was just wondering which motherboard was the best bang for buck? I plan on building an i7 930 rig in about 4 months so I was just geting prepared to save up. Any suggestions?

Things I plan on getting
- Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz
- COOLER MASTER Storm Snipe or the Thermaltake Element V
- SSD (Still deciding which one. Preferably around 30-60gb)
- Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB
- RAM (don't know yet)
- Motherboard (undecided)

THINGS I ALREADY HAVE:
I already have a video card and PSU for this computer.
 
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NguyenAdam said:
Any suggestions?
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Yes. Save up your money and come back here for suggestions in 3 months and 3 weeks. The reason is that a LOT of changes can happen in the tech world in 4 months. Your CPU choice is already outdated as of last month. Intel's coming out with new SSDs soon (maybe delayed until Feb though) which will shuffle pricing. Companies are always coming out with new cases so by the time you are ready to buy, maybe you'll find one you like better.

I hope you are actually using the PSU and especially the graphics card you already got, because AMD is coming out with new Radeons by Christmas.
 
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NguyenAdam

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I have a HIS Radeon 4870 right now. I don't have money to buy another card. PSU I'm still debating. I have a 800W one in my computer.

Also, thanks for the advice. I will wait it out for awhile. It all depends on my budget around that time.
 
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To me if your on a tight budget then the EVGA 132-BL-E758-RX which can be had for $129.99 direct from EVGA and their B stock deals... (on sale it goes for $89.99 pretty sweet at that price)

http://www.evga.com/products/prodlist.asp?switch=20 (5th down)


Had one and really liked it and put an I7 920 D0 @4.0Ghz with a minor voltage bump and at 19X211fsb memory at 1686mhz but would also do 1900+mhz with another config... Solid stable board with good features including a deg bugging LED and other LED indicators right on the board...
 
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NguyenAdam

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So this would be a great motherboard if I'm not into overclocking and stuff? I'm not aiming for a high end computer.
 
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If you aren't aiming for a high end computer, I really suggest you don't get those parts. They are total overkill for a "not high-end" computer. An i5 760 and a P55 board instead would be good. That'll probably save you more than a $100.
 
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Yeah, I'm interested in whether they really will go down that much. I live in Toronto Canada and the only really good place to go for hardware is Canada Computers as they have the best prices in town by a considerable mark. The downside is that they let their stock dwindle before any releases so that they don't get stuck and have to sell hardware at a discount more than they already are. I was literally about to go out and get a new CPU and Mobo because my rig keeps balking at booting and I'm sick of futzing about with it. Is this change in hardware going to be that drastic? should I really wait if in the area that I'm in won't really affect the prices because of the way they manage stock?

...oh, and yes I can buy from NCIX who are the next cheapest, but the shipping costs and the need to courier things back to them if there are any problems makes NCIX a little cost prohibitive.
 
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If you need a computer - go buy it. There is always something better just around the corner. If you wait 4 months for socket 1155, then you'll probably want to wait a few more months for socket 2011. But then something else will be coming out a few months later.....I just built a new rig, and couldn't be happier. Thing will probably game fine in three years.
 
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NguyenAdam

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I said in about 4 months. That does not imply that I need a new computer right away. I'm just planning ahead and seeing what I need.
 
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Rifter

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4 months is a long time, wait 2-3 months then reaserch. and if you are waiting 4 months anyways then going with SB will probably be your best bet.
 
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X58 is still the top of the line chipset, so $200 for a board is not unreasonable. That said it is a dead socket so waiting for intels next socket(1155, sandy bridge) would probably be the best bet.
 
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NguyenAdam said:
Hmmmm but then again they will be pretty expensive... :[
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Should not be expensive, should be very close to current i5 prices. The mobos will be more money than current P55 boards due to them being brand new but the CPU's should be fairly cheap. SB is aimed at the mid to low end market not the high end, intels next high end socket(LGA 2011) will replace 1366 as the high end socket at the end of 2011.
 
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I have been happy with my cheapo ASRock Extreme x58 board. Currently has i980 CPU, 12GB RAM, 3 x SATA HDD, 1 x IDE CDROM, 6 x SATA SSD's, 1 x Nvidia 295GTX (I did have 2 in SLI at one point), 1 x Asus U3S6 sata/usb card, 1 Highpoint sata card, 1 x Intel Pro1000 NIC.

Everything works just fine on this cheap MB together even though it's cobbled together from oddball parts. It overclocks just fine to 4.1Ghz, but I only normally run it stock speeds as it's plenty fast for what I need it to do. All the SSD's are connected off the x58 SATA ports with the HDD's connected to the add-on SATA cards.

Had it for around a year now with absolutely no issues. No the ASRock MB aint fancy, but it works and keeps working.
 
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