Build in Preparation for IVY BRIDGE

[ricoviq]

Check it out, probably going to get the 3770k and water cool using a kit, two decisions I made after shooting this video. I initially was going to get the 3570k and air cool with zalman, but I've since decided I will probably OC a little.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9jjAUNE6sw&feature=plcp&context=C47c8bb9VDvjVQa1PpcFOm2_K5kb-6MVyxZKFsclBG8UYWFxFYmiM%3D

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Nice, and welcome to the forums : )

Are you doing any other discrete cards like a sound-card? I see a mention of a 7850 in the details

 

[ricoviq]

Nice, and welcome to the forums : )

Are you doing any other discrete cards like a sound-card? I see a mention of a 7850 in the details

Yeah, I have a Gigabyte 7850 in my current C2Q Q6600 build but putting that in last cause I still need to be able to play SC2 and SWTOR until the IB chips come out.

 

[mfenn]

DDR3 2133? and UD5? Some wasted money there IMHO.

Your blue SATA cables aren't plugged in all the way, so make sure to check that before you boot.

 

[ricoviq]

DDR3 2133? and UD5? Some wasted money there IMHO.

Your blue SATA cables aren't plugged in all the way, so make sure to check that before you boot.

How so? Pretty sure this board supports up to 2400 when OC'd.I picked the vengeance because it was on the board's supported memory list. I grew tired of MB manufacturers blaming the memory for problems (usually with their capacitors)...

 

[ricoviq]

Nice, and welcome to the forums : )

Are you doing any other discrete cards like a sound-card? I see a mention of a 7850 in the details

I'm definitely putting the 7850 in there. Don't need anything more powerful than that since I only play a games like SWTOR, SC2, Diablo III (soon) and used to play WOW.

As for other discrete cards, I don't think so. I never realized a huge improvement when using discrete sound cards so I'll probably let the MB/CPU handle the rest.

 

[mnewsham]

It is a waste because you wont notice any difference from 1600mhz or 1333mhz which are usually loads cheaper

and the UD5 is a bit pricey for what you get

 

[ricoviq]

It is a waste because you wont notice any difference from 1600mhz or 1333mhz which are usually loads cheaper

and the UD5 is a bit pricey for what you get

Okay, I may concede on the memory, I may have went overboard, but I wanted to go with something in Gigabyte's "approved" memory list.

As for the board, I disagree. This board compared to the Asus or Asrock boards is much more fully featured for less $ and IMO better build quality.

 

[mnewsham]

Okay, I may concede on the memory, I may have went overboard, but I wanted to go with something in Gigabyte's "approved" memory list.

As for the board, I disagree. This board compared to the Asus or Asrock boards is much more fully featured for less $ and IMO better build quality.

What do you NEED on the UD5 that you couldn't have gotten on say.. the UD3?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128544

 

[ricoviq]

What do you NEED on the UD5 that you couldn't have gotten on say.. the UD3?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128544

Biggest thing right off the bat is no dual NIC... Use VMWare Server and Desktop all the time and dedicate 1 NIC to all guest VM's and use other NIC for General Use.

As for everything else, the UD3 would suit my needs as well as most others quite well. The deal breaker for me and for anyone that uses virtualization technology would be the lack of the additional NIC.

 

[mnewsham]

Biggest thing right off the bat is no dual NIC... Use VMWare Server and Desktop all the time and dedicate 1 NIC to all guest VM's and use other NIC for General Use.

As for everything else, the UD3 would suit my needs as well as most others quite well. The deal breaker for me and for anyone that uses virtualization technology would be the lack of the additional NIC.

Fair enough, I guess I would have personally have gone with a $100-130 motherboard and used a discreet NIC to work with the onboard NIC.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

An Intel Network adapter is better than most onboard NICs, just sayin

 

[mfenn]

Biggest thing right off the bat is no dual NIC... Use VMWare Server and Desktop all the time and dedicate 1 NIC to all guest VM's and use other NIC for General Use.

As for everything else, the UD3 would suit my needs as well as most others quite well. The deal breaker for me and for anyone that uses virtualization technology would be the lack of the additional NIC.

Are you connecting both NICs to that same LAN? If so, it doesn't really make any sense to separate them unless you are maxing out a gigabit connection and just need extra bandwidth. Unless you have the VM's disks on an iSCSI SAN or something, I highly doubt that's the case.

 

[mfenn]

It is a waste because you wont notice any difference from 1600mhz or 1333mhz which are usually loads cheaper

and the UD5 is a bit pricey for what you get

What do you NEED on the UD5 that you couldn't have gotten on say.. the UD3?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128544

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