Can anyone educate me about mobo?

[hunkeelin]

I wanna know why rampage iv extreme is the best mobo out there. when i look at the ud3 lga2011 it has pretty much the same features.

 

[classy]

I wanna know why rampage iv extreme is the best mobo out there. when i look at the ud3 lga2011 it has pretty much the same features.

Usually what seperates mobos are features and its ability to overclock. Almost all rampage boards are great ocs. I would read reviews to understand the differences.

 

[LoneNinja]

Quality of the components used in manufacturing the motherboard can make a big difference even when 2 motherboards have virtually identical feature sets.

 

[StrangerGuy]

These days Intel OCs are mostly dependent on luck with the CPUs. An extra ~$200 for the "best" mobo doesn't count for shit if the CPU is bad, like my 2500K that won't break 4.3GHz even with 1.3V.

 

[hunkeelin]

These days Intel OCs are mostly dependent on luck with the CPUs. An extra ~$200 for the "best" mobo doesn't count for shit if the CPU is bad, like my 2500K that won't break 4.3GHz even with 1.3V.

can u emphasize a little?

 

[JAG87]

can u emphasize a little?

What he's trying to say is that power consumption has gotten much better and getting a good overclock today just doesn't require the kind of beefy VRM that was helpful with say... Core 2 Quad or the first gen of Core i7. A 4 to 5 Ghz overclock is pretty easy whereas before you needed lots of voltage and very sturdy voltage regulation. You should have no issues getting everything out of your CPU with a $200 motherboard. Unless you need it's other features (# of pci-e, sata, usb), there's no need to spend the extra money on a motherboard for it's "quality".

 

[hunkeelin]

What he's trying to say is that power consumption has gotten much better and getting a good overclock today just doesn't require the kind of beefy VRM that was helpful with say... Core 2 Quad or the first gen of Core i7. A 4 to 5 Ghz overclock is pretty easy whereas before you needed lots of voltage and very sturdy voltage regulation. You should have no issues getting everything out of your CPU with a $200 motherboard. Unless you need it's other features (# of pci-e, sata, usb), there's no need to spend the extra money on a motherboard for it's "quality".

OK, so basically IF you are not extreme cooling, r4e is not worth it.

 

[JAG87]

OK, so basically IF you are not extreme cooling, r4e is not worth it.

Generally yes.

But remember that with S2011 you're looking at a greater power envelope (130W). Overclocking might take you north of 200W, where a R4E will probably deliver better voltage regulation than a cheaper S2011 board. With a 95W cpu (2500/2600K) VRMs aren't much of an issue.