My dad bought a 3930 on sale, what motherboard? He wants the RIVE...

[alkemyst]

I need a good motherboard (premium/expensive doesn't matter and premium is preferred...he has no budget for this) for a 3930 CPU. My dad upgrades every couple years whether he needs it or not (he is in the IT field now so constantly getting bombarded with articles and the like).

LMK please, thanks!

 

[tarmc]

something like this?
http://ca.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4050#ov

 

[alkemyst]

The GA-X79-UD3 has pros and cons. All the boards from the lineup seem to be very pro and con'ish.

What's a good stable one for someone using one video card and 16-32GB of ram?

 

[spat55]

Why not look down the Asus line? I know they have some beautiful stuff, at a premium though, but then you don't care right?

 

[Shmee]

Does he have any specific requirements, such as how many GPUs/expansion slots needed? How serious is he about OCing? What other features is he looking for especially? (USB3, Sata3, Dual NIC)

 

[alkemyst]

Does he have any specific requirements, such as how many GPUs/expansion slots needed? How serious is he about OCing? What other features is he looking for especially? (USB3, Sata3, Dual NIC)

To put it honestly, this will be way over kill for any of his needs.

He will run one video card only, he doesn't really want OC'ing. He wants USB3 (to charge his iPhone 5 mostly), sata3 and would like wireless but can use a card for that.

He wants stability. The reason he is upgrading now is his current rig randomly crashes in WebEx meetings. He has replaced all hardware except the CPU and has reinstalled Windows 7 multiple times.

He does game at times (Far Cry type games), but does it at less than 19x12.

 

[AkumaX]

To put it honestly, this will be way over kill for any of his needs.

6 cores, 12 threads is already pretty overkill

He wants USB3 (to charge his iPhone 5 mostly)

iPhone 5's don't use USB 3.0, so there's no difference.

however, i know that certain motherboards (such as the gigabyte x79's like this: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4050#ov)

have special USB slots that allow for actual charging of iOS devices - rather than the typical 500mA that USB 5v onboard motherboards have, they have special ports designated for up to 1.5A, specifically for quick-charging iOS devices. (gigabyte calls theirs On/Off charge, which also allows you to charge the iOS device even when the computer is off)

 

[alkemyst]

I thought almost all boards with USB3.0 had the higher voltage on the port.

 

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

I need a good motherboard (premium/expensive doesn't matter and premium is preferred...he has no budget for this) for a 3930 CPU. My dad upgrades every couple years whether he needs it or not (he is in the IT field now so constantly getting bombarded with articles and the like).

LMK please, thanks!

IMHO the ASUS RIVE is complete junk!!! Plus it's way over priced, EVGA is now releasing its second version of the X79 board for the new IB-E CPU'S. I'd make sure that the board works well with the SB-E witch is what you have.

 

[Smoblikat]

ASRock makes some amazing boards, personally I am getting the X79 extreme11/whatever their new one is when IB-E comes out.

 

[TheGoat Eater]

Have you looked at the MSI X79-GD65, its a very good board and my friend really likes the board. He was testing it and then used it in his gaming rig after that, and he has a few X79 boards on the shelf. If you want top end then the XPower 2 is a great board to look at as well

http://www.msi.com/product/mb/X79A-GD65--8D-.html
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Big-Bang-XPower-II.html

While the RIVE is a good board it has SO much extra fluff that makes it absurd for most people that buy it and then its money wasted that could be used on another part.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

I thought almost all boards with USB3.0 had the higher voltage on the port.

no

 

[DPOverLord]

In a similar boat how much did he get the chip for?

 

[alkemyst]

$450

 

[Meghan54]

The GA-X79-UD3 has pros and cons. All the boards from the lineup seem to be very pro and con'ish.

What's a good stable one for someone using one video card and 16-32GB of ram?

If your dad has his mind set on the RIVE, why not try to move him "down" to the Rampage IV Gene? Save quite a few bucks in the process and really give up few features.

 

[Zap]

I thought almost all boards with USB3.0 had the higher voltage on the port.

Same voltage at 5v. However, USB 3.0 specification calls for allowing up to 900mA to be drawn from the port, versus 500mA for USB 2.0. So you are right, but used wrong terminology.

Motherboards with specifically denoted "charging ports" can supply more than the 900mA of USB 3.0 standard.

iFound this page (see what I did there?) regarding charging iPhones and iPads. Apparently iPhones can use 1A/1000mA for charging, and iPads can use 2.1A/2100mA.

All modern motherboards (except for bargain basement) should have USB 3.0 these days, so charging an iPhone on 900mA should be more or less sufficient. If your dad has (or plans to have, or might have in the future) an iPad, then perhaps look for a motherboard that specifically has charging ports.

 

[alkemyst]

Same voltage at 5v. However, USB 3.0 specification calls for allowing up to 900mA to be drawn from the port, versus 500mA for USB 2.0. So you are right, but used wrong terminology.

Motherboards with specifically denoted "charging ports" can supply more than the 900mA of USB 3.0 standard.

iFound this page (see what I did there?) regarding charging iPhones and iPads. Apparently iPhones can use 1A/1000mA for charging, and iPads can use 2.1A/2100mA.

All modern motherboards (except for bargain basement) should have USB 3.0 these days, so charging an iPhone on 900mA should be more or less sufficient. If your dad has (or plans to have, or might have in the future) an iPad, then perhaps look for a motherboard that specifically has charging ports.

Thanks...he has no plans on an iPad. Mostly just wants his iPhone 5 to charge on his desktop when needed.

He bought the RIVE, 32GB of G.Skill 1600 CAS 7 ram and the H100 cooler. Now I get to install it all He's holding off on upgrading his 5770 video card which I am sure he will go to something in the $200ish range once he realizes the games he does play aren't running much faster. He is keeping his Windows 7 install and hoping to do a non-reinstall.

I am looking at updating my AMD955/Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P/8GB/Radeon 4890 system now that I am running 64bit windows. I am at 3.8GHz on 1.5V and it's been stable for years now.

I was looking at the GENE, even sticking with an old school 2500/2600K. 16GB and a $200-250 GPU.