Best mobo & CPU combo on the market today......

[Briggsy]

Hi All,

What's the best mobo and cpu combo on the market today in terms of oc ability? Is it still the sandy bridge e:

Asus Rampage IV Extreme & Intel Core i7 3930K?

Thanks

 

[Master&Puppet]

To do what with? You just looking for GHz numbers or performance of some kind?

 

[Briggsy]

Yeah huge GHz numbers with great overvall performance and plenty of room for xcross setup with room for wc in the future.......

 

[Rastalovich]

This is going to come down to personal choice ...

 

[Master&Puppet]

We're talking gaming?

For 1 or 2 gpus its 3570k on z77 for new builds.

For 3+ gpus you need the extra lanes of the x79 boards but I'd struggle to recommend anything more than a 3820 even then - a 3930 just has extra cores which games don't use.

 

[Briggsy]

Any Z77 board in particular?

 

[Master&Puppet]

Any Z77 board in particular?

There is very little to choose from between the z77 boards - they all overclock really well (better than you will ever want to put enough volts through to test)

The MSI range are great all rounders and very energy efficient. I'd get a GD55 for an i5 and the GD65 for overclocking an i7.

The ASUS maximus gene is a fantastic little board which fights on the same footing as the ATX boards.

The gigabyte boards are good too.

http://uk.hardware.i...ed-and-compared

 

[Briggsy]

Thanks I need a board with a slot config of something like this: 16 1 1 16 1 16 or something so I can easily run 2 sapphire 7970 in crossfire on air with plenty of space between them...... GD65 maybe?

 

[Josh Weston]

I can fully recommend the GD65 - a great board.

Only thing that stops it being perfect is the newest BIOS which locks down the core voltage from within the UEFI. You can work around it, it's just a little frustrating.

 

[giannakos23]

I'd suggest the gigabyte z77 ud5h ,the asus maximus v gene or the msi gd65 !!! All the boards are awesome when it comes to ocing but the maximus has better onbord audio !!!

 

[Briggsy]

What's the best gaming cpu for the G65 which will deliver good oc's?

Thanks guys...been a great help.

 

[Master&Puppet]

well there's really only one choice with that mobo - 3570k

 

[giannakos23]

If you want the best you can get then go for a 3770k otherwise a 3570k !!