bigdaddy5414
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Current specs:
Intel 5820K
Asus Rampage V Extreme
GSkill 4X4GB DDR4 2400
(3) Gigabyte GTX 980 G1 Gaming 3-Way SLI
EVGA Supernova 1300G2
(2) OCZ Vector 150 120GB
WD Green 1TB (getting old so not so trustworthy)
NZXT Switch 810
Corsair H100i
Corsair M95
Logitech G15 (soon to be new Corsair RGB keyboard)
(3) QNIX 2710 monitors in 7680X1440 surround
I ordered a few new 2011-v3 components to replace my Maximus V Forumla / 3770K combo. The UPS man dropped the stuff off and I got to work swapping it out right away at the shop.
I got a 5820K, Gigabyte X99 Gaming G1 Wifi, and 4X4GB Gskill 2400 DDR memory. I may end up with a 5930K in the future if I go with more graphics cards by then, but who knows if that will happen.
I had pair of OCZ Vectors, and one died a few weeks ago on me, and I go a replacement Vertex 460. After setting up th system today and going to put the two SSD's back in a RAID again, the remaining Vector crapped out on me! I can't believe they both failed within a few weeks of each other. So here come another Vertex 460 shortly. I knew I should have stayed away from OCZ, but it was on sale when I ordered. Should have went with the Samsung 840 Pros at the time.
So far I am happy with the Gigabyte board on the first day, loads of goodies for the price. The UEFI is somewhat slow to open, but once loaded it is nice and quick.
You may notice there is not much for storage. I keep nothing on the computer permanently. Everything goes on my FreeNAS storage pool. Even games are ran over the network and load pretty quick, faster then on the old WD Green drive.
Total sexiness!
Gold audio connectors seem to be a common thing among almost all of the boards now:
The only flaw I could find. Discolored spot on the shield over the audio, it is impressive though, quite a bit better then on my Maximus V Formula:
Intel 5820K
Asus Rampage V Extreme
GSkill 4X4GB DDR4 2400
(3) Gigabyte GTX 980 G1 Gaming 3-Way SLI
EVGA Supernova 1300G2
(2) OCZ Vector 150 120GB
WD Green 1TB (getting old so not so trustworthy)
NZXT Switch 810
Corsair H100i
Corsair M95
Logitech G15 (soon to be new Corsair RGB keyboard)
(3) QNIX 2710 monitors in 7680X1440 surround
I ordered a few new 2011-v3 components to replace my Maximus V Forumla / 3770K combo. The UPS man dropped the stuff off and I got to work swapping it out right away at the shop.
I got a 5820K, Gigabyte X99 Gaming G1 Wifi, and 4X4GB Gskill 2400 DDR memory. I may end up with a 5930K in the future if I go with more graphics cards by then, but who knows if that will happen.
I had pair of OCZ Vectors, and one died a few weeks ago on me, and I go a replacement Vertex 460. After setting up th system today and going to put the two SSD's back in a RAID again, the remaining Vector crapped out on me! I can't believe they both failed within a few weeks of each other. So here come another Vertex 460 shortly. I knew I should have stayed away from OCZ, but it was on sale when I ordered. Should have went with the Samsung 840 Pros at the time.
So far I am happy with the Gigabyte board on the first day, loads of goodies for the price. The UEFI is somewhat slow to open, but once loaded it is nice and quick.
You may notice there is not much for storage. I keep nothing on the computer permanently. Everything goes on my FreeNAS storage pool. Even games are ran over the network and load pretty quick, faster then on the old WD Green drive.

Total sexiness!



Gold audio connectors seem to be a common thing among almost all of the boards now:

The only flaw I could find. Discolored spot on the shield over the audio, it is impressive though, quite a bit better then on my Maximus V Formula:









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