Dual CPU - Crunch Time

[hackalive]

So now we have all seen the review on here for the ASUS Z9 PE-D8 WS, which motherboard should I be choosing?

1. ASUS z9 PE-D8 WS; or

2. EVGA SR-X

All your honest opinions and advice is most welcome (and sought after

)

My surface analysis shows that the ASUS wins on the RAM capacity front (more plus a "better" configuration against the CPUs in terms of slots), but the EVGA wins on the PCIe speed front when using 4 GPUs (which I will be).

FYI - I plan on using for some serious CAD and graphic processing work, not gaming .

Thanks in advance.

 

[hackalive]

When voting on the poll it would be appreciated if you could quickly coment why you chose the one you did.

Thanks

 

[Cyanide89]

I honestly can't choose, but EVGA and ASUS are my two favorite brands.

The power phase control on the ASUS board looks great, but I'm no pro.

I would just ask whether you like red or blue.

 

[Firat]

I would wait for the srx review before deciding! Personally I would go Evga coz it looks

 

[hackalive]

Any ideas when someone on here will do a EVGA SR-X review?

To me it seems like EVGA can't get there act together in releasing the board.

 

[yassarikhan786]

Isn't the SR-X designed for overclocking? If so there is no point in paying extra if you can't overclock both the CPU's that you will be running. Unless you are buying it for the looks, then I have nothing against that.

 

[TheOsTech]

Actually recommended the asus board to a client last month. He wanted to put 7 680's or 690's in there for gpu/cuda computing. Sadly there are to single slot solutions for those cards and he did not want to wait for them so we are going with four 690's in a single socket mb. While I think either would be a great board I prefer the way asus validates ws products. with both internal and external auditing. in the end most high end stuff will have nearly identical features so its all about execution of the product design and validation. For that asus remains at the top in my book.

 

[Vicey]

In my opinion get the Asus board. It has more features and a smaller footprint which makes it much more compatible where cases are concerned. The SR-X was designed from the start for overclocking. EVGA started this board unaware that the new 2011 XEON's would not be overclockable. So basically it has a ton of features you're paying a premium for that you cannot use in a form factor that severely restricts the cases you can use.

Also if Intel does ever release any 2011 XEON's that can be overclocked (although very doubtful they will do this) the Z9 Asus board does support overclocking just not to the extreme that EVGA has taken it.

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

Neither both are a waste for anything other than a server or workstation

But I would choose the ASUS

 

[Cyanide89]

ASUS looks better, specification wise.

 

[BKCXb]

When tom put 4 7970s in his single 2011 machine the PCI-e bandwith wasn't the problem, the CPU power was! I would go with the ASUS board.

Using the same GPUs and CPUs and not overclocking, I like that the ASUS board is better tested to work, which is what your doing.

If overclocking and trying to get good benchmark numbers than the SR-2 may have a slight advantage, but also it may not, so I wouldn't speend the money to find out it's slower, buggy, or in a few years they drop support for them.

 

[hackalive]

Well hopefully Tom does a review of the SR-X soon and tells us all which he thinks is best

Because I am really kind of unsure.

 

[hackalive]

Neither both are a waste for anything other than a server or workstation

But I would choose the ASUS

So what are you reccomending then?

 

[Cyanide89]

So what are you reccomending then?

He's obviously recommending Asus. Why would he recommend something other than what he would get?

 

[hackalive]

He's obviously recommending Asus. Why would he recommend something other than what he would get?

Got a bit thrown by "Neither both are a waste for anything other than a server or workstation"

 

[Cyanide89]

Got a bit thrown by "Neither both are a waste for anything other than a server or workstation"

Yeah that could be confusing. But I also suggest ASUS. Have one myself and it's fantastic!

 

[hackalive]

Yeah that could be confusing. But I also suggest ASUS. Have one myself and it's fantastic!

Its kinda hard - because a fair amount of people say the EVGA sucks and then a same amount say the ASUS sucks

Why couldn't there just be a few things that REALLY set them apart?

 

[Cyanide89]

Its kinda hard - because a fair amount of people say the EVGA sucks and then a same amount say the ASUS sucks

Why couldn't there just be a few things that REALLY set them apart?

Personally... EVGA for GPU's every time. I wouldn't buy anything else. As for motherboards, I've only had good experiences with ASUS.

 

[hackalive]

Personally... EVGA for GPU's every time. I wouldn't buy anything else. As for motherboards, I've only had good experiences with ASUS.

Lots of stuff on EVGA forms about BSOD with new NVIDIA cards and a raft of other issues. So it may have to be ASUS (even though the EVGA looks cooler

)

Anyone got an SR-X and want to comment?

 

[dalewakelin]

the evga[font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans] is more organized than the asus in the way it would look better with a side window case but the asus is quicker and i like the brand better so asus has my vote[/font]