xbit : 870 chipset boards round up

[martin_metal_88]

Originally Posted by _dangtx_

do give them a try. on the intel side of things(p55) they do a killing. havent seen/heard of mass issues.

Maybe i'll give them a call when I will have money...and a job But the first I want to try from MSI is their AM3 Big Bang. it's so long I didnt' play with AMD it would be a nice time to see new CPU and new MOBO no?

[_dangtx_]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

i personally would stay away from 'look my name is cool' products :) fusion included :D well, on the mobo side at least.

i like their gd70 board. but a bit weak on the amd side of things.

for 1156 i like this one

but even the cheaper ones are good. though giga has more/buck there

[martin_metal_88]

Yeah I like this 1156 board. I would have buy it when I bought my P55 UD5 but MSI good one were not on market at this moment since I buy it the day 1156 went out here in Quebec. There was like...3 GA board 2 asus 1 EVGA and that's all I think ahah XD

[_dangtx_]

you chose well, dont look back.

xfire/sli on the same board(with or without hacks) for the win!

[martin_metal_88]

Originally Posted by _dangtx_

you chose well, dont look back.

xfire/sli on the same board(with or without hacks) for the win!

Lol I never figured out it was suporting sli XD

[_dangtx_]

even if it didnt

you could try the sli hack. so far ive seen reports of good success rates :) as in not a lot of 'omg it didnt work'.

back on topic. 870a was nice when it came out, you think theres still life in it?

also, why the from didnt they give it dual 16x or 16/8 x i dont know.

[martin_metal_88]

I actually have this one. ( not the A version )
GA-P55-UD5 (rev. 1.0) - GIGABYTE

And for the 870. I seriously dunno about the PCI-e. Sometime research team just make wierd choice that make no sense but there is probably a PCB question. Was there room for the extra line of a 8 or another 16?

[_dangtx_]

nice. im thinking more of a chipset thingie than pcb.

[martin_metal_88]

Originally Posted by _dangtx_

nice. im thinking more of a chipset thingie than pcb.

Hm could also be a reason due to the number of PCI-e lane allowed by the chipset...That's like memory on the P55, they could have place it a bit away from the CPU so really big cooler wouldn't interfere with high ram

[Behemoth-]

Originally Posted by martin_metal_88

Well P55 are great from GA, I love mine. But if you have a multi OS system there is a issue, you have to unplug and replug the KB all time ( when USB ) to switch the boot OS. Never founded why, tested multiple GA P55 mobo at job, always same issue. Already tried to talk with them and the rep told me it was a known issue but nothing more he know. On the durability side, they are killer for now.

Now I would like to try MSI. Their last line up have been really impressive but I never played with one

Did you flash to the latest bios? I had the same issue before flashing the bios on mine (F11 IIRC)