Anyone have an Ivy build on Z77 scheduled ? - Page 4

Very nice board.

Crazy loaded with amazing features. Rock solid overclocking.

The memory controller is far superior to just about any other board on the market now. You can run DDR3 @ 2800mhz in blink of an eye all day long till the cows come home. You could hit DDR3 over 3000mhz if you find the ram to do it.

It's just better than most other motherboards.

Nice choice. I am jealous. (I have Z68 Deluxe)

Lol @ "lowly"

i3 is total beast for htpc.

A g530 might be lowly but still gets job done easily.

I don't think you need IVY level for a htpc CPU.

Note: my pc is i7 2600k overclocked @ 4.5ghz. Not defending a purchase decision or limited budget. It's just true.

You don't need better support from the CPU side, and current non IVY CPU's function fine for HTPC use in a typical fashion. And- I have many non IVY HTPC's that have SATAIII and USB3.0 also.
I think current Sandy options on H61/67 and Z68 are fine. And the new 75/77 chipset is even better for about the same costs. But I certainly would not wait to build a HTPC for an IVY CPU, or recommend people need the IVY level performance or features for a higher cost if budget was a concern.

Now- If someone just wants to be cool and get a bad ass IVY based HTPC for the sole reason of it being bad ass and cool-- go for it I appreciate nice things. I appreciate high end and high performance things. I appreciate products that are excessive beyond logical application or value. It's always cool with me.


Your secret is safe with me


Agree. I also built a pretty cutting edge LGA775 not too far in the past. Still use it daily for an office PC now. It's an Asus ROG Maximus motherboard and an E8500 Core2 Duo Wolfdale @3.16 stock. Raising the bus speed from 333mhz to 420mhz was like taking candy from a baby. It ran hard at 4.0ghz for years as a gaming PC. I originally had an 3870X2 card (anyone want to buy it cheap?)
It's amazing that when I built it X38 boards were the best and new. I got a Vertex2 120GB when they first came out for like $250+. The speed was amazing! That was years ago.
Today- it's a capable PC. It totally owns Word, Excel, and PDF's ... lol.
But it would not stand a chance against any of my 1155 socket PC's running SATAIII level SSD's. Couple years changes everything indeed. But at least I have a decent 4 year old PC. A typical low end LGA775 is near junk now IMO. I see the slow crappy Dell, HP models with 2GB of DDR2 selling under $100 all the time on ebay now. A 2.0ghz Core2 duo with Slow as dirt 2GB DDR2 off a normal HDD drive is a painful and torturous experience. I could never live with one daily anymore.

FYI:

Got this email just now:


This is the second email I have received about this rebate. Once when I first started it- and second when they received it and set it up for processing.


I think the system is pretty good. It's way better than most MFG's. No idea why you said that.

If you click that link you can even see the original rebate and scan code... lol.



Have you ever done a rebate with another MFG that was better at being tracked?

Wow your going IVY crazy ! Lol

+1 here.

I also have 2600k and 2500k. Both are excessive for htcp purpose.

At mild over clock 2600k and CPU is not your limiting factor so increasing CPU ability won't offer tangible results in gaming or most applications.

You need to get way up to cutting edge dual gpu cards before CPU becomes a factor.

Gaming does not need any more than an i5 2500k realistically.

I like to overbuild also.

Anyone that wants to overbuild and get excessive for no other purpose than being too much and overkill then I say go for it! That's cool in my book.

Just understand its not needed before you waste your money.