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post #661 of 5976
5/26/12 at 3:41am
Hey all,

Looking to buy a Sabertooth Z77, I have no mobo at present (fried the last one redface.gif ), so need to get one fast. I like how these boards are reviewing, plus they look great.

The plan is to get a new mobo, then to flog my 7970's and get a pair of Gainward Phantoms instead.

I have a question about the PCI-e slot spacing, would you fit two 3 slot GTX 680's (or similar) in SLI on this board? Can someone please confirm?

Many thanks.

G.
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post #662 of 5976
5/26/12 at 4:44am
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Hey all,
Looking to buy a Sabertooth Z77, I have no mobo at present (fried the last one redface.gif ), so need to get one fast. I like how these boards are reviewing, plus they look great.
The plan is to get a new mobo, then to flog my 7970's and get a pair of Gainward Phantoms instead.
I have a question about the PCI-e slot spacing, would you fit two 3 slot GTX 680's (or similar) in SLI on this board? Can someone please confirm?
Many thanks.
G.
I believe so but its going to be tight at that point.
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post #663 of 5976
5/26/12 at 6:43am
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What cpu coolers are you guys using ? I'm looking for something that will work fairly quiet with small overclocks, not trying to beat any numbers here, just first time overclocking just to see what the fuss is all about.
Here's my rig,
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Nice rig! wink.gif I have an almost identical setup... I am sportin' the corsair H100 and I can barely hear my machine purr when running at full load with stock radiator fans (the fans I want are 20$ a piece and will come in the second wave of upgrades along with more hard drive space).
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post #664 of 5976
5/26/12 at 6:57am
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Originally Posted by 7tronic View Post

Hey all,
Looking to buy a Sabertooth Z77, I have no mobo at present (fried the last one redface.gif ), so need to get one fast. I like how these boards are reviewing, plus they look great.
The plan is to get a new mobo, then to flog my 7970's and get a pair of Gainward Phantoms instead.
I have a question about the PCI-e slot spacing, would you fit two 3 slot GTX 680's (or similar) in SLI on this board? Can someone please confirm?
Many thanks.
G.


K, currently I have a 3slot Asus gtx 570 running in SLI....heat issues galore. I had to put one of the little covers that go in the assist fan slot between the 2 cards to give my top card breathing room. Also, i run the fans on my top card at 50% when I game. Without the spacer I've hit temps as high as 90...the game shut itself down at that point. with the spacer and the fan running at 50% I get normal gaming temps. And no, the spacer isn't an aesthetic problem, I have it tucked way back so no one can see it.

But with my understanding of the EVGA reference card cooling the way the air runs is out the card through the front slots..so, it might not be that huge of a problem as I'm having where the air blows directly onto the bottom card, and because they were so close together, the air had no where to go.

Either way, I love this board, the proximity of the cards is a minor issue cause it can be handled with a fans or brackets to level out the cards ( fix the droop), and in my case a spacer


wow just checked on your card..589 euros!!!!!! WOW! Check the cooling solution on that card, looks like its like mine, air blows down. Not sure thoght so research it.....580 EUROS!!!!!!!
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5/26/12 at 6:59am
Hey guys any of you guys know if the CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 model CMZ16GX3M4X1866C9R work well with this mobo?, the 8 GB kit (2x 4 GB) Model CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 it's in the QVL but the 16 GB isn't, are those the same modules in the 8 GB and the 16 GB kit? should I go for the 16 GB kit or get 2 or the 8 GB kits that are in QVL? I'd rather get the 16 GB 4x4 GB matched kit if it's the same ram, since i might use the same memory next year if I upgrade to a quad channel motherboard.

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thanks for the feedback

-Andres
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post #666 of 5976
5/26/12 at 7:03am
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Hey guys any of you guys know if the CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 model CMZ16GX3M4X1866C9R work well with this mobo?, the 8 GB kit (2x 4 GB) Model CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 it's in the QVL but the 16 GB isn't, are those the same modules in the 8 GB and the 16 GB kit? should I go for the 16 GB kit or get 2 or the 8 GB kits that are in QVL? I'd rather get the 16 GB 4x4 GB matched kit if it's the same ram, since i might use the same memory next year if I upgrade to a quad channel motherboard.
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thanks for the feedback
-Andres

it'll work, same memory, different kits.
I have that Patriot memory at the bottom of your list. Or at least the same timings. I bought mine in 2x4 kits total of 16gigs.

quad channel mobo should get quad channel Ram. But thats a whole diffrent upgrade. I'm sure it'll run the dual you get though
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5/26/12 at 8:07am
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it'll work, same memory, different kits.
I have that Patriot memory at the bottom of your list. Or at least the same timings. I bought mine in 2x4 kits total of 16gigs.
quad channel mobo should get quad channel Ram. But thats a whole diffrent upgrade. I'm sure it'll run the dual you get though

Ty for the reply Blatsz32, since I have my eye on the 16 GB 4x 4 GB Kit which I assume it's a quad channel kit....my only concern would be the quad channel kit running on a dual channel board, I guess it should work...just want to know if someone knows for sure....I live in south America and i get these parts from the US....so returning them means extra costs that i want to avoid....
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5/26/12 at 9:39am
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I believe so but its going to be tight at that point.

Thanks for your reply navit, I will go with one so.thumb.gif Worst case the Evga 4GB are standard form factor, though the Phantoms appear to have better cooling.
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Sxcerino,
How did you get your Display Port to work? Any specific configurations?
Also, have you tried to use both the Display Port and HDMI port at the same time ?
Thanks,
Tim

The DP port on my Sabertooth worked automatically. But this was when I didn't have a GPU installed. I did not have to change any of the default settings in UFEI.
It's worth noting that my monitor is DP1.2 (samsung s23a750d).

The HDMI did not work if you're using a HDMI 1.4 cable. It will work with 1.3 HDMI cable, as another user mentioned earlier.
My HDMI was working when i used a HDMI -> DVI-D cable. But my HDMI1.4 didn't.

Hope that helps.
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5/26/12 at 12:49pm
Thanks for the response. I just got my Display Port working.

I was using a DisplayPort-2-DVI cable that worked on a DELL PC that I have. I guess it didn't like this cable. I switched to a standard Display Port cable and hooked it up to the Display Port on the 30" Dell flat screen. That configuration worked fine. I now have 2560x1600 via Display Port on a 30" Dell flat screen and 1920x1200 on a 24" Dell flat screen in an extended desktop configuration.

This is pretty impressive dual head setup for an on-chip graphics co-processor. This PC is going to be an office machine replacing an old ASUS build, so no gaming is required.

I wonder why it didn't like the DisplayPort-2-DVI cable were my other machines use it fine?

Also, the ASUS specs page indicate "... Maximum shared memory of 1696 MB ...", but in the BIOS, the max memory they allow you to dedicate to Graphics is 1024MB. The Spec and the BIOS seem out of sync.

Well it is working now. This is the 1st of 2 Sabertooth Z77's that I will be building out. I wanted to get the kinks out of the first one before pulling the trigger on the second one.

Now to see if I can get it any quieter by replacing fans and stock cooler. Any recommendations on a silent CPU cooler that will fit ?

The onboard audio via Toslink Optical out into a Wyred 4 Sound MicroDAC sounds really nice. Again, pretty impressive for an onboard audio solution.

Thanks again,
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