As for the board itself, it has some great components and features that are well thought out for the most part. I like the VRM design, with 6 phases of 60A PowIRstage driver/mosfets, and the extra PWM may help it run as efficiently as possible. ...
Some of the extra onboard features are good to have, such as power buttons and clear-CMOS switches. I especially like that the diagnostic LED doubles as a CPU temperature monitor as soon as it boots past the BIOS.
I wanted an EVGA board for my rig, but they took a little too long for my tastes. I love the color scheme, the IO cover, and the UEFI, but the boards just seem a little bare.
I wanted an EVGA board for my rig, but they took a little too long for my tastes. I love the color scheme, the IO cover, and the UEFI, but the boards just seem a little bare.
Not quite sure how the audio sounds, but who knows, maybe it could use a boost in audio. Pretty much what szeged said though, the bare space kinda gives off the impression of a low end board. A board the same price is almost always packed to the gills with capacitors and other things.
People buy boards based on how it is "filled"? Wow.
BTW, as for capacitors more does not mean better, just like cores I guess. This board has IR PWMs, it seems to me like a more valuable reason to consider it as a quality product than ZOMG caps tbh.
I dont buy based on how boards are filled, i was just pointing out that compared to other manufacturers, evga does have a bit of space managment issues on their boards. Lots of bare spots which could have been thought out a bit better, or used more wisely. I know that adding more capacitors or other components doesnt make it better
I buy for performance, and if the performance is there, ill grab it even if it looks like poo
People buy boards based on how it is "filled"? Wow.
BTW, as for capacitors more does not mean better, just like cores I guess. This board has IR PWMs, it seems to me like a more valuable reason to consider it as a quality product than ZOMG caps tbh.
People buy boards based on how it is "filled"? Wow.
BTW, as for capacitors more does not mean better, just like cores I guess. This board has IR PWMs, it seems to me like a more valuable reason to consider it as a quality product than ZOMG caps tbh.
I dont buy based on how boards are filled, i was just pointing out that compared to other manufacturers, evga does have a bit of space managment issues on their boards. Lots of bare spots which could have been thought out a bit better, or used more wisely. I know that adding more capacitors or other components doesnt make it better
I buy for performance, and if the performance is there, ill grab it even if it looks like poo
Usually the more advanced the ICs used, the less filled the PCBs are.
About the power delivery capacitors... Ironically, the faster the switching speed is, the less you need bigger smoothing capacitors. And that's good, because large capacitors generally have larger ESRs, which also lower the efficiency of the system, as well as limiting the power output.
You should be happy that they are using small capacitors there
Its not the size of the components or how many the use thats bothering me. I just posted that evga could take a small lesson in space management on their motherboard/gpu pcbs.
Somehow that keeps getting twisted into "i think if a motherboard has more components on it, it is better" which i know is not true
so again - i just dont like the look of bare spots on pcbs, but if it functions fine, thats great, ill just live with it being ugly imo
i wonder if the bios are greatly improved. the z77 bioses has alot of problems.... i like the clean look of the pcb!
although the IO cover might hit the first graphics card when the first pcie slot is used. specially if the graphics card has a backplate.
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