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Need Fast Suggestion - Asus z87 sabertooth or Gigabyte G1 Sniper

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#1 ·
Looking for a z87, curious on some suggestions from you guys as I read pro's and con's from specs and review sites.

Thanks in advance
 
#2 ·
I have a Z87 Sabertooth and easily overclocked to 4.4GHz / 4400MHz, after a delid easily got to 4.7GHz / 4400MHz. I can recommend the board.
 
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Originally Posted by hammong View Post

Whichever one you like the color scheme best on. Seriously, they're both top rated boards and have no major issues. You'll do fine with either one, it comes down to brand preference and/or price.

Greg
Well, yes and no, which is why I wanted suggestions
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I take everything into consideration, max ram OC capability, power phase design, power phase count, it really does matter.

I just stumbled across ASUS MAXIMUS VI FORMULA but I am baffled by a 8+2 phase power design
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I guess the watercooling lures me
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Originally Posted by idahosurge View Post

I have a Z87 Sabertooth and easily overclocked to 4.4GHz / 4400MHz, after a delid easily got to 4.7GHz / 4400MHz. I can recommend the board.
what was highest you overclocked ram? The default specs of board scare me from it
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makes me think I won't be able to take use of high MHz ram

interesting spec comparison - http://event.asus.com/2011/mb/TUF/TUF_Tech_Fortifier.htm really wonder the difference in "ROG ARMOR" and "TUF FORTIFIER" from the boards they have
 
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Nothing wrong with an 8+2 VRM configuration if the VRM components are of top quality. Even the Maximus VI Extreme has a 8+2 phase VRM, but they take the components to a higher level with their specific choice of MOSFETs, chokes, and caps. On Haswell, the CPU voltage regulation is on-die, so the number of phases / e.g. reduced input ripple is somewhat irrelevant. With Broadwell, they're moving the voltage regulation back off the die to the motherboard.

The Sabertooth is really just a midrange board with a plastic shield over it. If you're going to be pushing RAM clocks to the max, I'd seriously consider a Maximus over the Sabertooth.

Greg
 
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Originally Posted by hammong View Post

Nothing wrong with an 8+2 VRM configuration if the VRM components are of top quality. Even the Maximus VI Extreme has a 8+2 phase VRM, but they take the components to a higher level with their specific choice of MOSFETs, chokes, and caps. On Haswell, the CPU voltage regulation is on-die, so the number of phases / e.g. reduced input ripple is somewhat irrelevant. With Broadwell, they're moving the voltage regulation back off the die to the motherboard.

The Sabertooth is really just a midrange board with a plastic shield over it. If you're going to be pushing RAM clocks to the max, I'd seriously consider a Maximus over the Sabertooth.

Greg
Thank you for the help
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I posted wrong link earlier
http://promos.asus.com/us/z87/comparison/
I have known this about the sabertooth, not the best board but definitely a decent one, just was worried if the ROG ones were too a bunch of plastic on and no top of the line components.
Was almost like a spend $600 to get top of the line or spend $150-450 to get MID RANGE components
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#7 ·
I have a GSkill Trident 8GB (2*4GB) kit that I am running at its XMP rated profile 9-11-11-31 @ 2400MHz. I am running the command rate at 1T rather than the XMP specified 2T.

I had a Maximus VI Extreme that would not even do a stable 4.4GHz / 4400MHz running the above ram at 9-11-11-31-2T. I screwed with that board for six weeks and could never get a stable 44/44 overclock, let alone think I would ever get a stable 47/44 OC.

I can not tell you if the problem was the board I had or if all M6E boards are that bad, but I sent it back and replaced it with the Sabertooth.
 
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Originally Posted by idahosurge View Post

I have a GSkill Trident 8GB (2*4GB) kit that I am running at its XMP rated profile 9-11-11-31 @ 2400MHz. I am running the command rate at 1T rather than the XMP specified 2T.

I had a Maximus VI Extreme that would not even do a stable 4.4GHz / 4400MHz running the above ram at 9-11-11-31-2T. I screwed with that board for six weeks and could never get a stable 44/44 overclock, let along think I would ever get a stable 47/44 OC.

I can not tell you if the problem was the board I had or if all M6E boards are that bad, but I sent it back and replaced it with the Sabertooth.
Damn!
I recently bought Asus z77 sabertooth, came with a pre-bricked bios for me. I'm going to try out the z87 maximus vi formula and give haswell a go.. Hopefully asus redeems itself or I'll be wishing I grabbed the Z87 G1 Sniper ( I just really hate how you are forced into barbs on board )
 
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