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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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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