Asus Maximus IV extreme vs UD7

Wait for z68, its like 3 weeks

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Originally Posted by chasefrench;13108634
Wait for z68, its like 3 weeks

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Why?

better overclocking
ssd caceing
usb3 i think
Ability to use onboard gpu should anything bad happen
etc

read the reviews,

anyway its newer, which is generally enough for many enthusiasts

Still no answer lol ?????????

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Originally Posted by chasefrench;13108664
better overclocking
ssd caceing
usb3 i think
Ability to use onboard gpu should anything bad happen
etc

read the reviews,

anyway its newer, which is generally enough for many enthusiasts

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What better OC'ing, the graphics? Both his options how have USB 3. I haven't read anything that shows z68 to be the default enthusiast board. 1156 came out after 1366 but it wasn't better....

Edit @OP - People love the asus bios and I have been hearing about some boot issues with certain bios's in the Gigabyte p67 Forum. But I love my UD4, and would love to trade up to the 7.

if you re not gonna wait, then gigabyte, only problem is lack of uefi bios

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/40726-gigabyte-p67a-ud7-b3-sandy-bridge-motherboard-review-17.html

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Originally Posted by tats;13108718
What better OC'ing, the graphics? Both his options how have USB 3. I haven't read anything that shows z68 to be the default enthusiast board. 1156 came out after 1366 but it wasn't better....

Edit @OP - People love the asus bios and I have been hearing about some boot issues with certain bios's in the Gigabyte p67 Forum. But I love my UD4, and would love to trade up to the 7.

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I never said it was the enthusiast chipset, i meant most enthusiasts simply liked owning newer tech rather than old.

Read this and make your own mind up.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/z68-express-lucidlogix-virtu-ssd-caching,2888-7.html

And frankly when has it ever been bad advice on this website, to tell someone to wait for newer tech!?

yes they are both excellent boards. I have two reviews of the boar,d one performance and one physical in depth. I actually helped teh hardware canucks reviewer, i gave him the media kit! LOL All in all hes a great guy

Anyways the UD7 currently owns the boards at HWbot, but that is not to say teh M4E isn't a great board.

Id go with teh UD7, but its personal choice. Z68 is around the corner, maybe you shoudl wait.

I would say both are great (flagship P67) with one exception..Asus is notorious for abandoning support (bios ,drivers,etc) in favor of the new platform,proof ;
http://hardforum.com//showthread.php?t=1578865&page=111

EDIT: with UD7 you get x16/x16 for SLI/CF ,Maximus iv x8/x8 or triple x8/x16/x16..not much of a difference for single monitor tho;
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...fire,2910.html

Would the ASus fit in the 600T case, cause the board is an eatx and by case specs will only fit atx??

yes it will or you can buy the case and measure

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Originally Posted by coolhandluke41;13110541
I would say both are great (flagship P67) with one exception..Asus is notorious for abandoning support (bios ,drivers,etc) in favor of the new platform,proof ;
http://hardforum.com//showthread.php?t=1578865&page=111

EDIT: with UD7 you get x16/x16 for SLI/CF ,Maximus iv x8/x8 or triple x8/x16/x16..not much of a difference for single monitor tho;
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/p67-gaming-3-way-sli-three-card-crossfire,2910.html

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This is precisely why I went with gigabyte this time!!
And I got flamed on that hardforum and called a "kid" for telling the truth, even though I'm 39,
whatever, anyway,
Yeah anyone who remembers the Asus P5WDH remembers how limited it was with FSB overclocking because there were no RAM subtimings in the BIOS!! You could change it in windows (TRFC TRFC TRFC!!) and use setFSB, but even though the P5B Deluxe had subtimings, the P5WDH did NOT! And we kept asking Asus and they did NOTHING. Nothing.
So we had a board that was fast for its time, but only faster than other boards because it ran the memory timings too tight, and you couldn't loosen them in the BIOS...TRFC/TRD values were too low....

In the meantime, Asus made newer boards with ram subtimings...

Now look at gigabyte....we ask them to make more LLC options and sure enough they do...yeah its sorta buggy at the moment, but at least they did...