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Question: What are the best parts to buy with this? Should I use liquid cooling or just a fan?
Document: More features than anyone would ever need, high quality components! If your into overkill products this is the motherboard for you, easily overclocked my i7 3770K to 4.5 GHz on first attempt while using iGPU on air cooling. Got it, plugged it in and worked like it was supposed to, zero issues with this motherboard after two months.If you want the best Z77 motherboard this one has it all, this is the king of Z77!
I love it..it came in intact never expected it to be heavy...but its worth it...would love to buy again but i would request xpedite shipping
I've reached 5GHZ+ with an H100 (not stable yet but I'm trying!). I guess what I want to say is that this board should not be bought and used for default overclocking settings. Especially with the latest and greatest to go with it. If you aren't overclocking or using more PCI lanes... then this is just the biggest waste of money you'll ever spend. ASUS boards around $200 will show equal returns if you don't overclock or use their default overclock settings.
This motherboard is pretty good as I've said before, I'm from venezuela, I always buy stuffs in amazon, the day I got it my friend started build my computer & Atm it's working great!
The performance is fantastic,once I had my components installed I was able to get my i3770k stable at 4.6ghz on the first try using mostly default bios settings. However, I use a Noctua nh-D14 cooler and my R280x video card in the first pci-e lane sits very close to the edge of the cooler (so much so that I have to use a thin ruler to depress the release switch to remove the video card).
The additional power plugs for the cpu and i/o outputs are also in an awkward position and make neat cabling difficult.But I bought this motherboard for performance first, and on that point it is the best board I've ever had.
Until recently you couldn't get me to buy another manufacture's motherboard... ASUS boards were king in my world.I'm concerned that might be changing.A couple of weeks ago I ordered a SABERTOOTH X79 motherboard and learned after a few days that the 2nd of 8 memory slots was bad. That could have explained some of the other issues I was having with the board. I called AUSU tech support to see about a replacement.
If you are thinking of using easy mode, I recommend you don't as of writing this. Just buy the regular blue series of motherboard as you will see no difference using their default overclocking settings. RAM timings are getting more complicated with the latest speeds and when I used the basic overclocking settings, it made my setup unreliable. But I am savvy with voltage controls and of course, the advanced mode gives you the premium adjustments you would be paying for.
I finally saved enough money to get this board, purchase an intel extreme motherboard a few week back. It is a huge time waster. Was able to get it up and running for a few days and then i got a post "12" code. With this new Asus motherboard, but i have seen very good review about it, although it cost more. This is a very nice motherboard, no doubt it is one of the best motherboard for the LGA 1155.
I would prefer 2 Thunderbolt Ports, but 1 is still good. The price is a little high, but this is still one of the best motherboards made. I wish it was actually just a standard ATX size, instead of EATX, because just about every case fits ATX, not every case fits EATX, so finding a good one can be tough. I can recommend the Cooler Master CM Storm Trooper Case in Black, or Stryker Case in White as a good case for this motherboard.
Answer: Liquid cooling is best with this particular motherboard. Yet, it all comes down with what you are experienced with and personal preference. In my opinion, liquid cooling really brings out all the potential in this motherboard. For beginners in the water cooling side I would purchase a h100i or an nzxt kraken. This board comes with most everything you would need for sli and etc. Getting into detail It does has 4 dimm slots and 16+ gb of ram (32 preferably) would suffice. It is a wonderful board in my build of which was built last November and still running strong. My best wishes,Joshua -- IT Expert