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Great Time To Jump On X79
Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:56 AM
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Between Microcenter dropping the i7 3820 too $230 and EVGA dropping the X79 SLI to $260 is there really any reason to consider the 1155 platform anymore?
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Re:Great Time To Jump On X79
Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:00 AM
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...never was.
Intel X79 Core i7-3820~ Asrock X79 Extreme 6~ AMD RADEON HD 7970~ CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB DDR3-2133~ CORSAIR Vengeance C-70 Military Green case~ CORSAIR AX1200 PSU~ CORSAIR Force GT 240 Gig SSD~ CORSAIR H80i liquid cooler~ CORSAIR Vengeance M65 Military green mouse~ CORSAIR K70 mech. keyboard~ Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 -2TB Hd~ G35 Headset in Dolby Digital 7.1~ Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" LED @ 1920 X 1200~ Win 7 x64   STEAM 
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ATGSteakHouse
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Re:Great Time To Jump On X79
Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:54 AM
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aka_STEVE_b
...never was.
Agreed - but at least prior you had to pay a premium - Crazy Good Opportunity. I wonder if most don't realize the Overclocking Capabilities of X79?
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Re:Great Time To Jump On X79
Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:59 AM
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Wow great price for performance! Alot more lanes than 1155, and some really kickbutt chips, if you ever wanted to step-up from a 3820.
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Re:Great Time To Jump On X79
Thursday, May 24, 2012 12:16 PM
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Looking forward to starting my x79 build! Just updated my thread in the mods rigs section with posts of the first hardware that arrived....... taking my trip to Microcenter shortly!
Asus Rampage IV Formula x79/ Core i7 3820 /16gb G Skill ddr3-2133mhz / 2x EVGA GTX 680 / Intel X-25m 80gb G2 + 120gb G2 / Corsair Force GT 120gb /WD Caviar black 1TB /WD Caviar green 500gb /Sound Blaster X-fi titanium fatal1ty / Corsair AX1200 /NZXT Switch 810 (white)/Corsair H100/ HP ZR30W
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Re:Great Time To Jump On X79
Thursday, May 24, 2012 12:42 PM
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I wanna switch to 2011 so bad but don't have the money right now.
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ATGSteakHouse
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Re:Great Time To Jump On X79
Thursday, May 24, 2012 12:46 PM
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^^^ Start Saving!
No doubt 2011 is where it's at - Just for the cpu socket mounting hardware alone - so much more robust. Makes the 1155 sockets look like a toy.
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Re:Great Time To Jump On X79
Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:01 PM
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Re:Great Time To Jump On X79
Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:02 PM
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Johnny_Utah
Address please, Ill be taking your 680 while i'm at it also
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Re:Great Time To Jump On X79
Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:03 PM
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LOl Thanks EG. Amazing, I tried to make it so NON political! It's about X79, but I know what you are saying;)
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ATGSteakHouse
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Re:Great Time To Jump On X79
Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:08 PM
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^^^ LOL Nice Avatar 
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Re:Great Time To Jump On X79
Monday, June 04, 2012 11:07 AM
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Really? I mean, if you are going X79 why would you use a quad? I'm on a 2600k now and might consider a 6 core cpu if it would actually help minimum FPS in BF3, but other than that I see nothing about X79 that P67 doesn't have.
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Re:Great Time To Jump On X79
Monday, June 04, 2012 11:27 AM
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No Microcenter here... just Newegg and UPS. No problem, I still love my X79 build.
 EVGA X79 FTW - Intel i7-3820 - 16G G. Skill Ripjaws 2 - EVGA GTX-670 X 3 in SLI - EVGA NEX 1500 
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Re:Great Time To Jump On X79
Monday, June 04, 2012 11:38 AM
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@moonbogg The main reason is the additional PCIE Lanes for multi gpu setups. That said having used both a Z68 SLI board and X79 SLI boards I can tell you the 1155 Chips/Sockets feel like toys compared to the 2011 chips/sockets. In general the X79 boards feel higher quality - I get that may not translate into much as with either I would expect a long life time. But, if you want to work with the best hardware - no question 2011 Sockets is where it's at. Additionally the 1155 socket is being phased out - 2011 is not.  Next year it is expected to see 8 core Ivy Bridge E's. Looking at Microcenter you have two choices for chips - $280 for a 2700k or $230 for a 3820. Looking at EVGA you have $200 for a p67 SLI or $260 (After Rebate) for a X79 SLI. So total $10 more for a X79 Setup - that's a very easy decision.
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Re:Great Time To Jump On X79
Monday, June 04, 2012 11:56 AM
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I agree, but I'm unhappy that (it seems) eVGA doesn't make a board with 8 DDR3 slots.
Corsair Obsidian 800D Asrock X79 Extreme6 Intel 3930k (Stock..)
eVGA GTX 680 Corsair AX1200W 32GB Patriot 1600 MHz DDR3 SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium LG Blu-ray burner WH10LS30K (LOVE this drive) Lite-On Blu-ray ROM 401S Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit 
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