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E777 vs E779 "Pleese es'plain too mee..."
Wednesday, June 06, 2012 10:06 PM
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What, if any, are the differences between these 2 motherboards?? I have to decide in a couple weeks which one to get. Under the X58, I've always had a Classified. First the E759, then a 4-way, now an E759 again(didnt know what I had the first round...) As far as I can tell, there is no diff, aside from the PCIe slots shifting around a bit! For the extra $50, do I get a membership card and a nice t-shirt letting folks know I got the fancy version of the 2 identical boards??  Regards,
][ E759 Classified #262 ][ I7-970 6-Core ][ 12GB Muskin RL 994056 ] -@- [ 3.81GHz/1656.4MHz/7,7,7,24 ][ (x2) 580's(P3-1582's)]@[861MHz/2240 ][ OCZ Revo 3 240GB ][ "Under Water" parts - CPU:EK Supreme HF Cu - GPU's:HeatKiller X3's - M/B:BitsPower Full Board block/Reg ][ (x2) Swiftech MCP655's ][ DD Res ][ MagiCool 720 Hexa radiator ][ TT Black Widow 850Watt X2 ][ Hand-built aluminum case ][
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Re:E777 vs E779 "Pleese es'plain too mee..."
Wednesday, June 06, 2012 10:50 PM
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779 is bigger by an inch and officially supports 4-way SLI, check this out. Also go to the support section, under manuals, and look up the visual guides for the boards you're interested in. Page 2 of all guides shows you which configuration is possible.
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northgalocal
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Re:E777 vs E779 "Pleese es'plain too mee..."
Saturday, June 09, 2012 2:17 PM
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AAAaaaaooohh.
I knew about the board size, but not about the PCiE lanes. I would think the Classified would have X16 all the way through? I know PCiE 3.0 has thru-put goodness, but... I just dont know.
Here I have the E759 with the NF in it, does ANY of the new X79 have similar??
][ E759 Classified #262 ][ I7-970 6-Core ][ 12GB Muskin RL 994056 ] -@- [ 3.81GHz/1656.4MHz/7,7,7,24 ][ (x2) 580's(P3-1582's)]@[861MHz/2240 ][ OCZ Revo 3 240GB ][ "Under Water" parts - CPU:EK Supreme HF Cu - GPU's:HeatKiller X3's - M/B:BitsPower Full Board block/Reg ][ (x2) Swiftech MCP655's ][ DD Res ][ MagiCool 720 Hexa radiator ][ TT Black Widow 850Watt X2 ][ Hand-built aluminum case ][
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Re:E777 vs E779 "Pleese es'plain too mee..."
Saturday, June 09, 2012 2:29 PM
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No. There ar 40 pcie lanes vs 36 of the x58 and 16 in socket 1155.
<message edited by awalleyeguy on Saturday, June 09, 2012 2:36 PM>
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Re:E777 vs E779 "Pleese es'plain too mee..."
Saturday, June 09, 2012 2:37 PM
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northgalocal
AAAaaaaooohh.
I knew about the board size, but not about the PCiE lanes. I would think the Classified would have X16 all the way through? I know PCiE 3.0 has thru-put goodness, but... I just dont know.
Here I have the E759 with the NF in it, does ANY of the new X79 have similar??
You will need a dual socket 2011 board for 40-lanes per CPU and 80-lanes total. Then you can have two slots connected to CPU 1 at x16 and two slots connected to CPU 2 at x16. That will leave two x8 slots left over to use for something else like RAID cards.
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