Hi can someone recommend a Great motherboard for this processor ??? I was thinking about the Asus Rampage IV Extreame but the reviews look a little bad Is that a Safe board to get ? I like that Asus has that Instant on feature, can someone please make...
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I have that process motherboard combination, and it's been great. I had to flash the bios to upgrade it to recognize the processor--tool me about an hour to figure out the process and her it working. The board itself gets a little cramped.. My water block cooling fans block a set of memory slots, do I need to remove the fan to get memory in and out.. In all, I don't have any regretS with the board.. It's been stable and fast.
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The latest BIOS is 4404. I don't know what BIOS is currently shipping with this board, since it would depend on when the board was manufactured. However, 4404 was released in October of 2013, so if the source of the board has fresh stock, you'll likely get the latest BIOS. In any event, I use G-Skill 2133 memory (8x4GB - Quad Matched Sticks) in this board and run it at XMP setting with a hex-core 3930 CPU running at 4.2 GHz, and a Corsair H80i cooler. I replaced the stock H80i cooler fans (noisy) with the Corsair PWM High Static Pressure models (2 fans - push-pull - blowing out of the case), and even when all 6 cores are running at 100% while recoding video for hours at a time, the temp never gets above 70 degrees C. It's a fine board and once I added that H80i and those fans, it has run flawlessly. Buy it, you'll like it!
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Will it work? Yes. Perfectly fine? No. Why will it work? Because of Asrock's page for that motherboard which says Supports FSB1333/1066/800/533 MHz CPUs Supports Dual Channel DDR3 1333(OC) . Now for the not so perfect. First lets cover OC. I don't know your level of experience so I I have to cover the basics too. OC stands for over-clock. The overclock of those memory modules is done in your BIOS(setup) when you first turn on the computer . You can navigate there with Delete(usually) or F2. They will otherwise run @ 1066MHz because the Amazon page says F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL. It's a simple variable change in your BIOS. Nothing challenging. Will you get the full 8GB? Absolutely not. A 32bit Win 7 can handle a maximum of about 3.5GB but when I used these babies in my beast of a computer, BEFORE I upgraded to a 64bit OS my computer could only utilize 2GB. Your experience will vary, 8GB for for almost $80??? I spent under $60. You can upgrade to a more modern 64bit OS and the computer will automatically use the rest of the ram but you may need to adjust your memory speeds again after you upgrade or install to a more appropriate version. There are only 2 DIMM slots so no worries with installation issues.
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My question to you is what are you upgrading from? because I have this mobo with an A10-5800K and it works like a champ.
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F2A88XN-WIFII guess OTB is Out of the Box I paid to send the MOBO to gigabyte cause it would NOT POST with 7850k,Gigabyte does recommend that an FM2 pre-Kaveri CPU be used to update to F3 ,.if you have that CPU,..I don't .When the MOBO came back, it POSTed on first try with 7850k. Has BIOS F3 . I like the MOBO .ATI\AMD had their staggard release of the FM2 and FM2+ CPU's\chip set. could make it difficult for the MOBOmanufactures to have all in stock MOBO's with latest BIOS. F3 BIOS update has the final details of 7850k releasewhich came out at least 6 months after the first release of the MOBO . MOBO is Rev. 3.0 F2A88XN-WIFII guess OTB is Out of the Box I paid to send the MOBO to gigabyte cause it would NOT POST with 7850k,Gigabyte does recommend that an FM2 pre-Kaveri CPU be used to update to F3 ,.if you have that CPU,..I don't .When the MOBO came back, it POSTed on first try with 7850k. Has BIOS F3 . I like the MOBO .ATI\AMD had their staggard release of the FM2 and FM2+ CPU's\chip set. could make it difficult for the MOBOmanufactures to have all in stock MOBO's with latest BIOS. F3 BIOS update has the final details of 7850k releasewhich came out at least 6... » Read More F2A88XN-WIFII guess OTB is Out of the Box I paid to send the MOBO to gigabyte cause it would NOT POST with 7850k,Gigabyte does recommend that an FM2 pre-Kaveri CPU be used to update to F3 ,.if you have that CPU,..I don't .When the MOBO came back, it POSTed on first try with 7850k. Has BIOS F3 . I like the MOBO .ATI\AMD had their staggard release of the FM2 and FM2+ CPU's\chip set. could make it difficult for the MOBOmanufactures to have all in stock MOBO's with latest BIOS. F3 BIOS update has the final details of 7850k releasewhich came out at least 6 months after the first release of the MOBO . MOBO is Rev. 3.0 « Show Less
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Check the Gigabyte website for this motherboard and what CPUs are supported by this motherboard. Here's the link: http://www.gigabyte.us/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=495. You should be good to go with this processor. Great MB.
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ASUS Rampage IV Extreme LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard ... This one is the one I have and like it very much. You may have to update the BIOS but after that, just enjoy it.
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When I bought my motherboard, it did not come with bundled processor. I purchased an Intel 2600k CPU and have been running it overclocked at 4.4 Mhz with no problems. Great solid board. Prices have come down since I bought it a year ago. Newegg.com may have bundled CPU packages - sometimes you save money, sometimes not so much.
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My experience is I play a lot of old windows games and this motherboard handles it beautifully on all high settings.And the cpu and gpu intergrated runs super cool .Of course I have an fm2+ cpu at 65watts Quadcore 3.1 which is very nice./ If you multi task accept no less than a Quadcore and you won,t go wrong!!!! So if you don,t game heavy this is a dream motherboard. Make sure you have also plenty of memory/ram and a decent cpu cooler other than stock and it should be around for a long time to come.!!!! My personal experience is it,s Very Very Very Nice!!!!
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Yes, I have this board, but with an AMD 8-core CPU. I had problems getting it to read due to the complex BIOS of the board. Make sure the last 4 digits of your motherboard serial number matches your BIOS version. The final fix for getting it to read was removing the CPU and CMOS battery for a minimum 5 minutes (as directed by ASUS) and then after the systems boots, adjust the BIOS clocking from 1600MHZ to 1866MHZ.
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Yes it is great for gaming, i got it with the rampage IV extreme, the rampage IV Black would be also great. Those are the best x79 mb out there so far.
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I'm currently Using this Processor on a LGA 1150 socket, Z97 motherboard. I have not been able to Overclock using the wizard without the computer Crashing the GPU (GTX 660) I have not tried to overclock manually. I can say that the fan that comes with it does a decent job and can be used for running High Quality games without overclocking (WatchDogs looks great, it has it's own problems, Tomb Raider works great on Max, Skyrim looks great too, But I do have 32gigs of memory as well) So, Yes. And Overclocking isn't needed so far, I can't find a game I want to play that can challenge this processor even at it's out-of-box speed.
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Hey I have read an article about Intel's problems with it's Sandy Bridge processor. You might want to look into that prior to purchasing one.
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yes, you canhttp://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/RAMPAGE_IV_GENE/specifications/
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Hi. This is a processor quite old to buy it just to update an old pc. But a good motherboard for this processor would be any intel P45 chipset.Currently the Pentium G3220 gives you a kick in the ass to the E8400.Best regards!
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MSI has made some good motherboards for high end workstation chipsets for years. They may sell more outside the US, which explains why people haven't seen them much here. I have built several systems on MSI boards and I have no complaints.But that's also a limited statement. I haven't had to contact customer support so I have no idea how good it is or isn't. Their play on ultracompacts is somewhat risky with everything coming to market soon from all the big names. Let's see if beating the rush by a few months buys them some time.
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I agree with Caleb E. pcpartpicker will help you a ton when building a system. It shows no problems at all... and by the way.. I love this motherboard...