Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 - 4 GPUs w/o risers

Marrs

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Quote from: CartmanSPC on April 18, 2013, 02:27:01 AM

Ouch! Hadn't factored in the cost of the CPU Embarrassed

Argh!

Guess I'm back to the Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7.

Gigabyte G1.Sniper 3 EATX LGA1155 Motherboard

This board has an LGA1155 socket and can hold 4x GPUs without risers.

Even with datacenter hosting, you might want a case with more airflow than a HAF XM, though.

Cablez

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I owe my soul to the Bitcoin code...

Yeah the x79 is not a cheap platform to begin with as it is geared toward workstation use. If you still want intel go with the Z/H77 chipset with an ivy bridge cpu and you should do better monitarily even though the AMD systems are the cheapest around.

CartmanSPC

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Ouch! Hadn't factored in the cost of the CPU Embarrassed

Argh!

Guess I'm back to the Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7.

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And your cheapest CPU that will fit in there will be a $300 Core i7-3820.

........

yup, thats cheap. /facepalm.

Turok

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those cards will be close to each other, no way you can keep good temps. If you aim to use 7950/7970 I'm pretty sure the cards will be overheating.

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After spending the last two days trying to select a motherboard I have finally decided on the Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4.

Was initially going to use the Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 but read that Intel CPUs use less power when idle. I also have a personal preference to Intel.

Here are my reasons for selecting the Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

The Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 allows me to use up to 4 GPUs without risers in a HAF XM.
If I decide to later use a custom cage it will let me go up to 6 GPUs with risers.
I bought into Gigabytes "Ultra Durable 5" marketing.
Only a little more than the GA-X79-UD3 with "Ultra Durable 3".
5 year warrantee.
Availability

I think I'll be ok in regard to cooling as this will be placed in a data center with an ambient temperature of 61 degrees.

Having searched the forum it doesn't appear that this motherboard has been used much. I read that the MSI 890FXA-GD70 is the one to get but it is hard to come by. The MSI Big Bang-Marshal would be nice but twice the price for two more slots.

Any feedback would be appreciated!

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