Motherboard or Mainboard for i7 3930K(more things in description)

I don't mind having on-chip graphics because it should disable it as soon as you install a graphics card, and if something ever happens to the card, you aren't left without anything to output graphics. Plus, the Intel HD 4000 graphics has Quick Sync II which encodes videos faster than any standalone graphics card.

VistaKing said:

I don't think any LGA2011 boards come with on board graphics . He has a i7-3930K processor.

They do not.....I was just saying on-chip/board graphics have some advantages. But no, Socket 2011 has none of that.

VistaKing said:

If you will be doing xFIRE or SLI you would need to get a floppy power cable to plug into the motherboard of the ROG RIVE( Rampage IV Extreme ) boards .

A trivial point: not a floppy connector. It's a 4 pin Molex, as used for IDE hard drives and optical drives.

I mention that only because some power supplies lack floppy cables.

bobkn said:

VistaKing said:

If you will be doing xFIRE or SLI you would need to get a floppy power cable to plug into the motherboard of the ROG RIVE( Rampage IV Extreme ) boards .

A trivial point: not a floppy connector. It's a 4 pin Molex, as used for IDE hard drives and optical drives.

I mention that only because some power supplies lack floppy cables.

I was thinking the floppy connector wasn't right, and I was going to check the ROG specs.......you beat me to it. Also, for people that weren't around when floppy drives were mainstream.....the connector is called a Berg connector.

kbrady1979 said:

I don't mind having on-chip graphics because it should disable it as soon as you install a graphics card, and if something ever happens to the card, you aren't left without anything to output graphics. Plus, the Intel HD 4000 graphics has Quick Sync II which encodes videos faster than any standalone graphics card.

The ASUS P8Z77 boards can run the onboard graphics at the same time as a GPU.

Lady Fitzgerald said:

kbrady1979 said:

I don't mind having on-chip graphics because it should disable it as soon as you install a graphics card, and if something ever happens to the card, you aren't left without anything to output graphics. Plus, the Intel HD 4000 graphics has Quick Sync II which encodes videos faster than any standalone graphics card.

The ASUS P8Z77 boards can run the onboard graphics at the same time as a GPU.

Yes, my Z77 Sabertooth will use both, but most people stop using the onboard graphics when they install a standalone card. Unfortunately, quite a few people have issues with the Lucid Virtu MVP software.