You're contradicting yourself. Your rant was exclusive to the GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 because it's quite obvious that it's the only motherboard you had any experience with using or looked at that supports a Sandy Bridge CPU.
Everything you ranted about has to do with connectors and interfaces that are...
I realize this thread is over a month old and I skimmed it fairly quickly, but what exactly about the OP's rant applies exclusively to his Gigabyte board?
Let's see what a $360 Z68 motherboard by Asus has:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131760
0 PCI slots
0 IDE/PATA connectors...
I do a lot of graphics design and I wouldn't be caught dead with a TN monitor on my desktop for personal use. However, when gaming, image quality isn't the utmost concern. If you're playing a shooter, you don't have time to admire having at least 8-bits of color depth per channel. You're worried...
Bulldozer was originally supposed to launch in 2010.
Then it was Q1 2011.
Then it was Q2 2011.
Then it was Q3 2011.
Then I built a Core i5-2500K system and paid just $180 for the CPU in early July.
The end.
Back when PC133 was the rage, I bought nothing but Crucial. I must have gone through 5-6 PC133 sticks for two computers. Since then, I've purchased Mushkin DDR 400 and DDR2 800, PQI DDR 400, G.Skill DDR 400, and now my latest build has Patriot DDR3 1600. The Mushkin DDR 400 was defective and the...
The only known issue with the m4 occurs with Link Power Management enabled on some systems when using m4 firmware 0001. A firmware update to 0002 fixes that. I don't really know much about Link Power Management, but I flashed to 0002 before I installed anything on my new m4 and have had no...
I had my last motherboard from 2005–last week and I only made two performance upgrades by choice. It was a Socket A motherboard that I carried over an old AMD Athlon Thunderbird over before upgrading to an Athlon XP-M months later. I later upgraded the RAM from 1GB to 2GB after DDR was...
What's the usual procedure after building a desktop?
If you ask me, it's curse for days because you suspect your motherboard is eight flavors of retarded until you finally return it for a working one after making time to diagnose every part in your system. The replacement, while functional, is...
Hey, I don't agree with the whole situation either. I bought and built my parents their current desktop PC and my dad still tells me it's running very smoothly even though it was a budget build from 2008. The last thing I need from them is to spend money on me. If it's going to be a gift that...
Again, it's a wedding gift from his mom. Say what you want about that, but it's not the groom who is spending the $5,000. That said, I'd build a machine based on Sandy Bridge rather than Gulftown so extra money can go towards accessories that won't go obsolete.
I have a friend who bought AKG...
Pfft. You guys are only suggesting a 27" monitor? Try this:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4070/dell-u3011-review-dells-new-30-inch-flagship
It's easy when it's not his money. If he had to spend $5,000 on a new computer himself, you wouldn't be seeing this.
I have a Dell 2707WFP that goes up to 1920x1200. I have a deep corner desk, so I have the monitor placed about 24-30" from my face. Doing so makes the perceived pixel pitch more manageable while giving me more usable desk space. I actually find it to be ideal. If it was closer, 1920x1200 on 27"...
I basically build and forget for a long time. Lots of things happened between 2008 and now that probably kept me from building a new computer as I probably otherwise would have though. Still, needless to say, going from an Athlon XP to an i5-2500K is incomparable. The former couldn't even play...
The deals for a 2500K and a good motherboard are there. I paid $300 for an i5-2500K and a Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 two weeks ago at Micro Center and Gigabyte has an additional $15 mail-in rebate that runs until the end of the month. I was trying to wait out for Bulldozer because I do try to support...
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