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Devices => PC's and Other Hardware => Topic started by: RC23 on April 28, 2012, 04:18:34 pm
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Is it worth to go with an Intel Z68 mainboard? The z68 chipset combines P67 and H67 chipset with OC opportunities of Sandy Bridge CPUs (i.e. i5-2500k). Or is the P67 chipset with a separate graphic card like MSI N450GTS Cyclone the better way for RedOctober HQ?
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-z68-express-smart-response-technology-ssd-caching,2938.html or the article in German http://www.tomshardware.de/intel-z68-express-smart-response-ssd-caching-Virtu,testberichte-240783.html
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I think my Z68 motherboard cost me $75. So you might as well get one.
That said if you want to use RedOctober HQ I would probably get a better video card. The onboard video for the i5-2500k was okay but things got way smoother when I bought an separate video card.
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I think my Z68 motherboard cost me $75. So you might as well get one.
That said if you want to use RedOctober HQ I would probably get a better video card. The onboard video for the i5-2500k was okay but things got way smoother when I bought an separate video card.
Some of the Ivy Bridge CPU's are supposed to have much better built-in video (something about 4000 series graphics). They are available at Micro Center today. They require a Z77 motherboard. Slightly lower power, slightly better performance.
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Some of the Ivy Bridge CPU's are supposed to have much better built-in video (something about 4000 series graphics). They are available at Micro Center today. They require a Z77 motherboard. Slightly lower power, slightly better performance.
The intel video can also be used with some media extenders, right?
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Is it worth to go with an Intel Z68 mainboard?
Nope. Get Z77
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Nope. Get Z77
You are right. After reading some reviews I will take a Z77 chipset mainboard in ATX size
- a little less energy 2W for Z77 vs. P67 in idle modus
- full PCIe slots already in middle class mainboards
- supports up to 3TB HDD
- better USB 3.0 performance
- supports Ivy Bridge CPU with HD4000 GPU
- already today stable HD4000 driver
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Just an fyi the z68 boards will support ivy bridge cpus with a BIOS update. However, that being said at this point there is no benefit in getting a z68 over a z77 if you're buying a new board. I just rebuilt my htpcs and I love the ivy bridge cpus. Using quicksync on my 3770k I can transcode an hour of 10mbps h.264 video to 2.7mbps 720p in 4 minutes. The i5 2400s sandy bridge CPU I put in my second htpc can do it in 9 minutes. However, the 3000 series igpu on sandy bridge isn't quite fast enough for madvr. The 4000 series on ivy bridge is pretty darn good with madvr. At this point grab a z77 with ivb CPU.
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Just an fyi the z68 boards will support ivy bridge cpus with a BIOS update.
Thatīs a good info for z68 mainboard owners who are now able to upgrade with an Ivy.
My last PC comes with an AMD X2 4800+ CPU and the Ivy will blow away my old solution. ;)
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You are right. After reading some reviews I will take a Z77 chipset mainboard in ATX size
- a little less energy 2W for Z77 vs. P67 in idle modus
- full PCIe slots already in middle class mainboards
- supports up to 3TB HDD
- better USB 3.0 performance
- supports Ivy Bridge CPU with HD4000 GPU