Motherboard Recommendation for LGA1155

Sat Jul 25, 2015 2:07 pm

Hey guys,
I have the Intel i7 2600K 3.7GHz CPU, (Socket LGA 1155)
and I want to upgrade my system.

Comparing it to the new CPUs I see that the difference doesn't justifying buying a new CPU.
However, I wanna have the possibility to put 3 GPUs on my motherboard...and at the moment all the motherboards I find are for different sockets.

I found one with 2 PCIe X16..but I'm looking for one with 3.

Anybody have an idea?

Thanks in advance,
Elad.

Sat Jul 25, 2015 9:14 pm

Just the quad-channel DDR4 memory and (up to) 40 lanes of PCI-E 3.0 alone should be enough to make you dump that pup on eBay and go full LGA2011-v3/X99. I'm loving my Champ.

But if not going X99, Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H should do the job. You may need to get it used on eBay etc... little long in the tooth too...

Sun Jul 26, 2015 2:00 pm

asus maximus v extreme is the best one.

Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:19 am

thanks guys!
(I thought X99 means a type of motherboard..I see you mean CPU ?)
and if so (going 2011.. or X99) you have any favorite CPU/motherboard that goes along with it?

Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:07 am

Here you go.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_2011#GENERATIONS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_X99

Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:15 pm

Thank you

Considering Octane is running on GPU, you think the upgrade to 2011/X99 will show?

thanks again!

Tue Jul 28, 2015 4:38 pm

Yes. Especially if you are doing things other than rendering as well. PS, AE etc... and of course your 3d weapon of choice is going to benefit big-time too. Mine is completely laughing its ass off at anything I throw at it... hundreds of thousands of instances etc....Minus GPUs, you can build a total effing beast for under $1500.

Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:06 pm

Cool, so I will listen to your advice.
It's been some times since I investigated what's "new" with technology so I'm quite confused

it seems that eventhough the LG1150 is newer, the 2011 v3 is stronger, right?

Also, regarding DDR4,
the first CPU I found (i7-5820K, most popular seems) states it supports DDR4 2133,
however when I look for most popular DDR4 cards I see DDR4 2400.
weird no?

Also with the motherboards themselves, so many options!
MSI X99S SLI PLUS
MSI X99S Mpower
Asus X99-pro

I know i'm multi-asking here

but I'm very thankful for the information !

thanks !
Elad.

Tue Jul 28, 2015 7:17 pm

I still have 2600k and p8p67 ws

Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:52 am

Okay, let me say right here that I have the very highest respect for smicha, and would consider his advise to be much more sound than my own. All I know is my beast is the shizz. It sure feels like the best money I've spent in quite a while... smich, if you are saying this dude should just get a 1155 compatable mobo for three GPUs, who am I to argue... I think most folk around here would call you THE authority where workstations are concerned.