Hardware issues

**blackgold** · 04-02-12, 06:38 PM

not replacing the cards. I have a pretty beefy spare system already, I wish my 9850 were compatible with this board, I'd swap it now and test that. I'm going to try to play again soon and wait to crash.
Brian

**blackgold** · 04-02-12, 09:53 PM

Any ideas on a reasonable 1155 crossfire mobo? Will my 4x4 16 gb corsair vengeance work with an i7 set up?
Brian

**RhysJD3** · 04-02-12, 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by blackgold

Any ideas on a reasonable 1155 crossfire mobo? Will my 4x4 16 gb corsair vengeance work with an i7 set up?
Brian

Looks like your MOBO took 4 x DIMM, Max. 16 GB, DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066. If you have more info on exact speeds of memory this might help but most likely your memory will be good in almost any 1155 board.

**blackgold** · 04-02-12, 11:47 PM

I believe the ram is 1600.

**SapiensErus** · 04-03-12, 05:09 AM

am using the Asus Maximus IV GENEZ/GEN-3. It is the mATX form factor z68 chipset board; I love it. Makes OCing super easy. They make a regular ATX version too that probably has the exact same bells and whistles. ~200 (the mATX I got was 179 new)

**RhysJD3** · 04-03-12, 11:12 AM

Went out to Newegg and here's a decent looking one with rebate for $139. 4 out of 5 stars with 164 reviews plus Tom's Hardware recommended. Supports crossfire and sli. It's not PCI 3.0 though. However, it looks like the i7-2600 won't really support PCI 3.0 from a few things I've seen anyway.

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

This one is cheaper from ASRocks which I've been reading mixed things about but it's $121 and 4 out 5 stars with 384 reviews and HardwareMX recommended. It allows Quad crossfire and Quad SLI but I think from two cards because there's only 3 slots. Not sure about that one.

Newegg.com - ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard