Newegg TV: MSI X79A-GD65 LGA 2011 Intel X79 Motherboard Overview

[GerardFreeman]

I would like to know if this motherboard would be a good fit for the COOLER MASTER CM Storm Series Trooper ATX Full Tower Computer Case?

[findthecomputerroom6]

can you put pci 2.1 cards in the pci 3.0 slots?

[d5monkeyface]

@findthecomputerroom6 yes pci 2.1 cards will still work in pci gen 3 slots

[Metalicalypse]

@d5monkeyface Will 2500k work on this mobo?

[d5monkeyface]

@Metalicalypse well no because the 2500k is a lga 1155 cpu and this is a lga 2011 mobo as that i own one.

[fizzlefofizzle]

@d5monkeyface so im guessing the 2600k is out to since its lga1155 :(

[d5monkeyface]

@fizzlefofizzle get your sockets right and you will be fine

[ChiefLeftenant]

@ArmaniDemon You don't need too, those Rigs are fine for at least 3 to 4 more years. the only thing you might need next year is a new GPU. Good stuff coming from AMD and Nvidia in 2012. And its not just PCIe 3.

[TheGobedan]

10:32 That's right, 128 gigs supported. This review is the only one mentioning it.

8 gigs ddr3 are already on the market, so 3-4 years later 16-gigs ram modules will be available on the market.

Other x79 m/b's have 64Gb max.

[ChiefLeftenant]

@TheGobedan There will be 16GB DIMM's in 2012

[TheGobedan]

@ChiefLeftenant Already? That's good to know. Oh, wait, i think they'll just double the amount of chips on the stick. Well, anyway, it's better than nothing, i guess.

[ChiefLeftenant]

@TheGobedan No it's not necessarily going to be more chips on the DIMM (but that would be cheaper). The new NAND Flash that Samsung just made like a week or two ago that has more density. So the same space just more memory.

[caveman8500]

wow, this makes me feel so outdated....haha i have 8gbs of ram, and trust me, i never get anywhere close to using it all..... hahaha

[ChiefLeftenant]

@caveman8500 Same here. I only use more than 6 when I'm editing some HD video. And most of the time I use about 4 when I'm watching YouTube with like 20 webpages open. And about 10 other programs running.

[zmanx900]

"Military Class"... another marketing gimmick?

[ChiefLeftenant]

@zmanx900 Don't say that. MSI is the preferred MOBO manufacturer for the US Armed Forces along with several of her Allies. They just took the spec that is required for the Gov/Mil Only models to civilian models.

[YSKite]

Guys, what mobo, cpu, psu, gpu, ram would you put in a Carbide 400R case? and which BR drive would you recommend for burning? thanks if you reply... there is so many mobos I don't know what to choose cause they all have good and bad reviews.

[ChiefLeftenant]

@YSKite Just get what you need, with a little extra for growth. And I would recommend Gigabyte for your MOBO. I have three different builds with them and I'm happy. The 3D capable Lite-On BD Burner would make you happy. Just be sure to use a SATA 3 port. And when selecting a particular product from reviews you want about 70% or more to be on the 4 and 5 egg/star rating (just combine both the 4 and 5 %). Most reviews I see are just nitpicking.

[YSKite]

@ChiefLeftenant I was really leaning toward Giga.. but I've read endless complaints of them getting stuck in "loop reboot" thanks for recommending that Lite-On.

[ChiefLeftenant]

@YSKite That's because people need to clear the CMOS and try again. These dual BIOS MOBOs are different from their predecessors. And GB give nearly all their MOBOs the option to overclock, so some folks don't do it right then for get that they can clear the CMOS. I have never had these issues. Cause I don't overclock. To me I don't notice a real improvement. The only improvement I have ever seen is with SLI and XFire setups.

[windbreaker14]

I still got 4GB of RAM, PAUL. DDR2!

[Hyattsvilleman]

Made in China? WTF?

[ChiefLeftenant]

@Hyattsvilleman And you point is?

[nottinmatterz2day]

when will processors be available for it?

[d5monkeyface]

@nottinmatterz2day The processors are already out for more than a week

[greedyfoot]

X79 and still using BIOS? What the hell, I'd expect them to of moved fully over to a UEFI firmware. Why would they continue using BIOS with a UEFI overlay? They really save that much money by continueing using a BIOS chip instead of a newer UEFI one?

[TikiShootah]

booo! pos cpus.

I got my 1156 i7-860 when they were "the new thing" now the damn things have died off in the market like they Never existed. i refused to buy any more "popular new cpus"

[xCoolJackx1991]

@TikiShootah Welcome to the world of consumer electronics

[TheSandy1iscool]

can u tell me a pc for gaming around $600/- plz send me information to my id sandeeppchacker@gmail.com plz

processor, ram, hdd, graphics card, cace for pc, dvd drive and etc.

[worldofgregonur]

but can it run minecraft?

[UARAF16]

I heard something about a 16 core processor, opteron, can someone fill me in?

amd website

[ChiefLeftenant]

@UARAF16 You do know that is a SERVER CPU right?

[ChiefLeftenant]

@UARAF16 You do know that is a SERVER CPU right?

[d5monkeyface]

@ChiefLeftenant you know that this isn't a server cpu right

[ChiefLeftenant]

@d5monkeyface Opteron IS a Server CPU. It is the server CPU design from AMD.

[d5monkeyface]

@ChiefLeftenant Sorry i thought you were talking about x79. Stupid me.

[ChiefLeftenant]

@d5monkeyface It's OK... I KNOW my stuff... And YouTube's comment system is all broken. IDK why I can't just respond to your comment from the inbox. AND IDK why I can't just see the comment history from the inbox (like a thread).

It's an archaic system that needs to be trashed and replaced.

[lizardmannnn]

Nice

[Techthisbuffalo]

err this video dosent load!!!

[Melthornal]

@Techthisbuffalo It thinks you smell.

[XionEternum]

I find this amusing: HDDs and SSDs don't have the r/w speeds to fully utilize even SATAII in raid 0. RAM doesn't have the r/w speeds to fully utilize their available bandwidth. RAM is starting to be used as cached data storage for insanely fast loading times 20-30 times faster than SSDs. Now we have USB and PCI-e 3.0 and nothing made today is native to them. I foresee a HDD bay replacement that seats 16 DIMMs as a drive connected to SATAIII in the near future.

[ZacGod]

@XionEternum maybe connected to pci express 3.0

[BraultOlivier]

!!!!!!!LUAP

[sloppiexx]

For a low price of $300 :P

[grahamrees87]

howmuch was that

[nanaispineapple]

Paul,I getted coffee in my package today, tnx :)

[brostav]

128gb of ram... yea we are deffs gonna need that -_-

[declaration963]

@brostav Ten Years ago 128 MB of ram is a huge, most PC only equipped with 32 MB or 64 MB of ram, for next 6 months we will have 16 GB RAM in single stick, so 8 dimm means 128 GB of Ram, and for next 5 years i believe we have 128 GB of RAM in single stick, and for high end motherboard that's use quad channel, that;s 1 TB of RAM.

[SWOgottaGO]

@declaration963 Yeah and Windows90280918 will hog 3/4 of that 128gb of RAM

[DBZisthebestanimever]

@declaration963 10 years duplicates to maximum amount of ram by 1024

[TheGobedan]

@declaration963 128Mb in 2001 was huge? Nope, i think not. I had to upgrade ram to 256mb, because HOMM4 was slow on 128mb. After upgrade everything went fine.

I see nothing wrong having huge amounts of ram. It opens limitless possibilities with RAM Drives.

[azntallie101]

@brostav 2 words: ram drive.

[misterpc23]

@azntallie101 I can't wait for that :D

[NeoxideMolten]

Are these X79 motherboards compatible with AM3? Assuming X79 is not exclusive to Intel CPUs. I definitely won't be buying anything that came out in the last 6 months due to budgets, this is just out of curiosity.

[Techthisbuffalo]

@NeoxideMolten are u smart?=p

[Truber190]

@NeoxideMolten only intel lga 2011

[JohnMandrake11]

@NeoxideMolten Even if this could support it the socket is different. X79 is the 2011 socket. AM3 is the AM3 socket

[Atheistprimate]

Paul = Boss

[windbreaker14]

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

[JtGorospe90]

Not sure if 8D or happy face....

[declaration963]

Too bad this motherbord doesn't support Intel Smart Response technology (srt)

[AreYouWomenOrMen]

@declaration963 the asus high end motherboards have something exactly like that running at the marvel chipset and it is easier to enable!

[zbere300]

do want

[DeathSeekerMC]

just wondering im getting a computer, this will be my first ever build cos im 15 years old:) Im getting a z68 chipset mobo, i5 2500k 8gb 2133mhz memory, 60gb ssd, 6870 gpu, what settings will i be able to play battlefield 3 on, high, medium? Ultra High:P Plz tell em what you think

[h4xmode]

@DeathSeekerMC I'd have to say high at 40-50+ fps. I assume you'd be able to crank the AA a little higher if you got a 2GB 6870. You'll be fine.

[DeathSeekerMC]

@h4xmode ok thanks that sounds cool, should be having alot of fun on battlefield then:)

[garsk96]

@DeathSeekerMC Nice build! It will handle high settings and might even handle max. settings.

[Luger718A1]

can anyone tell me a list fo what the X79 chipset controls? i.e. whats NOT on the CPU die and on the "southbridge"

[YouEatMyDust]

@Luger718A1 everything elsethat needs to be controled (yes smart answer) (sorry i really dont know)

[Luger718A1]

@YouEatMyDust lol found a list on wiki....doesnt control much.....sata, usb, raid, controller, pcie 2.0 (not 3.0 thats on cpu) and intel lan

[amidamaru0086]

@Luger718A1 X79 is a southbridge, there is no northbridge anymore; it's no longer a chipSET, but rather just one chip. X79 is just the platform name now. It does USB, SATA, and PCIe for add-on controllers as well as the connection for legacy I/O

[Luger718A1]

7:13 thats not a power input it clearly says "made in china"....its a made in china input

[emomotorgeek]

I love you Paul

[amidamaru0086]

@11:25 C'mon Paul, I had to rag Linus about this too. Don't flip the upper fans to exhaust!!! You're fighting the forces of convection and the nature of the way fans exhaust air in a cone rather than a column. As proof of that exhaust problem, see Silverstone's Air Penetrators and why they had to do something special to their exhaust for the Raven line of cases.

In any case convection and an upper exhaust fan should get the job done. Is Intel recommending the bad fan arrangement?

[Elweenieloco]

paul, what happens when the MB comes with 4 pin fan headers, but you only have 3 pin fans? can you just not use the 4th pin?

[tschouschai]

Unboxing like a BOSS at 3:42

[SnakeJake23]

@tschouschai he doesnt unbox anything around/or after 3:42... are you ok???

[evilwarcow]

Is there one exactly like this but for an AMD AM3+ socket?

[TheEnergydrinkguru]

Could you do some AMD videos, please?

[ChiefLeftenant]

OK Paul... what happened to the last episode of the server build? Let alone the first two episodes are gone from the newegg channel page...

PAUL you have some explaining to do... LOLS

[Truesoldier000]

Can some one please tell me how Crossfire or SLI is set up? Because aside from putting the into the PCI-E slots, there's also the connectors he shows, but I don't know what those are for.

[AlmightyUniden]

@Truesoldier000 There's an SLI connector or Crossfire connector that comes with your motherboard. You put those on the top of the card to link them together. Aside from updating your drivers that's pretty much it.

[hayharut]

@Truesoldier000 u connect the 2 gpus together with the bridge resulting in better communication/performance between the 2, you dont necessarily need it but it will drop performance.

as to instaling it there are sli (or crossfire) slots on the other side of your gpus... just connect them using the bridge.

oh and make sure your mobo is SLi compatible, because not all of them are

[LinkinParkScream]

Are the new i7's any good if anybody has one?

Because I'm getting a new PC and am stuck between the new i7's or a i7 2600k

Someone plox help

[dancepiedance]

@LinkinParkScream It depends. get the 2600k is you plan on just gaming but get the new i7s if you do encoding and video rendering

[LinkinParkScream]

@dancepiedance Thanks, yeah its going to be a gaming PC so I think I'll go for the 2600k

I'm also really debating do I NEED RAM that has 1600MHz Or would 1333MHz be enough?

[Zacccc51]

@LinkinParkScream 1333MHZ is enough for current gaming although it will be useful to have the option to upgrade in the future.

[LinkinParkScream]

@Zacccc51 Ok, thank you for that :D My PC is already costing me £1200! I would rather it would not be bumped up more xD

[onedollarbill94]

@LinkinParkScream 2500k for gaming

[LinkinParkScream]

@onedollarbill94 But I'm afraid that it won't be sufficient enough in the near future :/

I'm not too good when it comes to PC's, I still have alot to learn but I'm getting there...

Why should I get the i5-2500k over the i7-2600k?

[onedollarbill94]

@LinkinParkScream it's cheaper for one. the extra threads aren't necessary in gaming. benchmarks have shown hyper threading can slightly affect FPS (however its only by low single digits). 2600k is only useful for programs that WILL utilize more than four threads, and only the highest end games require 4. you could go with the 2600k and not think twice about it, but same goes for the 2500k. unless you plan on doing video transcoding, you will not need the extra threads.

[LinkinParkScream]

@onedollarbill94 Thank you so much for all this help! :D

I think I will go for the 2500k then... It will save me alot of money! Thanks so much! :D

[onedollarbill94]

@LinkinParkScream anytime my friend

[CatalystDestiny]

@LinkinParkScream 2500k actually beats the 2600k in some benchmarks. The difference between the 2 is that the 2600k is hyperthreaded, which causes it to use those extra resources and such to make it have 8 threads instead of 4, which makes it better for things like video encoding. The 2500k is not hyperthreaded, so it just runs off of just straight throughput, which makes it a bit more efficient for gaming. The 2600k+ isn't worth it unless you do things like video encoding.

[LinkinParkScream]

@CatalystDestiny Thank you so much for all this help! :D

You just saved me around £100

[CatalystDestiny]

@LinkinParkScream Yeah, the 2600k/2700k are basically 100~ more for just something only good for things like video encoding and such. If you do not do any of that, then the 2500k is the current best option to go for just a straight gaming rig. AMD has nothing at all that competes against it in the price, and it has more than enough raw pure power to not bottleneck any vid card you go with for gaming, it is the clear choice for a straight gaming rig.

[LinkinParkScream]

@CatalystDestiny Sorry for the string of questions... But will the Nvidia GTX 580 1.5GB Be good enough to play games like Skyrim on High and things of that nature?

[MrOwlgoesw00t]

@LinkinParkScream I can max out Skyrim with my 570 and still keep a consistent 60 fps. You'll be fine.

[LinkinParkScream]

@MrOwlgoesw00t Awesome! Looks like I will be set for 5-6 months before I need to start upgrading :D

[emomotorgeek]

@LinkinParkScream I can run skyrim on ultra-high-awesome settings on a C2Q Q8200, 4GB of ram, and a GTX465. the video engine isn't much better than the one included in Fallout NV.

[LinkinParkScream]

@emomotorgeek :D

[CatalystDestiny]

@LinkinParkScream 580 is currently the fastest single GPU graphics card out right now so it'll run everything fine. If you do not have any interest in 3d gaming and want to save money, you could go with a Radeon 6970, which is cheaper, but is only about 5% behind the 580 in performance.

[LinkinParkScream]

@CatalystDestiny Sweet! Well... I'm not all that interested in 3D gaming, but i'd like to experiance it and would like to have it for when more andf more games have better 3D support

[EnjoiDubstep]

119'th view. :D



[Caspin]

"wow this is a really nice board, i think i might get it"

checks the price at Newegg...

"... Oh."

[notrexx15]

Paul



[ted3681]

WOOT



[ItsTheAlfred]

Yay early view!!!!

[thebiker3]

YAY :)

[sharemyhobby]

the 8D is an EMOTICON!

[sxyphatboy]

um not first?!??

BUT...

PAUL FTW !!!

[xXisaac99Xx]

i7 or i5, I'm on a fairly tight budget, is it worth the extra?

[dyl1828]

@xXisaac99Xx are you just gaming? if so, the i5 is the way to go.

[xXisaac99Xx]

@dyl1828 I'll just be gaming so thanks :D

[wamasakyy]

SUP PAUL !!!!

[NESfangirl]

cool

[Borromac]

first