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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131821
... it looks really solid. Apparently, a few DOAs are in the first batch, but I love how the design looks. One obvious advantage is the reduced risk of ESD.
Anyway, some people are going to ask if the Thermal Armor is really doing anything. Well, here is the answer...
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=672047
It's not so much the board I want, as the Thermal Armor. It looks great, and as I said it promotes lower temps and ESD.
What do you guys think?
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HardOCP has incubated the last few Sabertooth motherboards, because it does look like they would cook themselves. Even without any fan at all, and zero case airflow, the motherboards ran fine, hot, but no errors/crashes. That isn't to say that they will run for years that way, or that it's a great idea, but the thermal armor itself isn't a detriment. And with the fan, the motherboard temps were absolutely awesome.
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/04/20/asus_sabertooth_z77_lga_1155_motherboard_review/7
Yeah there are two fans built into the board to circulate air underneath, you have to put them in yourself but they come with the board. More than anything I just hate dust bunnies all up in the slots and fans etc. so anything to combat that is welcome. Only thing missing for me is thunderbolt ;( .....
What do you need Thunderbolt for that isn't handled at least as well by DisplayPort (for monitors) and USB 3.0 (for everything else)? It's not like a single port that can fill the functions of either one has any real value in a desktop. If you need more bandwidth for something than USB 3.0 offers, that's what PCI Express slots are for.
What do you need Thunderbolt for that isn't handled at least as well by DisplayPort (for monitors) and USB 3.0 (for everything else)? It's not like a single port that can fill the functions of either one has any real value in a desktop. If you need more bandwidth for something than USB 3.0 offers, that's what PCI Express slots are for.
If you do the latest couple of generations of Mac, especially multimedia editing for fast external drives - all the new Mac high performance/professional grade peripherals are Thunderbolt.
That is a pretty niche market though - and pretty well entrenched in the Mac/Multimedia community where you need the best throughput you can on an external connection.
There should be PCI cards available to add Thunderbolt to a computer available soon (those without specific motherboard support) - Intel has had them in the works for a while now, but none have come to market yet.