what's the best motherboad for 980x

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I have highly parallel CPU bound code that will eat up as many many cores as I can give it. I will also game on it when not working. I have Asus P6T Delux (v1) which I'm fairly happy with overall. Can anyone recommend a motherboard that's not stupid expensive?

All I want are 2x16pci-e and a 1x8pci-e slots available and usable. Don't need usb3.0, Nvidia multiplexer chips, bios support for LN2 cooling, etc. I will put it on water and OC a bit, but I'm chewing through 100GB of financial data so I value stability & accuracy over speed.

Also I hear 990x is on the way? I how soon and what's the difference rumored to be?
 
I would say that your current motherboard is just fine unless you just really want another.

As for the 990x it should be out sometime between Q4 2010 and Q1 2011 and will probably replace the 980x for the same price, $1k.
 
You can purchase an EVGA SR-2 motherboard and put TWO 980x cpus in there at once. Please note that you will need a larger sized case to fit this beast of a motherboard though. With multi-threading on, that means you'll have 12 actual cpu cores and 12 virtual cpu cores for a total of 24 cores of processing power! Is that enough massively parallel processing for you? :)

http://www.evga.com/articles/00537/

Oops this motherboard is kinda pricey. I thought that since you were willing to spend 1k per processory, you'd spend on the motherboard as well. *shrugs*
 
vjcsmoke said:
You can purchase an EVGA SR-2 motherboard and put TWO 980x cpus in there at once. Please note that you will need a larger sized case to fit this beast of a motherboard though. With multi-threading on, that means you'll have 12 actual cpu cores and 12 virtual cpu cores for a total of 24 cores of processing power! Is that enough massively parallel processing for you? :)

http://www.evga.com/articles/00537/

Oops this motherboard is kinda pricey. I thought that since you were willing to spend 1k per processory, you'd spend on the motherboard as well. *shrugs*
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Also, that board does not run the 980x, it runs it's equivalent xeon cpu's (x56__ series), which are even more expensive per gigahert.
 
heatlesssun said:
I would say that your current motherboard is just fine unless you just really want another.
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There are unresolved issues in the Asus forum with the bios for 980x on P6T Deluxe v2. Mine is even older. I was hoping to hear what others are using.

I consider the Intel, but that board seems to have issues across the board with the latest bios... and unfortunately you pretty much have to run the latest bios to get support for the 980x. I thought there might be a board that was designed & tested from the ground up with 980x in mind.

Regarding the SR-2, it costs a lot more for features I don't need. 6 cores, easy/stable overclock with unlocked MP, good single core performance with turbo... all these I can use, making the 980x worth it. SR-2 would just be spending more money for the sake of spending money which is a waste.
 
vjcsmoke said:
You can purchase an EVGA SR-2 motherboard and put TWO 980x cpus in there at once. Please note that you will need a larger sized case to fit this beast of a motherboard though. With multi-threading on, that means you'll have 12 actual cpu cores and 12 virtual cpu cores for a total of 24 cores of processing power! Is that enough massively parallel processing for you? :)

http://www.evga.com/articles/00537/

Oops this motherboard is kinda pricey. I thought that since you were willing to spend 1k per processory, you'd spend on the motherboard as well. *shrugs*
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No you can't. You have to use Xeons with the SR-2.
 
vjcsmoke said:
Thanks for the clarification. So there is no dual cpu motherboard out there that will utilize consumer grade cpus?
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No. The CPUs themselves are not capable of it. They have insufficient QPI links to be used in that manner.
 
I considered getting a workstation motherboard, but pricing on the Xeons make the 980x look like a bargain. The x5680 is essentially the same chip as the 980x with dual socket support for $1700.
 
rabident said:
I considered getting a workstation motherboard, but pricing on the Xeons make the 980x look like a bargain. The x5680 is essentially the same chip as the 980x with dual socket support for $1700.
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Yeah it does.

rickss69 said:
The Evga Classified is all you will probably ever need. Works fine for me.
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Works great for me but I'd be looking at something with USB 3.0 and SATA 6G support.
 
The OP clearly stated he didnt care for that...the Classified will be all he needs, especially in future overclocking endeavors. ;)
 
I can't see any reason to be choosing the older Classified board over the newer Rampage III Extreme which is going to cost roughly the same and does come with USB 3.0 and SATA 6G support. For stability and ease of overclocking the Rampage III would be my choice for use with a 980x.
 
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5, UD7 would be the wisest choice. Also, UD9 if you can afford it since you'll be getting a 980x would be ideal as well.
 
I'm also trying to figure this out, deciding between:

ASUS Rampage 3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131642

ASUS P6X58D Premium
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131614

GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128413

Which one do you guys recommend for the 980X for a video/photo editing rig.

I will likely be using one of these for external RAID as well:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816151024
 
I use the RE3 with my 980x and man is this board a beast. I am sitting at 4.138Ghz with no issues. I haven't had time to play with going higher, but since I am only at 1.3v vcore I have plenty of room to go higher. The board is feature rich and is very solid. Plus, being a ROG series board, Asus includes advance RMA where they ship you a replacement board if you ever have an issue before you send yours back in, cuts down on the down time. I really like mine, probably the best I have ever owned and I have had the Classified (got rid of it for this). I haven't tried the UD7, but I did have a UD5 and didn't like it. I also have had various other x58 MB's, but the RE3 seems to be the best feature wise and for overclocking.
 
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