Author: TAMW
Subject: Z97M Anniversity OC limit?
Posted: 10 Jan 2017 at 10:36am
This. This is what i want. Now I do agree with parsec that it is unfortunate if they box them selves in feature wise, especially for itx users.. (tho I see no itx boards pictured yet?) Personally I dont care about having the latest gadgets onboard, I'm fine with just using expansion cards for anything I need. Cause it IS nice to be able to upgrade just the cpu down the line.
But what got me excited.. And I mean fully erect. Was they will still have the pins on the CPU, not in the fuc*ing motherboard socket. I HATE lga sockets. One bent pin that doesn't want to be fixed (likely to goof up more pins when trying to straighten one as they are "pre bent") and there goes $200.
I always get countered here with "well isn't it better to buy a new $150-200 mobo than a $350-450 cpu?" Yes, but I have never failed to straighten bent cpu pins, EVER, even pretty messed up ones.. But I have lost many a LGA board to that sh*t. Even with only one bent pin where I got it straight, then the next time I switched cpu the pin broke and board dead. I guess it got fatigued and eventually snapped as the serve as "springs" too.
Anyway it will be interesting. Are the release still later this month or are they dragging it on? I see someplaces it says "sometime in Q1"..
I wonder if the vrm coolers have the same mounting spaces as older coolers so I can find some cheap old vrm waterblocks for them :)
At least that matx board has 9 cpu phases compared to my z97m's 3... *knocking on my empty head* XD
Subject: Z97M Anniversity OC limit?
Posted: 10 Jan 2017 at 10:36am
 wardog wrote:Also reassuring not to see AMD not jumping on the Intel "New Chipset/Socket a Week' bandwagon |
This. This is what i want. Now I do agree with parsec that it is unfortunate if they box them selves in feature wise, especially for itx users.. (tho I see no itx boards pictured yet?) Personally I dont care about having the latest gadgets onboard, I'm fine with just using expansion cards for anything I need. Cause it IS nice to be able to upgrade just the cpu down the line.
But what got me excited.. And I mean fully erect. Was they will still have the pins on the CPU, not in the fuc*ing motherboard socket. I HATE lga sockets. One bent pin that doesn't want to be fixed (likely to goof up more pins when trying to straighten one as they are "pre bent") and there goes $200.
I always get countered here with "well isn't it better to buy a new $150-200 mobo than a $350-450 cpu?" Yes, but I have never failed to straighten bent cpu pins, EVER, even pretty messed up ones.. But I have lost many a LGA board to that sh*t. Even with only one bent pin where I got it straight, then the next time I switched cpu the pin broke and board dead. I guess it got fatigued and eventually snapped as the serve as "springs" too.
Anyway it will be interesting. Are the release still later this month or are they dragging it on? I see someplaces it says "sometime in Q1"..
I wonder if the vrm coolers have the same mounting spaces as older coolers so I can find some cheap old vrm waterblocks for them :)
At least that matx board has 9 cpu phases compared to my z97m's 3... *knocking on my empty head* XD