Z68 Mobo chipset ?

Someone may be able to better help you, But, I am pretty sure that the z68 is the top performing 1155 chipset. You will have to have a dedicated card, but you should have better CF/SLI bandwith. (AFAIK)
 
so it looks like the z68 chipset comes in a few different flavors, from x8 x8 pci e, to onboard video, to full x16 x16 pcie. the z68 also supports the intel smart response ssd cache feature, which helps both ssd and hhd drives perform much faster. here are 3 models with the 1st supporting x8x8, then x16 x16, then integrated video. also gigabyte has branched out and impemented something similar to the new uefi bios replacement in their z68 chipsets. i also read somewhere that gigabyte will soon be ending their production of p67 boards by the end of 2011, for a quick transition to the new chipset, but will keep the h67 boards well into 2012.

x8 x8
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&IsNodeId=1&name=ASUS&Order=PRICE&Pagesize=20

the only current x16 x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128499

all onboard video
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ption=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=

the onboard video ones are intresting, because it may give the ability to use the integrated gpu of the say i7 2600k, and still be able to overclock the integrated gpu like on the h67 boards, while also allowing us to adjust the multiplyer for a higher cpu core clock like on the p67 boards?
 
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kdfresh09 said:
so it looks like the z68 chipset comes in a few different flavors, from x8 x8 pci e, to onboard video, to full x16 x16 pcie. the z68 also supports the intel smart response ssd cache feature, which helps both ssd and hhd drives perform much faster. here are 3 models with the 1st supporting x8x8, then x16 x16, then integrated video. also gigabyte has branched out and impemented something similar to the new uefi bios replacement in their z68 chipsets. i also read somewhere that gigabyte will soon be ending their production of p67 boards by the end of 2011, for a quick transition to the new chipset, but will keep the h67 boards well into 2012.

x8 x8
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&IsNodeId=1&name=ASUS&Order=PRICE&Pagesize=20

the only current x16 x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128499

all onboard video
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ption=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=

the onboard video ones are intresting, because it may give the ability to use the integrated gpu of the say i7 2600k, and still be able to overclock the integrated gpu like on the h67 boards, while also allowing us to adjust the multiplyer for a higher cpu core clock like on the p67 boards?
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might be a dumb question but what does the x8x8 and x16x16 mean
 
thats the lanes of data that the PCI e ports get. in CF with 16 lanes total, you get a x8/x8 setup, with 32 lanes you get a x16/x16.
The more lanes you get, the better the crossfire performance.
 
it describes the amount of bandwidth that the pci-e lanes have (for graphics performance). when it says x8 x8, this means that when using 2 graphics cards, it will only allow 8 lanes of data to be used for each card. when its x16 x16, then that means each card is getting 16 lanes of data (which is the max). if your running only 1 card then these rules dont apply, since running 1 card will almost always take advantage of all 16 lanes since it has no other card to share it with. from what ive seen in benchmarks, using x8 x8 with certain high end cards will reduce performance, but only maybe 5%, unless your using a monitor with a resolution higher than 1080p, which then the performance loss can be significant.
 
Alright so would it be better to go with the z68 chipset or the p67 or h67 chipset either way I would not be using the onboard gpu I wohld be using my ati radeon hd5770 graphics card
 
the Z is mega performance. of the 1155 lineup. The P is the mid line, average for gaming setup. The H is the basic setup that limits overcloking ability, but allows the use of the integrated GPU on the Intel i series processors.

what works for you will depend on what exactly you plan to do with your computer, and how power hungry you are. For most the P67 is plenty.
 
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