Tball Posted December 15, 2013 Member ID: 112 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 104 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1132 Content Per Day: 0.21 Reputation: 228 Achievement Points: 6975 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 3, 2015 Birthday: 10/09/1960 Share Posted December 15, 2013 This build is just killing me its been way over a month. I have had nothing but issues with an Asus Motherboard Returned the board 4 times so far. ASUS Sabertooth X79 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb Intel i7-4820K LGA 2011 64 Technology Extended Memory CPU Processors BX80633I74820K Kingston HyperX Beast 32 GB Kit (4x8 GB) 1600MHz DDR3 PC3-12800 Non-ECC CL9 DIMM XMP Desktop Memory KHX16C9T3K4/32X Cooler Master HAF X - Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 Ports and Windowed Side Panel (RC-942-KKN1) CORSAIR AXi series AX1200i 1200W Digital ATX12V v2.31 and EPS 2.92 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan (RR-212E-20PK-R2) 6 22" Dell monitors Dual ASUS R9270X-DC2T-2GD5 Graphics Cards R9270X-DC2T-2GD5 Samsung SSD 512GB What i found out is the Sabertooth Motherboard needs to be flashed before it will see the Intel 4820 procs I have returned the motherboard 4 times the proc twice the power supply twice I bought a cheap rosewill PSU ran for 2 days failed and took out the motherboard. I started this build in october what a freekin nightmare xCaliber 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tball Posted December 15, 2013 Member ID: 112 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 104 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1132 Content Per Day: 0.21 Reputation: 228 Achievement Points: 6975 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 3, 2015 Birthday: 10/09/1960 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 I bought everything through Amazon and no questions asked they just send out a replacement without charging me anything. I buy everything through amazon now xCaliber 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCheeseyCrusader Posted December 15, 2013 Member ID: 88 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 248 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3488 Content Per Day: 0.65 Reputation: 1848 Achievement Points: 22934 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 11/13/1991 Device: Android Share Posted December 15, 2013 I'll be back soon after the xmas period Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted December 16, 2013 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 296 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4486 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 3646 Achievement Points: 36622 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 40 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 6 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted December 16, 2013 research will tell what bios need for cpu I had same issue with P9x79 had to use a earlier CPU to flash bios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Tball Posted December 16, 2013 Member ID: 112 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 104 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1132 Content Per Day: 0.21 Reputation: 228 Achievement Points: 6975 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 3, 2015 Birthday: 10/09/1960 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 One nice thing they added was you can flash the bios now with just the board a usb stick and a power supply no ram or proc needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tball Posted December 17, 2013 Member ID: 112 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 104 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1132 Content Per Day: 0.21 Reputation: 228 Achievement Points: 6975 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 3, 2015 Birthday: 10/09/1960 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 Finally this build is done. Cross my fingers its still up in the morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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