New Multiboxing Build [Complete & Upgraded]

[moosejaw]

Thanks. If you were going to go with a higher-end motherboard, then I would not recommend this eVGA Dark at the moment. I took a chance with it and, while I didn't get burned (as of writing this post), I don't think the board is very friendly to those who are new to building their own systems (or at least willing to spend time troubleshooting things).

The BIOS is loaded with options, some of which don't even work at the moment but the documentation is heavily lacking and I feel like I'm bug testing this BIOS for eVGA because they rushed it. In eVGA's defense, they have released two BIOS updates in the past two weeks which have corrected a handful of problems, but, in my opinion, these "fixes" should have been in the BIOS that shipped with the board last month.

For the record, in the video I stated I had to use their beta BIOS in order to get the IVB-E chip to work, but the bugs I'm referring to are affecting SB-E users as well (and they're not using the "beta" BIOS).

Please give us update on the bios maturity. I have my wish list made up and will be purchasing over the holiday season when the huge OT paydays hit. Should EVGA still have problems I might go for another brand instead.

[MiRai]

Please give us update on the bios maturity. I have my wish list made up and will be purchasing over the holiday season when the huge OT paydays hit. Should EVGA still have problems I might go for another brand instead.

So today I read all 24 pages of the EVGA Dark MB forum and to be honest, it doesn't sound that bad.

It'll take me about a month to save the money for all the pieces, so I'll wait until the end for the MB and revisit the EVGA forum and see what people are thinking then.

Figured I would toss out an update to those interested in the motherboard.

With EVGA's recent BIOS updates they've introduced what seems to be a bug into their latest 2.04/2.05 revisions. When powering on the system (after being completely off) the voltage to the CPU can spike dangerously high and people are reporting anywhere between 1.5V - 1.7V at the moment. It's unclear whether the voltage spike is actually hitting the chip or not, but EVGA has responded that it's a VRM "optimization" that's been brought over from the Z87 chipset. -_-

At the moment, I'm still not sure if I would recommend this board or EVGA as a motherboard manufacturer. I'll still purchase their GPUs, but I don't see myself ever purchasing another motherboard from them. This board has been out on the market for far too long to still be in beta testing status.

When the Asus RIVE Black is released at the end of this month I'll be watching the ROG forums to see what issues people are having and, if all is well, then I know what to ask for for Christmas (or maybe a Titan Ultra or two).