Help! Torn between boards.

[NosBoost300]

lol ain't got no problems iwth my ballistix.. lol they love 1000mhz... lol

 

[Poizen22]

i dont see why all bios dont have the option to unlink the memory so much easier for overclocking.

 

[NosBoost300]

agreed... i think my 680i was my favorite mobo

 

[MrLoLeR]

I just noticed on the Biostar TP43 board, there is a 4-pin Molex on the board that supplies additional power to the graphics card??? Never seen that on a board before. Would i need to use this in addition ot the 6-pin PCI-e adaptors that that GPU needs anyway?? Is there a possibility of OVER-supplying the card with power or is more always better?

I'm about 90% sure i'm going Biostar. I've read reviews on a lot of their boards and they seem like main contenders. Cheap doesn't mean inferior by any means.

 

[NosBoost300]

ummm additional power to graphics is nothing new.. all nvidia mobo's seem to have it that run sli

 

[MrLoLeR]

I suppose i've just never noticed a molex on a motherboard before. If its nothing new i must have just overlooked it in the boards i've seen.

 

[zmatt]

Heh, my old KN8 had a molex on the motherboard. That isn't a new thing.

 

[Poizen22]

ive never seen a molex on the mobo but ohwell, id find out what it is before pluging anything in dont wana over volt anything.

 

[MrLoLeR]

ive never seen a molex on the mobo but ohwell, id find out what it is before pluging anything in dont wana over volt anything.

Well according to the manual, it supplies extra power to the PCIx16 slot. Which is why i was wondering if you would plug that in AS WELL AS the 6-pin PCIe connector that the card itself requires.

 

[zmatt]

Yes you should.