I ended up w the Z68X mainly because there wasn't any price difference. The dude at ME was mentioning that for SSD caching you had to use a specific type of SSD drive. Not the usual ones you see. I dunno if there was any truth to it.

Either way ME gave an additional 5% pricebeat. So make sure to check prices with shopbot.ca and get ME to price beat.


I managed to OC to 3.8 so far on stock cooling. I'm surprised how small the factory cooler was. Looks like i'm getting into the OC'ing game afterall. Time for a better cooler down the road.

For best performance, the Intel 311 SSD which is optimized for SSD caching duties is recommended, but it's not necessary - you can use pretty much any small (below 60GB) SSD for this task.

For the cooler... I managed to snag a Corsair A50 for $12.49. Gotta love ME's price beat!

How much did you get the board for @ ME(before MIR)? I'm planning to get the ud4 as well.

Also, do you think you can price match it at NCIX after going to ME for 5% off...muahahaha

edit: If you need a good cooler, grab the Scythe Mugen 2 heatsink cooler @ NCIX for $35 bucks, its a great deal.

It wasn't substantial. I found it for $189 using shopbot then they beat it. I think it was like $180. So saved like $10 more or something.

I'll look into it that cooler. I'm kind of partial to the coolermaster V8 cooler. I'm a computer ricer :s lol

Nice, I'll def get on that deal. :thumbsup:

Right now the UD4 is on sale at Memory Express. Funnily enough that's the exact board I'm planning on getting haha.
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Their "sale" is only minus the rebate ($175). Get them to price beat best direct:
http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/23...A_Z68X_UD4_B3/

Should work out to be $180.30
then minus the $30 rebate

You'll be paying around $150

Hahaha RS UD4 crew. This board is totally overkill for me, but absolutley perfect given that price (seeing as the UD3R/P is nowhere to be seen).

Yeah I just shop-botted too, and I am heading to memory express to pick up the board and my new 560Ti tomorrow :)
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Why is BestDirect's website down? Fuuuuu!

WTF. everythings gone.

edit: still shows up on shopbot and pricebat...wonder if they will honour it?

i dont have a scanner otherwise i'd just scan my invoice.

I found it on canadacomputers

http://www.canadacomputers.com/produ...item_id=038764


If you guys have a fax number you can pm me and I can fax it or something

NCIX has the UD3R but I think it was 169 with no rebate.

So 180 minus the 30 rebate seems like the better deal for the UD4


Anyways, thanks for recommending this board. It's prrrretty. LOL

I really hated the blue heatsinks of the P67's.

^Great minds think alike. The black stealthy look was one of the major selling points for me. LOL none of that baby blue bullshit. I can't stand any blue in my system.

Anyways turns out I had the ud4 page open from this morning before putting my computer to sleep. Manager still let the employee beat the price even tho bestdirect webpage derped.

thx for the invoice offer though cman. Good luck to anyone else who wants the board too. Happy oc'ing
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The best direct site works again

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/23...A_Z68X_UD4_B3/

Sweet. I got it already though...

Still contemplating an extra 560Ti (ASUS DirectCUII no less) for about $200 for SLI goodness. What a steal for a 560Ti - stretch for it if you can Cman. Pricematch BestDirect at ME and then use the $20 MIR to get it at about $205 + tax.

I just remembered the mobo comes with black SLI bridge.

http://www.gamesprays.com/files/reso...86_preview.png

And anyone out there who wants the mobo, 3 left at ME. :O

LOL you're tempting me. I'll probably get the card in a month or late summer. I haven't gamed in awhile due to the Canucks, GF, and work. No new games out yet that are worth upgrading my card yet. I figured by time BF3 is out the 560 will be cheaper. But I'll probably end up getting the card next week because of the urge to upgrade lol

Is this the one you got?
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=58457&...nufacture=ASUS

Yup! That's the card I got. The thing is so beefy! The cooler is massive and all-metal. It was a toss-up between this or the MSI Twin Frozr 560Ti but I like ASUS cards better.

I've finally just played BFBC2 on my "upgraded" rig and now I'm having issues.

While gaming the screen goes black, but I can see the HUD, the words, etc perfectly. Only thing is I can't see is the background if that makes sense. I never had this issue with my previous setup. I eventually comes back, but as I move around it keep going black then coming back etc etc.

Then I got BSOD

http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/q...0613-00231.jpg



Any ideas?

Running:
win 7 64 bit
Z68X-UD4 Mobo
i7 2600k (oc'd to 3.8 using the Smart 6 the Gigabyte software that came w mobo)
8 gig ddr3
9800GTX
650TX PSU

I googled around, I think its a Vcore problem being auto/manual?

I think you should post this on overclock.net for more traffic and experts on this technical stuff.

I would reset everything back to default in the bios and play some graphic intensive games for a hour or two. Just to make sure is not a hardware defect but instead it could be your OC setting.

^ This. But do some stress testing to make sure everythings stable and good (e.g. Prime95, 3dMarks).

I'm trying to compile a list of programs for me to run after I build my rig but the amount out there is so overwhelming..

I did reset back to factory settings and it just crashed. :failed:

I'm just playign BFBC2 on highest settings and it's doing this.


What else could this be?

Could be overheating, due to a poorly installed heatsink