- Joined
- Apr 17, 2010
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- Motherboard
- ASRock Z77E-ITX
- CPU
- i3-3225
- Graphics
- GTX 760
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
Is it just me, or is there no perfect mATX over-clocking board?
Let's start with Gigabyte. What's all the hype about native PWM? Don't all the boards (most Z77 ATXs and all mATXs if I'm not mistaken) have VIA audio chipsets? This would imply using Voodoo HDA, and why would someone pick being able to sleep (speedsteping, etc can be fixed on other boards and most of them sleep as well) over native audio? I tried VIA two years ago, and seriously didn't like it, maybe it's changed...
Then the rest of the manufacturers seem to not have native power management! Right now I'm running an ASRock Z77 Pro4-M and it has some serious sleep issues that I haven't found a fix for (it's probably inherent of the UEFI). I haven't been able to find a single mATX Z77 board that has confirmed to sleep/wake properly (i.e., fast and without problems).
Thoughts?
Let's start with Gigabyte. What's all the hype about native PWM? Don't all the boards (most Z77 ATXs and all mATXs if I'm not mistaken) have VIA audio chipsets? This would imply using Voodoo HDA, and why would someone pick being able to sleep (speedsteping, etc can be fixed on other boards and most of them sleep as well) over native audio? I tried VIA two years ago, and seriously didn't like it, maybe it's changed...
Then the rest of the manufacturers seem to not have native power management! Right now I'm running an ASRock Z77 Pro4-M and it has some serious sleep issues that I haven't found a fix for (it's probably inherent of the UEFI). I haven't been able to find a single mATX Z77 board that has confirmed to sleep/wake properly (i.e., fast and without problems).
Thoughts?