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Re: Motherboard Specifications on MotherboardDB

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Post by snshn »

Great idea, very useful resource.

First suggestion: make 0 results look different in https://motherboarddb.com/advanced-search/results/e1afe77e-f... -- way too many elements there for an empty list.

Secondly, it'd be a good feature to have a "None" option for drop-downs, as in, if I would like to find a motherboard without audio chip on it.

Re: Motherboard Specifications on MotherboardDB

#24

Post by toast0 »

aspenmayer wrote: post #8

I found this during research and thought I'd share. It could be better, but it's a one-person project labor of love, so I'm pretty forgiving. For new-ish parts, PCPartPicker.com is still the single best resource for this info, but their info isn't always entirely accurate. For a given board I was researching with USB3.0, PCPartPicker listed it as having USB3.1Gen1 support. For compatibility its built-in checking is p…

> but their info isn't always entirely accurate. For a given board I was researching with USB3.0, PCPartPicker listed it as having USB3.1Gen1 support.

This one is just USB being USB. USB 3.0's 5 Gbps Superspeed mode was renamed to USB 3.1Gen1 with the release of USB 3.1.

Re: Motherboard Specifications on MotherboardDB

#26

Post by tumblewit »

lostlogin wrote: post #18
tumblewit wrote: post #3

This will make life simpler ... buying a motherboard with knowing exactly which chips come with the board (like Ethernet) is usually digging through bunch of online documents or reviews.

Unexpectedly finding a nic isn’t compatible is a painful experience. ESXi 7.0 had no support for some newer nics.

Audio is also a problem sometimes though generally the specs are pretty clear on it. I wish it had more details like USB layouts and PCI lane distribution

Re: Motherboard Specifications on MotherboardDB

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Post by DiabloD3 »

toast0 wrote: post #24
aspenmayer wrote: post #8

I found this during research and thought I'd share. It could be better, but it's a one-person project labor of love, so I'm pretty forgiving. For new-ish parts, PCPartPicker.com is still the single best resource for this info, but their info isn't always entirely accurate. For a given board I was researching with USB3.0, PCPartPicker listed it as having USB3.1Gen1 support. For compatibility its built-in checking is p…

> but their info isn't always entirely accurate. For a given board I was researching with USB3.0, PCPartPicker listed it as having USB3.1Gen1 support. This one is just USB being USB. USB 3.0's 5 Gbps Superspeed mode was renamed to USB 3.1Gen1 with the release of USB 3.1.

Yes, this is why I always list specs to other humans as "USB 3.x 5/10/20/whatever gbit", just to sidestep this issue and make it obvious.

USB did it semi-stupidly by allowing 5gbit USB PHYs (which is really enough for anyone, tbf) to implement the protocol enhancements offered by newer versions of 3.x (since those are almost entirely software/firmware features).

Re: Motherboard Specifications on MotherboardDB

#29

Post by DiabloD3 »

popotamonga wrote: post #7

Its terrible to buy MB. I want the best possible MB for my 3950x that supports 128ram at the highest possible clock etc regardless of pricr and i just get lost with all the possibilities.

You want two community spreadsheets:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1d9_E3h8bLp-TXr-0zTJF...

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wmsTYK9Z3-jUX5LGRoFn...

But I'll save you the work (since this is rather complex): Look at the Asrock X570 Taichi, MSI X570 Aorus Xtreme, and the MEG X570 Godlike, those are the three boards that have most overbuilt VRMs and least flawed designs.

Asus sold nothing worth mentioning for X570. Sadly the ROG Crosshair VIII Formula isn't as good as the other three, and Asus boards may have an issue with cooking CPUs due to subtle overvolting.

Re: Motherboard Specifications on MotherboardDB

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Post by stefanfisk »

DiabloD3 wrote: post #29
popotamonga wrote: post #7

Its terrible to buy MB. I want the best possible MB for my 3950x that supports 128ram at the highest possible clock etc regardless of pricr and i just get lost with all the possibilities.

You want two community spreadsheets: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1d9_E3h8bLp-TXr-0zTJF... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wmsTYK9Z3-jUX5LGRoFn... But I'll save you the work (since this is rather complex): Look at the Asrock X570 Taichi, MSI X570 Aorus Xtreme, and the MEG X570 Godlike, those are the three boards that have most overbuilt VRMs and least flawed designs. Asus sold nothing worth mentioni…

That should be "Gigabyte X570 Aorus Xtreme", right?
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