X79 extreme 11

[zomaardan]

Hello.
I,m building a new gaming pc and i,m going for the Asrock extreme 11.
I did order 2x GTX680 cards with pci 3.0.

Wanted to go for the new 3970x cpu but now i learn that that cpu wont support 3.0.
The Intel Xeon E5-2670 - 2.6 GHz claims to support 3.0 but cost alot more.
Question is will use of 3.0 show? And do you guys know if the xeon will hold its own against the 3970x in gaming?

Xeon cpu's are new to me and i,m lost in my search for the cpu to use, the cpu is on the list of the mobo.
But will it be usefull in gaming with the 2 cards in sli using 3.0 vs 3970 sli in 2.0?'
Do you know a better cpu to use? Remember i,m selling a kidney for this

Hope you can shine a light on this for me.
Thank you.
Greetings Guus

[Eagle4Z]

Zomaardan;

I am not a ZEON user.....but here is what I decided on for my latest upgrade and I am very happy with it !!!! I've had it up and running for about a week....

The CPU has been overclocked to 4.5 GHz with no stability problems.....I do alot of video encoding but this same rig would also be a great gaming rig....

I hope this will help you,Zomaardan !!!

Have a great Holiday season !!!

Eagle4Z

Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme11 LGA 2011

Motherboard BIOS Version: X79E11_2.00

Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K Six Core CPU

Memory: Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 32GB DDR3 SDRAM 1866

Video Card 01: ASUS GTX660 TI-DC2T-2GD52GB 2 GB 192-bit GDDR5

Hard Drive / SSD 01: Samsung 252GB 840 Pro SSD

Optical Drive 01: LG WH14NS40 Black Blu-ray DVD Burner

Optical Drive 02: MSI DH-24AS U88 24X DVD Burner

Case: Lian Li PC- A71 Full Tower Case

External Enclosures: 2 Mediasonic HF2-SU3S2 Black USB3.0 & eSATA 4 Bay Enclosure ( These are really a great piece of equipment and are not too expensive for what they do)

CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_RD Red 3 Fan CPU Cooler

Keyboard: Logitech K800 Illuminated Keyboard

Mouse: Logitech Performance MX Mouse

Power Supply Unit: Corsair Pro Series Gold AX-1200 PSU

Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Core3D Onboard 7 Channel Audio Chip

Monitor: ASUS VE276Q 28 Inch LCD Monitor

Operating System: Win 7 Pro MCE

Total Internal & External SATA2 SATA3 & USB 3.0 Enclosure Storage (HDD): 31.7 TB

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Doesn't Nvidia have a fix for this for SBe CPUs? A program that "forces" PCIe 3.0 to work?