I'm in the process or rebuild my rig and the only differences I can see between the P67 and Z68 are the intergrated GPU and the SRT. I'm not to excites by the onboard GPU thing and like some of the P67 boards better but SRT intrigues me.
Is it worth it even if I use a cheap $70 SSD? Can I use SRT with two HDs in RAID 0?
SRT? Is it with it?
Re: SRT? Is it with it?
Gigabyte has a board with a built-in SSD.
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1677/1/
I don't see why it wouldn't work in RAID. But you might want to wait for a confirmed yes or no.
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1677/1/
I don't see why it wouldn't work in RAID. But you might want to wait for a confirmed yes or no.
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Re: SRT? Is it with it?
SRT is for those that don't want to re-configure windows on an SSD.
If you're going to buy an SSD then you might as well put the OS on there. It will be faster than Intel SRT anyway... It's a pointless feature if you ask me.
If you're going to buy an SSD then you might as well put the OS on there. It will be faster than Intel SRT anyway... It's a pointless feature if you ask me.
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Re: SRT? Is it with it?
Well, I'm not planning on dropping $200 for a large SSD. So you think it's not worth it? I guess that opens up a whole list of motherboards for me then as that was the only real feature to the Z68 chipset other than the GPU which I don't want anyway.
Re: SRT? Is it with it?
If you can use Intel's Quick Sync then you would want use the on-die GPU. That said I think to use it in conjunction with add-on GPUs the board has to have a Lucid Virtu logic on the board.
Quick Sync Examples:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/core-i5-2 ... -review/15
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1649/6/
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/the- ... 0-tested/9
Lucid Virtu:
http://www.lucidlogix.com/product-virtu.html
Quick Sync Examples:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/core-i5-2 ... -review/15
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1649/6/
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/the- ... 0-tested/9
Lucid Virtu:
http://www.lucidlogix.com/product-virtu.html
Re: SRT? Is it with it?
Like Nate said, I saw no real value in SRT. If I need to upgrade from a HDD to a SSD I would just reload windows. I went from a ATI 5970 to a Nvidia 580 and lost that third monitor option. The Z68 helped give the third monitor back. I cant game on it but I can still use it, man I really miss eyefinity.
I have an Asus board lying around, let me know if you're interested.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131708
I have an Asus board lying around, let me know if you're interested.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131708
Re: SRT? Is it with it?
Here's a review from today using Virtu.
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews ... dup/20.htm
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews ... dup/20.htm