Wednesday, October 26th 2011
ASUS TUF Sabertooth X79 Detailed, Too
ASUS' top-tier LGA2011 lineup is completed by the TUF Sabertooth X79. This board, along with the ROG Rampage IV Extreme and P9X79 Deluxe makes up for it. There will be many more affordable LGA2011 boards by ASUS, one such model we're hearing about is the P9X79 Pro. The TUF Sabertooth family is based on the idea of rock-solid stability and component durability, these motherboards are built to last, if not score accolades with overclocking like the ROG boards are designed for.
The Sabertooth X79 uses an ASUS-designed Digi+ VRM to power the CPU, which is spread across two sides of the socket (north and west). The heatsink cooling the VRM components to the west is actively cooled by a 40 mm fan, the one over the X79 PCH is cooled by a similarly sized lateral blower, too. Like with the other two top-tier boards from ASUS' stable, this one provides eight DDR3 DIMM slots supporting quad-channel memory.
Expansion slots include two PCI-Express 3.0 x16 wired to the processor, one PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (electrical x8), and two PCI-Express 2.0 x1, wired to the PCH. There are eight internal SATA ports, including two SATA 6 Gb/s (brown) from the PCH, four SATA 3 Gb/s (black) also from the PCH, and two SATA 6 Gb/s (white) from a third-party controller. There are two eSATA ports on the rear-panel, one of which is power-eSATA.
Other connectivity includes 8+2 channel HD audio, one gigabit Ethernet connection, four USB 3.0 ports on the rear panel, two USB 3.0 ports by internal header, USB 2.0, and Firewire.
Source:
LegitReviews
The Sabertooth X79 uses an ASUS-designed Digi+ VRM to power the CPU, which is spread across two sides of the socket (north and west). The heatsink cooling the VRM components to the west is actively cooled by a 40 mm fan, the one over the X79 PCH is cooled by a similarly sized lateral blower, too. Like with the other two top-tier boards from ASUS' stable, this one provides eight DDR3 DIMM slots supporting quad-channel memory.
Other connectivity includes 8+2 channel HD audio, one gigabit Ethernet connection, four USB 3.0 ports on the rear panel, two USB 3.0 ports by internal header, USB 2.0, and Firewire.
24 Comments on ASUS TUF Sabertooth X79 Detailed, Too
If this board is so tuff and has good components why does it need fans and the deluxe model doesnt? Does it have stronger power than the deluxe?
why dont they make it like this?
its much better
The only excuse is if the ROG/Sabertooth have a beefier power components but they are all labelled digi+vrm so who knows if there is a difference. Does anyone know?
The Deluxe looks like it's for a baby and i think it looks terrible however i would still pick the Deluxe over the other 2 any day.
I am just glad i am in no need for a faster system and hopefully late next year cool looks go in hand with cool performance. And this is ASUS so there be like a few versions.
In my opinion, any fan(not super load) is always a positive no matter what your opinion is. Simple physics, air propulsion over heat-pipes and fins always cools better and more stable then passive air. Better cooling = longer life. = better overclocking
Its personally the best motherboard ive seen out of the selection right now.
This motherboard look beautiful, designed with every inch of space in mind.
I almost want to hear why people don't like this motherboard, its shocking.
The color accents comment each-other, Black/Beige/Brown/Some sort of green. Black on blue, is pretty much like child design, BLUE IS BRIGHT in spectrum, black is strait dull and depresses the color's. Having blue slots on a black motherboard makes it look like a dam power ranger, or a douche FBI agent with a blue tie on.
And there's a shit load of blue on black motherboards (one posted above), and the excess of blue makes it look trashy, just trying to flash off.
your pretty sure??? I would not say that all the time :laugh::laugh::laugh::slap:
I have nothing against the 30-50% Red and black motherboards on the market practically.
I know for a fact, that people get bored with the color scheme.
What's stupid about red and black though, you can NOT orientate a schemed build to blue/green/yellow/purple ect... without having issue's with a goofy color scheme(Again fuckin power ranger's).
With the subtle color's of beige and the darker brown with beige green can match with any computer case theme, Red LED fan's, White LED fan's, Blue LED fan's, Purple LED fan's. I can go on, you can stick Asus sabertooth x79 in any machine, and it will accent the overall build.
I wont even argue, its your guy's opinions. But bright colored chip-set sinks and slot's make all these computer part's look like little kids toys. Fuckin up the style of the industry in my opinion.
Before you really could not be a snobby bastard with PCB color's ect ect... Now its snob heaven with some generic ass taste in color's. People dress the same as there computers now!!!!! :laugh::laugh::shadedshu:shadedshu:shadedshu: :nutkick:
My opinion is, some motherboards with some color's are great for SOME scheme's.
Motherboards like the Asus Sabertooth x79 are good with all scheme's.
I would not want to stare at red and black all day, then be forced to realize I cant even change the scheme without it looking COMPLETELY goofy.
Maybe they're those "antidust" fans that. Do nothing iwith reverse rotation:laugh:
Ok yeah fns bad idea.....but must serve a viabe purpose
The people who will use a custom loop will just remove the heatsinks anyway, so no problem there. It's only a major problem if you're using an air cooler and haven't built your rig properly... as in putting into a case to drastically reduce the amount of dust that comes into contact with the expensive and sensitive electronic components you have bought for your rig...