Spec me an SLI and I7 ready motherboard.

Damien.

Damien.

Damien.

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My current machine spec is as follows;

Q6600, 4GB PC5300 DDR2, Gigabyte GA-P35C-DSR3 and 1 GTX280.

I am after a future proof motherboard that will allow me to run SLI and an I7 CPU but for the time being it must be able to run my Q6600.
 
Damien. said:
I am after a future proof motherboard that will allow me to run SLI and an I7 CPU but for the time being it must be able to run my Q6600.
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There isn't a motherboard that can handle both sockets, so it's a 775 motherboard for the Q6600 and an X58 for i7. So either you keep the Q6600 setup or go with the i7, not both I'm afraid. For SLi, I'm pretty sure all the X58 motherboards can support it, at least with a bios update anyway, whereas for socket 775, you'd need an nvidia chipset board, but certainly won't be future proof.
 
Lol, second question today about whether a Core 2 will fit in an i7 motherboard.

The answer is NO. Core i7 is a totally different architecture and socket :)
 
The first one is an nForce 750i board, so it's not better than what you have, and the second is an AMD board....which won't work with your Q6600 :D

Why do you want to change boards? Your P35 should still be good piece of kit.
 
Yeah, it doesn't, but do you need one that does? SLi really isn't all that, unless you have wads of cash to blow.
 
future proof motherboard and intel? intel are forever changing socket, like i7 and i5, why can't they just make i5 limited (smaller cache or limited memory controler (ie no tri channel ect) but works on the same socket as i7
 
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