any boards that can run a C2D & compatible with the nehalems?

Perfect_Chaos · 15 Aug 2008 at 01:45

i got an email from OCUK with a 10% off code, so was thinking of getting a cheapish c2d cpu and upgrade my board and ram.

Now, is there anything i can get that is a good board that overclocks well and will work with the bloomfield cpu's etc..? one that has DDR3 support would be ideal but DDR3 is still kind of expensive compared to DDR2

then i would need SLi support, for now.

maybe upgrading now would just put me in a rough spot then?

helmutcheese · 15 Aug 2008 at 01:49

No, they have far more pins, 1366 VS 775.

Perfect_Chaos · 15 Aug 2008 at 01:59

helmutcheese said:
No, they have far more pins, 1366 VS 775.

yeah something like that to ruin my day

lol

have any suggestions then? do u think i should just wait till later in the year to upgrade?

helmutcheese · 15 Aug 2008 at 02:05

Depends if you can do what you want with it for now or if your struggling.

Perfect_Chaos · 15 Aug 2008 at 03:07

helmutcheese said:
Depends if you can do what you want with it for now or if your struggling.

not doing too bad, wouldnt say struggling as such

just wondered if it was worth upgrading now or not.

Superjeep4x4 · 15 Aug 2008 at 04:03

I think the bigger question will be how much do you have to spend or will spend if ya wait. Being totally new architecture and speedy to boot compared to AMD's current digs I would be very shocked if the chips and motherboards were not very costly for a decent period.

I mean really there's some great stuff out now that is more than fast enough to last for a while. Your setup is not exactly new and it seems to hold up well so I see no reason why a 775 setup with quality parts wont last a few years and perform well. One thing I have learned is every time I make a jump and get a setup 6 months later the new greatest thing ever comes out and I used to get bummed like I wasted money and should have waited but in retrospect it all did the job just fine and most of it was in my mind.

Hell im happy atm with a budget chip that overcloks like mad and frankly cost's less then a lot of my Saturday night bar tabs