Can you spec me a mobo, spec includes Dual 3870 X2

Magoo · 12 Mar 2008 at 09:02

Hoping to get somthing like the following any advice...

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £129.99 (£152.74)

2 Asus ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £519.98 (£610.98)

Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Supplied with Airflow Fan (TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF) £94.99 (£111.61)

OCZ ProXStream 1000w SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £132.99 (£156.26)

EDIT: PROBABLY SHOULD BE IN THE MOBO THREAD - BUT WANTED TO CHECK SPEC ASWELL!

pastymuncher · 12 Mar 2008 at 11:41

To make the most of those X2's you need a X38/48 board. 2x fullspeed 16x pci-e lanes compared to the 16x/4x of a P35 board. At the lower end of the budget you can pick up a Asus P5E for £120 which is a fine board now that we have some decent bios revisions. J&W will be releasing their X38 board soon and is supposed to be around £100 which i really can't see happening. More like £110-120 i would think.

Magoo · 12 Mar 2008 at 12:48

pastymuncher said:
To make the most of those X2's you need a X38/48 board. 2x fullspeed 16x pci-e lanes compared to the 16x/4x of a P35 board.

Would just like the best board really... any sugestions

pastymuncher · 12 Mar 2008 at 14:12

At the moment i would say that the best X38 board is the Asus Maximus Formula Extreme followed by the Asus Maximus Formula . The P5E is close behind and is the same board as the Maximus Formula but with a couple of things missing to keep costs down. Don't know about the X48 boards yet as they have'nt been released. They are looking good but are expensive.