change of plan.

sh4dy1981 · 7 Jan 2009 at 17:57

I posted for some advice on an i7 gaming rig but i been reading into things and it looks like dual core is the way to go for games. and a lot cheaper. looking at the wolfdale e8600 is it worth going ddr3 with these of stick with ddr2?

sh4dy1981 · 7 Jan 2009 at 18:02

MM? well id be replacing cpu mobo and id like to get ddr3. are the nvidia mobos anygood? i see some of them are ddr3

sh4dy1981 · 7 Jan 2009 at 18:06

yeah seeing the price of 280's that was the route i was planning. the dd2 rampage formula 2 looks good. much diff between 780i? 790i?

sh4dy1981 · 7 Jan 2009 at 18:30

i will be going sli of crossfire. what has the best mobo 790i? x38? il get best mobo poss then build around that.

sh4dy1981 · 7 Jan 2009 at 18:41

id prefer crossfire as ati cards are better priced imo. looking at either: rapage formula/extreme the foxconn and blackops dont look like id fir my x fi titanium soundcard in the pcie slots if i have 2 gpu on the mobo. the rampages look like it would fit. well i got up to £1500. but if i do it this way il use my 8gb ram so will just get case cpu mobo and the gfx cards. is e8600 still best for gaming? or will q5550 be the one? atm i play farcry2 gta4 and l4d

sh4dy1981 · 7 Jan 2009 at 18:51

memory is 800mhz and it dont oc that well

could always get 4gb 1066 though if it improves oc potential

sh4dy1981 · 7 Jan 2009 at 19:02

ur right. i think that is the best route then. eveything is pointing me to i7.

sh4dy1981 · 7 Jan 2009 at 19:16

Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 "Rampage GLH" 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £369.99
(£425.49) £369.99
(£425.49)
Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £289.99
(£333.49) £289.99
(£333.49)
OCZ 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Gold (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (OCZ3G1600LV6GK) £219.99
(£252.99) £219.99
(£252.99)
Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £219.99
(£252.99) £219.99
(£252.99)
Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £124.99
(£143.74) £124.99
(£143.74)

hows that sound. is the rampage worth the extra cash? looks like il have to sell x fi titanium and use the one that comes with the board