cheep upgrade

mel d

mel d

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cheap upgrade

hi was thinking or looking into upgrading too i7 and been looking around at motherboards on fleabay and come across 2 going cheap the XFX X58i for about 100£ and the MSI Eclipse SLI Intel X58 prob go for 100/130£. or just get a Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58.i'll be try to get chip too 4ghz.
 
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am not a fan or Gigabyte boards myself, down to past experience with the quality etc,

I would look down the barrels of an Asus.
 
For the love of god, don't get the XFX one. They tried to write their own BIOS and it ended up as a big fail. Overclocking just doesn't work as it should.

The MSi ones seems OK.

However, I wouldn't buy a motherboard on the bay. You usually don't get proper warranty and you have to trust the seller. Since motherboards are some of the most failure-prone pieces of PC kit, then having a solid warranty is essential.

I would suggest getting a new Gigabyte X58A-UD3R (as you mention) from a shop so you know what you are getting and have a full 3 year warranty.
 
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