Damn these motherboards have got expensive

MumboJumbo · 13 Sep 2010 at 15:00

Hey, well I'm just doing a little research as I'm thinkig of droping an i7 930 into my pc but these motherboard prices have shot up since I last built a pc. I remeber when for £140 you could get a decent little number for overclocking.

Are there no decent motherboards which are bellow £200 for overclocking?

MumboJumbo · 13 Sep 2010 at 15:22

Cheers for the suggestion, I'll look into it.

Would you recommend the 860 instead then?

Future proofing isn't an issue. I tend not to upgrade my pc for another 3 years and by then I will always need a new mobo.

MumboJumbo · 13 Sep 2010 at 15:36

Well the chances of me ever using more then 1 gpu are slim as I rather just upgrade to the most powerful gpu around at the time usualy and be done with it.

Currently I use a tv card and this is a must, this is PCI-E. I also have a sound card and that is PCI I believe off the top of my head. Apart from that I don't have any immediate use for more.

The only thing I want the board to do is overclock and be reliable. I have a x38 quadGT and it doesn't overclock at all any more. I think the mobo was pretty duff when I got it but I couldn't send it back as it's technicaly not "faulty" any overclock over 300FBS causes my pc not to boot pretty much. It used to do 400fbs if I really pushed but not any more. Am really dissapointed . I wouldn't be upgrading if I could still run my q6600 at 3.4-3.6ghz but at 3ghz it's causing me to lag sometimes I think.

Cheap as possible is always a plus. While I could spend £1000 I think i'd rather just save it for spending at uni and try and keep the upgrade under £500. I'm not even sure if i'm taking the pc up with me this year, I just want something to do hahaha.

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I'm not a benchmarker so i'm not bothered if It won't hit the peak. But a good healthy overclock out of what ever i7 I buy is a must so that it lasts me another gpu upgrade. What is the difference between the 860 and 930 really? The 860 has a lower wattage which I find strange.

MumboJumbo · 13 Sep 2010 at 15:55

Just gaming really. I overclock just to save money really, it's not a hobby. If I got an i7 to 4.2ghz or 4.4ghz and a gpu upgrade in 1 or 2 years I recon the pc could last me quite a while. I was just looking into the 930 vs 860 and it looks like it would be a lot more benefishal to go 930. Though it's looking to be quite expensive so I may sit on the idea for a while and do it at christmas instead.

MumboJumbo · 13 Sep 2010 at 16:12

O the waiting game. The best part is that when they come out they will only release the extreme ones and because all the media will be saying "OMG these extreme ones are aweeeesome but too expensive I can't wait for the cheaper ones" no one will buy anything new till they come out haha. Could be a while though. I guess i'll sit on it for a bit. It's not like my pc can't run games it's just not as bling as it once was haha.

Cheers for the help.

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OOO thats intresting, the new boards do crossfire and sli. I'd definitly be putting my 285GTX in for a physics card when I upgrade my gpu. Be tempted to pick up a second if I could cheaply for sli. My my I really am out of touch. To think I used to spec peoples pc's up on here years ago. Now I don't know anything about the new tech XD.

MumboJumbo · 14 Sep 2010 at 02:52

Interesting, well really the only concern is that this CPU last me about 3 years. More then that is a plus but not a necessity. If you think an i5 would do the same then I would get that. The money isn't really a huge concern just the value. I'm practical, not poor. So to speak. Though with these new supposed super cpu's coming out I will wait to see what effect they have on the market. But I suspect the non-enthusiast cpu's won't be available till late q2 2011. Which is a long time away. We shall see.

MumboJumbo · 14 Sep 2010 at 14:29

No not really. You can come up with any apparent hidden message when taking lines of text out of context.

I made a statement that they have got expensive, 3/4 years ago spending £300 on a motherboard was a huge amount but now they all seem to be edging up to it or over it.

Cheap as possible is a plus. Well why wouldn't it be? Why would I buy a more expensive motherboard when a cheaper one will do the same thing for what I want? Like I said I'm practical.

By overclocking to save money you presume I ment that I take the cheapest cpu and up it? No. I overclock a cpu which over clocks well so that It will last a long time. That doesn't mean buying the cheapest cpu. That means buying the best overclocking one within reason which is going to hit a clock speed that will be good for 3 years. As I stated before. Whats the point in buying a cpu every 1.5 years when I can do it in 3 instead. I don't overclock as a hobby like I said.

As for the last two bullet points I think I've covered them already.

I'm just being sensible. Only the rich just buy anything they see and I never claimed to be rich either

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