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dr. sarf

dr. sarf

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Sorry if they annoy you, there's enough of them on here.
What I'm after is a motherboard but there seems to be too many for me to decided which to buy and which is the best for my budget.

It's for a Q6600, must be SLI ready and a fairly good overclocker. I do like Gigabyte boards, but would change that for a "better" board.
My budget isnt great mind, £80-£100.

My current board is SLI 1x16/1x8, so would prefer that over 1x8/1x8 which a lot seem to be?

Cheers guys.
 
Not for SLi they won't! :)

Cheapest 680i board is £135 (although there is a £129 one in B-Grade), so you're looking at the 650i boards.

As for which one, well they all look to be pretty similar. So considering you prefer Gigabyte, and that Gigabyte certainly have a degree of "provenness" in the Core 2 Duo arena, i'd go for the GA-N650SLI-DS4L.
 
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Not for SLi they won't! :)

Cheapest 680i board is £135 (although there is a £129 one in B-Grade), so you're looking at the 650i boards.

As for which one, well they all look to be pretty similar. So considering you prefer Gigabyte, and that Gigabyte certainly have a degree of "provenness" in the Core 2 Duo arena, i'd go for the GA-N650SLI-DS4L.
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Ive done a quick search on that mobo and it seems a bit cheap?
Not tacky cheap, just price wise, so I'm a bit uncertain?
That foxconn one sounded OK, but read couple posts on here saying foxconn motherboards weren't so good, or was I just reading pap?
I could probably push to a 680i board, if it's a good overclocker.
 
CyZMyAssBaby said:
If you really want Sli Dr Sarf as Arcane suggests you would better to wait for the 780is. (Tri Sli and pci2)

The only other alternative if you cannot wait is a 680i for the Sli
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Well SLI preferably, as I have 2 8800GTs sat here. :D
How long is imminent? I can always wait a month or so (will mean a month without a PC but ho hum).
What's the price range for the 780is? New stuff always seems to be a rip off.
 
I'm not really fussed about tri SLI to be honest.
For now, any more recommendations on a decent 680 board? :)
 
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Ok Dr Sarf,

Out of my madness i hope to appear/ sound logical: As so i need to ask this question:

As you have upgraded your rig from AMD to Intel Do you intend to upgrade to the new 45nm wolfdale/ Yorkdale cores in the near future?
 
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Probably not, but if there's a board that is future upgradable in that way, let me know. ;)
Asking a lot for my budget I know, but maybe I can find a couple quid behind the sofa :)
 
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