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Hi i was wondering which mobo i should get ?
im looking 4 a good reliable allrounder mobo which is good 4 oc
budget £140

to fit in

q6600
2 gigs ram
8800 GTx (with sli possibly in the futare)

to put in either a antec or a lian li

any ideas

thx
 
This one to be honest:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-000-EA slightly over budget though.

Just one question Romeo, are you going to be sticking with your 24inch Dell screen?

If so dont worry about going SLI. SLI is useful for very high resolutions and if you havent got a massive screen it really isnt worth going in that direction.

Another thing is only a few games are optimized for a SLI configuration, so most of the games you play wont really take advantage of them two GPUs that you have. Its certainly not worth the extra cost of buying another Graphics Card. :D

If you dont go SLI i would agree with Cob down their. ;)
 
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stickroad said:
This one to be honest:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-000-EA

Just one question Romeo, are you going to be sticking with your 24inch Dell screen?

If so dont worry about going SLI. SLI is useful for very high resolutions and if you havent got a massive screen it really isnt worth going in that direction.

Another thing is only a few games are optimized for a SLI configuration, so most of the games you play wont really take advantage of them two GPUs that you have.

@stickroad i will be going with a http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-009-DE
screen

i was gonna get a sli campaibilty mobo mainly so tht wen nvidea sort out their drivers if ever. futare Games like crisis im sure are going to be demanding and maybe 1 gpu might not be enough even on a 24 screen?


@stickroad thx 4 quick reply
 
I can see where your coming from Romeo.

Its not so much Nvidias SLI drivers are poor its more that the game creators arnt taking SLI into consideration and arent really optimizing the games for a SLI setup.

But when games do take full advantage of SLI by that time even a SLI GTX setup would be out of date.

Very nice screen though, ill be getting mign on Tuesday. :D :D
 
stickroad said:
I can see where your coming from Romeo.

Its not so much Nvidias SLI drivers are poor its more that the game creators arnt taking SLI into consideration and arent really optimizing the games for a SLI setup.

But when games do take full advantage of SLI by that time even a SLI GTX setup would be out of date.

Very nice screen though, ill be getting mign on Tuesday. :D :D
true true :)
 
stickroad said:
This one to be honest:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-000-EA slightly over budget though.

Just one question Romeo, are you going to be sticking with your 24inch Dell screen?

If so dont worry about going SLI. SLI is useful for very high resolutions and if you havent got a massive screen it really isnt worth going in that direction.

Another thing is only a few games are optimized for a SLI configuration, so most of the games you play wont really take advantage of them two GPUs that you have. Its certainly not worth the extra cost of buying another Graphics Card. :D

If you dont go SLI i would agree with Cob down their. ;)
tht 680i does it need bios flashing to use a quad on tht mobo?
 
The EVGA 680i and the DFI 680i (I think) are the only decent Quad overclocking SLi boards available atm.
 
Cob said:
The EVGA 680i and the DFI 680i (I think) are the only decent Quad overclocking SLi boards available atm.
:( the DFI 680i doesnt hav any reviews and the 680i is out of stock :(

are there any other mobo i will be doing som overclocking not fussy about sli but if there is one then yes ?


thx again
 
Again this is probably the best ~£140 non-SLi Quad board.

Tho the P35-DS3P's and P35-DS4's are just as good.
 
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