Need some advice

tehasguard · 31 Aug 2008 at 16:33

Hi guys,

I'm building a new tower and I got most components selected,
just 1 problem: I know (almost) nothing about motherboards

First of all here's what my pc will look like roughly:

Antec 900 with truepower
Q9550 with zalman cooler (NO overclocking!)
1gb or 2gb videocart (4870 series), possibilty for Xfire
4gig ram
2x F1 spinpoints
reader/writer and DVD reader
need firewire + usb at front and at least 6 usb in total

So I basically need something stable, again I'm not going to overclock,
maximum of about 150-160 pounds

I came up with these 2 mobos, would they work?

Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6
Gigabyte GA-X48-DS4 <---- from what I know this should work fine

Thanks in advance.
tehasg.

Pilky01 · 31 Aug 2008 at 16:36

1) dont get that case its dusty and small.
2) 2gb graphics card ram is an overkill, 1 gig is really, Get a 512mb 4870.
3) Any reason your not overclocking?

tehasguard · 31 Aug 2008 at 16:43

qwerty321 said:
1) dont get that case its dusty and small.
2) 2gb graphics card ram is an overkill, 1 gig is really, Get a 512mb 4870.
3) Any reason your not overclocking?

1) Antec 1200?
2) I buy a pc then dont touch it for 5-7 years, still go lower?
as in buy 1gb now and another in 1 year when price is low?
3) I don't know how to do it. (and also cba to do it

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Pilky01 · 31 Aug 2008 at 16:47

What is it going to be used for?

tehasguard · 31 Aug 2008 at 16:50

qwerty321 said:
What is it going to be used for?

sry forgot to say,

the toughest thing it will handle are videogames at max settings on a 24" monitor (samsung 245B)

Pilky01 · 31 Aug 2008 at 16:52

There is no way you can buy a gaming pc and not upgrade it for 7 years.

tehasguard · 31 Aug 2008 at 16:56

qwerty321 said:
There is no way you can buy a gaming pc and not upgrade it for 7 years.

Why not?

I've done it before, the pc I use now is 6 years old and can still run e.g. Cod4
Not on highest settings obviously, but that doesn't bother me

But on to the question is the DS4 a good motherboard?

Pilky01 · 31 Aug 2008 at 16:59

I have never had a ds4, have a look at the asus p45's my p5q deluxe is the best board i have ever had.

Also what have you got at the moment? Wouldnt have though a 6 year old computer could run cod4 well.

tehasguard · 31 Aug 2008 at 17:02

I'll have a look, thx.

tehasguard · 31 Aug 2008 at 17:05

qwerty321 said:
I have never had a ds4, have a look at the asus p45's my p5q deluxe is the best board i have ever had.

Also what have you got at the moment? Wouldnt have though a 6 year old computer could run cod4 well.

old ati card 256 mb
1gb ram
2.4 ghz intel
some asus mobo, dont know number/name

graphics on low... which looks weird on 24"

It's the last game i'll be able to play on it, that's why I need a new pc

Pilky01 · 31 Aug 2008 at 17:07

You would be much better Spending half your budget now and using the rest to upgrade in a few years time.

tehasguard · 31 Aug 2008 at 17:12

You might be right,

What would you get then? or change in my build