p45 ddr2?

junpei

junpei

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New build attempt 2, revised

hey guys im doing research for a new build early in the new year

as far as i can tell, the p45 is a ddr3 motherboard coming out in jan/feb

but i dont fancy DDR3 yet but i do want an intel mobo with crossfire X


otherwise, whats a good nvidia alternative, i know nothing of the cards as ive always ATI, but i know at the moment there are singular geforce cards defeating ATI 2x crossfire.

note- i was looking to run a pair of hd3870 x2's on that mobo. one now and buy another later.

so knowing the nearest nvidia card that has decent SLI scaling for adding second?

about £250-£300 i believe is the estimated price of the hd3870x2

also, a powersupply, needs to support the upgrades you reccomend (sli or crossfire etc)

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rest of the rig if it helps



£211 - Acer 2416WB 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/
£70 - Logitech Z-10 Interactive 2.0 Speaker System
£47 - Razer Lachesis
£50 - Razer Lycosa - about £50, not instock till january
£160 - Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLA CR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB)
£135 - CZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8000C5 1000MHz ReaperX HPC Enhanced Bandwidth Edition Dual Channel DDR2
£100 - Coolermaster Cosmos case
£130 - 2x WD 500gb HDD, in a raid array (the interlaced one, raid 0 i think it was?)
£20 - Pioneer dvr212
£41 - thermaltake cpu cooler

£964 so far

the rest is just a Power supply, Mobo and graphics, maximum budget is £1600

go wild folks

edit

i know this is second thread but i felt this time i knew more about what i wanted nd could give you a better idea of my budget and stuff,
sorry if i broke the rules but i felt my previous thread from the other day derailed about, but i did learn some great stuff from it aswell as opening my mind to nvidia for the first time since i had a Geforce 2 MX 220 XD ( i was so young , im only 20 now lol )
 
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Does that motherboard support crossfireX or is that for a Nvidia SLI setup?

thos 2 parts come to about £180 on OC

leaving £360 for graphics budget, what dya reckon i should go for?

Overclockers have a 8800gtx for £250, worth stretching my budget to SLI those?

im looking to play crysis with everything on very high. (even if its at a lower 720p resolution)
 
Tbh I would wait for the new intel chips and nvidia cards to come out before spending this much on a rig, You'll be lucky o get 3 months use out if it before its worth next to nothing
 
as previously stated though, its not within my budget to get DDR which the p45 use.

Would the cpu really be much of a bottleneck if i were to go for a phenom, the 9900 black is out in january right?
 
just done some more reading, and i found out its the 2 16x/16x pci-e 2.0 lanes that are the enabler for Crossfire X, i cant see any reason why the X38 boards wont run a pair of HD3870x2, god this is confusing and awkward. all i bloody want is crossfire on intel with 4 gpu and not bloody DDR3. i mean, i could stretch to it if i didnt get my monitor, but who needs all that horse power for 1280x1024 XD
 
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