p45 ddr2?

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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)
 
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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