Please spec me a board

gavmitchell · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:34

Due an upgrade so going for an E8400 or E8500 with a Sapphire 4870 card and can possibly add another for Crossfire. Which board would go well with this please. I have 8gb 6400 DD2 already so will need to put this on it. Many thanks.

Glaucus · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:45

that all depends what you want and how much you want to spend.

I would recommend an asus ROG board either x38 or x48. Then you can crossfire in the future.

goujon945 · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:51

Yeah i would go for an asus board, probably an x38. Wait till the price drops and get an 8400, pretty much exactly the same as an 8500 just cheaper!

gavmitchell · 16 Jul 2008 at 21:36

So the Asus Maximum Extreme would be a good bet then?

goujon945 · 16 Jul 2008 at 21:50

I thought that was DDR3? There may be two models tho so make sure you get the right one! My mate has the Maximus Formula and he loves it, also the P5E has good reviews, they're basically the same board just slightly different cooling I think.

mmorpheus1 · 16 Jul 2008 at 22:09

Asus Rampage Formula.

thats what i have got with a Sapphire HD4870 , Q6600 , 4GB OCZ DDR2 ram.

its a flyin machine , cpu overclocked to 3.6Ghz and the sapphire oc'd to 820Mhz core clock and 1100Mhz memory.

plus you can use your ddr2 memory with this board , bit pricy compared to other boards but trust me , you wont regret it