Q6600 + 4GB = Which Mobo?

Russinating · 20 May 2008 at 15:08

Apologies as I'm sure this has been asked a million and one times.

I've always been an AMD man but I've decided to go for the Q6600 on my next upgrade - trouble is I have no idea about Intel chips and boards and the range seems massive. I've been recommended to go for a X38 chip but apart from that I'm needing some help.

Budget is about £150. Will be overclocking the Q6600 as much as possible on air and the whole systems use will mainly be hd video editing. Builtin wireless would be a bonus but not essential and I'd favour a board with the most SATA sockets (I've got 6 SATA drives as it is though some are currently externals due to my current boards limitations).

Thanks guys

bledd · 20 May 2008 at 15:15

if you don't want SLI/crossfire, then go for the P35-DS3R

the only real gain the X38 has over the P35 is the dual full speed pci-express slots (ie, for sli/crossfire)

plus, it's half the price you're looking to pay

BUFF · 20 May 2008 at 17:03

another vote for a P35 if you don't need Crossfire.
Look at the abit IP35 Pro (abit also do a x1 PCI-E Wifi card for ~£15) as well & Asus do some P35s with built in WiFi.
& 2x 2Gb will be better than 4x 1GB.

Russinating · 20 May 2008 at 23:08

Thank you for the advice guys.

I think I will need SLi simply because I use a dualscreen setup currently and forsee the need for another card to support a 3rd monitor and\or HDTV in the near future.

And yes, I'm getting 2x2GB rather than 4x1 as I'd also be interesting in maxing out at 8GB at some point

BUFF · 21 May 2008 at 01:21

currently SLI only supports a singlemonitor in SLI mode - you can of course use multi monitor as 2 separate cards but you don't need SLI for that.

Mojo · 21 May 2008 at 15:23

Sli is single monitor, but Crossfire (which is what the intel boards do) can support multiple monitors

Russinating · 21 May 2008 at 23:41

Never knew that, thanks for making me aware

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Final setup will most likely be 3 linked monitors and 1 HDTV. I assume from what you say that Crossfire has the ability to support this?

Trunks9486 · 22 May 2008 at 01:26

The good thing of X39 imo is the PCIe 2 support. It may not matter now but its bound to matter sooner or later, if your machine is looking to last a few years then i suggest either X38 or wait for P45.

BUFF · 22 May 2008 at 20:13

think that ATi drivers currently support 2 monitors with 2 cards in Crossfire but I could be wrong.