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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.50GHz 6MB-cache (1333FSB)
Thermaltake ToughPower 750W Power Supply
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit x2
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS5
Im pricing this up for my uncle who's wanting up upgrade his aging gaming machine. He has 2 x 74gb Raptors and 2 new samsung HD's. He also has a 21 inch viewsonic TFT but the core of the machine is still running a P4 with 6600GT. So he asked me to spec him a decent upgrade and he refuses to go any lower than the new 45mm Intel CPU's. The spec is not the problem, its more of a question about compatibilty.
The GA-EX38-DS5 is a very good motherboard however ive noticed on the website that the 9300 series is only supported with the latest F8 revision of the bios. Oblivously I dont want to get him a motherboard that wont work with his CPU without a BIOS update. So can someone tell me if the motherboard GA-EX38-DQ6 ships with the F8 bios and if not, what motherboard should replace it that will run it out of the box from the range of ocuk motherboards...minimum x38
Thermaltake ToughPower 750W Power Supply
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit x2
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS5
Im pricing this up for my uncle who's wanting up upgrade his aging gaming machine. He has 2 x 74gb Raptors and 2 new samsung HD's. He also has a 21 inch viewsonic TFT but the core of the machine is still running a P4 with 6600GT. So he asked me to spec him a decent upgrade and he refuses to go any lower than the new 45mm Intel CPU's. The spec is not the problem, its more of a question about compatibilty.
The GA-EX38-DS5 is a very good motherboard however ive noticed on the website that the 9300 series is only supported with the latest F8 revision of the bios. Oblivously I dont want to get him a motherboard that wont work with his CPU without a BIOS update. So can someone tell me if the motherboard GA-EX38-DQ6 ships with the F8 bios and if not, what motherboard should replace it that will run it out of the box from the range of ocuk motherboards...minimum x38
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