Replacement Mobo and CPU needed

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My son's gaming machine has died, needs replacement motherboard and CPU. Currently ASUS SLI motherboard with Q6600 CPU (2.4ghz) and 4 gb of RAM (think it is DDR2) in 4 strips.

Will need motherboard that can take two geforce 9600gs graphics cards.

Please can you recommend ? Thanks
 
Do you have a budget and plan on re-using the DDR2 memory.

Edit: Can you not re-use your Q6600
 
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Whats up with the Q6600:

Did a spec anyway :)

CP-258-AM_60.jpg
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 620 2.60GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £81.99
(£69.78) £81.99
(£69.78)
MB-354-AS_60.jpg
Asus M3N72-T Deluxe nForce 780a SLi (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £71.99
(£61.27) £71.99
(£61.27) Sub Total : £131.05 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50 VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £24.60 Total : £165.15
 
RJC said:
Whats up with the Q6600:

Did a spec anyway :)

CP-258-AM_60.jpg
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 620 2.60GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £81.99
(£69.78) £81.99
(£69.78)
MB-354-AS_60.jpg
Asus M3N72-T Deluxe nForce 780a SLi (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £71.99
(£61.27) £71.99
(£61.27) Sub Total : £131.05 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50 VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £24.60 Total : £165.15
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CPU got overclocked, burnt out - thanks for the spec... was wondering if Windows would need to be reinstalled if we move from an Intel Processor to an AMD based system? Thanks..
 
smr said:
...was wondering if Windows would need to be reinstalled if we move from an Intel Processor to an AMD based system? Thanks..
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Windows shouldnt need to be reinstalled. Will definitely need a reactivation though.

I generally do a full reinstall in these sorts of situations anyway..
 
Hi guys, if I went for a DDR3 system would you please spec me up a relevant CPU and Memory as I am interested in going for the Gigabyte ex58-ud5 motherboard, and a reasonably future proof set up... Thanks for the specs so far... I'm just assessing my options at the moment.
 
Along these lines:

CP-280-IN_60.jpg
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £217.99
(£185.52) £217.99
(£185.52)
MB-155-GI_60.jpg
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £209.98
(£178.71) £209.98
(£178.71)
MY-032-PA_60.jpg
Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600ELK) £118.98
(£101.26) £118.98
(£101.26) Sub Total : £465.49 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50 VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £83.12 Total : £558.11
 
RJC said:
Along these lines:

CP-280-IN_60.jpg
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £217.99
(£185.52) £217.99
(£185.52)
MB-155-GI_60.jpg
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £209.98
(£178.71) £209.98
(£178.71)
MY-032-PA_60.jpg
Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600ELK) £118.98
(£101.26) £118.98
(£101.26) Sub Total : £465.49 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50 VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £83.12 Total : £558.11
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and they are entitled to free shipping too i belive, so win win there,although not in their £400 budget
 
The GA-EX58-UD5 (socket 1366) will limit you to a i7 9xx build at the mo - hence the higher cost

Something like this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-206-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1495

will allow you to use i7 8xx, i5 7xx or i5 6xx (socket 1156) with your ddr3 RAM of choice. All good gaming rigs at a lower cost.

At the end of the day - future proof does not exist - just the depth of your pockets and the length of your arms!!!

You did ask for cheap as poss

Shame the Q6600 was fried!!
 
Ok guys thanks for the specs. I think I am ready to go ahead and order the following:

Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10600C9 (1333MHz) Tri-Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1333C9) £132.99

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.5GHz 4MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail £129.99

Asus P5E3 Pro Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

2 Questions : are these compatible with eachother and also will the mobo take 2 9600gs gfx cards?

Thanks..
 
The motherboard can only use crossfire, but some people have managed to get SLI working through reg changes ect, not tried it myself, a search around the internet should help.

The memory will work but ideally you need dual channel and not triple channel.

The board does support the cpu.
 
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