Replacement Mobo and CPU needed

smr · 10 Jan 2010 at 15:41

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

smr · 10 Jan 2010 at 15:46

RJC said:
Do you have a budget and plan on re-using the DDR2 memory.

Yes plan on keeping the memory - budget wise can we make it as cheap as possible please?

smr · 10 Jan 2010 at 15:48

Can't reuse the CPU, thanks.

smr · 10 Jan 2010 at 19:21

RJC said:
Whats up with the Q6600:

Did a spec anyway

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 620 2.60GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £81.99
(£69.78) £81.99
(£69.78)

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

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 · 13 Jan 2010 at 16:38

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.

smr · 13 Jan 2010 at 16:44

Might help to know that the budget is £400

smr · 13 Jan 2010 at 18:21

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..

smr · 13 Jan 2010 at 18:40

RJC said:
Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £158.99
(£135.31) £158.99
(£135.31)

Asus P7P55D LE Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
(£89.35) £104.99
(£89.35)

Patriot Sector 5 Viper II 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel + 3D Mark Vantage (PVV34G1600LLKB) £82.76
(£70.43) £82.76
(£70.43) Sub Total : £295.09 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.00 VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £53.22 Total : £357.31

Thanks, I think I will go for this. I may get rid of the graphics cards and change them for a better one later but this motherboard will take the two 9600gs cards won't it? If so I'll go ahead with the order. Thanks!

smr · 13 Jan 2010 at 18:57

Thanks easyrider, I didn't see your post until after I left my last comment - I understand that another graphics card is better than the two 9600s but I just want the mobo, ram and cpu for now.

So will these all be compatible with eachother and the two 9600s?

Patriot Sector 5 Viper II 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel + 3D Mark Vantage (PVV34G1600LLKB) £82.76

Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £158.99

Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard [GA-P55-UD4]

smr · 13 Jan 2010 at 19:28

Thanks to all of you who contributed to speccing these components together. Good karma will find you in due course