10 Nov 2010 at 01:43 #1 [TW]Sponge [TW]Sponge Soldato Joined 23 Feb 2010 Posts 6,570 Location Hereford Hi guys, looking at the specs in my sig, what mobo do you think i should be getting? I will be needing an SLI option ideally. Thanks.
Hi guys, looking at the specs in my sig, what mobo do you think i should be getting? I will be needing an SLI option ideally. Thanks.
10 Nov 2010 at 17:36 #2 Cookeh Cookeh Soldato Joined 21 Jan 2010 Posts 8,442 Location Ceredigion 790FX would be cheapest and bset bet if you aren't bothered about S-ATA 6GB/S and USB 3.0 atm. What kind of budget are you looking at?
790FX would be cheapest and bset bet if you aren't bothered about S-ATA 6GB/S and USB 3.0 atm. What kind of budget are you looking at?
11 Nov 2010 at 00:12 #3 [TW]Sponge [TW]Sponge Soldato OP Joined 23 Feb 2010 Posts 6,570 Location Hereford around £100 probably
11 Nov 2010 at 00:36 #4 AtaRo AtaRo Associate Joined 4 Aug 2008 Posts 2,028 If you want SLI with your AMD proc you need a mobo with NVIDIA nForce 980a chipset. Like the Asus M4N98TD EVO NF 980a SLI AM3 Motherboard.
If you want SLI with your AMD proc you need a mobo with NVIDIA nForce 980a chipset. Like the Asus M4N98TD EVO NF 980a SLI AM3 Motherboard.
11 Nov 2010 at 08:01 #5 Orcvader Orcvader Soldato Joined 11 Oct 2009 Posts 16,826 Location Greater London For SLI you need an nvidia chipset as AtaRo stated, or one with a Lucid chip. This one is in your bugdet: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-135-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1782 Although bare in mind, Lucid scaling is not as good as SLI scaling.
For SLI you need an nvidia chipset as AtaRo stated, or one with a Lucid chip. This one is in your bugdet: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-135-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1782 Although bare in mind, Lucid scaling is not as good as SLI scaling.