what motherboard

fabdabcab · 12 Dec 2010 at 16:34

just ordered my graphics card

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-188-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1866 cant wait for it to arrive. next on the list is the processor and motherboard and memory can anyone recomend a motherboard to suit amd phemom x6 the asus one i wanted is out of stock :-(

as im using the system for mostly gaming and some office work im torn between amd and the i7 please share your views on both systems thanks

sunjoo2012 · 12 Dec 2010 at 16:39

i would say wait till jan and get sandy bridge

stulid · 12 Dec 2010 at 16:40

For gaming a Quad core CPU is whats needed, so that rules out the X6 CPU, and a i5 is faster than a i7(930/950) at games.

fabdabcab · 12 Dec 2010 at 16:53

why is quad better that 6x silly question but one would assume that having 2 extra cores would mean faster now im confusing myself lol

fabdabcab · 12 Dec 2010 at 16:53

what is sandy bridge?

stulid · 12 Dec 2010 at 16:54

Because games dont make use of that many cores, they are only just making use of quad cores, and the individual speeds of each core is higher on a quad core cpu than a hex core cpu.

heres an example of the PhenomII X4 965BE cpu vs the 1090T hex core - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/102?vs=146 look near the bottom at the game scores, the quad does better, despite the 1090T hex core cpu costing nearly £70-80 more, but if you look at the other results that can use the extra cores, then the hex core wins.

fabdabcab said:
what is sandy bridge?

Intels new range of cpu's released this January, which require a new socket 1155 motherboard to fit.

fabdabcab · 12 Dec 2010 at 17:14

thanks i plan to cross fire in the future would the quad core still be a better option? and what speed quadcore would you recomend?

stulid · 12 Dec 2010 at 17:17

fabdabcab said:
thanks i plan to cross fire in the future would the quad core still be a better option? and what speed quadcore would you recomend?

Depends if you decide to go AMD/Intel, or wait for Sandy Bridge etc.

Your best off starting a thread, with a list of bits you need/dont need(speakers/operating system/keybaord/mouse/case etc) and state a price.

also state what this pc is to be used for.

You will then get slammed with specs and pictures of baskets for all sorts of builds.

either start a thread soon, or actually wait for the release of Sandy bridge so we can see if its worth going that route for the extra money/performance gain.