27 Jun 2007 at 09:42 #1 cr!spy cr!spy Associate Joined 6 Oct 2004 Posts 572 Location Kent Going Core 2 Duo... can anyone recommend a good board and memory please? Will be running a 6700 with an 8800GTX. Last edited: 27 Jun 2007
Going Core 2 Duo... can anyone recommend a good board and memory please? Will be running a 6700 with an 8800GTX.
27 Jun 2007 at 12:41 #2 cr!spy cr!spy Associate OP Joined 6 Oct 2004 Posts 572 Location Kent Anyone ?
27 Jun 2007 at 13:02 #3 flexo786 flexo786 Associate Joined 9 May 2007 Posts 1,100 whats your budget and do you plan on using sli
27 Jun 2007 at 13:02 #4 BUFF BUFF Soldato Joined 23 May 2006 Posts 2,883 Location Glasgow budget, any "must have " features (e.g. firewire, RAID, SLI)?
27 Jun 2007 at 14:02 #5 cr!spy cr!spy Associate OP Joined 6 Oct 2004 Posts 572 Location Kent £150 max Not bothered about SLi...
27 Jun 2007 at 14:24 #6 BUFF BUFF Soldato Joined 23 May 2006 Posts 2,883 Location Glasgow £150 for both mobo & RAM or mobo only?
27 Jun 2007 at 14:41 #7 cr!spy cr!spy Associate OP Joined 6 Oct 2004 Posts 572 Location Kent Sorry I just meant mobo.
27 Jun 2007 at 14:47 #8 flexo786 flexo786 Associate Joined 9 May 2007 Posts 1,100 for that price take a look at the p35 boards as they will allow you to use the next generation chips
27 Jun 2007 at 14:51 #9 Azza Azza Caporegime Joined 6 Dec 2005 Posts 37,953 Location Birmingham A P35 board, Gigabyte GA P35 DQ6 or Asus P5K Deluxe WiFi or one of the 680i boards. Both P35 and 680i are very good with overclocking. But seen as you ar not bothered with SLI or anything I would go for a P35 board.
A P35 board, Gigabyte GA P35 DQ6 or Asus P5K Deluxe WiFi or one of the 680i boards. Both P35 and 680i are very good with overclocking. But seen as you ar not bothered with SLI or anything I would go for a P35 board.
27 Jun 2007 at 15:02 #10 cr!spy cr!spy Associate OP Joined 6 Oct 2004 Posts 572 Location Kent Ok P35 it is then! What memory do you guys suggest as well?
27 Jun 2007 at 18:04 #11 BUFF BUFF Soldato Joined 23 May 2006 Posts 2,883 Location Glasgow also consider abit's IP35 Pro. As for memory anything with Micron D9 is a good bet - Ballistix, G.Skill 6400HZ etc.
also consider abit's IP35 Pro. As for memory anything with Micron D9 is a good bet - Ballistix, G.Skill 6400HZ etc.
28 Jun 2007 at 10:27 #12 cr!spy cr!spy Associate OP Joined 6 Oct 2004 Posts 572 Location Kent So not the 8500 stuff?
28 Jun 2007 at 12:36 #13 BUFF BUFF Soldato Joined 23 May 2006 Posts 2,883 Location Glasgow 8500 is fine but you don't necessarily have to buy it to overclock - D9 typically gets to ~1100 or even higher with more voltage.
8500 is fine but you don't necessarily have to buy it to overclock - D9 typically gets to ~1100 or even higher with more voltage.
28 Jun 2007 at 14:19 #14 cr!spy cr!spy Associate OP Joined 6 Oct 2004 Posts 572 Location Kent I'm probably not going to overclock it for a while though, so do you think the 8500 stuff would be better?
I'm probably not going to overclock it for a while though, so do you think the 8500 stuff would be better?
29 Jun 2007 at 10:49 #15 cr!spy cr!spy Associate OP Joined 6 Oct 2004 Posts 572 Location Kent Ok, looks like I might go for this board now - Asus P5N32-E SLi - what do you guys think?
29 Jun 2007 at 15:30 #16 BUFF BUFF Soldato Joined 23 May 2006 Posts 2,883 Location Glasgow I wouldn't.
