which mobo/ram for PII 955BE ?

[chaotic_uk]

which mobo and ram should i go for running the phenom II 955BE and crossfired 5830's ? . around the £200-250 mark

 

[Marine-RX179]

Motherboards

Budget:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-251-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1782

Quality (but costing over 50% extra):
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-398-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1782

As for memory...
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=8&subid=1517&sortby=priceAsc

Don't think different brands have too much different in terms of performance, so may be go for one that with low timing at a low cost (i.e. Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz at £70.50)?

However would avoid the OCZ Gold though, as lots of people seem to get them DOA quite frequently.

If it was me, I'd just go for the Gigabyte, and save the £65 toward the next GFX upgrade

 

[dfour]

For the price (£70:49) and the Low Latency (7-7-7-20) this is a bargain:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-041-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Asus M4A89TD PRO AMD 890FX £140 (saves £30 over the crosshair)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-401-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1782

 

[Doughnut007]

I just picked up the GA890GPA ud3h for 50 quid new and boxed what a bargain.

 

[Marine-RX179]

I just picked up the GA890GPA ud3h for 50 quid new and boxed what a bargain.

Indeed. But it wouldn't support Crossfire properly though.

 

[Doughnut007]

I know 8*8 I think but I can only afford one card anyways

 

[dfour]

Damn it in just under 2 hours the ram I specced has gone up £10 Still think its worth it because of the timings

The gigabyte GX board is a good spec and cheaper than the FX board I linked to