if it were my money id buy the asus as ive read that there has been a lot of trouble with the abit fatality
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| Author: | andybag [ Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Core 2 Duo Mobo |
I'm going to upgrade my system from an old P4 processor & AGP set up to one based round a nice sparkly core 2 duo and PCI-Express. I was just wondering for about £80-100 which mobo would you recommend (ideally it would be SLi compatible so future upgrades could be less wallet damaging). I plan on doing a bit of overclocking to the memory and the cpu too. Any suggestions would be great. I was thinking http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... =MB-221-AS Or http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... subcat=205 But i dont have much of a clue really. Thanks in advance guys. |
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| Author: | flatline=GCHQ= [ Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:19 am ] |
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if it were my money id buy the asus as ive read that there has been a lot of trouble with the abit fatality
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| Author: | Seric=GCHQ= [ Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:58 am ] |
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go crossfire instead 
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| Author: | Sleeper Service=GCHQ= [ Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:54 am ] |
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To get full 2x 16x SLI you need to get the 680i motherboards which are way over your price range. I have the 650i which suppots SLI but only in 2x 8x mode as the second full size slot only runs at 8x when the first slot is populated. It says on my 8800GTS that it needs the full 16 lanes to work properly do it kinda isnt right to use 2 of these cards in this type of motherboard although I havr heard it does work with some tweaking. I have the ASUS P5N-E SLI which cost about £75 which barring some early teething problems has been quite stable. The FSB goes up to 500Mhz but I have only taken it as far as 420. Haven't done too much memory overclocking because I went for cheaper Ram and concluded the gains wouldn't make that much difference to overall system performace. The memory and FSB can be overclocked independantly but this seems to be buggy. The current BIOS isnt all it could be according to the asus forums but for what I need out of it it is running along quite happily |
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| Author: | andybag [ Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:45 pm ] |
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Just been reading about them on the forums and i think the Asus P5N-E SLI is the one to go for although i don't think there'll be much difference between the two as i wont be overclocking the new system to death (not in the 1st week any way). Anyone else got that mobo and is it any good? |
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| Author: | Sleeper Service=GCHQ= [ Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:57 pm ] |
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The only worrying thing is how hot the chipset get. the passive cooler gets too hot to touch and I have aimed a fan at it to help with cooling. |
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| Author: | flatline=GCHQ= [ Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:04 pm ] |
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if your gonna oc then invest in a good cpu cooler. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... =HS-000-SB ive got one of these and they are awsome 
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| Author: | simon [ Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:26 pm ] |
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Personally I'd recommend anything ASUS or Gigabyte, they are both great types of motherboards which I trust. But thats me and others may disagree. If you weren't so bothered about the SLi feature, I'd say go with the GA-965P-DS3. Btw, if you don't already have a sufficient enough PSU (500W say?), you'll more than likely need a new one for SLi. Correct me if I'm wrong. o.o EDIT: Also, if you wanna overclock your CPU, get a decent cooler like a Sythe. I'm using an E6400 @2848MHz (356MHzx8) at the moment on a Zalman 9500. But case airflow does have a large factor to play, so if your overclocking and don't have a watercooling system or phasechanger (or similar) then you may wanna think about buying a good case with decent airflow or chopping one you have already to pieces and fitting fans to it. Lastly, the GA-965P-DS3 doesn't seem to have many problems with overclocking, I've overclocked my CPU, RAM and changed voltages. Has a passive heatsink on northbridge, but I did upgrade the bios to F10. No problems for me, only problem with this board is it's a 1x PCI-e channel. |
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| Author: | happyslappy [ Sat Mar 24, 2007 2:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | the truth |
unless you want to wank over the hardware sli is a joke 1 card is enough - spend 120 on a sli mobo - 300 on top of the range card - ill get the second card when the price is better anyone who gets top of the range is stupid - its only 10% better than stuff thats miles cheaper in 2 years regardless of what you by - single gfx / sli it wont help with the games then cause ur card / cpu will simply be underpowerd save ur self alot of money and get a decent pro and get laid its more fun eyecandy only last for the first few seconds - once engrossed u dont in action you doont see it |
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| Author: | simon [ Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: the truth |
happyslappy wrote: unless you want to wink over the hardware sli is a joke
1 card is enough - spend 120 on a sli mobo - 300 on top of the range card - ill get the second card when the price is better anyone who gets top of the range is stupid - its only 10% better than stuff thats miles cheaper in 2 years regardless of what you by - single gfx / sli it wont help with the games then cause ur card / cpu will simply be underpowerd save ur self alot of money and get a decent pro and get laid its more fun eyecandy only last for the first few seconds - once engrossed u dont in action you doont see it Agreed. Only reason I bought this 8800GTS was because it wasn't anywhere near as expensive at the GTX and it was on offer. 
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| Author: | andybag [ Sat Mar 24, 2007 2:51 pm ] |
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I've plumped for the ASUS mobo with a core 2 duo E6600 and an AC Freezer 7 pro. It'll beat my current Gigabyte mobo and my 2.6 mhz P4 which i've had for about 4 years now, decided it was time to upgrade now i've got some spare cash. Gotta say though that my P4 has done really well lasting so long without dying. It's been overclocked to 3.24 mhz for just about 4 years now. Lets hope my new core 2 duo can take up the reigns! Just waiting for my G8800 GTS to arrive! The it will get 'interesting' |
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| Author: | [QBS]Dr.Strangelove [ Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:02 pm ] |
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andybag wrote: an AC Freezer 7 pro [QBS]Dr.Strangelove wrote: good choice
an AC Freezer 7 pro earlier today |
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| Author: | nicey=GCHQ= [ Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:06 pm ] |
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still play on a p4 2.6... the planes on DC dont fly anyfaster with better chips... 
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| Author: | gemma=GCHQ= [ Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:10 pm ] |
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MrNiceGuy=GCHQ= wrote: still play on a p4 2.6...
the planes on DC dont fly anyfaster with better chips... Dude, I've given away a complete system with a chip faster than that. But you right they don't and I am stupid. |
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| Author: | Caspius=GCHQ= [ Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:44 pm ] |
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Gmar=GCHQ= wrote: MrNiceGuy=GCHQ= wrote: still play on a p4 2.6... the planes on DC dont fly anyfaster with better chips... Dude, I've given away a complete system with a chip faster than that. But you right they don't and I am stupid. How do you know you never played DC
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