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03-02-2008, 01:12 PM
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| True Techie Join Date: Oct 2005
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|  Help me pick a board ? Hye there, I need your guys help with a board. This is a departament where I'm totally clueless and I have to rely on someone else opinion. Believe me I don't wanna start another topic that was asked tyhousand times and I read as much as I can here but with this product I need to. I'm going with Q6600 and 8800GT with a possibility for SLI. I was out of the game for a while so I don't know what's new now and what's coming out, what is good to invest in and what to hold on with. I also read there's some boards that are overclocking easy for amateurs, that would b nice. This will b purely gaming rig, no video editing or something similar. Price doesn't really matter because I want something good and reliable. Pls can u explain why u reccomend the certain board u think about and not only slap the name of it. I would like to understand why I'm going with certain product. |
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03-02-2008, 01:46 PM
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| up, up, down, down  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lowell,Ma
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 | Re: Help me pick a board ? Well you need to figure out if your definitely going SLI or not. If you are that would mean you need to get (obviously) an nvidia chipset sli enabled board. I would go single card setup. The 8800 GTS 512 is a really good card. I don't know how good the 780 boards are but if it were up to me. I would choose an X38, Q6600, 8800 GTS 512. Preferably EVGA for step up and play the waiting game for the 9 series
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03-02-2008, 09:36 PM
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| MetalHead Techie  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minnesota
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| Re: Help me pick a board ? SLI is generally a waste of money unless your gaming on 1080p or higher, or are an uber PC enthusiast with lots of $$ this board is the best for OC quads and is just overall amazing Newegg.com - ABIT IX38 Quad GT LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail but if thats over ur budget this one works great too Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Dynamic Energy Saver Ultra Durable II Intel Motherboard - Retail
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03-02-2008, 11:29 PM
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| Super Techie Join Date: Feb 2008
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| Re: Help me pick a board ? EVGA nForce 680i SLi Black Pearl WaterCooled Silent (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (122-CK-NF68-A1) get that overclocking work horse
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03-02-2008, 11:36 PM
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| MetalHead Techie Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minnesota
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| Re: Help me pick a board ? Quote:
__________________ Proc e2180 m0 @ stock Video 8800gt 512mb Display 22'' Monitor Chemei 5ms RT, 800:1 CR Mobo Abit ip35-e Mem Crucial Ballistix 2 x 1 gb DDR2 800 @ 960 Case NZXT Zero ATX Aluminum Full Tower + 8 silent fans- 7 x 120mm 1 x 80mm Sound Logitech z-5300e 5.1 + Icemat siberia full black headset + Creative Soundblaster Audigy SE PSU Corsair 520hx OS Vista 64-Bit Home Premium Cooling Stock fan, mx-2 (left backplate from tuniq when RMA'd board) HDD Seagate 500gb 32mb Cache -92% of teens have moved on to rap. If you are part of the 8% who still listen to real music, copy this. | |
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03-02-2008, 11:49 PM
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| Super Techie Join Date: Feb 2008
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| Re: Help me pick a board ? lol i know i was just throwing something ridic out there
__________________ My current build Thermaltake Armor 680i LT q6600 (g0 revision) 736 mb EVGA 8800 GTX 2 gb crucial tracers 500 gb seagate 7200.11 TRUE 120 PC Power & Cooling 610 and a run of the mill DVD drive |
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03-03-2008, 11:30 AM
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| Official DFI Bricker  Join Date: Jul 2007
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| Re: Help me pick a board ? IF you are going SLI, get a 780i from Evga. But unless you have a 24" monitor a single GTS512 and x38 board will be more than enough for any game out there, except for that which shall not be named.
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