I want this ASUS P5B Deluxe ATX LGA775 Conroe P965 DDR2 2PCI-E16 PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 DTS Sound 1394 Motherboard and E6600 CPU

Will this be good for gaming?

I didn't know you could game with just a processor and a motherboard.
Seriously, post the whole specs if you want us to give you a proper answer.

ehhh.... Im looking at both these 2 mother boards. PLease tell me which one is should get/ which is better for gamming. Im hoping their both good So i can buy the cheaper one


ASUS P5B Deluxe ATX LGA775 Conroe P965 DDR2 2PCI-E16 PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 DTS Sound 1394 Motherboard

or

EVGA Nforce 680I LT SLI Conroe LGA775 ATX 2PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 2PCI SATA2 Sound GBLAN 1394 Motherboard

OCZ Platinum XTC REV.2 PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL4-4-4-15 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit

E6600

Hard drive... some 200 GB one

Geforce 8800 GTX

Personally, Id prefer the 680i one.

That doesnt mean it is in anyway at all "better" though. You wont find hardly any performance difference from either of the motherboards it mroe dependong on other factors such as graphics and CPU.

Well, it depends if you are going to run sli or not. I personally don't find sli very beneficial so i would go for a GA-P35-DS3L and funnel the extra money into a q6600. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128059

Yeah thats good , but why dont u go with P35 ?

I second that or a cheaper E6320. A dual core is a waste at more than $200 as its in 3/4 the price of a quad with only half the cores.

are quad cores 775?

Yes, Quad Cores still used socket 775 I think.

I was wondering if theres anything I should watch out for when looking that dual and quad cores.

I remember I bought a p 4 2.40 years ago. After I got it I found out it was a "D" version which was the slowest. Seemed like a dirty trick to me. Are there things like that with the dual and quad? \

also if I go with the rig I picked above will it be considered a high end machine I can use for Gamming?

For me, the spec above is a high end machine.You can play most game at high setting.

For motherboard, the EVGA 680I SLI is a nice choice since it optimized for SLI and if you want to do SLI setup future.

I looked on Wiki but didn't understand it all about Dual Channel. What is the difference between DDR2 RAM and DDR2 - Dual Channel. Do both the motherboards above support both?

Q6600 is a quad core, it uses LGA775, it's the best value in CPUs there days. I'd recommend a GA-P35-S3L for a low-budget system with up to 4 SATA devices or a GA-P35-DS3R for something better. Both these mobos support Dual Channel, i.e. using two identical RAM modules to improve bandwidth.

I would go with the Nforce 680i, but thats just me. the Q6600 is likely the best CPU for high end gaming or other intensive apps. I would pair that with 4GB's of RAM if you can. By the way the 8800 GTS is a large video card. be sure there's room for it in the case. (just in case you might want to know).

im going with the q6600 I think. Its only 30 dollars more then the e6600.

Hate to nitpic, but there never was a P4 2.4 "D", unless you mean a Celeron D 320, which runs at 2.4GHz. There were four socket 478 P4s offered at 2.4GHz: The 2.4A, with Northwood core and 400MHz fsb; the 2.4B, with Northwood core and 533fsb; the 2.4C, with Northwood core and 800MHz fsb; and finally, once again the 2.4A, this time a Prescott Core and 533fsb. Only the 2.4C offered HT.

As for your questions, everyone likes the GO stepping CPUs. Either motherboard will work, but you really don't have to spend that much money on a mobo just to game.