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iKuno   05-04-2008 at 04:55:22 PM

I am buying an new computer this week and i want to know what would be the best motherboard i will be over clocking cpu,ram,video card. I have a 2,000 dollar budget.
e8500
9900's/4 when released(i will be using 8600Gt temporary that i was laying around)
8gb ddr2 800 ocz sli edition
seagate barracuda 500gb 7200RPM 32mb
DvD burner with lightscribe
vista ultimate 64 bit

Will not sli

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el Greenie   05-04-2008 at 05:12:39 PM
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x38/x48 are good overclockers


Message edited by el Greenie on 05-04-2008 at 05:16:02 PM
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robertito   05-04-2008 at 05:36:44 PM
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^Agreed,
P35 are also pretty good overclockers and are cheaper.

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dagger   05-04-2008 at 09:07:31 PM
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iKuno wrote :

is the bmw worth the 300?


ROFL, no. :na:
You're paying for brand name and hype. And note that the ddr2 support is listed as "1200(O.C.)" and not "1200" natively.

 

X48 chipset, priced lower than Asus x38, either same or superior in every specs, just non-brand name. That is, if you consider Gigabyte a bad brand.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128336

 

Btw, ASUSTek is based in Taiwan, with factories in mainland China. I've never heard of BMW that's Made in China and whatnot... :D

------------------------------ Q6600@3.6ghz, GA-EX38-DS4 motherboard, 8gb 800mhz ddr2 4-3-3-12, 8800GTS(g92)@780mhz, 1TB + 1.5TB hdds, 850watt psu
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halcyon   05-05-2008 at 01:38:13 AM
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Dagger, I knew you'd like that. :)

$300 for a mobo doesn't seem like a lot to me but if you all are right and better specs, performance, and usability can be had for half the price there's not reason to pay double the price. ...except brand loyalty and that's not a good reason for most.

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------------------------------ 17" MacBook Pro: 2.66Ghz, 4GB DDR3-1066, 256GB Corsair P256 SSD
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dagger   05-05-2008 at 03:34:04 AM
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halcyon wrote :

Dagger, I knew you'd like that. :)

 

$300 for a mobo doesn't seem like a lot to me but if you all are right and better specs, performance, and usability can be had for half the price there's not reason to pay double the price. ...except brand loyalty and that's not a good reason for most.


There aren't any x48 motherboard for half of $230. It's about as low as it gets. :p

------------------------------ Q6600@3.6ghz, GA-EX38-DS4 motherboard, 8gb 800mhz ddr2 4-3-3-12, 8800GTS(g92)@780mhz, 1TB + 1.5TB hdds, 850watt psu
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