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Anonymous   06-13-2008 at 06:32:29 AM

i dont want to get a quad extreme just yet due to price so ive gone with the E8500 which seems to be a good chip but i need help to choose what is the best motherboard, memory and gpu?

cuz people have said that ati r realeasin a new gpu soon and that 1066mhtz is **** any feed back muchly appreciated

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gators1223   06-13-2008 at 06:42:10 AM
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yes, both ati and nvidia are releasing new chips soon, wait to buy a gpu until they come out, as for memory unless you heavily overclock then ddr2 800 is fine, you can over clock the e8400 to e8500 on a stock cooler and save a little money as for motherboard msi p45 looks like a good board and isn't much more expensive than p35 counterparts

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Why_Me   06-13-2008 at 07:22:05 AM
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Anonymous wrote :

i dont want to get a quad extreme just yet due to price so ive gone with the E8500 which seems to be a good chip but i need help to choose what is the best motherboard, memory and gpu?

cuz people have said that ati r realeasin a new gpu soon and that 1066mhtz is **** any feed back muchly appreciated



The E8500 isn't worth the extra cost... do yourself a favor and go with the E8400. You can overclock that cpu to 3.6 just by moving up the FSB (8x400) , that way you won't have to up the voltage sans no heat issues. And like gator said, the MSI P45 board and DDR2 800 memory ftw.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115037 $189.99
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227267 $104.99 ($79.99 after $25.00 Mail-In Rebate)
OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] +P43%2fP45 <---P45 mobo's.


Message edited by Why_Me on 06-13-2008 at 08:19:57 AM
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guanyu210379   06-13-2008 at 07:49:00 AM
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ASUS P5E X38 is worth considering.
It has a separate (not onboard) supreme FX II 7.1 channel HD-Audiio card bundled.

------------------------------ Intel Q6600 @ 3.0GHz + ASUS P5E X38 +
4GB DDR2 1000 CL5 Mushkin + Coolermaster Dominator Xcalade 690 + Corsair VX 450W + HIS HD 3850 512MB Turbo + Seagate 500GB 7200rpm 32MB + Zalman CNPS 9700 LED + Logitec EX110 + ASUS VW198S.
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