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I've finally gotten around to putting together a new system to replace my aging 6600GT/A64 3000 system and I'm wondering how these parts are.

Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115018
Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227269
Videocard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130350
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817341001

I ordered an ASUS P5K Deluxe WiFi ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131182 ) but I'm having second thoughts about it. A few reviews said it doesn't work well with the Q6600 and 4GB of ram, both of which I am using. Also didn't realize until after I ordered it that it's not an SLI board.

I was looking at some DFI boards and was wondering how those are? Any suggestions on motherboards would be appreciated.

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You're surely late to the party. Forget P35. Look at P45 for about the same price. i.e. ASUS P5Q-E or GA-EP45-DS3R.

That review is B.S. If you're good, you can run the mobo with any supported cpu & ram. If they're talking about overclocking, maybe a few percent difference.

Do not touch DFI unless you like to spend a week or so to get it to work.

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Apparently, BioStar is the new OC king for p45 chipset. Yeah, you heard right... :na:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forum [...] p?t=191822

 

Asus made its name back when p35 first came out.
Gigabyte made its name with x38/x48 boards.

------------------------------ 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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