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GenericHbomb   07-22-2008 at 07:15:35 PM

This is my first post at this forum though I spend a lot of time on Tom's hardware. Like many other I am building a new pc and looking for a little bit of advice.
Right now I have:
Sunbeam Silent Storm IC-SS-SVBK Black/Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
ZOTAC ZT-88SES2P-FSP GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB(couldn't pass up the $115 price I got it for)
Antec TPQ-850 850W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply

Currently focusing on:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
MASSCOOL 8WA741 92mm Ball CPU Cooler
2gb of ram most likely ddr2 800 to overclock but might just buy 1066.
The motherboard is where I am having the most trouble. The motherboard must be-able to SLI, good overclocker, hopefully good bios, at least dd2 800, at least 1066FSB but wouldn't mind 1333, must be socket 775 . As much as I like the xfx motherboards I feel that I can get better bang for the buck.
Currently I am looking at:
ASUS P5K EPU LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard

Let me know what you think or if you have any other ideas. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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einstein4pres   07-22-2008 at 07:27:27 PM
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<i>The motherboard must be-able to SLI</i>

This will restrict you to nVidia chipsets. P35/P45/X38/X48 are all Intel chipsets. You will want to consider 680i/750i/780i/790i based boards.

Though frankly, I don't think that SLI-capable should be a requirement, unless you're really interested in bleeding edge tech.

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Shadowthor   07-22-2008 at 07:28:44 PM
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the mobo you selected won't be able to sli and nvidia chipsets are usually horrible at overclocking.

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GenericHbomb   07-22-2008 at 09:15:07 PM
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einstein4pres wrote :

<i>The motherboard must be-able to SLI</i>

This will restrict you to nVidia chipsets. P35/P45/X38/X48 are all Intel chipsets. You will want to consider 680i/750i/780i/790i based boards.

Though frankly, I don't think that SLI-capable should be a requirement, unless you're really interested in bleeding edge tech.



Is SLI necessary then? I thought that there would performance boost from two cards. Maybe not?

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mark $   07-22-2008 at 09:17:13 PM
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SLI is scaling, and so unless you have a huge monitor you will get better performance from one good card than two lesser ones in SLI.

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