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Anonymous   01-11-2009 at 07:04:09 PM

Hi guys, well i built my PC about 18 months ago, and i have a EVGA 650i, i think i paid £55 pounds when i bought it,

now i am making a PC for a friend, who wants exactly the same setup up as me but he is buying an E8200 and wants to clock it to 3.5ghz,

can anyone recommend a similar motherboard, to the EVGA 650i for around about the £60 mark please, as i think the 650i is not in production anymore

preferred websites

www.scan.co.uk
www.overclockers.co.uk
www.microdirect.co.uk
www.dabs.com

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Mondoman   01-11-2009 at 08:40:41 PM
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nVidia chipsets are not so good for overclocking. Just pick a good-quality Intel chipset MB in his price range. The Gigabyte models seem very good.

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50bmg   01-11-2009 at 09:26:01 PM
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intel P45. If you want SLI nvidia 750i, but the OCing might not be great.

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roofus   01-12-2009 at 12:24:05 AM
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680i
750i
780i

the differences are not darastic though they improved on things incrementally. get out of the 600 series and you can at least entertain the thought of a 45nm penryn.

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roofus   01-12-2009 at 12:28:59 AM
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i would beg to differ on the overclocking ability as well but will admit you risk stability if you get a dud. there are also the dreaded fsb holes where you have to skip lower increments and be forced to clock higher than you planned (luckily it seems to exist on the lower end rather than the higher end).

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Raydog   01-12-2009 at 01:42:46 AM
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Asus p5n-e sli

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B-Unit   01-12-2009 at 01:45:53 AM
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http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asr [...] A-RAID-ATX

Theres a decent 650i that will support 45nm processors. Be forewarned that this board has a pretty weak NB cooler, and will need to either have a fan added to it or an aftermarket cooler attached.

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worldwise001   01-12-2009 at 01:53:52 AM
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roofus wrote :

i would beg to differ on the overclocking ability as well but will admit you risk stability if you get a dud. there are also the dreaded fsb holes where you have to skip lower increments and be forced to clock higher than you planned (luckily it seems to exist on the lower end rather than the higher end).



I own a 680i motherboard, and the OCing capability is limited. An E8400 refuses to go above 3.3 Ghz stably :( .

If you plan to SLI two (or more) nvidia cards without overclocking, go with the nvidia chipset. Otherwise, stick for an Intel chipset.

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Mondoman   01-12-2009 at 12:24:13 PM
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The 680i chipset had a lot of problems, so stay away from that.

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Anonymous   01-12-2009 at 01:14:00 PM
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i've ordered this,
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/MSI [...] A-RAID-ATX


will this be ok to go with an 8400?

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Mondoman   01-12-2009 at 09:54:36 PM
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No, but we already told you that, so good luck.

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Anonymous   01-13-2009 at 12:51:35 AM
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do you think its worth returning the 680i and going for this instead,

what OC settings am i looking at on the 680i compared to the IP35?

Plz reply ASAP

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