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rubenhak   09-26-2008 at 06:37:08 AM

Please help to build a 2-way SLI system based on 2 nVidia 280 GPUs. The CPU should be Intel.
What should be the Motherboard and RAM to keep the system stable and give high performance?
Not interested in overclocking just need a stable system.


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Granite3   09-26-2008 at 07:12:16 AM
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The 790i is the cream of the sli crop. Make sure you have at least bios PO4 or better before doing much with it.

Q9450 for the quad side, OC'd to 3.4 easily. Or the 8500 for the dual core side and take her to 4 or so. Faster for current games and such right now, till the multi threaded apps hit.

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megamanx00   09-26-2008 at 07:18:11 AM
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Well, for an Intel setup you should get a 700 series board. As for RAM you should go with Crucial, Mushkin, or Corsair.

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rubenhak   09-26-2008 at 07:26:59 AM
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Thanks guys!

I'm planning to get a Core 2 Duo E8600 CPU. Regarding the mobo and ram I think about these options:

Motherboard
ASUS Striker II Extreme LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI DDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131274
OR
EVGA 132-YW-E179-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i SLI FTW[b]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813188028

RAM
[b]OCZ Intel Extreme Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227339

do you think the system will work stable? I have heard about lots of problems with 790i, SLI and RAMs..

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rubenhak   09-26-2008 at 11:43:48 PM
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Hi,

I decided to use this configuration, what do you think?

Motherboard
EVGA 132-CK-NF79-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI DDR3

CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 Wolfdale 3.33GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8600

RAM
OCZ NVIDIA SLI-Ready Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1800 (PC3 14400) Model OCZ3N1800SR4GK

GPU
2x EVGA 896-P3-1265-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3

PSU
COOLER MASTER Real Power Pro1000 RS-A00-EMBA 1000W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready

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