Need lots of advice, anyone ?

Hello

I am asking for serious help regarding rebuilding my current pc.

This is how it looks now :

E6750
2gb rab
8800gts 512
Enermax Liberty 620w

I am from the UK, Fist of i need a new motherboard. Is it worth getting a sli motherboard nd buy a second 8800gts 512 or buy crossfire motherboard nd get 2 4870? Or do nothing nd hold on to my 8800gts 512 nd wait for the new graphics card to come along.

First of which motherboard do you advice me to get? Budget is about £150-200 for a motherboard. THis is the motherboard i had in mind DFI Lanparty X38 or even the DFI Lanparty X48 ?

Shall i go for a Q6660? Or a better CPU? A Q9300 ? Is the difference between the 2 very noticable?

I thought about getting a new PSU if needed, how does this one sound? XION Supernova XON-800R14N 800W . I know the enermax liberty is an amazing PSU but am not sure if the 620w is beefy enough?

I would be very happy if some one could help.

Many thanks

Well first off, what are your current issues?? Your system is a pretty good one, by most accounts.
* Please list in detail all of your specs (make/model/speeds).
* What problems are you having with your current setup??
* The 8800gts 512mb (g92) is a nice GPU, so I'm not sure why you would need another one or upgrade to newer GPU's, unless your on a very high resolution monitor??
* What resolution are you gaming on?
* The Enermax Liberty 620w is a decent PSU, so it should work fine for any single GPU out there. IIRC the Liberty has 36A on the 12v rails, 2 x 6pin PCI-e power connectors, and is around 80% efficient. All good qualities in a PSU these days.

Possible upgrades??
* If you want more performance for less, I'd consider OC'ing the e6750 to 3-3.4 gHz for more speed. Most decent RAM will easily handle the FSB speeds needed to do this OC.
* Your 2 gb's of DDR2 should be plenty (unless you have Vista 32bit) for Windows XP. If you want to have more RAM than I'd suggest getting Vista 64 bit OS. This will allow you to upgrade to >4 gb's of RAM and be able to fully utilize it.
* Depending on your resolutions needed, I'd consider the 4850 (minimal) to the 4870 (likely) GPU's. If you are on the high end of resolutions, I'd consider the 4850x2 or 4870x2, depending on budget.
* If your mobo isn't cutting it for you (not sure this is the case) than a good p45 based mobo should normally do. If your into extreme OC'ing (not sure you are) than the x38/x48 mobo's are the ticket. They also support X-fired GPU's (AMD's).


All of these suggestions are subjective to what you want to do or what your problems you currently are experiencing.

Something like this ?

BIOSTAR TPower I45 LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

Ebuyer.com links:
Gigabyte p45 based mobo's are the ones to look at. GA-EP45-UD3/GA-EP45-UD3R/GA-EP45-UD3P are the ones I like.
Asus based p45 mobo's here. I like the p5q/p5q pro/p5q SE/R.

Ooh So if i get te p45 nd get a 4870 does the mobo support crossfire for future use?

Yes it is worth getting two 4870s and a crossfire board, if you can afford it, altho you should also get a better PSU in that event as well. This is what I think you should do. Go get a 750i board, a second 8800GTS, a good 4 GB (2x2GB) set of DDR2 1066 from Corsair or Mushkin, and a Xigmatec Rifle Cooler with a back plate to over clock your CPU. Over clocking that CPU will provide you with a noticeable improvement, and should be more than enough for now and allow you to hold out on a CPU upgrade. Once the i7s become more available the prices on the Q9000 series CPUs will fall and you can move on one then.

Yes you should upgrade to 64-bit to make use of all your RAM, and that XION PSU may be more of a downgrade compared to your current PSU as far as stability and reliability are concerned.

If your selling your 8800gts, than I'd just stick with a p45 based mobo for your given resolution. One 4870 can easily handle that resolution and it won't cost you a bundle compared to a dual SLI/tri SLI setup. The p45 based mobo's do support X-fire, but the second PCI-e slot is usually capped at 8x speed, not a big deal if you ask me. You'll have to pay about $75-125 more for a x38/x48 based mobo to get dual 16x PCI-e mobo. I don't think it's worth that since you could spend that $ on a 4850x2 GPU instead and not have to worry about having enough PCI-e power connectors on your PSU.

DFI X48 is great
Q9300 clock for clock is about 5% faster than the Q6600 more or less.
2 4870's you need more power I would get a good 800watt PSU.
The Xion looks pretty, I would look on jonney guru and hard ocp for reviews.
Currently and I hate to say this crossfire is better.
get a 9800GX2 and you will have a great video card.

Forget my last message,

I like this one

EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard.
This i would sell my 8800gts 512 nd get a 9800GTX or a 9800GX2 to b able 2 go 3 sli.

Is there an equivalent mobo like this one but that will enable crossfire?