Asus Crosshair III

[kharaa]

So i'm building a new Ph2 rig (was going with core i7 before but couldn't justify the amount of money i needed to spend on it.)


So i've been searching for a board with DDR3 support, that could hold the Ph2, and give some nice features with it


Originally i was dead set on a Nvidia chipset board, because well me and ATI just don't get along very well. However, it seems like there were no DDR3 boards to be found with the Nvidia chipset(atleast ones from Asus, Foxconn ect.)

So now my question on this is, my board i'm looking at has

Memory Standard DDR3 1600(O.C.) / 1333 / 1066

in it's specifications, does that mean i can only hit 1600 if I O.C something? because i was planning on using 8 gigs of OCZ Special Ops DDR 3 (2 pairs of this.)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227324&Tpk=ocz%20special%20ops

 

[WAYN3H3AD]

I would also like to know the answer to this question

 

[OvrClkr]

No, 1600 means you can use RAM at that speed once you adjust the timings in the Bios....If you were to overclock that same Ram it would be over 1600Mhz.....

That combo is sweet....LoL

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[jsimeon]

I just got that board and am going to build my system as soon as my psu comes in tomorrow, I hope. I wont be overclocking for a while but here are a few sites that I found on the subject.

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/crosshair_iii/9.htm

http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/motherboards/1911_5.html

 

[kharaa]

No, 1600 means you can use RAM at that speed once you adjust the timings in the Bios....If you were to overclock that same Ram it would be over 1600Mhz.....

That combo is sweet....LoL

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haha, thinking of throwing a 4870 x2 in there as well.


thanks for the info though.

 

[OvrClkr]

Get a 4890 and x-fire later..... The 4870x2's have heat issues.....

Get this model :

XFX HD-489A-ZDFC Radeon HD 4890 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150359

then later on buy another and blow away the competition......

 

[kharaa]

I had read some reviews that the GTX 275 outperforms the 4890, which is kind of depressing, (infact i think it was a tomshardware review.)

 

[OvrClkr]

I had read some reviews that the GTX 275 outperforms the 4890, which is kind of depressing, (infact i think it was a tomshardware review.)

Feast your eyes.....

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3539&p=23

[:grahamlv:1]

 

[kharaa]

that article seems really biased, and contradicting to some other reviews i've read, but i will keep it in mind now. I've always been a Nvidia/AMD fan though..

 

[OvrClkr]

Anandtech is one of the highest trusted sources we have ATM.... maybe your "reviews" were from some other source.. who knows...

I have benched with dual 9800GTX+'s and dual GTS 250's and the numbers compared to Anandtech and Overclocker's Club seem to be very similar an accurate...

Same as benching with dual 4770's in Xfire...it's just amazing what you can do with low-mid range cards in a dual setup.....