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voodooj   09-04-2009 at 10:19:23 AM

I need some help with Mother Board, i bought the NZXT TEMPEST Enthusiast Steel ATX Midtower , now im looking a good mother board about 200 to 300, any suggestion with mother board ? im planning to get 2 EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896 MB PCI Express Superclocked Video Card also. Could you guys give me some tips and suggestion on which mother board and processor + heat sinks for the processor are good for those 2 vid cards. thank you so much


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Andraxxus   09-04-2009 at 11:01:40 AM

May I sugest that you delay that buy given that in 6 days ATi will reveal the new HD5000 series that will have DirectX11 and Nvidia will show the new GTX300 later this month. ATI will put the new HD5000 series later this month but Nvidia will not have them on the self before December(at least this is what the news says).But you seem ready to pay a lot for the GPUs and it would be a waste to have to pay 3 months from now for a new set of GPUs to play the new games at maximum detail. Anyway if you've already made your mind here it goes:
Since you went with EVGA the Motherboard could be this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813188049
A processor that would be good for those GTX 260 could be this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115202
I hope it helped.

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buzznut   09-04-2009 at 05:50:34 PM

Also the core i5's and motherboards should be out in the same time frame. Wait one week.

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voodooj   09-08-2009 at 07:39:37 AM

can i use the same motherboard that Andraxxus suggested above for GTX270 and above?

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Andraxxus   09-08-2009 at 11:04:46 AM

I've looked again at the motherboard that I proposed and realised that it only has one pcie 2@16 and you want 2 cards so this may be better:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131371
or this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131359
or this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131365
And to answer your question yes the EVGA could be used with GTX270 and above and so are the motherboards that I link-ed in this post.

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ibnsina   09-08-2009 at 06:07:26 PM

If you want to save money go for the latest P55 Motherboard which is just coming out . As for processors go for Intel i5 750 (around $199) or Intel i7-860 (around $285)


ASUS P7P55D will become a very popluar board since is got a dedicated onboard microprocessor, helping every level of overclocker—from novices to hardcore enthusiasts— to boost system performance. An intuitive interface lets users perform overclocking without changing the BIOS setup, knowing any technical terms, or making sure that the system’s voltage and frequency are within safe limits. Auto Tuning enables automatic over clocking that is also self-checked for stability.


ASUS P7P55D (this board is just coming out, wait a week or so for prices to settle down)

https://www.insight.com/search/nugs [...] US+P7P55D+

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] SUS+P7P55D



MSI P55- It simplifies over clocking with a fully automatic Instant CPU Base Clock adjustment Button. It will automatically detect the optimal settings for your system. Also has CPU VCORE, VTT, DDR, PCH Voltage measure. ( not a fan of MSI though)

http://www.msi.com/index.php?func= [...] od_no=1845



As for Gigabyte's GA-P55M-UD4, Reghardware had overclocking issues with it. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/ [...] page4.html

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voodooj   09-08-2009 at 10:36:40 PM

wow all great ideas , thanks alot guys, u guys definitely helped me out ^^, if i have further questions ill ask you guys once again thanks.

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voodooj   09-11-2009 at 09:05:04 AM

i wonder if this case could be good for the motherboards they suggested above . this is the case http://www.amazon.com/AZZA-Solano- [...] 001&sr=1-1

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