Hey,
I am building a system with the following specs. I welcome any similar priced substitutes or suggestions people might have. Crossfire or SLI is important for me. The purpose of this computer is gaming and general use. I want to future proof it, hence the crossfire. Is there any other MOBO that might be better? This one is quite expensive. Also, are there any brands that are commonly know to stay away from(in terms of RAM, HD, etc)?
CPU: Q8200 or Q8300 or Phenom II X4 (suggestions w/ reasons why)
MOBO: P45 Diamond(crossfire supported)
Hard-drive: 500 GB Western Digital
RAM: DDR2 4gb
VIDEO Card: single ATI 4850 1gb
Also, how does the MSI K9N2 SLI Platimun compare to the MOBO I have configured?
Thank you.
I am building a system with the following specs. I welcome any similar priced substitutes or suggestions people might have. Crossfire or SLI is important for me. The purpose of this computer is gaming and general use. I want to future proof it, hence the crossfire. Is there any other MOBO that might be better? This one is quite expensive. Also, are there any brands that are commonly know to stay away from(in terms of RAM, HD, etc)?
CPU: Q8200 or Q8300 or Phenom II X4 (suggestions w/ reasons why)
MOBO: P45 Diamond(crossfire supported)
Hard-drive: 500 GB Western Digital
RAM: DDR2 4gb
VIDEO Card: single ATI 4850 1gb
Also, how does the MSI K9N2 SLI Platimun compare to the MOBO I have configured?
Thank you.