Cheap lga 1156 mobo?

[gordon_81]

hi im looking for a cheap lga 1156 motherboard that has crossfireX, it doesnt have to have usb3 or sata 3 it just has to be relatively cheap, any suggestions?

 

[Maziar]

Hello
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131621&cm_re=ASUS_P7P55-_-13-131-621-_-Product
Would be good.

 

[gordon_81]

ya i already looked at this mobo but its out of my price range as i live in south africa everything is more expensive and i cant buy 4rm newegg as they do not ship 2 south africa

 

[gordon_81]

im getting an i5 750 and a 5850 but i want a motherboard with crossfireX as then i can add another 5850 in the future , that asus motherboard costs R2200 on price check which is about $314, thats how much it costs in S.A

 

[gordon_81]

are there any other lga1156 mobos that perhaps dont have usb3 and all the rest but that does have crossfireX?

 

[Timop]

See if you can find these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157172
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131407

If you cant find anything maybe AM3 would work.

 

[gordon_81]

ya i was thinking about am3, i have my own business we buy 4rm rectron(the wholesaler) and they only stock intel cpus, but they do stock amd mobos, but they only have 1 discreet mobo its the ud7 which costs R2000, which is cheap, but then il have to buy a cpu 4rm somewhere else and then it works out more expensive, i wish newegg would ship 2 S.A but they dont... sadly, btw are p55 mobos better than h55m mobos? and if a motherboard says crossfire support does it mean that it only has 8x slots or what?

 

[gordon_81]

whats the intel warrensburg like? thats in my price range

 

[Timop]

H55 boards cant do crossfire, and lacks the ability to do RAID configurations.

When a Mobo say it can crossfire, sometimes it is in a X16/X4 config which decreases the performance by a chunk. SO make sure it can do X8/X8 (which is the limit for P55 chipsets, for true dual X16, you need X58/890FX.

The Intel DP55WG looks like a decent board, Intel board in general are usually great feature and quality wise, but they OC horribly.

 

[Maziar]

+1^
If you are going with SLI/CF,make sure you get a board with dual 8x/16x multiGPU support

 

[gordon_81]

thanks but any other suggestions on a mobo?

 

[Maziar]

How about ASUS P75P55D EVO ?

 

[gordon_81]

its out of my price range, im looking for something around the same price as the intel warrensburg, i would get the warrensburg but want to overclock so its not really an option.

 

[Timop]

The Intel boards still OCs, just not as high as the ASUS/Gigabytes can do.

What are the other options YOU have?

 

[gordon_81]

well, the gigabyte ud3 and i guess the intel kingsburg thats about it, so my choices are the kingsburg, the warrensburg or the ud3, my budget is really tight

 

[gordon_81]

also i was told that 4gb ddr3 1333 transcend JetRam isnt a good choice, why so and what ram would you suggest?

 

[Timop]

UD3 as in this?
Doesnt do crossfire so Im afarid its not a choice for you.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128412

Out of the three, the Kingsburg would be the best for your needs, OC (just) decent too.

For the RAM, just get the cheapest set of DDR3 1333, there's no point of spending more on RAM when your budgets tight.

 

[gordon_81]

GA-P55A-UD3 R 1,399 DDR3-2200+ GIGABYTE® P55A-UD3: P55 Express Chipset - Socket LGA1156, 2.5GT/s DMI Bus - Supports: Pentium Dual Core, Core i3, i5 & i7 LGA1156
ATX 4x DDR3-2200+ Slots (Dual Channel), 6x SATA2 RAID & 2x SATA3 Ports, 1x ATA133, 1x FDD, Up to 12x USB 2.0, 2x USB 3.0
NEW 2x PCI Express x16 (x16/x4), 2x PCI Express x1, 3x PCI Slots, Realtek Gigabit LAN, 7.1 Channel HD Audio, Optical & SPDIF Ports
3 YEAR WARRANTY Ultra Durable 3 Features: 2oz Copper PCB, 50,000 Hour Solid Capacitors, Ferrite Core Chokes, Low RDS(ON) Mosfets
ULTRA DURABLE 3 Dual BIOS™, Dynamic Energy Saver 2, EasyTune, Gigabyte Smart6, ATI Crossfire Support, AutoGreen, SmartTPM, XHD, On/Off Charge

 

[gordon_81]

so ati crossfire support is ####?

 

[Timop]

No its just X16/X4 "Crossifre" is only 75% performance of an X8/X8 setup, as crossfore scales by the slowest card.

 

[gordon_81]

so i musnt go for the ud3? does the kingsburg have (x16/x8) or is it only (x16/x4)?

 

[Timop]

Both Intel borads are X8/X8 AFAIK.

 

[gordon_81]

il just have to go for the gigabyte ud4p then dam im going to have to downgrade something in the pc, maybe i should just get 2gb of ram and buy some more later...

 

[Maziar]

Is CrossFire a must have for you ? what resolution do you play at ?

 

[Timop]

Whats everything youll buy?

2GB wont be enough, itll be a huge bottleneck.