You all here seem to me to be the most knowledgeable around when it comes to the best hardware out there.
So I really need your help in figuring out which motherboard to get.
I’ve decided on an i7-950 cpu so the board has to be LGA 1366.
It’s going to be for gaming\video editing (Heavy on the gaming).
I will over clock, 12GB of RAM (Haven’t decided on the RAM yet), and will be running RAID and SLI in the future. Going with an GTX 570 video card, PSU??
Preferences’: I was really burned by ASUS (Purchased a $400 Striker Extreme II board and had to deal with the whole dreaded “CPU INIT” error crap). So I really want to stay away from ASUS, definitely no nforce chipsets, but I am still open to an ASUS board as long as it comes highly recommended.
I don’t have any experience with Gigabyte or EVGA but am open to them.
Spending limit is $200 - $269 Canadian.
I really want the best board within that price range that’s great for gaming, stays cool for overclocking, and runs properly with most RAM.
Thinking about the ASUS Sabertooth. Any thoughts??
Looking to purchase this week.
Thanks in advance!
So I really need your help in figuring out which motherboard to get.
I’ve decided on an i7-950 cpu so the board has to be LGA 1366.
It’s going to be for gaming\video editing (Heavy on the gaming).
I will over clock, 12GB of RAM (Haven’t decided on the RAM yet), and will be running RAID and SLI in the future. Going with an GTX 570 video card, PSU??
Preferences’: I was really burned by ASUS (Purchased a $400 Striker Extreme II board and had to deal with the whole dreaded “CPU INIT” error crap). So I really want to stay away from ASUS, definitely no nforce chipsets, but I am still open to an ASUS board as long as it comes highly recommended.
I don’t have any experience with Gigabyte or EVGA but am open to them.
Spending limit is $200 - $269 Canadian.
I really want the best board within that price range that’s great for gaming, stays cool for overclocking, and runs properly with most RAM.
Thinking about the ASUS Sabertooth. Any thoughts??
Looking to purchase this week.
Thanks in advance!