Getting a motherboard for the next few years
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Hello everyone!
I am buying a new computer and I need some advice.
When I buy new computers i just usually get the best motherboard (and ram) that will last for the next few years, migrate whatever i can from my old computer, and upgrade other components as the time passes.
From reading a few articles and threads i came to the conclusion that the 1155 socket would be the best for me since it is just getting started so i decided on the i3-2120 processor(it will do for now but i will upgrade it with a quad core probably). The only components that i need now are the motherboard and ram which i want to be high end.
What i need from the motherboard is reliability and performance(since i will stick with it for a few years) and the possibility of upgrading it (the components on it) as long as i can. Also it needs to have crossfire capability (not just 2 slots but two well placed slots that will allow me to put 2 big cards like the 6990 in crossfire).
I have been looking at some gigabyte boards and the GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 seems like it has everything i want but it is just too expensive. Do any of the other cards (they have like 10 z68 cards) fulfill my requirements?
Thank you in advance for the replies!
I am buying a new computer and I need some advice.
When I buy new computers i just usually get the best motherboard (and ram) that will last for the next few years, migrate whatever i can from my old computer, and upgrade other components as the time passes.
From reading a few articles and threads i came to the conclusion that the 1155 socket would be the best for me since it is just getting started so i decided on the i3-2120 processor(it will do for now but i will upgrade it with a quad core probably). The only components that i need now are the motherboard and ram which i want to be high end.
What i need from the motherboard is reliability and performance(since i will stick with it for a few years) and the possibility of upgrading it (the components on it) as long as i can. Also it needs to have crossfire capability (not just 2 slots but two well placed slots that will allow me to put 2 big cards like the 6990 in crossfire).
I have been looking at some gigabyte boards and the GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 seems like it has everything i want but it is just too expensive. Do any of the other cards (they have like 10 z68 cards) fulfill my requirements?
Thank you in advance for the replies!
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mosox said:
If you want long term, better get an AM3+ motherboard. You can get a CPU for it now but if you wait some 3 weeks, the new AM3+ CPUs will be out. You will be able to upgrade on that up to 8 core CPUs.Well as far I have seen the Intel 4 cores beat the AMD 6 cores on the charts so I was assuming that Intel 6 cores would beat AMD 8 cores too.
geekapproved said:
Why do you need a $350 mobo? What's wrong with GA-Z68X-UD3P-B3 or GA-Z68X-UD4-B3? Both under $200.As i understand from the gigabyte site if i want to upgrade to crossfire then those motherboards will ony do 8x/8x while the UD7 can do 16x/16x.
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