Intel DH61WW With I3-2100

[djabhi003]

So, I Am About To Buy A New Setup For My PC, Am Upgrading FromA C2D E4500. I Already Have:

PSU: Corsair GS600 (New, Just Bought)
HDD: 1 TB Seagate Baracuda - 7200 RPM
DVD: Sony With Blueray Support
Display: Acer 15.6 @ 1280 x 1024
GPU: ATi 6750

The New Mobo And Ram I Am Buying Are,
Mobo: Intel DH61WW
CPU: Core i3-2100

Is The Mobo Good Enough? Am Having Second Thoughts On It, Will Be Buying Next Month!

 

[abekl]

Seems like a good MB for a basic, no frills system.

 

[djabhi003]

The i3-2100 will be my last upgrade till another 2 years, plus i won't be doing crossfire, will be using single slot cards only!
The 6750 is for one more year.
I am planning to get 3GB Of DDR3 Memory(Using Win 7 32Bit), its enough right?
i dont think there are any games out there which use full 4GB?

Now with all these requirements in mind, is the mobo good?

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

Really with the memory you want to get 2 x 2 DDR3 this will bring you up to 4GB total and with a 32bit OS read somewhere around 3.2GB. This board only has 2 memory slots so you would be unable to reach 3GB.
The Intel® Core™ i3-2100 will work well for your needs but I would advise that you step up to the Intel Core i3-2105 which comes with the Intel HD 3000 graphics for back up graphics to use till you get the video card that you want.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

 

[djabhi003]

@IntelEnthusiast:-
I Already have the ATi 6750 Which Has Been Working Great For Me, Just Bought It 1 Month Ago..
I Am Fixed On The i3-2100, Just Needed The Opinion On The Motherboard.
I Think I Will Upgrade To 64Bit Win 7, To Read The Whole 4 Gb!

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

The motherboard is fine. I like 4 memory slots like on the DH67BLB3 but is going to be about $25 more. Good call on moving up to the 64bit Windows 7.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

 

[jaquith]

Not to butt in however you might want to look at a couple things: 1. Combo Deals, 2. 2x4GB RAM. Just looking you can get DDR3 1333 MHz 2x2GB ~$26 or DDR3 1333 MHz 2x4GB for ~$40~$45. RAM 'today' is cheap...

 

[djabhi003]

Thanx Guys. I Will Have A Look At What Other Models Of Motherboards Are Available Here. Its Pretty Difficult To Get Decent Parts Here In India.

 

[djabhi003]

Best answer selected by djabhi003.

 

[sushrut52]

I am using same motherboard and Processor
But 4 GB ram and win 7(64 bit)
win aero and everything else is great!!!
and i also wanted to ask
Does my motherboard support SLI or CROSSFIRE?

 

[jomeshkck]

I have three Intel DH61WW Motherboards with i3-2100. I facing freezing problem on all three mobos for last one year. And each mobos are replaced lots of times from Intel RMA(Digicare). I waste my lots of time for it.
I feel H61 chipset is failed. So no one purchase a H61 chipset motherboards. Coz Intel may continue this dirt chipset for new Ivy Bridge processor.

Jomesh

 

[nikorr]

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