Motherboard Question

[ciaranpm]

Hello, I'm planning on building a gaming rig soon, and plan on running two GTX 560 ti's in SLI. Could anyone give me a motherboard recommendation for running the two GTX's? Thanks

 

[jaquith]

Welcome to Tom's Forum!

Keep in mind the GTX 560 series is limited to 2-WAY and that's it you're done. That said and assuming you have either an i5-2500K or i7-2600K the ASUS P8Z68-V PRO or Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD5 plus a good e.g. Corsair Professional Series HX850.

 

[ciaranpm]

Hell, 3-way just seems like overkill to me. 2-way is fine.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=357146&CatId=7212 - is this the board you're talking about?

 

[jaquith]

It depends on what Games, what AA and details, and what resolution you're using.

Yep that's the MOBO, but the ASUS P8Z68-V PRO is $10 less at Newegg -> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131730

 

[ciaranpm]

BFBC2, SC2, Skyrim (when it comes out), etc. Those would run at max detail fine, I'm thinking. And I would be using 1900 x 1080, unless I get a new monitor. My current computer runs the games fine, I'm really just building one as an experiment. Thanks for your help.

 

[jaquith]

IF you can wait then wait another ~6 weeks for the LGA 2011/SB-E. I sure the heck would think before I spend

Good Luck!