You still have a choice to make, what kind of memory do you want to use SDRAM or DDR? Then choose your chipset, not motherboard yet! After you choose your chipset then you can choose your motherboard. Now you can choose the rest of your system...what...

the chipset is that there appears to be the potential for incompatibility. Is this more about connecting external devices rather than internal devices? Steinberg advise caution on when choosing a chipset but don't say which ones to get! Is it worth trying...

is bringing AMD down badly. The AMD chips are good. But the VIA motherboards are a nightmare. So for people who have never put a system together before, it's a very good idea for them to use an Intel chip in an Intel chipset motherboard. It has nothing...

component vendors. They're also all pretty low-cost. So it might not be feasable to alter the specifications any. Join PETT.(People for Equal Treatment of Trolls) Trolls:Keeping bridges clean 'n safe. I mainly meant the care taken in choosing a good chipset...

is getting rid of anything that could potentially be causing this problem. As for what motherboard to get, this is where i need help, mainly in choosing the chipset. VIA, Nvidia, other? Not sure what's currently the best route to go. I have built systems...

so no need to worry about them, its mostly the GPU I need help with.) Thanks! I wonder why no one recommends them then? Or how people often advise newcommers against choosing an nVidia chipset motherboard. @turkissed1 Heh you ought to make a...

not necessary especially when one considers that there are Radeon 4850X2 and 4870X2 cards like this which circumvent the need for crossfire. If you do plan to get a motherboard with 2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots choose a 790FX chipset one as these will have...

regarding the chipsets. Firstly what are the main benefits of choosing an 790GX over a 770 or 785G chipset. I understand the 790GX has embedded graphics, which I will not be using, but would there be any performance benefits/drawbacks using one chipset over...

post, if you don't want to overclock then Intel Motherboard and chipset will be best for P4 processor. Stay away from SDRAM. Try getting 850 chipset if possible. Even if you are going to consider overclocking in the future when you think your PC has slowed...

Motherboard Chipset We will now get into the specifics of motherboard choices. When we talk about motherboards, the first and most important thing (after CPU socket) is chipset. The chipset of the motherboard will determine how the board handles all the various...