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$1000 or so budget, Pentium D 830 + what mobo?
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:23 am
by Sovereign
I know the LR contest gives me an ECS 945P-A mobo. But that motherboard, AFAIK, doesn't do CrossFire or SLI, which I want in my next rig. So, starting with ONE videocard and a different mobo (the ECS one = fileserver at some later date), what should I do? All I have is the processor, everything else remains to be purchased. If you don't think I can do the proc justice on that budget, give me a new suggested target and tell me what you think I should put in. I'm an AMD person, so I really have no clue...
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:04 am
by Apoptosis
Since the board doesn't have what you desire i suggest getting an Intel 955X chipset motherboard. I really like the ASUS P5WD2 series because they are overclocking champs and support xfire. You should be able to get great O/C results with that mobo and the 830 processor. With air cooling you should easily get 3.6-3.8GHz if luck is on your side.
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:53 am
by kenc51
Make sure you invest in a good power supply with good 12v rails!!!
The board Apop mentiond is
the boad to get for Intel....
the non-premium can be got here from $160
the premium can bet got here from $200
Your better off waiting to get the GFX cards last.....ATI are roumored to have their nex-gen cards out by end of Jan!
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 5:10 pm
by Sovereign
Hmmm... thanks for the info...will keep all that in mind.
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:19 pm
by -mogwai
kenc51 wrote:Make sure you invest in a good power supply with good 12v rails!!!
The board Apop mentiond is
the boad to get for Intel....
the non-premium can be got here from $160
the premium can bet got here from $200
Your better off waiting to get the GFX cards last.....ATI are roumored to have their nex-gen cards out by end of Jan!
i'm just going to use the ecs motherboard until i'm ready for sli. something tells me it wouldn't be a good idea to pay big bucks for an upgrade at this point in the year (especially with my current life-screws-me situtation).
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 9:54 pm
by Sovereign
Or I could get nF4, I just thought of that, since I'm an nV phanboy and because SLI is better (from what benchmarks I have seen) than CrossFire...
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:09 am
by -mogwai
what ram should i get? i know nothing about ram, much less ddr2.