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Whats a good mobo and ram for this setup
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UrDady
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22. April 2007 @ 19:06 |
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Hi all
am planning on building a pc with this specs
e6600
evga 8800gts 320 mb
2 gig of ram (for hardcore gaming)
which is a good mobo and ram for this setup thanks in advance
peace
CPU:e6600
MoBo:eVga 680i-A1
GFx: 2x8800gts
HDD:1.5tb
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Zeyf414
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22. April 2007 @ 19:25 |
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Besides gaming, what else do you want to do with this build? What is your budget? Will you be overclocking?
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AfterDawn Addict
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22. April 2007 @ 20:09 |
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Personally I would go with a Asus or Abit board as both companies are in my opinion the best in the business. But I would also give this board a try....
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188011
The reviewers at the site put it down, but if you read the reviews its more over people having issues overclocking. And in all the magazines I have read this board has gotten rave reviews.
"Some people have no damn sense." - Nephilim, March 27 2007 @ 18:08 |
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UrDady
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22. April 2007 @ 20:38 |
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i will use this pc mainly for pc like 99.9% of the time
and yes i might overcloack i was thinking of buying the evga mobo but theres like 5 versions of the 680i but i dont know which to get and whats the defrent between all of them any help will be great
thanks for the help guyz
peace
CPU:e6600
MoBo:eVga 680i-A1
GFx: 2x8800gts
HDD:1.5tb
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22. April 2007 @ 21:18 |
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Well after running back over to newegg and looking at the eVGA boards this one, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188015 , had the highest user rating. In fact every person who rated it gave it a 5/5. Also I would call it future proof as it supports "Quad-core / Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo / Pentium"
I would go with this board. I have also heard rumors that if your register this board with eVGA, you get a lifetime warranty? Cant confirm this may be worth looking into.
"Some people have no damn sense." - Nephilim, March 27 2007 @ 18:08
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23. April 2007 @ 06:25 |
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or you can look in my sig and get some idea's.
I like MSI boards, i know the one i have can be overclocked as i have done it and it runs stable at 2.4GHz per core as i do not want to push it further. Corsair, OCZ and Crucial all make good memory, you will have to go higher end for anything that is made for the hard core gamer, but i can tell you my system plays F.E.A.R., Counter Strike Source and Rainbow Six Vegas without a hitch.
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UrDady
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3. May 2007 @ 10:27 |
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i found an open box asus striker for 251 should i get it or look for somthing else
CPU:e6600
MoBo:eVga 680i-A1
GFx: 2x8800gts
HDD:1.5tb
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UrDady
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3. May 2007 @ 10:27 |
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i found an open box asus striker for 251 should i get it or look for somthing else
CPU:e6600
MoBo:eVga 680i-A1
GFx: 2x8800gts
HDD:1.5tb
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Zeyf414
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3. May 2007 @ 10:36 |
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Originally posted by UrDady:
i found an open box asus striker for 251 should i get it or look for somthing else
Do you have a link? I personally stay away from open boxed items. Even NewEgg warns of the chance one takes with these items.
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UrDady
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3. May 2007 @ 12:07 |
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yeah its on newegg i will forget about that but do u think the 240 evga is a good choice or should i look to somthing defrent>?
CPU:e6600
MoBo:eVga 680i-A1
GFx: 2x8800gts
HDD:1.5tb
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Zeyf414
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3. May 2007 @ 13:04 |
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Some have already given good suggestions. What is your budget? Personally I would go with Asus, Abit, or Gigabyte. There are other good ones as well.
* Keep in mind that if you go Asus they can be very picky about RAM. Go to their website for your particulal choice of mobo and see their memory recommendations.
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MidnightJ
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3. May 2007 @ 13:09 |
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I would for sure look at a different video card, unless your willing to spend a fair amount of money. That video card is really a mid-ranged and you could do a lot better with a Nvidia 7 series for gaming. The Nvidia 7900 would be a better buy, overclocking it could make it very comparable to the 8800 GTS. I would personally go with the Sapphire X1950XT. Unless your planing to run Vista as your operating system, well thats a different story.
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