New motherboad

[bach0004151]

new motherboard

I am going to be shopping for a new motherboard and CPU
what is good out thier?

I am thinking of ASUS board

 

[sl33py]

Asus are good. Really depends on what proc you want and what you will use it for/need.
a bit vague - either let us know more or just check out one of the mobo reviews at tomshardware or anandtech ...

gl

sl33py

 

[wolfram]

How much can you spend? Will you build an AMD machine, or an Intel one?

 

[bach0004151]

Motherboard

About $200.00 motherboard
CPU about $250.00


AMD or Intel

I am not sure but I am thinking of AMD

 

[wolfram]

Go with Intel. Get a Core 2 duo CPU. Even the "slowest" Core 2 duo, will outperform most Athlons.
But you need to have DDR2 RAM, which is now cheaper than normal DDR RAM.

This CPU would be awesome:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115004

And the mobo.... I need to know if you want to overclock, and use dual video cards (sli or crossfire).

Regards :wave:

 

[bach0004151]

what is the different beween SLI and Crossfire

 

[sl33py]

Nvidia and ATI

 

[MetalX]

SLI works better. Crossfire connects the videocards through an external cord while SLI uses an SLI Bridge the connect them (faster). ATi's cards are faster (for the top of the line anyway) right now, but Nvidia's SLI makes up for their slightly slower clock speeds.

 

[wolfram]

IDK if ATI still uses this cable for Crossfire:

But I'm sure that Nvidia uses this internal bridge for SLI:

Regards :wave:

 

[bach0004151]

thanks

I think I will go with SLI With 2 PCI x16

How about for the power supply
What is a go power supply and what about the watts
how much power do i need?
To run the new CPU from intel or AMD

 

[wolfram]

This mobo would be really awesome:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131031
I know it's a little expensive, but it offers two PCI-E X16 slots.

And this PSU would be great too:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817341002

They're very expensive parts. If you want to use cheaper parts, tell me, and I'll find them.

Regards :wave:

 

[bach0004151]

New Motherboard

That Motherboard looks nice
What about the power supply
What type should I used?

 

[Tmagic650]

Does anyone here have trouble using the ASUS website? I have found it very slow to use no matter what time of the day I browse to it. Downloads sometime take hours or days to accomplish. I like Asus, but I won't use them for these reasons. I use these sites to obtain the latest drivers and utilities. I use and visit many other sites including MSI, BioStar, DFI, IBM, Intel and others. No other site gives me any trouble

 

[wolfram]

The ASUS site works good for me. It loaded up fast.

That OCZ PSU I linked to should be the best for a SLI setup