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So I have a 7600 GT card, and I'm gonna upgrade to 2gb OCZ pc6400 ram, that's SLI certified. My motherboard is for crossfire, so I was gonna switch to a SLI board. But, are the SLI boards for AMD or Intel better? I know there's a lot of Intel/nVidia setups here, but I'm sure there's gotta be a couple good AM2 SLI boards. Can anyone help me out?
Well if this is any help at all I do not run SLI BUT I have benchmarked this system with SLI as I built a duplicate for a friend. However as he was heavy into gaming he wanted SLI.
Anyways as far as specs go I bought an Asus M2N-Plus SLI "Vista Edition"
Running with an athlon 64 4200 it runs awesome. I do not have a record of the stats that were posted but they were very impressive. As I have always found with AMD, they run on the faster side for less dollar cost. Your main point here is the AMD runs at higher temperatures for the same processing power in most cases.
I have always run AMD so I am a tad biased. But if you need anymore info let me know.
from what i understand right now the 680i boards are the best for sli ATM.
That is correct.
well, I was trying not to spend too much money. That would mean I'd need a 775 proc, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Spawn-Inc
yup, if you can wait till jan then i'm sure the prices will drop on the "old" q6600 and others.
You think Jan 1st would be better or Black Friday?
The price drops are coming. The new Q6600 with a finer core means a lot less heat and more head room for over clocking. The 8700 may be out by January also. If you want a good performing cheap 6 series chipset, I would recommend the 650i or 680i LT if you are low on funds. The MSI P6N SLI Platinum is a great motherboard and at $245AUS is a pretty good deal.
I have no problem putting out money for a 680i board (as long its not the striker extreme), just worried about processor price. But hey, I guess that's what Black Friday's for. Or the new year.Quote:
Originally Posted by The boy 4rm oz
My current system is fine, I just want to switch to the more top-of-the-line hardware. Seems like 775 is a lot more popular than AM2 because of their higher cache's and higher FSB's, thats why I was gonna make the switch. And I have noticed oc results for the q6600 to be from 2.4ghz to 3.6, that was impressive.
if you can try to get the Q6600 G0 batch then you can get better cooling and oc'ing.
That's was I was referring to before Spawn, just forgot what it was called haha. Go with the Go haha, price drop, less power usage, lower temps and better OCing. Well worth the money. You could always just go for an E6600 though, still one of the best for over clocking.
How do I know the difference? You can get that g0 ...thing on newegg, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by The boy 4rm oz
I'm an Intel-tard; I dont know anything about Intel.
from what i hear newegg will send a random one. but there are sites that will give you the G0 or B3. the differences from what i've read are G0 is 95W and a really good OCer and the B3 is 105W and not as good at OCing. i will try to find some sites that sell the G0's. give me a sec i'm at work.
ok here are some links
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=529032
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...oc.aspx?i=3066
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=529054
1 place that sells them is Clubit.com
$266, not bad. Thanks. +rep
ya since the Canadian dollar is as good as us right now i think i will buy it from one of the sites that sell the G0 instead of taking a chance with local stores.
I agree, don't take any chances, make sure you get the GO.
I dunno about Spawn, but neither I nor anyone in my immediate area knows what "Black Friday" is. Infact some thought it was a racial holliday lol, which led to all the wrong talks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mitternacht
Mind elaborating for me?
Day after Thansgiving, where stores have ridiculously low prices.Quote:
Originally Posted by alexanderH
Man, why don't we have that?! Bahh, I can't wait till prices are adjusted to our new sub par american dollar! Hooray our loonie closed at $1.014Quote:
Originally Posted by Mitternacht
Woo, finally I'll be able to afford to spend money in the US haha.
HAHA go Canada! i just got 4gbs of ram off ebay and if i waited just 1 more day to pay it would have been cheaper, ohwell only by 70 cents or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by alexanderH
It's basically end of financial year, end of July I think and also just after Christmas lol.
Haha 70 cents? Man the Dollar was up to 1.02! That'd shave 6 bucks off every hundred spent, all over the course of about 26 hours.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spawn-Inc
I love seeing our dollar higher. Although they seem to think it's killing our economy. Tourism seems to be doing better than ever in the T. dot.
Oh well, less expensive technology for meeeeeeeeeeeee :banana: