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| Thread ID: 80447 | 2007-06-23 12:20:00 | Let's build a PC (June 2007) | Metla (12) | PC World Chat |
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| 562173 | 2007-06-27 12:17:00 | If you took the time to read the article instead of being a muppet you would have realized two things. The board has an Intel chipset so it doesn't support SLI only Crossfire, there have been murmurings that Intel got a SLI license from nVidia but nothing official yet and even if it did have SLI the second 16x slot only runs at 4x many any multi GPU setup would be severely crippled. How the hell is a $400 motherboard great value? The Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 overclocks just as well and would only perform slightly slower (not noticeable in real life) and for half the price, now thats GREAT value. Nothing wrong with the 680i for overclocking, any motheboard with passive cooling (Intel boards included) are going to struggle as you increase the FSB and voltage, its not a nVidia only problem.680i Mobos cost at least $450+ NZD cheapest and could not overclock well. What's wrong with Crossfire? If you want a full X16 Crossfire & SLI get the X38 MOBO instead of DDR II Mobos. And yes, DDR III got insane price unless for the rich to replace their PC now. Murmurings ? Hello? Take a look at this. www.hexus.net SLI on 975X? Yes, there is hacked drivers out there. But not officially supported but can run well. Oh well, personal preference but DQ6 are made for overclocking. But if I'm building a client computer I will choose the lowest price and able to produce reasonable results like choosing DS version instead of DQ version. Yeah, sure Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 is a good budget choice for $199.41:confused: Never knew that, thanks for the update Pete on prices. |
PedalSlammer (8511) | ||
| 562174 | 2007-07-05 12:59:00 | Who was supposed to lock the playpen? | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 562175 | 2007-07-08 03:15:00 | I may not be as knowledgable as alot of people here, but here are some of my thoughts.... CPU For gaming, AMD seems to still out gun Intell. Built a new systm based on the nvidia 600 chipset and an Athlon 4800+ x2 and the gaming benefits compared to my Intell rig are evident, showing superior fps, no screen flicker etc, and very low temperatures. Also worth noting that I only have an nvidia 85xx series card in my AMD systm, compared to the 78xx in my Intell one :) For most other requirements such as mutlitasking, music production, audio/video encoding etc, and general day-to-day use, my Intel Core Duo E6420 still has a firm upper hand. I arent to clued up on the comparison of specs between AMD and Intel, and this is only what I have observed. MOBO Asus have always been good to me. From the multitude of PC's I have built for people I have never had a problem with Asus motherboards, and they are usually a solid option for most users. DFI/Microstar/Gigabyte seem to be quite popular in the performance/overclocking area of things. GFX From owning both nvidia and ATI cards since the TNT2, I can say I have been more pleased with my nvidia cards. They seem to have quality products, although their customer support and drivers seem to be somewhat lacking. I always go for stripped down versions of the nvidia drivers. gl hf |
systm (9904) | ||
| 562176 | 2007-07-13 02:00:00 | Is there any point? It changes too much. I had these advertised 2 weeks ago: Motherboard ASUS P5B CPU Core 2 Duo E6400 (2.13Ghz) RAM 2Gb Kingston DDR2-667 Hard Drive Seagate 320Gb SATA 2 16mb cache DVD ASUS 18x Dual Layer sata CASE Raidmax Sirius 520w 37a Graphics ASUS 8800GTS PCIE 640mb Speakers Logitech X230 Mouse Logitech G5 Optical Keyboard Logitech Media Keyboard Elite Operating System Windows Vista Premium or Windows XP Pro Monitor ViewSonic VG2030WM 20" Widescreen $2,900 Motherboard P5B Deluxe CPU Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66Ghz RAM 4Gb Kingston DDR2-800 Hard Drive Seagate 500Gb sATA 2 16mb cache DVD ASUS 18x Dual Layer sata CASE Raidmax Sirius 520W 37a Graphics ASUS 8800GTX PCIE 768mb Speakers Logitech X530 5.1 Speakers Mouse Logitech G15 Gaming KB Keyboard Logitech G5 laser mouse Operating System Windows Vista Premium or Windows XP Pro Monitor ViewSonic VX2235wm 22" Widescreen $3,900 But already its changed. CPUs have changed and become cheaper. Motherboards cheaper. And so on. I get sick of adjusting them. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 562177 | 2007-07-13 02:59:00 | Is there any point? It changes too much. I had these advertised 2 weeks ago: Motherboard ASUS P5B CPU Core 2 Duo E6400 (2.13Ghz) RAM 2Gb Kingston DDR2-667 Hard Drive Seagate 320Gb SATA 2 16mb cache DVD ASUS 18x Dual Layer sata CASE Raidmax Sirius 520w 37a Graphics ASUS 8800GTS PCIE 640mb Speakers Logitech X230 Mouse Logitech G5 Optical Keyboard Logitech Media Keyboard Elite Operating System Windows Vista Premium or Windows XP Pro Monitor ViewSonic VG2030WM 20" Widescreen $2,900 Motherboard P5B Deluxe CPU Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66Ghz RAM 4Gb Kingston DDR2-800 Hard Drive Seagate 500Gb sATA 2 16mb cache DVD ASUS 18x Dual Layer sata CASE Raidmax Sirius 520W 37a Graphics ASUS 8800GTX PCIE 768mb Speakers Logitech X530 5.1 Speakers Mouse Logitech G15 Gaming KB Keyboard Logitech G5 laser mouse Operating System Windows Vista Premium or Windows XP Pro Monitor ViewSonic VX2235wm 22" Widescreen $3,900 But already its changed. CPUs have changed and become cheaper. Motherboards cheaper. And so on. I get sick of adjusting them.Yes, indeed, they changed all the time because of competition. |
PedalSlammer (8511) | ||
| 562178 | 2007-07-13 06:02:00 | Yes, indeed, they changed all the time because of competition. No, new models. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 562179 | 2007-07-13 07:28:00 | No, new models.No new models? What are you thinking mate? Intel X38 chipset is going to launch soon, and P35 is Nvidia 680i rival, and you know that Nvidia stock is old, and X38 is going to be more powerful than the Nvidia, means Nvidia going to lose its customers if it weren't lowering the price. Intel Chipset at the moment is selling like hot cakes and hot cake days for Nvidia is over. :thumbs: Now, that's competition, which means better for consumers. |
PedalSlammer (8511) | ||
| 562180 | 2007-07-13 08:03:00 | No new models? What are you thinking mate? Intel X38 chipset is going to launch soon, and P35 is Nvidia 680i rival, and you know that Nvidia stock is old, and X38 is going to be more powerful than the Nvidia, means Nvidia going to lose its customers if it weren't lowering the price. Intel Chipset at the moment is selling like hot cakes and hot cake days for Nvidia is over. :thumbs: Now, that's competition, which means better for consumers. punctuation can completely change the meaning of a sentence. Read it again. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 562181 | 2007-07-13 22:55:00 | punctuation can completely change the meaning of a sentence. Read it again.:waughh: Can't change it now, it is a little too late to edit it. | PedalSlammer (8511) | ||
| 562182 | 2007-07-14 07:49:00 | Hmm... in Linux there is an umbrella term for people who use Gentoo (with maxed out configurations for ultimate speed). That term is 'ricer'. I think we have found our first windows ricer ^ :) |
Myth (110) | ||
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