$250 for CPU and SLI MB?

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dcmix5

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My Asus A8N just cooked, and I need a newer DDR2 SLI board and processor for $250 or less.

I have been all over the map on Intel vs. AMD, quad vs. dual core, etc, so if someone could point out some nice combos, I would appreciate it. I am running a single 7900 GTO 512mb right now, and I have 4g of OCZ RAM waiting to go in it, along with a 500w OCZ PSU.
 
Which monitor/resolution are you using?

Which games do you play?

Are you going to overclock?
 
Please answer Tiraides' questions or we cannot help you.

Oh and why SLI? You only have a single 7900GTO.
 
24" Gateway @ 1920 x 1200

Some Crysis, BF2, and WoW mostly

No overclock

I want an SLI board so I can go that way if I need to
 
EVGA 750i SLI FTW is the /only/ SLI capable board I would recommend at this point... and I'd suggest you forget SLI .This is from someone running SLI themself.

Crossfire X is a far more cost effective and stable option at this point in time. Radeon HD 4850/4870/4870X2s are about the only cards anyone with a $150+ GPU budget should be considering, unless they are diehard nVidia fanboys. Pick up a secondhand X38 board.
 
I ran SLI with two of these 7900 GTO's and it had bad tearing, so I sold one. I was hoping the future would be better, but...

Ok, scratch SLI...I can live with a single card MB.
 
silent-circuit said:
EVGA 750i SLI FTW is the /only/ SLI capable board I would recommend at this point... and I'd suggest you forget SLI .This is from someone running SLI themself.

Crossfire X is a far more cost effective and stable option at this point in time. Radeon HD 4850/4870/4870X2s are about the only cards anyone with a $150+ GPU budget should be considering, unless they are diehard nVidia fanboys. Pick up a secondhand X38 board.
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QFT.

If you don't want to or can't find a used X38 motherboard, you can also get a Crossfire capable P45 motherboard for a decent price:
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R Intel P45 Motherboard - $135

Plus this CPU:
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 CPU - $125
 
dcmix5 said:
My Asus A8N just cooked, and I need a newer DDR2 SLI board and processor for $250 or less.
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If the MOBO is less than 3 years old try and get a RMA from ASUS. Only cost shipping there and can use the board as a backup or turn it into a file server...
 
I bought it in August 2006, so it looks like I will be able to do that.
 
Just stay on top of the RMA with Asus... some people get their replacements in 10 days, others, like me, get them in a month, lol.

Danny's recommendations are good.

What speed RAM is your OCZ kit?
 
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