Wich board should we go with

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Wrathbane

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Right so im going to be selling my currint system for 500 dollars in the very near future, and have a total of 700 to 800 dollars to spend. Curently the computer I'd like looks a little bit like this...

Processor -212.99

Videocard
-296.00

Memory -123.00

Hsf -42.99

I was also thinkin of this one too... (need your help deciding..)

hsf -didnt feal like lookin up how much it costs

what ever generic cheap case i can find

PSU, dont know how much I'll need, because in the near future I'd like to buy another 6800gt, and another stick of ram, so im going to need an sli board...

I plan on oc'ing the processor to atleast a 3.6 at most 3.9 (supposdly someone was able to with the first hs/f.) And I'm going to be gaming with the computer as well.

Any advice would be wonderful, thanks
 
With that processor and video card, I would be willing to bet that you won't be able to afford an SLI board unless you already have the hard drive, optical drive, sound card (if wanted), speakers, monitor, and if you buy a crap PSU which you don't want to do with any SLI board.
 
I've got a monitor, headset, hard drive, onboard soundcard, keyboard and mouse, and I actually thought I'd just go with a 6600GT, becuase the 6800GT really isn't that much better.
 
6600GT is about as good @ 1024x768 and in a few games @ 1280x1024 with no aa-af. Other than that if you play above 1024x768 the 6800GT easily beats the 6600GT - especially with aa and af on max. But...if i were a 1024x768 gamer and i had no interest in going higher i would just get a 6600GT.
 
Theres a big diffrence between the 6600 and the 6800 but it shows in resolutions over 10*7. So if U have a good monitor get the 6800gt and oc.
 
Huh, didn't think there would be too much of a diffrence, because the core and memory speeds aren't too diffrent. But yes I do have a high-end monitor, its a ViewSonic UltraBrite A91f+ at 19" big (and its heavy as hell too).
 
Infact the only thing better about the 6800GT is the amount of piplines, I mean look at this, the 6600GT's have core speed/memory speed 500/1000. And the 6800Gt's have 350/1000!

6800GT

6600GT

But I guess 16 piplines is still better than a 150mhz faster core speed, right?
 
AFAIK...that processor won't work in any SLI boards. You need to get an LGA775 board with the NF4 Intel Ed. chipset (or get an A64 setup which is better anyway :D ).
 
I'd look at a Venice 3000+ or 3200+. They are ~$140 and ~$190 respectively. They OC very well. I have my 3000+ at 2.6Ghz and it is memtest and Prime95 stable.
 
Great AMD Setup for Gaming:

CPU: 3000+ ($146) or 3200+ ($190) and overclock the shizzit outta it. The factory hsf will handle a decent overclock without any problems or worries whatsoever for heat - A64's run icy cold compared to the competition! (my 3000+ Venice at 2.4GHz with no increase in core voltage using the stock hsf idles at 22-23'C)

Mobo: DFI SLI ($175) or EPoX SLI ($138) Both overclock very well depending on how much you wanna spend. The DFI is the better choice for this.

Memory: 2x1GB Rosewill ($188 - made by PQI) Note the pretty good memory timings considering the size of each module.

Video Card: XFX 6800GT PCIe ($296 after $50mir)

PSU: SeaSonic 600W ($130 free shipping; for now) Check the specs here. Dual +12v rails at 18A each. Good for cpu oc'ing and SLI.

TOTAL: 3000+ and EPoX board $898 (might be a bit more than you're wanting to spend)
(add $37 for the DFI board and/or $44 for the 3200+)
(subtract $105 for 2x512MB kit instead ~ $83 after $20mir)


The intel setup you listed or this one will run games very nicely. What are your thoughts so far?
 
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