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Building a computer. I NEED YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Zzulu
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This is my purchase list of items I'm planning on getting
What I am uncertain about, is the motherboard. I know nothing about motherboards, so any tip would be appreciated.
Please help me out guys, I've been thinking about building a new computer for ages, and now I'm getting stuck becaue of a motherboard.
Also, does the rest of the setup look ok?
[€dit] I'd tell you my budget, but since I use a foreign currency, all the stuff in America is a lot cheaper to me and it would just get messy.
Processor; Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33GHz 4MB FSB1333 Boxed (with cpu-cooler!) Socket 775
RAM; Corsair VS VS1GB667D2 1024MB DDR2 PC2-5300 CL4 667MHz
Power supply; Aspire ATX-AS500W 3 FAN Aluminium Black 520W ATX
Motherboard; Asus P5KPL iG31 4DDR2-DIMM 3PCI 2PCIe SATA Audio GB-LAN Socket775 ATX
Graphics; BFG GeForce 8800GTS OC 550MHz GPU 320MB DDR3 TV-out HDTV DUAL DVI SLI-ready RETAIL PCI Express (overclocked)
What I am uncertain about, is the motherboard. I know nothing about motherboards, so any tip would be appreciated.
Please help me out guys, I've been thinking about building a new computer for ages, and now I'm getting stuck becaue of a motherboard.
Also, does the rest of the setup look ok?
[€dit] I'd tell you my budget, but since I use a foreign currency, all the stuff in America is a lot cheaper to me and it would just get messy.
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MSI isn't halfbad, neither are the intel ones
other than that i wouldn't trust the other motherboards
if you aren't planning on upgrading much
I'd choose your ram last
it's hard enough to find a good motherboard with just the socket factor limiting it, then add the mhz of the ram and it cuts it down a lot more, and you eliminate some good ones
I always go processor first (to get about the right speed) then a motherboard to fit it, then ram that works with the motherboard.
it makes the process a whole lot easier and gives you a broader range of motherboards to choose from
A ASUS-branded 8800GTS 320MB I got to mess around with overclocked pretty well - 620/972 IIRC - which resulted in ~10% higher 3Dmark06 score.
I would also suggest a different PSU. Corsair seems to be reasonably priced in Europe, and they released a non-modular 450W unit recently (their PSUs are generally very high quality and also very quiet).
As for the motherboard, I don't really know much about the budget versions of the new Intel chipsets, but you could check if the more recent P965-based motherboards can't be had for a similar price. I believe all revision 3.3 Gigabyte motherboards were 1333MHz FSB compatible out-of-the-box, and the most basic model was 965P-S3.
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I'm doing my own build and working through some of the same questions in these two threads. :V
Still worth keeping in mind.
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