motherbored

[esa193]

ok as you guys no im in the market for a new mother bored
ive decided i deff want intel x38 chipset but idk what brand to buy it from
which one do you guys think?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...509908+107172333+1070731640&name=1600/1333MHz
(thats the list)

couple quick questions 1 does intel new cpus need ddr3?
also does ddr3 really out preform ddr2 that much?
idk guys help me pick
(also these boreds also support 1600 fsb one step higher then 1300 =P)

 

[esa193]

sorry for double post
screw those boreds the intel make
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3444881&CatId=3488
so much cheaper!

 

[Rudster8161]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127033
cheap
abit quality
supports pci-e 2.0
3 PCI-E's
8 channel audio
e-sata
external CMOS clear button so when you do some hardcore OCing

EDIT
the abit is just as cheap

 

[esa193]

ya but no ddr3

 

[Pups25228]

It's "BOARD!"

 

[esa193]

to me it bored
cuz thats how i role

 

[Taylor1]

what are you doing with your old nVidia board?

 

[esa193]

i sold my whole pc =P

 

[Rudster8161]

ya but no ddr3

if you have 400$-500$ lying around for ram then you have way too much money dude.

 

[esa193]

shit ddr3 is really fuckin expensive.....
uhg
maybe ill got back to 680i i mean they can always throw in support for the 45nm with a bios update right?