GA-X38T-DQ6

[Endelm]

Hi,

Im very interested in this motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128068
http://www.tomshardware.com/20..._guide_2007/page4.html

If you click "memory support list" you can see the supported memory:
http://www.gigabyte.us/Product...ec.aspx?ProductID=2601

What ddr3 ram on newegg would you buy if you want to go with:
- The cheapest
- 100% compatible

Thank you.

 

[Mr Fox]

Originally posted by: Endelm
Hi,

Im very interested in this motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128068
http://www.tomshardware.com/20..._guide_2007/page4.html

If you click "memory support list" you can see the supported memory:
http://www.gigabyte.us/Product...ec.aspx?ProductID=2601

What ddr3 ram on newegg would you buy if you want to go with:
- The cheapest
- 100% compatible

Thank you.

X38 should be avoided.. they are not a very good choice... Get a P35 and DDR2 and be done .....

Read the reviews X38 is overpriced, and castrated.

DDR 3 is ridiculously priced and has no real advantage at this point.

Anand basically came out and declared it a waste of time, and effort.

 

[Endelm]

Some of these guys recommend the X38 over P35:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/...245971-12-tomshardware

If I wanna use SLI on 2x ATI cards in the future, isn't it better to have pci express 2.0 (instead of 1.1)?

 

[Mr Fox]

Originally posted by: Endelm
Some of these guys recommend the X38 over P35:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/...245971-12-tomshardware

If I wanna use SLI on 2x ATI cards in the future, isn't it better to have pci express 2.0 (instead of 1.1)?

You also have to remember that most review sites are there to sell hardware.

SLI is an NVIDIA term for Multi-GPU and is only supported on NVIDIA MOBO's at this time .
The Intel Bonetrail MOBO that has just been released is the only exception to that statement.

Crossfire is the ATI/AMD Nomenclature for Multi-GPU.

You are talking about a substantial capital outlay to get into Crossfire or SLI, and it will only gain you a few FPS (10-15) over a single card NV set-up balance that against the cost of the additional card.

Crossfire is only advantageous at high resolutions and is at least one generation behind NVIDIA GPU's.

When you look at the cost, and that this board will not support cpu's beyond Penryn....
a year from now when Nehalem comes along you will have this expensive dead end....

Nehalem will be a substantial step forward, and will require a new socket.

Do the math... it is a no brainer

 

[NXIL]

QFT:

X38 should be avoided.. they are not a very good choice... Get a P35 and DDR2 and be done

DDR2 is an amazing bargain right now; DDR3 is expensive, and offers no real advantages at this time.

While "future proofing" is good in concept, in practice it is best to buy for your needs at the time.

Right now, a P35 motherboard, the CPU of your choice (and there are many to choose from at different price points), some good cheap DDR2 RAM-- 2 x 2GB?--and one of the excellent video cards that are out now: 8800GT, or one of the 38XX cards. This will be an amazingly good system, especially considering the cost.

X-fire and SLI: seems like it is complicated and expensive for the investment....

ATI/AMD is coming out with a two GPU on one card card soon as well....so you could upgrade to that in a year or so, without Xfire hassles.

That X38 board is $300: would agree with Mr. Fox: spend less on Mobo, get rocking CPU and GPU, and good solid DDR2 memory.

HTH

NXIL