Need mobo advice

[The Mailman]

Okay so I'm getting my X2 5000+ and am getting ready for an AM2 system but as many know, no Crossfire AM2 boards are out yet (at least any good ones)

Should I just get a non crossfire AM2 board and only upgrade when I know for sure I'll be using a second GPU? Should I hold out on a crossfire board until 2H'07 when they put out those 4X4 boards?

I dont know, I rarely deal with hardware outside of my sporadic upgrades. I just rushed and slapped my current PC together when I built it so I want to do a little more research this time around and make sure this isn't another rush job.

I know I wont be getting 2 R600 cards when they come out so a Crossfire setup COULD be posponed and the most imporant thing right now is just getting a good AM2 system running rather than having parts collect dust for months.

 

[opmike]

Originally posted by: The Mailman
the most imporant thing right now is just getting a good AM2 system running rather than having parts collect dust for months.

If this is the case and you need a system up and running now, then just go with a solid non-crossfire board now, and upgrade some time next year when the new boards have been out a bit, with whatever bugs that may be present worked out with BIOS updates. Prices should be lower then as well.

However, I admit that I haven't been following the Crossfire boards that well, so some good choices may be up for release soon that may be worth waiting for.

 

[The Mailman]

What would be the ideal non-XF board to go with?

i know for the crossfire enabled boards I'm waiting on the Asus so far...

 

[Tsuwamono]

Im also waiting on the Asus man... if you take a look at the AM2 Crossfire thread you can see a whole slew of people in the same boat. We think the ETA on the asus one is about a week. Stick in there and maybe you wont have to waste money on a board you dont really want