New MOBO Suggestion. A little help please...

[ericlp]

Parts I have so far:

BFG GTX 260 OC
Crossair 650 Watt PS
Full Tower case


So I'm looking to play far cry 2 --

Looking for a cheap / low end MotherBoard.

Processor Choice would be:

E7300 or a E8200

Would also like a recommendation for ram that would pair up well with the MotherBoard.


I'm trying to stay with in 300 bucks for MotherBoard, RAM and CPU.

I probably will not be buying another video card so SLI is not an issue for me.

Thanks.

 

[jvnk]

Currently, the highest end chipsets out are from the 700 series(nForce) and the Intel x4* stuff. You should try and find a board that has one of these, but its on the cheap for the best performance. Dunno what brands I'd recommend, but a good place to start would be a filtered Newegg search - let me know if this is still out of your price range.

Good places to start:
x* chipsets
700 chipsets

 

[Ichigo]

He wants a cheap motherboard...

Get some G.Skill/Corsair/Mushkin/etc. 4GB of DDR2 800 RAM for $50 or less, maybe a Gigabyte EP45-DS3L for <$100, and an e8400 which you may or may not overclock.

 

[o1die]

Asus p5kpl ($52.99 plus shipping) and gskill 2x2gb pc6400 $44.95; both newegg.com.

 

[AstroGuardian]

I agree with the previous two posts. You should consider the Gigabyte EP45 - DS3L

 

[biggreenmold]

Not trying to hijack this thread but I have a pertinent question. would the Asus p5kpl work with a q6600 if I wanted to overclock it to 3.0 gig? I am a newbie to intels and still learning how they work compared to amd. I'm guessing that setting the bus to 333 mhz would accomplish this? I bought this ram here http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820148212 and it is compatible with this motherboard. If the chip supports it safely would there also be a chance of getting 3.6 gig by running the fsb at 1600 and still keeping the ram in spec?

Any help appreciated

 

[biggreenmold]

The ram is for sale at frys for 24.99 after rebate with free ship


http://shop2.frys.com/product/...sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

 

[biggreenmold]

The ram is for sale at frys for 24.99 after rebate with free ship


http://shop2.frys.com/product/...sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

 

[o1die]

The p5kpl isn't a true overclocker's board. The first poster asked for a good budget board. Most with onboard video won't overclock very well. Read some customer evaluations at newegg and decide for yourself.

 

[biggreenmold]

thanks, I guess it is a different situation