- Apr 28, 2006
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Well after getting considerable input from my fellow anandites (is that the right word??), I have chosen to purchase the E6600 proc. Now all I need is a good solid motherboard.
My goals/configuration for this rig are:
[*]Run Vista with an nVidia 8800 GTX video card
[*]Play high-end games, especially those that will support DX10
[*]Do development work, which means sometimes run a VPC
[*]OC moderately, setting the FSB to 400 to get 3.6GHz with 2GB of DDR2-800 memory
[*]Brag a lot
With that said...
From the 975 chipset, I am considering the following:
[*]The Intel BadAxe2 at $175 (MicroCenter)
[*]The Abit AW9D-MAXat $210
From the 965 chipset, I am looking at the following:
[*]The Gigabyte DS3 at $123
[*]The Asus P5B Deluxe WiFi at $193
And to represent the 650i chipset:
[*]The Asus P5N-E SLI at $135
Please tell me why, given the goals I have laid out, you think I should go with one mobo over the others. Personal experience is even better.
Thanks everyone!
My goals/configuration for this rig are:
[*]Run Vista with an nVidia 8800 GTX video card
[*]Play high-end games, especially those that will support DX10
[*]Do development work, which means sometimes run a VPC
[*]OC moderately, setting the FSB to 400 to get 3.6GHz with 2GB of DDR2-800 memory
[*]Brag a lot
With that said...
From the 975 chipset, I am considering the following:
[*]The Intel BadAxe2 at $175 (MicroCenter)
[*]The Abit AW9D-MAXat $210
From the 965 chipset, I am looking at the following:
[*]The Gigabyte DS3 at $123
[*]The Asus P5B Deluxe WiFi at $193
And to represent the 650i chipset:
[*]The Asus P5N-E SLI at $135
Please tell me why, given the goals I have laid out, you think I should go with one mobo over the others. Personal experience is even better.
Thanks everyone!